Things You Should Know But Probably Don't

I got this originally as an e-mail and sent it around to all my friends. Though the heading of it is misleading because I'm not really sure why you should know this stuff. But I had a friend request that I post it with some witty comments. So that's what I'm doing. My comments are in parenthesis.

1) Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton. (so that when you leave a $10 bill in your jeans pocket, it doesn't disintegrate in the wash, but stays there for a nice surprise two weeks later.)
2) The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. (Let's face it. We all knew Tommy J. Was the first hippy.)
3) The dot over the letter I is called a "tittle." (Insert your own comment here. Feel free to be as dirty/perverse as you wish)
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. (Hours of educational fun)
5) Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller (Though nobody knows that because Susan Lucci doesn't admit it and her dad is the "time to make the doughnuts" guy!)
6) 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals (just think of how much more money they started making when they started making really cheap toys...Remember the toys we used to get!! I have the entire set of McDonald's food that turns into robots)
7) 315 entries in Webster 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. (who exactly went through and counted?)
8) The 'spot' on 7up comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was an albino. (I'm not going to be able to drink 7up again because I'm going to always think of this creepy albino guy.)
9) On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily. (I'm really glad I'm not pregnant and reading this.)
10) Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister (Don't care)
11) Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system, a few ounces will kill a small dog. (Danielle, stop feeding Sadie Reese's)
12) Orcas kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode. (I would love to see this. Does that make me a bad person? Why haven't I ever seen this advertised on Animal Planet. Who wouldn't want to watch this cocky ass shark swimming around and then all of a sudden...POW!)
13) Most lipstick contains fish scales. (Knew this...Would rather not think about it)
14) Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. (As he should be)
15) Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine. (I still use it 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. (If this is true, there are two things that are stupid with them being stored that way. A) you have the heavier case on top, so that everytime you want to get to the lower case ones you have to lift the heavier case. b) lower case is used more, so again, you have to lift up the upper case to get at it more often.)
17) Leonardo DaVinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. (I can drink with one hand and write with the other!)
18) Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. (How pissed would you be if you got a wooden Oscar?)
19)There are no clock in Las Vegas gambling casinos. ( I know this is so people don't know how long their gambling, but are you telling me that if I go to every casino in Vegas, I won't find 1 clock. I find that hard to believe.)
20) The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before. (Just think. Without Peter Pan, we could be eating square hamburgers at a place called Rhonda's)
21) A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (That's a heck of a party trick! I got the liquor. You bring the scorpion.)
22) Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips. (Doesn't the also imply that these two random Da Vinci facts are somehow connected? If you figure it out, let me know.)
23) There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple and silver! (What about murple? Are you saying that's not a word? It's a type of tree...Like a maple, but a murple.)
24) The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white. (They had to paint it white to make it less scary.)
25) If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in cions without being able to make change for a dollar. (Being the dork that I am, I actually tried to disprove this. You can't. It's right.)
26)By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand. (Hopefully I'll never get the chance to try to disprove 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. (And the term "numb skull" came from when the wife took the before mentioned stick and cracked her husband in the head with it until he had a "numb skull")
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. (How clever they are!)
29) Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it. It's the same with apples. (Especially if you chew a lot!)
30) Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. (Very important not to reverse these two items...though I have to say, not peeling onions works even better.)
31) The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified Kosher. (What about on envelopes?)
32) Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries. (Way to go, Guinness! You must be so proud!)
33) Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it. (That would be a lot of pressure to be under!)