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contributed by Renu Paryani

Did You Know That…

• 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 6 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 7 times.

• Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.

• You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

• The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley’s gum.

• A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright Brothers’ first flight.

• American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 1 olive from each salad served in first-class.

• Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

• 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.

• Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

• Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

• 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.

• Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word “criminal.” The second was William Jefferson Clinton.

• Butterflies taste with their feet.

• In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world’s nuclear weapons combined.

• On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

• Women blink nearly twice as much as men.