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Perhaps the greatest benefit of living in the information age is learning things like these that we would never know otherwise. For example, 1. The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles. 2. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. 3. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 Feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. 4. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. 5. American car horns beep in the tone of F. 6. No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. 7. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes. 8. 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television. 9. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television. 10. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty years of age or older. 11. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. 12. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache. 13. A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight. 14. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class. 15. Venus is the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise. 16. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA." 17. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. 18. The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. *** Vitaliy O. Grinberg *** [a.k.a. Myp] *** e-mail: vitaliy@grinberg.net *** *** WWW Home Page: http://www.grinberg.net/vitaliy/ ***
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