Friday, May 15, 2015

Did you know?




  • Barbie is 53 years old, having been introduced in 1959.
  • Play-dough was originally used to clean wallpaper
  • 50 years ago cheerios were called Cheerioats
  • The original pack of skittles didn't have the color blue, so you couldn't really taste the rainbow.
  • McDonald's salads are more fattening then their burgers.
  • Anything with two spoons of tomato sauce is now classified as a vegetable, this includes pizza.
  • More then 10 people a year are killed by vending machines.
  • Orange juice naturally contains a bit of alcohol.
  • Kilts are not native to Scotland, they originated in France.
  • Scooby Doo's real name is Scoobert.
  • Mosquitoes repels actually don't repel mosquitoes, they make you invisible. They block the sensors of a mosquitoes so they cant see you.   
  • After some serious testing, researchers discovered that it takes 142.18 lick to get to the center of a tootsie pop.
  • Chewing gum while peeling an onion wont make you cry.
  • Toto was paid 125 dollars per week while filming the Wizard of Oz.
  • The plastic thing at the end of a shoelace are called aglets.
  • Google is actually a name for a number with a million zeroes. 
  • The screwdriver was invented before the screw.
  • There are more barbies in Italy then Canadians in Canada.
  • Q-tip cotton swabs were originally called "Baby Gays"
  • In England in the 1880's, "pants" was considered a bad word.
  • Althaiophobia is the fear of marshmallows.
  • Apples are better at keeping people awake in the morning then coffee
  • Earthworms have 5 hearts
  • Odontophobia is the fear of teeth

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