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34 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T (or forgot)
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 "title".
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. (have to try that one)
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 7 UP comes from its inventor, who had red
eyes. He was albino.
9 . On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong
parents, daily. (unbelieveable)
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 and grapes will cause
damage to their kidneys.
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 made20up 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.
I NEED TO REMEMBER THIS!
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."
34 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T (or forgot)
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 "title".
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. (have to try that one)
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 7 UP comes from its inventor, who had red
eyes. He was albino.
9 . On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong
parents, daily. (unbelieveable)
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 and grapes will cause
damage to their kidneys.
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 made20up 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.
I NEED TO REMEMBER THIS!
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."
