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> LITTLE KNOWN TRUE FACTS > > - The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929. "7" was selected because the > original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the > bubbles. > - 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. > - American car horns beep in the tone of F. > - No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times. > - 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. > - A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight. > - Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. > - The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the > USA." > - 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. > - Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez > dispenser. > - 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. > - Walt Disney was afraid of mice.