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Something for everyone.
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 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 (eeww).
14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear
pants.
15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s 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 DaVinci 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 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 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 ass off to jail."
1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
25% Linen, 75% Cotton.
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp
(marijuana) paper.
http://www.usconstitution.net/constfaq_a8.html
A. Urban legend is that the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights were written on hemp paper, hemp being the industrial name for the fiber of the marijuana plant. For some reason, this "fact" is touted by those who seek to legalize marijuana for recreational use. First, it is not clear why the use of hemp as a fiber should mean it should be legalized for recreational use. Second, the "fact" is not a fact.
The Declaration, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights are currently housed in the National Archives. All three are written on parchment, not hemp paper. Parchment is treated animal skin, typically sheepskin. The Declaration was inked with iron gall ink. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory was commissioned to create a system to monitor the physical status of all three. The Charters of Freedom Monitoring System took digital photos of each sheet of parchment in 1987, each document divided into one-inch squares. Over time, the photos are retaken and compared to the original to look for signs of deterioration. Before the charters were recently reencased for display, a small tear in the Declaration was repaired by adding Japanese paper to the gap. This is the only paper in any of the documents. This is not to say that a copy of any of the documents was never written on hemp paper - just not the copies we see in the Archives Rotunda.
8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had
red eyes. He was albino.
http://www.snopes.com/business/names/7up.asp
14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/finland.htm
And there are a whole bunch more I can't prove incorrect but I find no evidence of.
Originally posted by XanthosNZPlease do. It's obvious you have nothing better to do, like have friends or a life.
1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
25% Linen, 75% Cotton.
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp
(marijuana) paper.
http://www.usconstitution.net/constfaq_a8.html
A. Urban legend is that the Constitution, Declaration of Independence, and Bill of Rights were written on hemp paper, hemp being the industrial nam paper - just not the copies we see in the Archives Rotunda.
I won't bother continuing.
And you wonder why no one likes you.
Originally posted by XanthosNZI'm not pissed. To get pissed over something like this isn't really how I roll.
You're just as bad as Chancre. You post a list of 'facts' and get all pissy when they are shown to be wrong.
You, on the other hand, are an arrogant son of a bitch who seems to get some sort of high by searching the internet trying to prove that you know more than everyone else.
Do the world a favor and off yourself.
Originally posted by Derfel CadarnYou sound angry. Perhaps you should take a break. A fast breakfast.
I'm not pissed. To get pissed over something like this isn't really how I roll.
You, on the other hand, are an arrogant son of a bitch who seems to get some sort of high by searching the internet trying to prove that you know more than everyone else.
Do the world a favor and off yourself.
