| Things You May Not Know |
1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton.
2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the
varieties of pickles the company once had.
3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two
weeks, otherwise it would 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
ten 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.
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 wasn't considered a hundred percent
compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight
Simulator.
2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the
varieties of pickles the company once had.
3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two
weeks, otherwise it would 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
ten 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.
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 wasn't considered a hundred percent
compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight
Simulator.
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