Trivial Pursuits

  • 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.
  • Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
  • 1 in every 4 Americans has appeared on television.
  • 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.
  • Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
  • 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.
  • Adolf Hitler’s mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.
  • All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn’t like being seen wearing them in public.
  • Walt Disney was afraid of mice.
  • Richard Milhouse Nixon was the first US president whose name contains all the letters from the word “criminal.” The second? ………………….William Jefferson Clinton