Saturday, May 14, 2005

hmm... saw sum interesting facts... so post it here... me gonna comment on sum of da posts... so if u see da mark ( * ) , its my comment... heez




1. Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for YoshidaKogyoKabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer. *there is no YKK on my zipper...

2. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up anddowncontinuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. *next time mus try...

3. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why. *IT DOES.... i watched a programme on the Discovery Channel... its juz a myth... duck's quacks DO echo.. but the echo it so short u dun cant really hear it unless u see the sound waves on a machine...

4. 40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of HappyMeals. *erm.. yea.. so? more kids are crazy over Mc Donald's wad....

5. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. *haihz.. they juz didnt check da dictionary enuff b4 they published it...

6. On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily. *Blur nurses, poor babies... wad can i say...

7. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog. *yeah... i know dat... its damn dangerous... i saw this documentry on tv b4... it almost killed da dog...

8. Most lipstick contains fish scales. *yeah.. dats y it's so shiny....

9. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine. *erm... for wad use???

10. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. *i think every1 knows this...

11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. *hahaa.... i didnt know the Oscars traced back so long ago....

12. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. *i can prove dat! i went to las vegas last year.. n sure enough... there were no clocks there! haha..

13. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years topaint Mona Lisa's lips. *hmm... does it make him a v poor artist? to take 10 years to paint a lip dat doesnt look quite amusing...

14. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm. *wow.. dats fast.... of cuz la.. ppl know kungfu 1 ok...

15. The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby"! *haha.... odd... but makes sense though..

16. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sinkinquicksand. *izzit?? here no quicksand to test on... i wouldnt wana test anyway.. haha..

17. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you. The spray blocksthemosquito's sensors so they don't know you're there. *ooo.... then can sing "Invisible" by clay aiken!!

18. Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at least six feetawayfrom a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the flush. *paiseh lerr.. my bathroom not so big...

19. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum. *y arr? hmm.. interesting...

20. The first owner of the Marlboro company died of lung cancer. *haha... smoke too much...

21. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of theNikefactory workers in Malaysia combined. *thats ALOT of money....

22. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot. *she always wore shoes.. how to see ooo...

23. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor. *if onli his mother refused to listen to the doc..

24. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola,andBudweiser, in that order. *how much arr???

25. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be typed with only thelefthand. *yahor... n i know the word "Typewriter is da longest word u can type using one row of keys onli... hee

26. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go instantly. *any animal will let go of u if u prick its eye ok... it hurts so damn much...

27. A mathematical wonder: 111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 givestheresult 12, 345, 678, 987, 654, 321. *haha.. okay...

28. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. *haihz... there r many muslims in the world.... n the man they worship is Nabi Muhammad s.a.w.... of cuz they take after his name...

29. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. *i'm not 1 of them.. i toss n turn for a long time..

30. The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an octothorp. *i thought its called a... wad arr? i forgot oso! hahaa...

31. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the Bible is the cat. *i'm not a christian so i dunno...

32. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated. *nx time muz try oso...

33. The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing. *then wad abt those hoo onli type wid one finger?

34. "Dreamt" is the only word in the English language that ends in"mt". *yahor... nv noticed dat b4...

35. It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open. *true... true....

36. In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good" comes out as "eat your fingers off". *where got!!! its translated as "suck ur fingers"!!!

37. A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head. *cuz the brain is all over da body... not in da head onli.. n the reason it dies is because of hunger! it cant eat anything without its head!

38. European women didn't wear underwear until the 1900's. *OOOO.... SEXY!

39. We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime. *so much arr???

40. Yo-Yos were once used as weapons in the Philippines. *haha... nice 1!

41. Coca-Cola can be used as car oil. *wad da... if so.. y r we still using car oil instead of coca-cola?

42. Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year. *yeah... i know.. poor city...

43. Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV. *dats y we dream i guess...

44. Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of Americans. *izzit so?

45. When a person shakes their head from side to side, he is saying"yes" in Sri Lanka. *n expensive is "peng" in thai which means cheap in cantonese....

46. There are more chickens than people in the world. *of cuz la.....

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