Oct 5, 2007

Interesting Facts about Familiar things

Oct 5, 2007



2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.



5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.


7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.



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, depending on the type of chocolate (really! petcaretips.net/chocolate-pois...soning-dog.html).

12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark'sstomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).


15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.


17. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other atthe same time ... hence, multi-tasking was invented.

18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War! IIwere made of wood.

19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos .. and in most establishments designed to fleece you.

20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never arecorded Wendy before!



23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad andsting itself to death.

24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a CaptainKirk 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 ableto make change for a dollar (good to know.)

26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink inquicksand


28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player forautomobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was theVictrola, so they called themselves Motorola.

29. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece ofcelery than the celery has in it to begin with, but it has nutrients that make it healthy to eat. (Guess what I'm buying on my next trip to the grocery store?)


31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most oftenstolen from Public Libraries.

33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into spacebecause passing wind in a space suit damages it (families taking long cartrips should adopt this same policy.)

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