Collected early 2000's.
I don't know how many of these are true. Would like to try #4.
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.
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 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 DaVinci 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 DaVinci 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!
3 1. 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.
