25 Facts Most People Dont Know...

[TROLL]

1. Money isn't made out of paper, it is made out of cotton.
2. The 57 on a Heinz ketchup bottle represents the variety of pickles the Company once had.
3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.
4. The dot over the letter ' i' is called the title.
5. A duck's quack doesn't echo, no one knows why.
6. Forty percent of McDonald's profit comes from the sales of 'happy meals'.
7. Every person has a unique tongue print.
8. 315 entries in Websters 1996 dictionary were misspelled.
9. On an average, 12 newborns will be given to wrong parents daily.
10.During the famous chariot scene in "Ben Hur", a small red car can be seen at a distance.
11.Warren Beatty and Shirley Maclaine are brother and sister.
12.Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
13.Most lipsticks contain fish scales.
14.Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
15.Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
16.Leonardo Da vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
17.There are no clocks in the Las Vegas gambling casinos.
18.There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
19.A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it go mad instantly and sting itself to death.
20.By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
21.American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
22.Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
23.The glue on Israeli postage stamp is certified kosher(halal).
24.Guiness Book Of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
25.Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them.

Bonus one
You can't lick your own elbow

[specVogel]

pretty cool facts

[05Accent]

very interesting!!

[92talonTSI]

Originally Posted by TROLL

9. On an average, 12 newborns will be given to wrong parents daily.

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


19.A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it go mad instantly and sting itself to death.

are oh ef el.

[OutOfStock]

My small dogs have gotten into choclate and theyve yet to die....

[WrxJC]

Originally Posted by TROLL

5. A duck's quack doesn't echo, no one knows why.

This one isnt true...they did it on mythbusters, so...yeh

[05Accent]

i remember seeing that one... i didnt stick around to see the end of it tho..

[D Money]

wow, makes you think, alot of interesting stuff. BTW I just tried to lick my elbow, I can't haha.

[WrxJC]

Yeh, i saw that on a candy bar once and i think i pulled something trying it

[05OCsrt-4]

the scorpion one sounds interesting, let's test this theory at a meet, lol

[Cabra]

Originally Posted by OutOfStock

My small dogs have gotten into choclate and theyve yet to die....

is has to do with the %'age of thoebromine in the chocolate, which is higher in dark, highest in pure unsweetened, and lowest in milk chocolate.

[97TurboDSM]

there is also no word in the english dictionary that rhymes with the word "month"

[hystericfox]

One of my friends from high school actually could lick his elbow after we bet him that he couldn't.

[Little G]

cool

[DoubleOughtCel]

Originally Posted by subwrxkid

BTW I just tried to lick my elbow, I can't haha.

You probably looked like such an ass too, haha

[BlackBulletTSi]

lol I like these facts. I find them very humorous. The lickin elbo one is my favorite cause still till this day I get people with it. Its classic, specially at parties where there are drunks....

[Silver04STi]

Thousands of interesting facts. Find your favorite and post them up.

http://facts.calcuisine.com/

[Silver04STi]

23% of all photocopier faults worldwide are caused by people sitting on them and photocopying their butts.

80% of millionaires drive used cars.

A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.

The average person spends three years of his or her life on a toilet.

There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!

WAL-MART generates $3,000,000.00 in revenues every 7 minutes!

It costs about 3 cents to make a $1 bill in the United States.

Approximately $25 million is spent each year on lap dances in Las Vegas.

[DropTopChevy]

I never knew this Thanx

[TimmahWRX]

very interesting...