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dont know about the bats but do they stand on their feet in the northern
hemisphere
judy


>From: "Hawkins, Darwin" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
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>Subject: NONPD: 63 things - - -
>Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:09:57 -0500
>
>- - - 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?

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