TalonsMa
July 21st, 2004, 04:52 PM
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.
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.
11. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes.
He was albino.
12. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
13. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be
seen in the distance.
14. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents
daily.
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. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
18. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the
shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
19. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he
doesn't wear pants.
20. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
21. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with
the other at the same time.
22. American Airlines saved $40,000 in '87 by eliminating one
olive from each salad served in first class.
23. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World
War II were made of wood.
24. 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.
25. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
26. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with:
orange, purple, and silver!
27. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was
never a recorded
Wendy before!
28. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10
years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
29. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go
mad and sting itself to death.
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.
31. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween"
was a Captain
Kirk mask painted white.
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.
33. 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.
34. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you
can't sink in quicksand.
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!
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. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into
space because passing
wind in a space suit damages them.
40. Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer was
not considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run
Microsoft's Flight Simulator.
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.
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.
11. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes.
He was albino.
12. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
13. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be
seen in the distance.
14. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents
daily.
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. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
18. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the
shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
19. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he
doesn't wear pants.
20. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
21. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with
the other at the same time.
22. American Airlines saved $40,000 in '87 by eliminating one
olive from each salad served in first class.
23. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World
War II were made of wood.
24. 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.
25. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
26. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with:
orange, purple, and silver!
27. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was
never a recorded
Wendy before!
28. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10
years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
29. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go
mad and sting itself to death.
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.
31. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween"
was a Captain
Kirk mask painted white.
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.
33. 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.
34. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you
can't sink in quicksand.
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!
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. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into
space because passing
wind in a space suit damages them.
40. Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer was
not considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run
Microsoft's Flight Simulator.