40 Useless and Interesting Facts You May Not Know

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40 Useless and Interesting Facts You May Not Know

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 the
company once had.
3.
Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks
otherwise it will 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 (no licking at the
scene of a crime!).
11.
315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
12.
The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes.
He was albino.
13.
On average, 12 new-borns will be given to the wrong parents
daily.
14.
During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red! car can be
seen in the distance.
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.
Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the
shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
18.
Most lipstick contains fish scales
19.
Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't
wear pants!
20.
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
21.
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' letter Aa Bb Cc
22. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the
other at the same time ( ... and multi-tasking was invented).
23.
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World
War II were 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 a recorded 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 to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
28.
A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly
go mad and sting itself to death.
29.
The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween"
was a Captain 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 being able to make change for a dollar (good to know).
31.
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you
can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).
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 (sign of a true civilized society ... not).
33.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in '87 by eliminating one
olive from each salad served in first class.
34.
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.
35.
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! (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
most often stolen from Public Libraries.
39.
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 game.
40.
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into
space because passing wind in a space suit damages them (families
taking long car rides should adopt this same policy).