Post by Alicia on Oct 4, 2006 10:57:03 GMT -5
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.
>
> 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. 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.
>
> 13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww)
>
> 14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't
> wear pants.
>
> 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: 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'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 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.
>
> 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."
>
> 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.
>
> 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. 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.
>
> 13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww)
>
> 14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't
> wear pants.
>
> 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: 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'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 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.
>
> 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."
