Charlee

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

Blood plasma.
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No piece of paper can be folded in half

more than seven (7) times. Oh go ahead...I'll wait...
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Donkeys kill more people annually

than plane crashes or shark attacks. (So, watch your Ass )
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You burn more calories sleeping

than you do watching television.
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Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of age or older.
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The first product to have a bar code

was Wrigley's gum.
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The King of Hearts is the only king

WITHOUT A MOUSTACHE
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American Airlinessaved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive

from each salad served in first-class.
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Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

(Since Venus is normally associated with women, what does this tell you ?)
(That women are going the 'right' direction...?)

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Apples, not caffeine,

are more efficient at waking you up in the morning ..
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Most dust particles in your house are made from

DEAD SKIN !
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The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer.

So did the first 'Marlboro Man'.
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Walt Disneywas afraid

OF MICE!
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PEARLS DISSOLVE

IN VINEGAR !
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The three most valuable brand names on earth:
Marlboro, Coca Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
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It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...

but, not downstairs.

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A duck's quack doesn't echo,

and no one knows why.
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Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six (6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush.

(I keep my toothbrush in the living room now !)
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And the best for last....

Turtles can breathe through their butts.
(I know some people like that, don't YOU ?)

So......................





Remember, knowledge is everything, so pass it on......and go move your toothbrush

DA Mayer

Too funny, my friends just purchased an attack donkey to put in with their sheep to keep coyotes away. I will have to warn them of the danger of death.LOL

quazyquilter

thanks for the chuckle LOL

Wine Woman

Charlee, thanks for the fun facts! What part of Oregon are you from?

Elisabrat

fun fact 999: coca cola will clean the hard stains in your toilet. Pour it in and let it sit overnight. EEWWW who the heck tried that to see if it would work and what the heck were they doing in the bathroom with an open coke to begin with? I think it would bring me 1000000 ants which would irritate me more than the stains. I know this tiny fact as it was suggested to me to remove hard water stains. I said shoot I was going to use CLR to do it (takes just a few minutes and no ants!).. not enviro friendly I was told. Ants? CLR? Ants? CLR? I still have the stain. Guilt hit me and fear.

Pzazz

Hi Charlee. These are good...I have seen them before, but still good. The only one I disagree with is the oak tree and the acorn thing. Where I grew up, we had several Garry Oaks. When my folks sold that house, my brother took several acorns and got two to grow. They started dropping acorns after only about 10 years!!!

Patti

littlehud

What fun facts. Thanks for sharing.

Charlee

I'm in Redmond....you? :)

Charlee

I have to look up "Garry Oaks" had never heard of them! :)


I checked on White oaks....found this from a government site:

Seed Production and Dissemination- White oak can produce seeds prolifically, but good acorn crops are irregular and occur only every 4 to 10 years. Sometimes several years may pass without a crop. Acorn yields range from 0 to 500,000 acorns per hectare (202,000/acre) (7,22,28). This great variation in acorn production exists not only among isolated stands of oaks but also among individual trees within stands and from year to year.

Trees normally bear seeds between the ages of 50 and 200 years, sometimes older; however, opengrown trees may produce seeds as early as 20 years. Individual white oak trees tend to have either very good or very poor seed crops and are noticeably consistent in seed production from year to year (20,28,36,40). A recent study (13) showed that white oak flower production varies not only annually but also among trees within a given year and that much of the variation in acorn production can be related to flower abundance at the time of pollination. More than 23,000 acorns were produced during a good seed year by an individual white oak tree growing in Virginia; it was 69 years old, 63.5 cm (25 in) in d.b.h., and 21 in (69 ft) tall, and had a crown area of 145 m² (1,560 ft²) . Average production in good years for individual forest-grown trees, however, is probably no more than 10,000 acorns.

Several studies have shown that only a small portion of the total mature acorn crop (sometimes only 18 percent) is sound and fully developed; the remainder is damaged or destroyed by animals and insects (15,28,40). However, some damaged acorns germinate if the embryo is not damaged. Light acorn crops are often completely destroyed by animals and insects, so seedlings are produced only during heavy crop years.

Pzazz

Well dang!!! Who knew?!?!?! The oaks on our property were likely well over 100 year old trees. And they did produce LOTS of acorns!!! As kids, it was our job to collect them and add them to the burning barrel. Needless to say, it was NOT one of our more favourite jobs!! LOL

Thanks for doing that research. :)

Patti