Random Facts Thread
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:45 am
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
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. (not Arbonne!)
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[/QUOTE]
i epic failed lol
