Things You Should Know But Probably Don't

[littlebity]

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T


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.

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 Diction ary 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.

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.

15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.

16. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and ' l ower' 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, multitasking 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 DaVinci 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 m as k 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 stamp s i s 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. OJ 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

[cheetah]

Awesome, funny and very very interesting! Thanks for the great post.

[oakley]

I found this about Susan Lucci http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542038

Actress. Born in 1948, in Scarsdale, New York. The daughter of Victor and Jean Lucci, she grew up in Garden City, New York, with her older brother, James. A fan of television soap operas from childhood, Lucci enrolled in the drama program at Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York, after graduating high school.

[chicky82]

Alot of these should be taken with a grain of salt such as the Susan Lucci thing, the 7up guy had red eyes (usually albino people have blue eyes) and the quicksand thing, the Mythbusters put that one to rest awhile ago and the rule of thumb one: the real explanation of 'rule of thumb' is that it derives from wood workers ... who knew their trade so well they rarely or never fell back on the use of such things as rulers. Instead, they would measure things by, for example, the length of their thumbs."

But fun to read anyway

[littlebity]

I just got it in an e-mail and thought it was interesting...Should have checked it out before posting

[HappyCappy]

oh no itty, It was great.
Post some more of these, They are a good interesting read if nothing else.

[jvt90]

I knew most of those, but thanks anyway

btw, sources plz?

[littlebity]

Hi jvt.....I got it in an e-mailthat someone sent me.

[Horndogg]

Thank you I did know # 11 the rest I didn't know. Where did you find the list and thanks again

[littlebity]

I got it in an e-mail horndogg

[Shandon00]

The babies being given to the wrong parents and the 40% of the sales at McDs being Happy Meals both shocked me!!!!

Thanks for posting!!