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34 Things you should know and probably don't
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Author:  Loco Mike [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:44 am ]
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Subject: FW: 34 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T
Some interesting; some kind of scary (#9) ..


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.

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'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 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 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. {Great diet items!!}

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.'
Author:  BrownCow [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:06 am ]
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that george carlin quote is awesome!!! and I agree 1000%
Author:  Ciaociao32001 [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 34 Things you should know and probably don't
Loco Mike wrote:
Subject: FW: 34 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T
Some interesting; some kind of scary (#9) ..




... and (sorry Loco Mike) some of them bullshit.

http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/lucci.asp

http://msgboard.snopes.com/message/ulti ... 1/p/1.html

Ciaociao
Author:  Loco Mike [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:43 am ]
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Can't vauge for the accuracy of any of the things listed. Got an e-mail and thought I would pass it along. Same with other stuff I posted in this section. I dont sit around and think this stuff up. :idea:
Author:  JazzboCR [ Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:03 pm ]
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Not only could that great genius Leonardo da Vinci write and draw simultaneously, he could write backwards (mirror writing) using a code he invented. Possibly the greatest polymath in history. He invented a workable parachute finally realized in material form 500 years later---and it worked effectively.
Author:  SnapperTrapper [ Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:04 am ]
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Wow, buy you books, send you off to school and thats what you come up with? lol
Author:  JazzboCR [ Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:57 am ]
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Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1621), the inventor of the scientific method, is generally conceded to be the last man who could have known everything worth knowing (there may have been some Middle Eastern/ Chinese obscurities he wasn't aware of). That work for you, Brother BrentC?
Author:  SnapperTrapper [ Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:57 am ]
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Works for me Jazzbo :wink:
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