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Odd But True Facts
Odd But True Facts
2. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down ontinuously
from the bottom of the glass to the top.
10. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
13. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
14. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his
moves.
That's the opposite of the norm.
16. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in
quicksand.
17. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors
so they don't know you're there.
18. Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feet away from a toilet to avoid
airborne particles resulting from the flush.
19. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.
20. The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer.
21. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the
Nike
factory workers in Malaysia combined.
24. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola,
andBudweiser, in that order.
25. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only the
left
hand.
26. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into
its
eyeballs. It will let you go instantly.
31. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat.
33. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
34. "Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in
"mt".
36. In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat
your fingers off".
48. The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the
fastest.
49. The only word in the English Language with all vowels in reverse
order
is "subcontinental".
51. Beethoven poured ice water over his head before he composed.
53. 90% of those read till this line are very free... . are you?