Did You Know…

•  The first owner of the Marlboro cigarette Company died of lung cancer.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

•  The first owner of the Marlboro cigarette Company died of lung cancer.

•  Brains are more active while sleeping than while watching TV. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

•  The three wealthiest families in the world have more assets than the combined wealth of the forty-eight poorest nations.

•  Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf.

•  "Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters.

•  According to Genesis 1:20-22, the chicken came before the egg.

•  If you leave Tokyo by plane at 7:00am, you will arrive in Honolulu at Approximately 4:30pm the previous day.

•  More than 40,000 parasites and 250 types of bacteria are exchanged during a French kiss.

•  The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.

•  If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.

•  Shakespeare invented the words 'assassination' and 'bump'.

•  The cigarette lighter was invented before the match. Most lipsticks contain fish scales.

•  The thumbnail grows the slowest, and the middle nail grows the fastest.

•  Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

•  According to statistics, men can read smaller print than women, but women can hear well.

•  The beaver's front teeth never stop growing. The outside is hard enamel, but the inside is soft and wears away quickly, keeping them sharp.

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