Tuesday, August 01, 2006

True Facts

In an effort to improve the nutritional value of its "Shamrock shakes," McDonald's colors them with broccoli extract.
Winston Churchill was born with a third nipple, which he removed himself with nail-clippers at the age of 14.
Only a single dissenting vote prevented the death penalty in Texas from being carried out by immersing the convicted person in a nest of fire ants.
If you place a fresh Viagra tablet in a houseplant's soil every six months, the plant will not wilt.
The ancient Arabic word "jorgbushii" translates roughly to "evil one who comes disguised in peace to drink Earth's black blood."
In Finland, "Sintter Klaas" brings bad children a small bag of old toenail clippings.
The practice of putting a letter "e" in front of words to mean "web-based" (e.g., eBusiness, eLearning, etc.) was patented by Microsoft in 1992. They are waiting until their anti-trust trial has been officially completed to begin enforcing it.
The noun "sled" originates from the name of a 18th-century mountaineer from Finland, Schletz Linden, whose body was used by his climbing partner to slide down a mountain during a winter storm after he froze to death.
If a cricket were the size of Mount Rushmore, it could jump to the moon.
The increase in the amount of metals mined and brought to the surface of the earth in order to manufacture SUVs has caused higher tides in the Northern Hemisphere.
Children conceived on airplanes never suffer from motion sickness.
The life span of dogs allowed to dine in cat litter boxes is on average 18 percent longer than that of dogs restricted to commercial diets.
Charles Darwin once attempted to breed flying monkeys by crossing chimpanzees with vultures.
The steady, rhythmic sound produced by dripping water increases the capacity for sleeping males to experience lucid sexual dreams.
Blue water in a toilet bowl causes males to urinate 7 percent more.

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