Re: Stuff to know -- MIDRANGE-L

Folks:

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Thanks!

david

Pat Barber wrote:
> THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DONT............
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> 1 . Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
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> 2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
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> 3. The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle".
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> 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.
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> 5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
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> 6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
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> 7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
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> 8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was
> albino.
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> 9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.
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> 10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
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> 11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will
> kill a small sized dog.
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> 12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's
> stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
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> 13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
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> 14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear
> pants.
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> 15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
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> 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.
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> 17. Leonardo DA Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at
> the same time ... hence, multi-tasking was invented.)
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> 18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were
> made of wood.
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> 19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
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> 20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a
> recorded Wendy before!
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> 21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple,
> and silver!
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> 22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to
> paint
> Mona Lisa's lips.
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> 23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and
> sting itself to death.
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> 24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a
> Captain
> Kirk's mask painted white.
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> 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.)
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> 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.)
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> 30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
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> 31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
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> 32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often
> stolen from Public Libraries.
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> 33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space
> because passing wind in a space suit damages it
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