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THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
(??) 1. Money isn't made out of
paper, it's made out of cotton.
2. The Declaration of
written on hemp 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. 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.
8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes
from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was
albino. 9. On average, 12 newborns
will be given to the wrong parents,
daily. 10.
are brother and sister.
11. Chocolate affects a dog's
heart and nervous system; a few ounces will 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). 14. Donald Duck comics were
banned from 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 of the case that stored
the smaller, 'lower case' letters.
17. Leonardo da Vinci could
write with one hand and draw with the other
at the same time ... hence, multi-tasking was
invented.) 18. Because metal was scarce,
the Oscars given out during World War II
were made of wood. 19. There are no clocks in
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.
24. The mask used by Michael
Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk 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
(sign of a true civilized
society ... not.) 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 themselves 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!
(Guess what I'm buying on my next trip to the
grocery store?) 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. Astronauts are not allowed
to eat beans before they go into space
because passing wind in a space suit damages
it (families taking long
car trips should adopt this same policy.)
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