Stupid Facts

• Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least 6 feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.
  (see Human Teeth)
• The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as substitute for blood plasma. 
• Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. 
• No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times.
• Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
• 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 king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.
• A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight.
  (see Jet Airliners)
• Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
  (see The Solar System)
• Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning. 
• The plastic things on the end of shoelaces are called aglets. 
• Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin. 
• The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. 
• Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. 
• Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
• All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.
  (see U.S. Presidents)
• Walt Disney was afraid of mice. 
• Pearls melt in vinegar.
• Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second? William Jefferson Clinton. 
• Turtles can breathe through their butts.