Subject: THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW, BUT PROBABLY DON'T... THINGS WE SHOULD KNOW, BUT PROBABLY DON'T: 1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton. ... and zinc, and nickle, and copper....
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
Hemp is the stalks of a marijuana plant pulped down to make paper, textiles and other materials. It's not smokable. What I think is crazy is that back in the days soon after this Declaration was written, the first big 5 corportations made marijuana illegal because all the things it could provide like medicines, textiles, heating oils and other chemicals would have put them out of a business. It has nothing to do with the narcotic value of the plant at all.
3. The dot over the letter I is called a 'tittle'.
Is it the same for the letter 'j'?
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously f rom the bottom of the glass to the top. (that makes my day!)
Is this something we really need to know?
5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
Both hot cougars!
6. 40% of Mc Donald 's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
Just like only 40% of GM's profits come from manufacturing vehicles.
7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
I wonder if they use spell checker. 8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.
So as the inventor of the un-cola, does that make him un-human?
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily. (Just as I suspected)
I'm sure at least 6 of those kids went to better parents on purpose!
10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
I still fail to see why this is important.
11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small-sized dog.
This is usually really funny to watch, until you realize they're dead. Then not so funny any more.
12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, Causing the shark to explode.
Only half the killer whales are actually violent. It's like a subspecies of killer whale. And dolphins are known to attack sharks too to defend or protect others, especially humans who fall into the water.
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
Another reason not to use it!
14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. (The Little Perv.)
Yeah, but that's Finland. No one really knows what to make of them.
15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
Funny thing is that it's the vinegar in the ketchup that has medicinal properties and is the best disinfecting house cleaner available!!!
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.
Funny how the English language just pulls it's rules out of the thin air like that.
17. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time, Hence, multi-tasking was invented.
He could also draw a completely perfect circle, which no one has done, and one with each hand at the same time... the man was a machine!!!
18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
lol Oscar wood....
19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos..
Or most waiting rooms for that matter!
20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before!
There was never a recorded Adam before the bible either... what's your point?
21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, or silver!
Maybe because of all those misspellings!
22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
He never liked that painting, in fact he hated it, the only way to sell the damn thing was to tell everyone that it was his masterpiece. The lips were so sketchy, and his reputation so incredible, that people took him at his word and it now stands as the pinnacle of art instead of molding away where it should.
23. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
I'm sure KY or H&S would do the same thing. They are a violent, desert insect and unfamiliar with the tingly feelings.
24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.
I Vlogged about this one already... what we don't realize is that Shatner wore the myers mask for trick or treating one year just for kicks. Isn't that hilarious? He wore his own face to scare the little kiddy's!!!!
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 Loonie. Good to know. I am not going to count that out... 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.)
If you walk with a big stick and check all your steps first, you won't fall in the sand to begin with!
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..
Where can I find that law again?
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.
They are also the first to manufacture cell phones.
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.
That means living on celery and apples will kill you.
30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
Rinsing the onion first will also help cut down on the oils sprayed into the air while you're cutting.
31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
Israel isn't even Jewish!
32. "Guinness Book of Records" holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public Libraries.
More likely every copy is taken out back and burned upon delivery.
33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing gas in a space suit damages it. I NEED TO REMEMBER THIS.
And could you imagine skid marking your undies while in one of those things?
34. 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 off to jail.
The world works in mysterious ways my friend....
Anyway, that was my take on the email. Hope you enjoyed it.
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Friar Greg
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