Things We Should Know, But Probably Don't

[SETIsLady]

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. (WHO KNEW?)
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'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. Gu inness 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.
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."

[Shirleypal]

Love it Linda, couldn't have gotten through another day without knowing the above.

[Barbie]

Additional info:

Number 11 - Chocolate also damages cats' livers and kidneys.

Number 13 - Lipsticks (usually only imported ones) also contain very high levels of lead. Some of the other imported (usually cheap) cosmetics do, as well.

And, as an added note: Imported chocolate is only allowed to have 4 rat feces per square inch, as opposed to Domestic made chocolate which can have up to 17.

You can enjoy your Hershey Bars now!:D

[feetsie]

Claim: Actress Susan Lucci is the daughter of comedienne Phyllis Diller.
Status: False.




http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/lucci.htm


Sorry.

[SETIsLady]

Claim: Actress Susan Lucci is the daughter of comedienne Phyllis Diller.
Status: False.




http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/lucci.htm


Sorry.

thanks feetsie for the correct information...just posted for fun anyhow.

[Iris]

I like #34 best.

[Bellisima]

The first puppy my husband and I adopted, two weeks after we were married, was a glorious Collie-Shepherd mix we named Sam. One lovely winter afternoon we took him to a Reservation for a nice, long walk.

On the way home, we stopped at a grocery store to pick up a few items and left Sam in the car. When we returned, less than 15 minutes later, Sam had been very busy, He had ripped out all the wires under the dashboard in an effort to dig his way out and, failing that, had pawed open the glove compartment which contained a large bag of Hershey Kisses. He had consumed all of the chocolate, discarding some of the tinfoil.

The wires could be fixed but I was terrified that our beautiful boy was going to die. Nothing happened. Subsequent tests by the Vet turned out fine. Sam lived a long and happy life.

I still am very careful to keep chocolate away from dogs but I'm not sure I believe it's as dangerous as they say.

[moonchild2]

The first puppy my husband and I adopted, two weeks after we were married, was a glorious Collie-Shepherd mix we named Sam. One lovely winter afternoon we took him to a Reservation for a nice, long walk.

On the way home, we stopped at a grocery store to pick up a few items and left Sam in the car. When we returned, less than 15 minutes later, Sam had been very busy, He had ripped out all the wires under the dashboard in an effort to dig his way out and, failing that, had pawed open the glove compartment which contained a large bag of Hershey Kisses. He had consumed all of the chocolate, discarding some of the tinfoil.

The wires could be fixed but I was terrified that our beautiful boy was going to die. Nothing happened. Subsequent tests by the Vet turned out fine. Sam lived a long and happy life.

I still am very careful to keep chocolate away from dogs but I'm not sure I believe it's as dangerous as they say.

My little dog Casey, stole and ate 2 boxes of chocolates that were laying, wrapped under the Christmas tree. Nothing happened other than the seratonin levels in his brain probably hit an all time high and made him an extra happy little doggie for awhile.

[johnlear]

Originally posted by SETIsLady

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.

Well, not exactly. The product was a radio for a car. There were plenty of car radios on the market but you couldn't hear them with the car running because of the ignition noise. My father, William P. Lear, Sr. was half owner of the company which became Motorola (the other half was owned by Paul Galvin) invented the "B" battery eliminator which let you play the radio with the car running with no ignition noise. Its true they came up with the name Motorola as a combination of Motor (from motorcar) and Victrola. My father sold his half of Motorola to form Lear, Inc. in 1930. He sold Lear, Inc. in 1958 to Sielgler Corp. and it became Lear Siegler. He then formed Lear Jet Corporation which produced the Lear Jet. Lear Jet Corp. was sold to Gates Rubber in 1968 who held it for about 10 years. It went through several other owners and is now held by Bombardier but is still called the Lear Jet..

[SETIsLady]

well I guess the next time that one of my employees sends me an email, I should check it out before I post it

[Bellisima]

I'm sorry, Linda. Your post was fun to read and I enjoyed it. Guess I just saw an opportunity to talk about my beloved Sam and, in doing so, messed up a lighthearted thread. Please forgive me, Luv, and I'll try to think twice next time.

[Cherry Kelly]

Well why a few were not quite "right on" they provided a fun read -- something everyone needs to ease the tensions of the day...

Thanks for posting - think the list I received email was a bit longer.... but these were fun.

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PS: BTW they make a chocolate doggie treat - though I am not sure that they don't use a chocolate substitute. My dogs have eaten chocolate over the years - didn't seem to bother them either...
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[sweet marie]

Well why a few were not quite "right on" they provided a fun read -- something everyone needs to ease the tensions of the day...

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PS: BTW they make a chocolate doggie treat - though I am not sure that they don't use a chocolate substitute. My dogs have eaten chocolate over the years - didn't seem to bother them either...
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I agree. It was a fun read. Some I already knew and some I didn't. I used to give our family dog chocolate occasionally and it never bothered her. I also used to give her the imitation ones made specially for dogs. That dog liked almost anything, especially carrots. They were like candy to her. She also loved spagetti. But when I got a dog of my own, she couldn't eat spagetti. I found that out the hard way when I was visiting a freind's place and the poor dog threw it up all over. Never gave it to her again.

[Cherry Kelly]

Reminds me of a dog we had -- golden retriever - who loved green tomatoes - would help himself to them when he could get to the tomato patch. One day he got into the patch -- and grabbed a "green" -- wasn't a tomato - was a hot pepper. He never touched tomatoes again...

[SETIsLady]

I'm sorry, Linda. Your post was fun to read and I enjoyed it. Guess I just saw an opportunity to talk about my beloved Sam and, in doing so, messed up a lighthearted thread. Please forgive me, Luv, and I'll try to think twice next time.

Bell, it was posted for fun so stop apologizing Love ya