THINGS YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW....

         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 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.

         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, multi-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 able to make change for   a dollar (good to know.)

         26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can'tsink 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. Guinness 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.