Facts you might not know

1. Money isnt 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 ducks quack doesnt produce echo, no one knows why.
6. Forty percent of McDonalds 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 dogs 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 doesnt wear pants.
15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s 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 cant 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. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
24. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them.

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