- - - you may not have known if it weren't for smart-a$$ friends who send you such stuff!! For those of you getting tired of reading about meds, etc. (or might possibly get a spot on "Who wants to be a Millionaire?") > (01) Money isn't made out of paper. It's made out of cotton. > Us kids thought Dad was made of money. > (02) The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the > number of varieties of pickle the company once had. > > (03) A rat can last longer without water than a camel. > > (04) Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every > two weeks or it will digest itself. > > (05) The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp > paper. > Did they roll up and smoke the copies with typos? > (06) The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle. > I always thought this ~ was a tittle. No maybe that a tild. > (07) A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will > bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the > glass to the top. (works in 7Up also) > Gonna be a run on liquor stores tonight what with everyone testing this statement. > (08) Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller. > > (09) A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and > cannot find a mate. > > (10) A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why. > > (11) A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2 by 3-1/2. > > (12) 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy > Meals. > > (13) Every person has a unique eye & tongue print. > > (14) The "spot" on the 7-Up comes from its inventor who had > red eyes. He was an albino. > > (15) 315 entries in Webster's 1996 dictionary were > misspelled. > Whose dictionary did they check this against? > (16) During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car > can be seen in the distance. > Blockbuster better have a lot of copies on hand tonight for rental! > (17) On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong > parents daily. > > (18) John Wilkes Booth's brother once saved the life of > Abraham Lincoln's son. > > (19) Warren Beatty and Shirley McLaine are brother and > sister. > > (20) Chocolate kills dogs. It affects a dog's heart and > nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog. > Absolute proof we are not descended from dogs, thank goodness! > (21) Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps. > > (22) Playing cards were issued to British pilots in WW ll If > captured, they could be soaked in water and unfolded to > reveal a map for escape. > > (23) Most lipstick contains fish scales. > Man that really stinks! I'll never be able to kiss my wife again after she puts on her makeup! > (24) Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into > the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. > > (25) Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he > doesn't wear pants. > But his girlfriend plus Minnie and Mickey Mouse do! Actually a fowl's private parts are not externally visible. Back in Agri class in high school we were shown how to make it visible so you could separate the rousters from the hens. > (26) Dr. Seuss is actually pronounced Seuss such that it > sounds like Sue-ice. > > (27) Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine. > > (29) During the California gold rush of 1849, miners sent > their laundry to Honolulu for washing and pressing. Due to > the extremely high costs in California during these boom years, > it was deemed more feasible to send their shirts to Hawaii for > servicing. > > (30) American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating > one olive from each salad served in First Class. > They now save $4,000,000 by only serving an olive. > (31) Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during > World War II were made of wood. > > (32) The number of possible ways of playing the first four > moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000. > > (33) 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 lower case letters. > > (34) There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. > > (35) There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with > orange, purple and silver. > > (36) The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 > dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. > But what does it signify? > (37) The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. > There was never a recorded Wendy before. > > (38) The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in > World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. > How do they know this? > (39) There are 4 cars and 11 lightposts on the back of the > US 10 dollar bill. > > (40) Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. It also took him > 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips. > Probably had to take some time off for fishing to have scales to mix his paint! > (41) If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it > will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. > I've seen this almost happen to people! > (42) Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w > film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite > of the norm. > > (43) If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes and 4 pennies, you'd > have $1.19. You would also have the largest amount of money in > coins without being able to make change for a dollar. > > (44) The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's > "Born in the USA." > > (45) The mask used by Michael Myers in the original > "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white. > > (46) The original name for butterfly was flutterby. > > (47) 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. > Would a 3/4 inch steel rod have been legal? > (48) The first product Motorola started to develop was a > record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known > player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves > Motorola. > > (49) Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet. > > (50) By raising your legs slowly and laying on your back, > you cannot sink into quicksand. > However, do not raise them above your head! > (51) Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on Scooby Doo. > > (52) Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to > eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. > Need to balance it out by spreading chocolate on the stalk! > (53) Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie > Chaplin look-alike contest. > > (54) In Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift described the two > moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, giving their exact size > and speeds of rotation. He did this more than 100 years before > either moon was discovered. > > (55) Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from > crying. > > (56) Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear > Watson." > > (57) An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal > for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing. > This is a strange one! What in the world was the reason? > (58) Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokesmodel. > > (59) The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher. > > (60) The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being > the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. > > (61) Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go > into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. > The spacesuits or the astronauts? > (62) Back in the mid to late 80s, an IBM compatible computer > wasn't considered 100% compatible unless it could run Microsoft's > Flight Simulator. > > (63) Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!! > Is this true south of the equator, say in Australia?