Useless information - trivia

Thrasher Magazine, Oct, 2002

Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there

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

The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven 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 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 with no mustache

A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class

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

Josh Harmony, 180 nosegrind

The plastic 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

Marilyn Monroe had six toes

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public

Walt Disney was afraid of mice

Pearls melt in vinegar

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married

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

The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases

Turtles can breathe through their butts