Stupid Facts

• Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
  (see Human Teeth)
  
  
• The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma.
  
  
• Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
  
  
• No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
  
  
• Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
  
  
• You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.
  
  
• Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older.
  
  
• The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
  
  
• A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
  (see Jet Airliners)
  
  
• Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
  (see The Solar System)
  
  
• Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
  
  
• The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
  
  
• Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.
  
  
• The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.
  
  
• Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
  
  
• Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
  
  
• All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
  (see U.S. Presidents)
  
  
• Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
  
  
• Pearls melt in vinegar.
  
  
• Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton.
  
  
• Turtles can breathe through their butts.