Things You Should Know But Probably Don't
 

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 7-UP 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, multitasking 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 DaVinci 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!

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. I NEED TO REMEMBER THIS.

34. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart. "Boy, I feel a lot safer now that she's behind bars.. OJ 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."

At least one, and probably more of these facts are simply not true. Eating an apple does not cause one to burn more calories than are gained by consuming the apple. Depending on the size of the apple, one might be ingesting about 80-100 calories or so minus a few measly calories to chew it.

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.)

I´ll remember this one for when I´ll walk through the next quicksand in Marbella:thumbsup

Interesting stuff.. I used useless facts like that to start my classes back in te days where I was teaching second languages...

good post lol

I just want to know two things.

Who the hell READ the entire dictionary to find the misspellings. And are there any qualifications that had to be met to get the job?

nice read, thanks =)

i love lists like this. :) i'm proud that i knew a few of those!

Another one on the dictionary...what did they use for reference to make sure it was spelled right? I guess another dictionary, but who is to say which dictionary was right?

12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

How retarded do you think we are, captain?

useful list! :thumbsup

Nice... :1orglaugh

These are 100% false... Geez.

cool list

Some in there I know as truth... and learned a few things, too (gonna have to try #4 :) )... most are reasonable...

But, yeah, as has been mentioned, some are simply false.

#26 doesn't apply because, well, there's no such thing as a stationary pool of quicksand - that's myth; probably derived from tar pits. The concept was featured in an episode of Mythbusters... and busted. :2 cents:

21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!

Orange - Challenge
Purple - Baffel
Silver - Alter

you burn 60 calories an hour sleeping.

i believe this is true if you're not a pig about it

good point :1orglaugh

ants don't sleep ........ EVER!

some interesting stuff.

hmmm...I can't imagine the pronunciation that would make that work.

wow very interesting facts!:thumbsup

HAHAHHAHAHAHA YES!

Interesting stuff indeed..

GOD I CANT BELIEVE HOW FUCKIN STUPID SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN ADULT ARE

I mean completely un fucking real

I guess I should add something for you idiots too

bullshit fact #30 If you urinate while upside down the piss will flow in the air as gravity dosent affect urine

go try it and see

Two useful FACTS. Yes, the second one is a FACT, not an opinion.

you know I have you on ignore because I have never seen you make a useful or otherwise entertaining post

... but I clicked view post just to see if I may have misjudged you.... but nope...... you are one stupid sonofabitch lol

I honestly have no clue how anyone can be so dumb

I have seen your post and just about any and everything you post makes no sense at all..


Just wanted to let you know that:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

ok back on ignore you go....


:thumbsup:2 cents:

where did you copy/paste this from?

wow some very interesting stuff :)

man o man you guys are slow
around here lmao

Suicide misconception
The belief that scorpions commit suicide by stinging themselves to death when surrounded by fire is of considerable antiquity and is often prevalent where these animals exist. It is nevertheless untrue since the venom has no effect on the scorpion itself, nor on any member of the same species (unless the venom is injected directly into the scorpion's nerve ganglion?quite an unlikely event outside of the laboratory). The misconception may derive from the fact that scorpions are poikilotherms (cold-blooded): when exposed to intense heat their metabolic processes malfunction. This causes the scorpion to spasm wildly and this spasming may appear as if the scorpion is stinging itself. It is also untrue that alcohol will cause scorpions to sting themselves to death.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpio...haracteristics

DING!!! Winner. But I can hardly believe you took the time to post that, since the people who believe such things probably cannot be persuaded to change their minds anyway.