40 Things You May Not Know

This from:   Noel Quentin           

1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton.

2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickle thecompany once had.

3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks -otherwise it will digest itself (eeww).

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 anddown 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 (no licking at the scene of acrime!).

11. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

12. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He wasalbino.

13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

14. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen inthe distance.

15. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.

16. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounceswill kill a small sized dog.

17. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark'sstomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

18. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).

19. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wearpants!

20. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

21. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' becausein 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 thatstored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.

22. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the otherat the same time ( ... and multi-tasking was invented).

23. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War IIwere made of wood.

24. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

25. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never arecorded Wendy before!

26. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange,purple, and silver!

27. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years topaint Mona Lisa's lips.

28. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go madand sting itself to death.

29. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was aCaptain Kirk mask painted white.

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 beingable to make change for a dollar ( ... good to know . ).

31. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sinkin quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).

32. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, whichstated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than yourthumb (sign of a true civilized society ... not).

33. American Airlines saved $40,000 in '87 by eliminating one olive fromeach salad served in first class.

34. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record playerfor automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market wasthe Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

35. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a pieceof celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same withapples! (guess what I'm buying on my next trip to the grocery store!)

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 mostoften stolen from Public Libraries.

39. Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn'tconsidered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft'sFlight Simulator game.

40. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into spacebecause passing wind in a space suit damages them (families taking longcar rides should adopt this same policy).