63 jaw dropping facts.
> > > (01) Money isn't made out of paper. It's made out
> > > of cotton.
> > >
> > > (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.
> > >
> > > (06) The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
> > >
> > > (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.
> > >
> > > (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.
> > >
> > > (16) During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur", a small
> > > red car can be seen in the distance.
> > >
> > > (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. Chocolate affects a
> > > dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is
enough to kill a
> > > small sized dog.
> > >
> > > (21) Daniel Boone detested coonskin caps.
> > >
> > > (22) Playing cards were issued to British pilots
in
> > > WWII. If captured, they could be soaked in water
and unfolded
> > > to reveal a map for escape.
> > >
> > > (23) Most lipstick contains fish scales.
> > >
> > > (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.
> > >
> > > (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.
> > >
> > > (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.
> > >
> > > (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.
> > >
> > > (39) There are 4 cars and 11 lightposts on the
back
> > > on the US 10 dollar bill.
> > >
> > > (40) Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. It also
> > > took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
> > >
> > > (41) If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a
> > > scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself
to death.
> > >
> > > (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.
> > >
> > > (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.
> > >
> > > (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.
> > >
> > > (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.
> > >
> > > (58) Sharon Stone was the first StarSearch
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > (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!!
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