Did you know ----

[Tuesday Afternoon]

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

Blood plasma.
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No piece of paper can be folded in half

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Donkeys kill more people annually

than plane crashes.
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You burn more calories sleeping

than you do watching television.
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Oak trees do not produce acorns
until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.
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The first product to have a bar code

was Wrigley's gum.
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The King of Hearts is the only king

WITHOUT A MUSTACHE .
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American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987
by eliminating one (1) olive

from each salad served in first-class.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

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Apples, not caffeine,

are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
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Most dust particles in your house are made from

DEAD SKIN!
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

So did the first " Marlboro Man."
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Walt Disney was afraid

OF MICE!
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PEARLS MELT

IN VINEGAR!
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It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...

but not downstairs.
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A duck's quack doesn't echo,

and no one knows why.
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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush
be kept at least six (6) feet away from
a toilet to avoid airbor ne particles
resulting from the flush.

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And the best for last.....

Turtles can breathe through their butts.
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[stuntcat]

1. I don't know what to do about the toothbrush one :(

except VOMIT. . but I totally knew the one about Venus! :headbang:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

2. what about the coconut ??

:wtf:

:wow:

:headbang:

[TZ]

3. Don't take this personally

But I would like to know where you found that info about blood plasma and coconut juice. I'm skeptical about that (I work with plasma). I also know for a fact the duck quacking does not echo is a myth.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. personal ?

on teh nets ? in teh Lounge ? :rofl:

I found it on teh nets...just passing it along on teh nets...

I really like the fact that you breathe your through your butt ;)


eta:
During World War II when blood supplies were running low, doctors discovered that the liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for blood plasma. India's National Newspaper, Monday, Nov 24, 2003 states:

"It (coconut juice) is also considered a close substitute for blood plasma since it is sterile, cool, easily absorbed by the body and does not destroy red blood cells. To quote Morton Satin, Chief of Food and Agricultural Organisation's Agricultural Industries and Post Harvest Management Service: "It is a natural isotonic beverage with the same level of electrolytic balance as we have in our blood. It is the fluid of life, so to speak."

http://www.noblood.org/did-you-know/3117-coconuts-substitute-blood-plasma.html

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. inre the duck --

Physlink.com explains how an extremely clever duck might avoid creating an echo at all. If the distance between the duck and a reflective surface falls exactly at one of the nodes of the quack's sound wave, sound will not be reflected back, thus no echo. The duck could also use partially reflective material and some sound wave measurements to prevent a quack from echoing, much in the same way the military hides aircraft from radar. However, we suspect Daffy and his pals aren't quite that sophisticated or conniving.

[Ptah]

6. until it's not true.

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. ~

:hi: