Would you believe it?

**gameboy** · 24-12-2005

The liquid inside young coconuts
can be used as a substitute for

Blood plasma.

No piece of paper can be folded in half

more than seven (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 (50) years of age or older.

The first product to have a bar code

was Wrigley's gum.

The King of Hearts is the only king

WITHOUT A MUSTACHE

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987
by eliminating one (1) olive

from each salad served in first-class.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

(Since Venus is normally associated with women,
what does this tell you!)

Apples, not caffeine,

are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

Most dust particles in your house are made from

DEAD SKIN!

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

So did the first "Marlboro Man."

Walt Disney was afraid

OF MICE!

PEARLS MELT

IN VINEGAR!

The three most valuable brand names on earth:

Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...

but, not downstairs.

A duck's quack doesn't echo,

and no one knows why.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush
be kept at least six (6) feet away from
a toilet to avoid airborne particles
resulting from the flush.

(I keep my toothbrush in the living room now!)

And the best for last.....

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

(I know some people like that, don't YOU?)

**T_G** · 24-12-2005

Originally Posted by gameboy

The liquid inside young coconuts
can be used as a substitute for Blood plasma.

Knew that from a Jackie Chan movie...

You burn more calories sleeping
than you do watching television.

Great! With German TV I mostly do both!!

Apples, not caffeine,are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

I still use the old fashioned method of an alarm clock....but then again a pineapple dropped on your feet will work even better thanb an apple

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but, not downstairs.

Well, the old cow that used to live in the upstairs flat used the lift to go up and the stairs to go down....

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

Lol that one made my day!!!

**Analoguesat** · 24-12-2005

A duck's quack doesn't echo,

and no one knows why.

An old wives tale.- Brainiacs on Sky One proved this most definitetly by taking a duck into a quiet tunnel and filming it quacking. There was a definite echo