I just got an email from my friend with a bunch of these.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T
1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
3. The dot over the letter I is called a "tittle".
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down
continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. Don't feed it to the dog
5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. I knew I was spelling those words right.
8. The "spot" on 7-UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes.
He was an albino.
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.
10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces
could kill a small sized dog.
12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's
stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww). Now this brings out ideas
14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he
doesn't wear pants.
15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
16. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower"
because in the time when all original print had to be set in
individual letters, the "upper case" letters were stored in the
case on top, and the smaller, "lower case" letters on the bottom.
17. Leonardo DaVinci could write with one hand and draw with
the other at the same time.
18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World
War II were made of wood.
19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there
was never a recorded Wendy before!
21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange,
purple, and silver!
22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years
to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
23 A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go
mad and sting itself to death. Should have never told this one to a bunch of Texas boys - they will have to try it.
24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Hal- loween"
was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.
25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you
have $1.19 , you also have the largest amount of money in coins
without being able to make change for a dollar (good to know).
26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink
in quicksand. (and you thought this list was completely useless).
27. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law,
which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider
than your thumb.
28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player
for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market
was the Victrola, so they called them selves Motorola.
29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece
of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples! A new diet - we will call it C&A
30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
31.The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the Book most
often stolen from Public Libraries.
33. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart. "Boy, I feel a lot safer
now that she's behind bars. O. J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant are still
walking around; Osama Bin Laden, too, but they take the ONE woman
in America willing to cook, clean, and work in the yard, and they haul
her but off to jail."
