THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T

[tsr]

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 Mc Donald '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 Perv.)

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 off to jail

[cerina]

Interesting stuff ... I'm glad I don't wear lipstick.

[mugley]

Strict Japanese gun control laws required biathletes at the 1998 Nagano Olympics to undergo retinal scans before picking up their rifles.

Despite the European-sounding name, Häagen-Dazs was founded in the Bronx.

Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell is also responsible for starting up Chuck E. Cheese's.

At this year's Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift won more Grammys (4) than Elvis did his entire career (3).

Bing Crosby was offered the title role in Columbo. He turned it down, afraid it would interfere with his golfing.

While they were in the White House, John & Abigail Adams had dogs named Satan & Juno.

[cerina]

[Ice Queen]

this was a cool read! Thanks!

[Dennisq]

Very cool!

[glamourpuss]

22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors.

That's kinda hot