dont remember where i found this oh well enjoy!
THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW!



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.



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.



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. 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.



34. The liquid inside young coconuts can be used as a substitute for
blood plasma.



35. No piece of paper can be folded in half more than seven (7) times.



36. Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.



37. You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.



38. Oak trees do not produce acorns until they are fifty (50) years of
age or older.



39. The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.



40. The king of hearts is the only king without a mustache.



41. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one (1) olive
from each salad served in first-class.



42. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. (Since Venus is
normally associated with women what does this tell you!)



43. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the
morning.



44. Most dust particles in your house are made from dead skin.



45. The first owner of the Marlboro Company died of lung cancer. So did
the first "Marlboro Man."



46. Walt Disney was afraid of mice.



47. Pearls melt in vinegar.



48. The three most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca Cola,
and Budweiser, in that order.



49. It is possible to lead a cow upstairs...but not downstairs.



50. A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.



51. Dentists have recommended that a toothbrush be kept at least six
(6) feet away from a toilet to avoid airborne particles resulting from the
flush. (I keep my toothbrush in the living room now!)



52. Richard Millhouse Nixon was the first U.S. president whose name
contains all the letters from the word "criminal." The second ? William
Jefferson Clinton. (Please don't tell me you're SURPRISED!?!!)



53. And the best for last.....Turtles can breathe through their butts.