Chapter 2 - more things to make you smarter!
Submitted September 10, 2005 Updated January 12, 2006 Status Incomplete | well, you dont, but, read this, and you will! (No longer on shot!! i added a second list!!! ^-^) a colection of random facts that you didn't know. i make u smarter
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Chapter 2 - more things to make you smarter!
Chapter 2 - more things to make you smarter!
Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of
cotton.
The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
The dot over the letter i is called a "title".
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy
Meals.
315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.
On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents,
daily (this explains so much).
Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will
kill a small sized dog.
Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear
pants.
Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
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.
Leonardo DA Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the > other > at the same me time hence, multi-tasking was invented.
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan;
there was never a recorded Wendy before!
Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint
Mona Lisa's lips.
A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.
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.)
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)
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.
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.
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!
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
Guinness 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 it.
George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart .. "Boy, I feel a
lot safer now that she's behind bars. O. J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant are
still walking around; Osama Bin Laden too, but they take the ONE woman in
America willing to cook, clean, and work in the yard, and they haul her
fanny off to jail."
Have I made you smarter NOW?!
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laurelrokz on June 20, 2008, 8:35:31 AM
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i lol'dask4advice on April 7, 2007, 4:21:42 AM
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Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages itOMG lmao!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahahahahhaahha
fruitsbasketfan on August 27, 2006, 6:43:36 AM
want to b friendsinuyasha_naruto_lover on July 29, 2006, 8:15:57 AM
mazing!! -favs-Poison_Ivy on June 23, 2006, 11:27:48 PM
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XD Amazing. 10 years to paint lips? O_O Wow, how on earth did he manage to take that long?ShamanQueen1101 on April 15, 2006, 7:07:28 AM
Yes! I love these!!*faves*FFXgirl on February 9, 2006, 4:21:42 AM
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Yes you made me smarter... well for only 5 seconds then I will forget everything lol!!! *Favs*ermangel on February 6, 2006, 11:37:32 PM
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YAY I LOVE IT!!! *FAVES*