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.
From Corey Deitz