Did you know?

[Matthew_McNally]

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

Barbie's (The Doll) full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

Michael Jordan, The Famous Basketball Player makes more money

from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in

Malaysia combined.

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an

abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like

being seen wearing them in public.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

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.

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.

Car horns beep in the tone of F.

No piece of paper can be folded more than 7 times.

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.

The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.

A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright Bother's first

flight.

Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the

morning.

Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.

[Claire G]

Hmmm, just tried folding paper more than 7 times...:wow:

[Rodders_UK]

Originally posted by Claire G

Hmmm, just tried folding paper more than 7 times...:wow:

And how did you get on??? - it doesn't matter how big the peice of paper is either!

[Monster-Mat]

did you know that if you could phyically fold a piece of paper 53 times the resulting stack would reach from the earth to the moon:wow:

all to do with multiplication...........

fold it as many times as you can,then start multiplying from there..........

[andyhart21]

Im was sure that I could fold a piece of paper more than 7 times - how wrong I was:lol:

I must have tried 20 times:mad:

[Jev]

In space it must be difficult to show anything spins clockwise or anti-clockwise

- based on the fact that with no gravity how do you know which way is up?

If you look at venus from opposite ends of the axis of spin - it would spin either way.

- blimey a bit of mental agility at 11 a.m. on a Sunday - maybe I didn't drink enough last night. :D

[Matthew_McNally]

Originally posted by Jev

In space it must be difficult to show anything spins clockwise or anti-clockwise

- based on the fact that with no gravity how do you know which way is up?

If you look at venus from opposite ends of the axis of spin - it would spin either way.

I thought this when I posted it.

my thought was that the direction of spin would be relevant to the observer and the location in space.

if all the planets are observed from the same place, whilst in the same approximate 'location' relevant to the observer - the direction of spin could be calculated?