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  1. #1
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    heres 40 fun fcats you probably didn't know nor did you need to....

    lol some are hilarious
    tell me if you laughed when your done reading =)


    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.

    31. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).

    32. 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.

    33. American Airlines saved $40,000 in '87 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

    34. 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.

    35. 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!

    36. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

    37. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

    38. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

    39. Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator game..

    40. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them. I can't believe I have made it this far in life unaware of these "facts"!!!


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    I don't think I laughed at any of them but a few things up there are interesting. =)

    Nice find.

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    got some good facts nice and useless like the book i gave to a friend

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

    ^Not true. No matter who tells you. I've heard with my own ears that a duck's quack DOES echo!



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

    ^Only in old Cinema reel versions. The car has been cut out of newer TV, video and DVD versions of the film.


    The rest are cool! I knew a lot of them though, I'm one of those people who picks up crap like this all the time. :P Some I didn't know though, and so they can be added to my extensive list of useless facts...

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    lawl some are funny XD

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    doesn't "turtle" rhyme with "purple" ?

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    Uh, no. Not at all!

    PurPLE / TurTLE

    Pul / Tul.

    No!

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    Oh... I got owned a little. BUT TO ME IT STILL RHYMES :P

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    Lol glad u like em its from a user on my old site who posted them for a clan on runescpae

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    Nice, I enjoyed reading those

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