Monday, February 22, 2010

Monday Facts

1. If you're a healthy, full-grown adult, your thigh bones are stronger than concrete.
2. The
U.S. government spent $277,000 on "pickle research" in 1993.
3. Thomas Edison invented wax paper.
4. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola, and Budweiser, in that order.
5. Pound for pound, hamburgers cost more than new cars.
6. When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year.
7. Rule of thumb: Nearly all boys grow at least as tall as their mothers.
8. It's possible to lead a cow upstairs...but no downstairs.
9. Charles Dickens always slept facing north. He thought it improved his writing.

10. Men get hiccups more often than women do. No one knows why.

2 comments:

Bob G. said...

MSN:
Another fine list of great info to baffle others at parties...

2- Makes me wonder HOW MUCH they spend TODAY?
3- Doesn't surprise me, considering his working with chemicals.
5- Wonder what the MPH is on one of THOSE burgers? And do I have to change the oil as often?
9- Musta been a magnetic pole thing...
10- Don't let my wife hear that one...she gets hiccups at least 3 times MORE than I do.... LOL!

Anonymous said...

What does it mean if my new car smells like hamburger???...oh no!
Snakefoot