facts

> > 1 . Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out
> of cotton.
> >
> > 2. The Declaration of Independence was written
> on hemp paper.
> >
> > 3. The dot over the letter i is called a
> "tittle" (not title, but
> 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
> 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 is 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."
> >