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THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T
THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T...
AND PERHAPS, WE SHOULDN'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 champagnewill bounce up and down
continuously from the bottomof 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. (call 911)
7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, whohad red eyes. He was 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 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. (Sushi anyone?)
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear
pants.
Another Fun Finland Fact; (Say that fast five times) 6.832 Finns are in prison
and 2.790 would still fit in, so do behave !
15 Ketchup was sold in the 1830's 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 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 range,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's mask painted white.
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
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 !
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. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST,
34. 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 fanny off to jail !
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