Some Interesting Facts You May Not Have Known
 

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".

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 an 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.

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 .

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....But, we horror fans all knew that one;)

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.

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.



So...You guys got any new ones?

Re: Some Interesting Facts You May Not Have Known
 

The #s 13,16 and 32 on the list are numbered wrong.

I knew a bunch of those


34. the famous scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark where he shoots the guy twirling the sword came about cause Harrison Ford had the shits that day

ditto


35. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories per hour.

36. Americans, on average, eat 18 acres of pizza every day combined.

37. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

38. In every episode of Seinfeld, there is a Superman somewhere.

39. The cruise line, Queen Elizabeth II, moves six inches for each gallon of diesel it burns.

40. Dueling is legal in Paraguay, as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

I liked the part about the exploding shark and the mad drunken scorpion .

41. In 1988 at Tiger Stadium during the annual LSU-Auburn game, Auburn led 6-0 late in the 4th quarter. On forth down with 1:47 left, QB Tommy Hodson threw a touchdown pass to TB Eddie Fuller.

The eruption of the crowd registered as an earthquake on the seismograph located in LSU’s Howe-Russell Geoscience Complex.

A cow produces 200 times more gas a day than a person

A duck’s quack doesn’t echo

The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its’ head enables it to see all four feet at all times

The Sanskrit word for “war” means, “desire for more cows”

There wasn’t a single pony in the Pony Express

India has a Bill of Rights for cows

The Falkland Islands have a human population of around 2,000 but a sheep population of 700,000 making 350 sheep for every person

Re: Re: Some Interesting Facts You May Not Have Known
 

That's an interesting fact...lol....Sorry, I wasn't paying close attention...Was feeding the baby :D

WOW
 

You guys make me feel dumb. Hah hah.

Re: WOW
 

Really?...I would think that spelling 'Satan' wrong would make you feel dumb :p


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