40 Things You May Not Know
40 Things You May Not Know
1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton.
2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties
of pickle the company once had.
3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two
weeks - otherwise it will digest itself (eewwww).
4 The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a "tittle".
6. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce
up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top
7. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
8. A duck's quack doesn't echo ... no one knows why.
9. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
10. Every person has a unique tongue print (no licking at the scene
of a crime!).
11. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
12. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes.
He was albino.
13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents
daily.
14. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be
seen in the distance.
15. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
16. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few
ounces will kill a small sized dog.
17. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's
stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
18. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
19. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he
doesn't wear pants!
20. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
21. 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.
22. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with
the other at the same time (... and multi-tasking was invented).
23. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World
War II were made of wood.
24. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
25. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there
was never a recorded Wendy before!
26. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange,
purple, and silver!
27. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years
to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
28. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go
mad and sting itself to death.
29. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween"
was a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
30. 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).
31. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't
sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely
useless).
32. 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 (sign of a true civilized society ... not!).
33. American Airlines saved $40,000 in '87 by eliminating one olive
from each salad served in first class.
34. 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.
35. 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! (Guess what I'm buying on my next trip to the
grocery store!)
36. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
37. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
38. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book
most often stolen from Public Libraries.
39. Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't
considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run
Microsoft's Flight Simulator game.
40. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into
space because passing wind in a space suit damages them
(families taking long car rides should adopt this same policy). |
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