34 things you should know - Fearless women, freaky fun

Swoopie · 07-23-2008, 08:43 AM

I know some of these are true, but can't swear to all of them

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 7UP 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 Bea tty 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, mu lti-tasking 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 Da Vinci 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 a ble 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. Gui nness 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. O. J. 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.'

Manyfeathers · 07-23-2008, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swoopie

I know some of these are true, but can't swear to all of them

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.

I must try this

5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

Really?

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 7UP 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 Bea tty 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.

For what ailment I wonder?

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, mu lti-tasking was invented.)

And . . . he wrote backwards.

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 Da Vinci 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.

If I ever see one of those devils, I'll try this out.

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 a ble 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..

Get out!

32. Gui nness 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. O. J. 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.'

Go George - he was so friggin smart.

Good to know!

Lola Starr · 07-23-2008, 10:44 AM

I'm glad I don't wear lipstick. :gross

samezsilli · 07-23-2008, 10:46 AM

I love weird facts

KyansMummsie · 07-23-2008, 11:58 AM

Quote:

5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
This one is false: Susan Lucci was born to Jeanette and Victor Lucci.

8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He
was albino.
Also a myth: One myth regarding the red spot between 7 and Up is that the inventor of the drink was an albino with red eyes, and that the red spot represents his eye and the clear color represents his skin

10. Warren Bea tty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
True: She is his older sister and Maclaine is her middle name

12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the
shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
A killer whale can kill a great white but it's actually the great white that torpedoes from beneath it's prey.

14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't
wear pants.Also true, or atleast used to be true.

18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War
II were made of wood. False. The fifteenth Academy Awards were held in March, 1943 and because of the war, the statuettes were made out of plaster rather than the traditional bronze. There was also one wooden Oscar, presented to Edgar Bergen in 1938 for his 'outstanding comic creation' - Charlie McCarthy, his ventriloquist dummy!

20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was
never a recorded Wendy before!
Partially false. Although the name 'Wendy' appears as a boy's name in the 1881 census of England, Barrie (author of Peter Pan) is usually credited with its invention as a girl's name. The character Wendy was inspired by a real girl. Barrie befriended young Margaret Henley, daughter of Barrie's friend W.E. Henley. Margaret used to call him 'my friendy-wendy'. Margaret died at the age of four in 1894 but was immortalized forever in Barrie's work.

22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years
to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
False. It is most likely that scissors were invented in 1500 BC in ancient Egypt.[1] These were probably shears with the joint at the end opposite the blades.[2] Cross-bladed scissors were invented by the Romans around AD 100.

24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was a
Captain Kirk's mask painted white.
True

And yes. I looked those up. I'm a loser.

emilync · 07-23-2008, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KyansMummsie

And yes. I looked those up. I'm a loser.

bellacola · 07-23-2008, 12:23 PM

The one about the raisin in the champagne is because the CO2 bubbles latch onto the raisin to try to escape the liquid solution. It's the reason that the diet coke and mentos thing causes a gyser (well, it's the holes, but the co2 is trying to escape on the mentos and the holes in the lid create pressure)