Trivia: Did you know that...

[dv1000]

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did you know that without Google and computer you cannot post in Istorya.net. Now you know.

haha....and w/o istorya.net we can only post this somewhere else

[wikki]

@devils_advocate - you can live without google.. naay daghan search engines. you can access the internet without using a desktop computer or a laptop also.

[my_hEaD_isBIG]

@devils_advocate - you can live without google.. naay daghan search engines. you can access the internet without using a desktop computer or a laptop also.

Correct! Now you know! ahahaha

[kabz]

its called google hehehehe

[brownpride]

Now i know!

[LAPA]

wow! didnt know that!

i din't know that either.

now we know.

[dleniako]

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

[dleniako]

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot
sink into quicksand.

[zemville]

now i know

[kitkitkit]

1. Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It
stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's
largest zipper manufacturer.

2. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will
bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the
glass to the top.

3. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.

4. 40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the
sales of Happy Meals.

5. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were
misspelled.

6. On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the
wrong parents daily.

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.

8. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

9. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.

10. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and
draw with the other at the same time.

11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out
during World War II were made of wood.

12. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

13. Leonardo da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took
him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.

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.

15. The original name for the butterfly was
"flutterby"!

16. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your
back, you can't sink in quicksand.

17. Mosquito repellents don't repel. They hide you.
The spray blocks the mosquito's sensors so they don't
know you're there.

18. Dentists recommend that a toothbrush be kept at
least six feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne
particles resulting from the flush.

19. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's
gum.

20. The first owner of the Marlboro company died of
lung cancer.

21. Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually
than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia
combined.

22. Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.

23. Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having
an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

24. The three most valuable brand names on earth:
Marlboro, Coca-Cola,and Budweiser, in that order.

25. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that can be
typed with only the left hand.

26. To escape the grip of a crocodile's jaws, prick
your fingers into its eyeballs. It will let you go
instantly.

27. A mathematical wonder: 111,111,111 multiplied by
111,111,111 gives the result 12, 345, 678, 987, 654,
321.

28. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

29. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

30. The "pound" (#) key on your keyboard is called an
octothorp.

31. The only domestic animal not mentioned in the
Bible is the cat.

32. Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

33. The average person's left hand does 56% of the
typing.

34. "Dreamt" is the only word in the English language
that ends in "mt".

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

36. In Chinese, the KFC slogan "finger lickin' good"
comes out as "eat your fingers off".

37. A cockroach can live for 10 days without a head.

38. European women didn't wear underwear until the
1900's.

39. We shed 40 pounds of skin a lifetime.

40. Yo-Yos were once used as weapons in the
Philippines.

41. Coca-Cola can be used as car oil.

42. Mexico City sinks abut 10 inches a year.

43. Brains are more active sleeping than watching TV.

44. Blue is the favorite color of 80 percent of
Americans.

45. When a person shakes their head from side to side,
he is saying "yes" in Sri Lanka.

46. There are more chickens than people in the world.

47. It's against the law in Iceland to have a dog.

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

49. The only word in the English Language with all
vowels in reverse order is "subcontinental".

50. There are more telephones than people in
Washington, D.C.