Re: just useless data
- To: hosta-open@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: just useless data
- From: W*
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 19:37:31 -0500
At 09:58 AM 01/19/2001 +0100, you wrote: <snip>
>Ben J.M.Zonneveld
>Clusius lab pobox 9505
>2300 RA Leiden
>The Netherlands
>mintemp-16C(5F)
>Zonneveld@RULbim.LeidenUniv.NL
>Fax: 31-71-5274999
----------------------> AND did you know?
>
>
->No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.
>
->1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
>
->Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
>
->The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."
>
->The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, CocaCola, and
>Budweiser, in that order.
>
->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.
>
->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.
>
->American car horns beep in the tone of F.
>
->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.
>
->The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
>
->The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
>
->A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's 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.
>
->The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of
>pickles the company once had.
>
->The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called ageless.
>
->Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. Gross!
>
->The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.
>
->Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.
>
->Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez
>dispenser.
>
->Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike
>factory workers in Malaysia combined.
>
->Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion, but was
>talked out of it by her doctor.
>
->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.
>
->The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in
>jelly.
>
->Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.
>
->Pearls melt in vinegar.
>
->It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's
>supply of footballs.
>
->Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are
>already married. Velly intrrrrrresting!
>
->Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all
>the letters from the word "criminal."
>The second? William Jefferson Clinton
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE HOSTA-OPEN
