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THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T
> 1 . Money isn't made out of paper... it's made out of cotton.
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> 2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
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> 3. The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle" (not title, but tittle).
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> 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.
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> 5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
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> 6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
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> 7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
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> 8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inven tor, who had red eyes.
> He was albino.
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> 9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents,
> daily.
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> 10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
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> 11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few
> ounces will kill a small sized dog.
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> 12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the
> stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
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> 13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
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> 14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he
> doesn't wear pants.
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> 15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
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> 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.
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> 17. Leonardo DA Vinci could write with one hand and draw with
> the ot her at the same time (hence, multi-tasking was invented).
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> 18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World
> War II were made of wood.
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> 19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
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> 20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there
> was never a recorded Wendy before!
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> 21. There are no wo rds in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange,
> purple, and silver!
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> 22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years
> to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
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> 23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go
> mad and sting itself to death.
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> 24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween"
> was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.
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> 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.)
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> 26. By raising yo ur legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't
> sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> 30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
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> 31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
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> 32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book
> most often stolen from Public Libraries.
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> 33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into
> s pace because passing wind in a space suit damages it.
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> 34. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart .. "Boy,I feel a
> lot safer now that she's behind bars. O. J. Simpson is 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 off to jail."
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