For Those Who Thought They Knew Everything

On this monumental day in American history, leave it to me to mark it with something so trivial.

A friend forwarded this e-mail and it really is fascinating. Here's some fun facts to dazzle your friends with at those ultra-boring parties.

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

No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven times.

Donkeys kill more people annual than plane crashes or shark attacks.

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are 50 or older.

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's Gum.

The King of Hearts is the only king without a moustache.

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one 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 of dead skin!

The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did the first "Marlboro Man."

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.

It is possible to lead a cow upstairs, but not downstairs.

A duck's quack does not echo and no one can explain why.

Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. President whose name contains all the letters from the word 'criminal.' The second? William Jefferson Clinton.

Turtles can breathe through their asses.

Dinner last night: Leftover chili.