Friday, December 29, 2006

Amazing Facts

  • Money isn't made out of paper, it is made out of cotton.
  • The 57 on a Heinz ketchup bottle represents the variety of pickles the Company once had.
  • Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
  • The dot over the letter ' i' is called the title.
  • A duck's quack doesn't echo, no one knows why.
  • Forty percent of McDonald's profit comes from the sales of 'happy meals'.
  • Every person has a unique tongue print.
  • 315 entries in Websters 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
  • On an average, 12 newborns will be given to wrong parents daily.
  • Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
  • Most lipsticks contain fish scales.
  • Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
  • Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
  • Leonardo Da vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
  • There are no clocks in the Las Vegas gambling casinos.
  • There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
  • A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it go mad instantly and sting itself to death.
  • By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
  • Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
  • Guiness Book Of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
  • Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them

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