Things you should know but probably don't............

**bigDman** · 07-22-2005, 02:14 AM

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DONT............

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 (eeww).

14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear
pants.

15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's 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's 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.

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

Massman · 07-22-2005, 02:41 AM

I can sleep better tonight knowing all this. Thank you. You good sir are both a gentleman and a scholar.

**Pioneer** · 07-22-2005, 03:01 AM

12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's
stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

i want to see this.

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.

"can do much damage with this now can we? should have been rule of wrist" quote from what movie?...................eh?...................... ..Boondock Saints.

Apootheosis · 07-22-2005, 03:02 AM

6 i believe is false; mcdonalds earns most of its money from real estate. there was 1 or 2 more i think had a problem with em, but meh. :ranch:

**Pioneer** · 07-22-2005, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apootheosis

6 i believe is false; mcdonalds earns most of its money from real estate. there was 1 or 2 more i think had a problem with em, but meh. :ranch:

haha ok CEO/CFO

**bigDman** · 07-22-2005, 03:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spenny

#5 is BS:

http://imdb.com/name/nm0226887/bio

as is #14
http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/finland.htm

which are the only 2 i checked, so i think that much of this is typical internet flarp

btw, this is a great resource to check out all those stories that are floating around the 'net : http://snopes.com/

:king:

Nergal · 07-22-2005, 03:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Apootheosis

6 i believe is false; mcdonalds earns most of its money from real estate. there was 1 or 2 more i think had a problem with em, but meh. :ranch:

McDonalds earns most of its money from Detroit.

**BobThePotato** · 07-22-2005, 04:38 AM

You cant sink in quicksand anyways, it is much more dense than you so you will float automaticly.. its sand and water for cripes sakes.

**Pioneer** · 07-22-2005, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobThePotato

You cant sink in quicksand anyways, it is much more dense than you so you will float automaticly.. its sand and water for cripes sakes.

seriously? have you tested this? :sun:

you guys are ripping this thing a new one :bed2:

**NNTB** · 07-22-2005, 02:43 PM

#11 too... i know lots of people say that.... but my dog eats just about anything i leave laying around the house including chocolate... and shes a healthy 6 yrs old...

... #12's pretty sweet... i'd like to see that

**bigDman** · 07-22-2005, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noneedtobrag

#11 too... i know lots of people say that.... but my dog eats just about anything i leave laying around the house including chocolate... and shes a healthy 6 yrs old...

... #12's pretty sweet... i'd like to see that

11 is true it may not be that extreme but i know my grandmothers dog died from eating choclate

Dan · 07-22-2005, 03:14 PM

Most the chocolate your dog eats does not contain very much actual chocolate. Small dogs are the ones you need to worry about.

**Pioneer** · 07-22-2005, 03:24 PM

my little dog got a hold of a bag of rainsinets(sp) and we had to take him and get his stomach pumped.

**EME** · 07-22-2005, 09:45 PM

Love your Avatar Noneedtobrag!

I've attached a pic of my bulldogs below!
If I could give you rep points for that, I would. Consider yourself rep'ed. :nosthumbs

- EME

Quote:

Originally Posted by noneedtobrag

#11 too... i know lots of people say that.... but my dog eats just about anything i leave laying around the house including chocolate... and shes a healthy 6 yrs old...

... #12's pretty sweet... i'd like to see that

HardAce7 · 07-22-2005, 10:26 PM

I don't know why I should know this stuff, but I am glad that I do.

Thing · 07-23-2005, 02:44 AM

I've personally seen dolphins take a shark to task and kill it. When I was stationed in NC, I would swim 5 miles a day in the open ocean and always had my spirit guides there to watch over me.

If your dog eats chocolate you can give it salt and hydrogen peroxide to make it vomit. Do be aware that this should be done outside as it's almost instantaneous. Benny and Charlie don't mess with the trash cans anymore after M made them yak for eating trash.
ROB

**Pioneer** · 07-23-2005, 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thing

I've personally seen dolphins take a shark to task and kill it. When I was stationed in NC, I would swim 5 miles a day in the open ocean and always had my spirit guides there to watch over me.

that must have been some sight.

i saw a show on the discovery channel (who doesn't watch that channel, i mean c'mon?) specifically on dolphins. they had a diver on who was saved from a hammerhead shark by dolphins using ultra high frequency sonar to attack the shark and they saved his life. it was pretty amazing. although the show focused on how the world was killing all of the dophins for no reason, very sad.

07-22-2005, 02:41 AM	#2
Massman Aviationfit Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Strong Island Posts: 250 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 6	I can sleep better tonight knowing all this. Thank you. You good sir are both a gentleman and a scholar. __________________ Shut up and Lift.

07-22-2005, 03:01 AM	#3
Pioneer Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,723 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 73	12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. i want to see this. 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. "can do much damage with this now can we? should have been rule of wrist" quote from what movie?...................eh?...................... ..Boondock Saints. __________________ "A Marine in battle fears disgracing himself by running. He fears not losing his life, but losing his honor. He may not be able to preserve his life, but he can always preserve his honor. That much is within his power... To fear disgrace but not death, to fear not duty but dereliction from duty -- this is courage." -FMFM 1-0 "Leading Marines" pg. 43 Drive on

07-22-2005, 04:38 AM	#8
BobThePotato Nublarsaurusrex Join Date: May 2005 Location: Calgary//Alberta Posts: 513 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 21	You cant sink in quicksand anyways, it is much more dense than you so you will float automaticly.. its sand and water for cripes sakes. __________________ "Geadelt ist wer Schmerzen kennt vom Feuer das in Lust verbrennt."

07-22-2005, 02:43 PM	#10
NNTB rEVOLutionary Join Date: May 2005 Location: FL Posts: 2,447 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 163	#11 too... i know lots of people say that.... but my dog eats just about anything i leave laying around the house including chocolate... and shes a healthy 6 yrs old... ... #12's pretty sweet... i'd like to see that __________________ "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it." Abraham Lincoln

07-22-2005, 03:24 PM	#13
Pioneer Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,723 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 73	my little dog got a hold of a bag of rainsinets(sp) and we had to take him and get his stomach pumped. __________________ "A Marine in battle fears disgracing himself by running. He fears not losing his life, but losing his honor. He may not be able to preserve his life, but he can always preserve his honor. That much is within his power... To fear disgrace but not death, to fear not duty but dereliction from duty -- this is courage." -FMFM 1-0 "Leading Marines" pg. 43 Drive on

07-22-2005, 03:02 AM	#4
Apootheosis Pro Stature Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 625 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 10	6 i believe is false; mcdonalds earns most of its money from real estate. there was 1 or 2 more i think had a problem with em, but meh. :ranch:

07-22-2005, 03:14 PM	#12
Dan Unpaid Trash Collector Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,725 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 26	Most the chocolate your dog eats does not contain very much actual chocolate. Small dogs are the ones you need to worry about. __________________ Got an issue send a PM ... to anyone but me

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HardAce7 Amateur Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 28 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 0	I don't know why I should know this stuff, but I am glad that I do.

07-23-2005, 02:44 AM	#16
Thing Pro Stature Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 132 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 5	I've personally seen dolphins take a shark to task and kill it. When I was stationed in NC, I would swim 5 miles a day in the open ocean and always had my spirit guides there to watch over me. If your dog eats chocolate you can give it salt and hydrogen peroxide to make it vomit. Do be aware that this should be done outside as it's almost instantaneous. Benny and Charlie don't mess with the trash cans anymore after M made them yak for eating trash. ROB __________________ MOTIVATED, DEDICATED, LETHAL.... US ARMY RANGERS LEAD THE WAY