Fun Facts

[xTc the NJ GUIDO]

Fun Facts

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. (This is frightening).

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.

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. (Useful info).

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.

[Death_ADDER]

you have way too much time on your hands... seriously.

Steve

[T3H]

i so agree with death i wasted like 5 mins reading that and when i finished i was like wtf?

[xTc the NJ GUIDO]

Its interesting.

[Death_ADDER]

it is interesting... wow thug 5 minutes? you read that slow? geese

Steve

[Paladin_Godfather]

Objects fall at 32 ft per sec.

[Cole]

Yeah, and half of those are exaggerations or complete crap. lol.

For example, the 7 up one is an urban legend.  A quick google shows that. http://www.snopes.com/business/names/7up.asp

Those facts are good......for me to poop on!

[son]

Yeah, and half of those are exaggerations or complete crap. lol.
For example, the 7 up one is an urban legend. A quick google shows that. http://www.snopes.com/business/names/7up.asp
Those facts are good......for me to poop on!

And Death thought xTc had too much time on his hands...

-son

[Death_ADDER]

lol I guess theres more with too much time.

Steve

[xTc the NJ GUIDO]

Maybe i should spend this extra time on school, instead of stupid facts.

[Cole]

If you were cool, you'd spend your time in school.

lol

Learn perl.  Then you can truly be an ultra leet spammer.  grep the web and you shall control all of the useless information.  Built the xTc forum whore bot.

[Death_ADDER]

actually you wanna be cool? spend your time fucking different girls... skip school and get drunk... real cool to me

Steve

[xTc the NJ GUIDO]

I got a shirt with ralph wiggum on it that says 1+2 = R, its one of my favorite shirts, across the top it says I beat the smart kids.

[Death_ADDER]

lol... wow... no wonder ya failed... hehehe jk...

Steve

[xTc the NJ GUIDO]

No im not suprised, i buy stupid shirts like that all the time, and my teachers always comment on them.

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