1 . Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton..
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2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp
>(marijuana) paper
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>3. The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle".
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>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.
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>5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
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>6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of
>Happy Meals.
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>7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were
>misspelled.
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>8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had
>red eyes. He was albino.
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>9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong
>parents, daily.
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>10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and
>sister.
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>11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous
>system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
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>12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up
>into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the
>shark to explode.
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>13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww)
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>14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland
>because he doesn't wear pants.
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>15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
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>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.
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>17. Leonardo DA Vinci could write with one hand and
>draw with the other at the same time hence,
>multi-tasking was invented.
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>18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out
>during World War II were made of wood.
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>19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
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>20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan;
>there was never a recorded Wendy before!
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>21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme
>with: orange, purple, and silver!
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>22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took
>him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
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>23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it
>instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
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>24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original
>"Halloween" was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.
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>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.)
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>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.)
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>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.
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>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.
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>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!
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>30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you
>from crying!
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>31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified
>kosher..
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>32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for
>being the book most often stolen from Public
>Libraries.
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>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!
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>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."