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    Default 30 things you may not know

    Had to shorten to 30 things was 40 hope this was not a previous thread if not enjoy .

    1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton.

    2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickles the company once had.

    3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks - otherwise it will digest itself.

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

    5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a "tittle".

    6. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

    7. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

    8. A duck's quack doesn't echo ... no one knows why.

    9. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

    10. Every person has a unique tongue print.

    11. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

    12. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was albino.

    13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

    14. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.

    15. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.

    16. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.

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

    18. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

    19. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

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

    21. 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.

    22. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

    23. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

    24. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

    25. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before!

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

    27. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.

    28. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

    29. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

    30. 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.

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    Default Re: 30 things you may not know

    Quote Originally Posted by CuriousJ

    8. A duck's quack doesn't echo ... no one knows why.
    This list pops up every once in a while. I always like to point out that this one is one of the oldest lines of BS that has floated around the Web There is not some sort of super-secret ducky quality in their quacks. A quack is perfectly capable of echoing if it is loud enough.
    "The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind."
    -Humphrey Bogart

    "Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink."
    -Lady Astor to Winston Churchill
    "Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it."
    -His reply

    "If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs."
    -David Daye

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    Default Re: 30 things you may not know

    CC....It was on MythBusters...and that myth was busted hehehehe
    I've heard that a good signiture sets you apart from everyone.
    Well......is this good enough???

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