Oak
trees do not produce acorns until
they are fifty (50) 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.
American
Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987
by eliminating one (1) olive from
each salad served in first-class.
Venus
is the only planet
that rotates clockwise. Venus
is normally
associated with women.
What does this tell you?
Apples,
not caffeine, are more efficient at
waking you up in the morning.
Most
dust particles in your house are
from
YOUR DEAD SKIN.
The
first owner of the Marlboro Company
died of lung cancer. So
did the first "Marlboro Man."
Walt
Disney was
afraid of MICE!
Pearls
melt in
VINEGAR!
Three of the most valuable brand names are in
this order.
Marlboro Budweiser
It's
possible to lead a cow upstairs but
not downstairs.
A
duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows
why!
Dentists now recommend that a
toothbrushbe
kept at least six (6) feet
away from a toilet to avoid airborne
particles resulting from the flush.
(I keep mine in the living room!)
Profound And Perplexing Points To Ponder
Do twins ever realize that one of them is unplanned?
What if my dog only brings back my ball because he thinks I like throwing it?
If poison expires, is it more poisonous or is it no longer poisonous?
Which letter is silent in the word “Scent,” the S or the C?
Back in the early days of mankind's flight history the letter “R” in Morse code simply meant that a message from the ground had been received. “R” in American Morse requires only three taps – two short pulses with a longer one in the middle – so it was an easy abbreviation to use. Bearing in mind pilots had already used the letter “R” in the pre-radio days of Morse code, it made perfect sense to stick with that.
However, “R” on its own could easily be misunderstood, so "Roger" became the standard to show that a message had been received loud and clear. But why "Roger"? After all, as we pointed out earlier, "Romeo" is used to denote “R” in the phonetic alphabet. In fact, it was a body called the International Telegraph Union that identified "Roger" as the best way to communicate the word “received.”
Given that not all pilots could speak English, it was believed that "Roger" was easier to remember and use than “received.” "Roger" also became very widely used in World War II. Moreover, an entire language was developed for pilots, based on the principle of being able to communicate quickly and clearly. For example, pilots use another well-known word: “Wilco.” It’s an abbreviation of “will comply.”
The fact of the matter is that "Roger" derived from “received” in Morse code, and nobody quite knows exactly how that happened.
And...
Isn't
the phenomenal power of the human mind amazing?
According to a researcher at Cambridge University, it does not matter
in what order the letters in a word are; the only important thing
is that the first and last letter be in the right place. The rest
can be a total mess and you can still read it without a problem. This
is because the human mind does not read every letter by itself, but
reads the words as a whole. Amazing, and I always thought spelling
was important.
Now
Raed Tihs
To
pprlorey dncuoemt taht you wree arawe of nrssecaey raipers at yuor
rnetal petrropy, you suhold ebiaslsth a weirttn mcienaannte requset
prgoram taht rruiqees yuor tentnas to poptrmly noitfy you in witnirg
of any ndeeed rpraies. You suhlod tehn keep a wettrin rcroed of the
wrok dnoe and the ctmeopoiln dtae. If the tantnes are at flaut, baesuce
of cseslseneras or eevn ieincdnatl dmagae, tehy hvae veotliad the
lsaee aneemgret and wuold be rsebnspiloe for the csot of the rraeips.
Tnrsalatoin
To
properly document that you were aware of necessary repairs at your
rental property, you should establish a written maintenance request
program that requires your tenants to promptly notify you in writing
of any needed repairs. You should then keep a written record of the
work done and the completion date. If the tenants are at fault, because
of carelessness or even incidental damage, they have violated the
lease agreement and would be responsible for the cost of the repairs.
Turtles
can breathe through their butts. (It
seems like some people can do that, too!)
Glass takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
Gold is the only metal that doesn't rust, even if it's buried in the ground for thousands of years.
Speaking of Gold, remove your gold jewelry before entering a swimming pool! Chlorine can interact with gold and dissolve jewelry mountings to the point of risking loss of precious stones.
Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.
If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.
Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
The song, Auld Lang Syne, is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.
Drinking water after eating reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent.
Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450F.
The roar that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.
Nine out of every 10 living things live in the ocean.
The banana cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by humans.
Airports at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.
The University of Alaska spans four time zones.
The tooth is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.
In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
Warner Communications paid 28 million for the copyright to the song Happy Birthday.
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
A comet's tail always point away from the sun.
The Swine Flu vaccine in 1976 caused more death and illness than the disease it was intended to prevent.
Caffeine increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.
The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.
If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up, you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.
When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight.
In ancient times strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.
Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.
Avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.
The moon moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.
The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.
Mickey Mouse is known as "Topolino" in Italy.
Soldiers do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration, which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.
Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.
For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of excess fuel are needed at lift-off.
The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements. --
Do twins ever realize that one of them is unplanned?
Glass takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
