Interesting Tid Bits

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 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'sstomach 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 'lower' because >inthe 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 >paintMona 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, >whichstated 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 fanny off >to jail."