A couple of gems from my work friend, the first to contemplate, the second for chuckles!! #1:
1. Money isn't made out of paper,
it's made out of cotton.
2. The Declaration of Independence was
written on hemp 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 1830s 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 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
(sign of a true civilized society ... not.)
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! (Guess what I'm buying
on my next trip to the grocery store?)
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
(families taking long car trips should adopt
this same policy.)
