Amazing facts about us-------------------By Iqra
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> > Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the
> > mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there.
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> > Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away
> > from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
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> > The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood
> > plasma.
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> > No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
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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. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty 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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> > A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
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> > American Airlines saved 40,000 in 1987 by eliminating 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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> > The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets.
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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.
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> > Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike
> > factory workers in Malaysia combined.
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> > Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
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> > All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen
> > wearing them in public.
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> > Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
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> > Pearls melt in vinegar.
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> > Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
> > already married.
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> > The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola and
> > Budweiser, in that order.
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> > 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.
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> > Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all
> > the letters from the word "criminal." The second was William Jefferson
> > Clinton.
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> > Turtles can breathe through their butts.
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> > Butterflies taste with their feet.
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> > In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's
> > nuclear weapons combined.
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> > On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.
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> > On average people fear spiders more than they do death.
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> > Ninety percent of New York City cabbies are recently arrived immigrants.
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> > Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
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> > Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
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> > Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
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> > It's physically impossible for you to lick your elbow.
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> > The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year
> > because
> > when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all
> > the books that would occupy the building.
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> > A snail can sleep for three years.
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> > Average life span of a major league baseball: 7 pitches.
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> > Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never
> > stop growing. SCARY
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> > The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
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> > All polar bears are left-handed.
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> > In ancient Egypt, priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including
> > their eyebrows and eyelashes.
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> > An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
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> > TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on
> > one row of the keyboard.
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> > "Go," is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
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> > A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
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> > The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
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> > Americans on average eat 18 acres of pizza every day.
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> > Almost everyone who reads this email will try to lick their elbow.
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> > Don't forget to pass these weird facts on to everyone you know. They will
> > get a kick out of it
> >
> > P.S. So, did you try to lick your elbow?
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