I'm bored
Useless facts for your entertainment:
~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 "tittle".
~A duck's quack doesn't echo .. no one knows why.
~Every person has a unique tongue print. (no licking at the scene of a crime!)
~315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
~On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
~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.
~Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
~Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
~Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
~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.
~By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completly useless).
~American Airlines saved $40,000 in '87 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
~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. (guess what I'm buying on my next trip to the grocery store!)
~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 them.
~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 "tittle".
~A duck's quack doesn't echo .. no one knows why.
~Every person has a unique tongue print. (no licking at the scene of a crime!)
~315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
~On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
~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.
~Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
~Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
~Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
~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.
~By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completly useless).
~American Airlines saved $40,000 in '87 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
~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. (guess what I'm buying on my next trip to the grocery store!)
~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 them.
COMMENTS
The majority of that list is Urban Legend. Of course, with the advent of the internet it's just as easy to spread fact or fiction. Making it more and more difficult to verify fact from fiction.
12:52 AM