Things you should know but probabally don't

[JM15 386]

I saw this on another forum and thought it was interesting. enjoy

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. (that

makes my day!)

5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

6. 40% of MacDonald '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. (Just as I suspected))

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. (The Little Pervert)

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, or 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 a** off to jail.”

[ny10570 745]

I saw this on another forum and thought it was interesting. enjoy

2. The Declaration of

Independence was written on hemp

(Marijuana) paper.

5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes.

He was albino.

12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the

shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

These I'm going from memory on, so please excuse if some details are a bit off. The gist is still true, most of these are woefully wrong.

2. Close. Drafts and ensuing copies were likely printed on hemp since up 90% of the paper used then was at least mostly hemp. The actual document signed by the delegates is in fact parchment.

5. Lucci is from Garden City and went to Marymount. Diller is from California.

8. Charles Lapier Grigg died in 1948. 7up didn't get the red dot till the 70's. Most Albinos have Hazel or Blue eyes. Ohh, and Grigg wasn't Albino.

12. They don't explode, however it can rupture hollow organs and tear solid organs.

I could keep going, but I'm tired and its late...or early...its something.

Edited January 8, 2010 by ny10570

[JimmyPFD 11]

One word: "Nurple"

[Raz 14]

Interesting stuff. As for my correction, hemp isn't marijuana.

[PEMO3 523]

5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

Susan Lucci is not Phyllis Diller's daughter although it is a common internet rumor. See: http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/lucci.asp.

[tunaFish 0]

I saw this on another forum and thought it was interesting. enjoy

Wow, I'd love to copy this, may I?

Edited January 9, 2010 by xfirefighter484x
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