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." (Erin, take note.)
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. (Scary if this is true.)
10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
11. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
12. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear
pants.
13. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
14. 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.
15. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were
made of wood.
16. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
17. 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. (Nice, huh?)
18. 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.
19. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
20. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often
stolen from public libraries.
* I make no guarantees regarding the accuracy of the above statements.
P.S. After a tip-off from Kristi, I checked Susan Lucci via Wikopedia. Phyllis Diller's not her mom. You mean you can't believe everything you read? 10 points to the next person who finds another error...is the aforementioned postage stamp really kosher?
7 comments:
I actually knew the one about the "rule of thumb". My mom's boss hates that expression because of it and I'm minded of it every time I use it.
I guess that one is kind of creepy.
I think the only one I knew was that money is not made out of paper.
Lipstick has Mercury in it, and so does Mascara.....Don't lick or cry~
Mary said she looked Susan up on Google and her mom isn't Phyllis Diller--just so you know. That one would probably keep you up all night, right?
Kristi-ha! My mom sent me this stuff in an email. I wondered if the source was accurate...I know at least some of the "facts" are. Good luck guessing which...
Kristi, what about Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLain?
That one is true, Kara Jo.
And I'm embarrassed to say that I knew the Susan Lucci one without Googling.
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