40 random facts you probably didnt know until now Options

[mickybeans]

some of these are just bizarre and hilarious! hope you alll feel a little smarter by the time you read all 40 facts :D



40 things you may not have known before today.

1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made
out of cotton.

2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickle the company once had.

3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it would digest itself.

4. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a "tittle."

6. A raisin dropped in a glass of freshchampagne will bounce up
and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

7. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

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

9. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

10. Every person has a unique tongue print.

11. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

12. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was albino.

13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

14. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.

15. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLain are brother and sister.

16. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.

17. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

18. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

19. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't
wear pants.

20. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

21. 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.

22 Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

23. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

24. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

25. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before!

26. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!

27. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10
years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.

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

29. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was
a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

30. 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 dollar.

31. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).

32. 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.

33. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

34. 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.

35. 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!

36. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

37. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

38. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

39. Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator game.

40. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into
space because passing wind in a space suit damages them

[MasterNe0]

I knew like 20 out of 40. Some are unique like the Guiness Book Of Records being the most stolen book.

[cocoalightning27]

40. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into
space because passing wind in a space suit damages them

Rofl....haha

[Nicolatofu]

haha yeah i've heard quite a few of those facts before, but they are really interesting!

[*nightmare4taki*]

13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily

Thats really sad. I hope that doesnt happen to me when i have kids.

[sportschick1]

seen it before but still cool

[xbr0kensmil3]

heard this before but still quite interesting

[lilshelil]

Heard most of them before but some were pretty good.

[jennyjenny]

I've never seen them before...
only like, 2

[angel-roh]

Yeah same as Jenny. I only knew 2. And also I knew about the beans part. It's because they can puke easily. Of course everyone should know the reason to that. But ketchup was a medicine back then? LOL that's kinad hilarious.... are these all true? hard to believe lol and leonardo da vinci...wow one hand drawing and the other hand was writing wow... how is that possible? dang. and donald duck... i think i heard about that, but thinking it again it's just too hilarious. i keep forgetting that he has no pants ROFL!!! Half of them is what I don't get... kinda hard to understand too..what's a hemp? I know that orcas can kill sharks but never knew it can make the sharks explode...that's unbeliavable and awkwardly weird. ah so the quicksand is like same as the water? lol... i didnt know that... wait actually that is right... cause if you were in your vertical way. then you could've went down faster... but if you put your legs up... and lie on your back... your body will feel lightweighted if only you dont tighten your body like a solid rock.

[KissMe2408]

13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily
^wow that's comforting

Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
^well duh ketchup IS the best ;)

28. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
^same effect happens to people. Remember that kids.

[StarryEyedSurpri...]

Hahahaha interesing

[Flaunted]

i knew about # 3,16,17,18,24,26,36
:]

[starlette]

hehe I like that. I love random trivia. Thanks for sharing!!

[Mireh]

40. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into
space because passing wind in a space suit damages them

aww. cute.

[xj_liana_tx]

the first one.. isn't paper made out of cotton too?

[iheartsimba]

whoa. i didn't know like any of that. some of that was interesting

[Angel_Cece]

lol

31. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).

just incase that ever happens, now i know what to do!!!!

[Rachel]

13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

ahahahaha

[aznxdreamer]

31. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).

yay, now i now what to do just incase i walk into some quicksand on the streets

i knew the first one. ^_^

[HoodieObsessed]

I knew 1, 3 10, and 16.

#19 is halarius.

I havn’t finished the list yet, lol, I’m too lazy to read it

[Baku]

13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily

maybe your parents now arn't really your parents

[jr0h]

wow those are really interesting. my favorites are 1,6,17,19,27,28,31,36,40 haha i love 19 and 40.

[greedybunny92]

lol.. #19 was so funny ^^

[teeners4]

that was great! there should be a forum dedictaed to random facts haha i love random facts o.o wow the quicksand one is koo

[cherry_lemon_ice]

interesting...

[Mistrunner]

11. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

35. 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!

38. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

Hahahaha.

[demolished]

wow, i know zero of them, that's interesting.

35. 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!

i have no clue ? can someone explain it to me ?

[CUTEBUNNY160]

thats really kewl.

[pAtRiCk_sTar]

3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it would digest itself.

6. A raisin dropped in a glass of freshchampagne will bounce up
and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

11. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

17. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

18. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

21. 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.

27. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10
years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.

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

31. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).

32. 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.

33. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

Those were my favorite

[EXPLO5ION]

I like the one about the shark. THATS AWESOME!!

[WrathOfOnigo]

19 and 17 are hilarious!

[Chii]

I knew like 20 out of 40. Some are unique like the Guiness Book Of Records being the most stolen book.

lol, i've stolen it before...i think i have the 2001 edition...i don't know i haven't looked at it in awhile, it's the one with the shiny purple cover

[jnukes]

i love reading these things .. i could read them forever for probably about an hour or so .. hah .. any more facts to share ??

[*stephinika*]

hmm interesting...i just kinda skimmed through it, i knew some of those but some are rather amusing.

[*wind&fire*]

16. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.

what a load of bs... i feed my dog chocolate

[*salcha*]

haha donald duck is funny.
'and that shark one is pretty sickening...and funny...but in a twisted way.

[*AngelicEyz00*]

Some of these things are actually pretty damned interesting =]

[Hangook_Jin]

yay im so happy now! i really learned sumthing today

[toodlepops.]

I know number 3, 10, 18, 26 and I've heard about number 8.
I love the last one. ;)

[misoshiru]

haha..i only knew #18.

[JustPeachy]

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

^Knew that

16. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.

^and that


18. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

^common eveyong knows that lol


35. 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!

^yea knew that, i love my celary

36. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

haha yea my friend chews gum to keep himself from crying in 'A Walk to Remeber' XD

good times

[*mzkandi*]

interesting......

[*jooleeah*]

I've actually heard of most of them. They are pretty cool though.

[glit_gal]

18. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

19. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't
wear pants.


.....yay i actually knew these and a couple others.

[iheartjohn]

Are you sure money is made out of cotton???

[ohh_so_elektrikk...]

18. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

fxckin sick lol

[b0st0ngrl]

I didn't believe some of them but they were still interesting

[jojo_rokz]

cool i didnt know that interesting facts

[sunissed14127]

I've heard a lot of those before but they are interesting.

[s0pnayish]

The astronauts passing gas is funny. The one about the giving the baby to wrong parents is scary. I hope that doesn't happen when I have kids. And the one about the words misspelled in the dictionary, how do they know it was misspelled?

[gelionie]

I know some of them already.

This one is pretty funny:

19. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't
wear pants.

[ibleedforvanilla]

wow..these facts are really interesting. :]

[racoons > you]

315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

HAH!

i knew lots of those.... i mean who doesnt know that dogs cant eat chocolate, really? but some were classic!

[EmmalieV]

13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.


=O wtfff , scary 0_o

[OriskybusinessO]

THERE ARE CLOCKS IN SOME LAS VEGAS CASINOS!!!!!!!!!!!

[ex_multini]

awesome facts.

[miss barnes]

i bolded the ones i already knew

1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made
out of cotton.

2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickle the company once had.

3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it would digest itself.

4. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a "tittle."

6. A raisin dropped in a glass of freshchampagne will bounce up
and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

7. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

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

9. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

10. Every person has a unique tongue print.

11. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

12. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was albino.

13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

14. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.

15. Warren Beatty and Shirley McLain are brother and sister.

16. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog. (my ex neighbor's dog always ate herseys though)

17. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.

18. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

19. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't
wear pants.

20. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

21. 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.

22 Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

23. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

24. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

25. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before!

26. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!

27. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10
years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.

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

29. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was
a Captain Kirk mask painted white.

30. 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 dollar.

31. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).

32. 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.

33. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.

34. 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.

35. 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!

36. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

37. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

38. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

39. Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator game.

40. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into
space because passing wind in a space suit damages them

[ahhishkaren]

Hahaha... I only knew like, 2.

[*salcha*]

why dont casinos have clocks? o.O

[sandy_lumpy_shor...]

lol #19, its not liek ducks have penises?

[Teesa]

27. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10
years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.

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

those facts are all interesting, but I liked these two..and the donald duck one is sad

[mashimaro10]

hahah they're shocking, well some of them lol.

[xbernaa]

i know a lot of them..lOl..i feel SMARTER..

[jenika]

woww...interstinggg...im was enlightened

[*xcaitlinx*]

a lot of those are interesting and humorous. hehe thanks for posting it.

[empyrean102]

that wuz funny

hee hee hee

I love useless (or not so useless) facts

[OREOxCOOKIE]

lol thats fricken fracked hilarious. i have never heard any of that stuff before. i love stuff like that. =D

[Chaos13]

37. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

never noticed that...

[*wind&fire*]

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

if you watch mythbusters of the discovery channel they acutally proved that a ducks quack can echo...

[yukichan]

interesting...i never knew anything about them...

[ichiban]

I don't know why but I started laughing really hard when I read those.

[X-Zeifer]

i didn't really know that ketchup was sold for medicine.

[SMUSHiENESS]

on daily 12 newborns are given to wrong parents?! mommy..

[SuPerSoPow1025]

these facts are grrrrrrrreat!

[OhXiet_ItzDonnA]

#16 kinda scares me...even though i dont wear lipstick

[Levy2k6]

i heard a couple of those.. they are alot of more funny random facts than that tho.

[Shattered_Hope]

they're interesting facts.

[kokosofly]

Cool... I only knew a couple of those.
Number 13 about the babies... uh wow! =/

[loljuliana]

35. 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!

WOW THAT`S COOL

[*ilalaloveyou...]

13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

no wonder i don't look like my parents...damn it....

[twisted_stripes]

lol.. #19 was so funny ^^

Oh yeah.. quite funny! hahah! :) anyways! thanks for posting the list! :D haha! atleast i learned something from it, woot!

[cocogirl]

31. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).

i need to see a diagram :D

36. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

So will wetting your knife first!

[tmauze]

yeah i've heard some of them but it was still fun to read!!

[the_crox]

things I knew already: 1, 6, 8, 36....
okay ten years to make mona lisa's lips is way too long. :p

[ElecCham]

1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
Well - it is cotton, but it's still paper: http://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollecti...ottonpaper.html

2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickle the company once had.
Nope. http://www.heinz.com/jsp/consumer_faq.jsp#...Heinz%20Company

4 . The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.
Not as far as we know: http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/dube/inde2.htm

7. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
Nope. http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/lucci.htm

8. A duck's quack doesn't echo ... no one knows why.
Nope. Addressed on "Mythbusters": http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbust...episode_05.html

11. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
Almost certainly a misinterpretation of this: http://www.wels.net/cgi-bin/site.pl?1712&c...abaseID=1&id=14

12. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.
Nope, not on this one. http://www.snopes.com/business/names/7up.asp

13. On average, 1 2 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.
I'm sure I've read a believable rebuttal of this, but darned if I can find it now.

16. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
More or less: http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoa.htm

18. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
Kinda, maybe: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000331.html

19. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
Nope: http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/finland.htm

20. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
Actually true: http://www.amusingfacts.com/facts/Detail/k...p-medicine.html

21. 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.
I can't find a reference, but this smells a lot like just a convenient explanation...

20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before!
Nope: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mpeterpanwendy.html

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
This one too: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-rul1.htm



41. Most lists of weird, unbelievable facts circulated around the Internet will prove to be 90% urban legend.

[xMayleex]

I knew about 1 or 2 of them lol, very interesting lol

[IamRad]

haha fascinatiing. i learned alot..

[AngelTears]

Wow, that was great. *laughs* Some of those were really funny.

[heyyfrankie]

i knew like 2 of those!
that was really interesting.

[Nicole0402]

Yeah. Heard most of them. but the astronaunt thig is hilarious!!

[twelveislands]

I got an email forward with all them in Lol. Some of them are weird though, like the ketchup one.

[*FreeStickers*]

11. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

22 Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

Interesting...:-)

[KERP1UNK]

thats pretty interesting...i didnt know half that stuff lol. the funniest one was #40!!

[gOODpIRATE]

13. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.

that is horrible. hello, take responsibility and deliver the correct baby the the person who just gave birth to it. its not that hard.

20. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.

to cure what exactly?

32. 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.

you shouldent be allowed to beat your wife with anything, let along someing as large as that. trust me, when your getting beat with it, it probably dosn't feel that small.

[to-devastate]

Ahhahahha I didn't know like most of them!
#19 is definetly funny.

[kryzcoak47luv666]

I have heard most of them b4 but man thats some crazy stuff

[lolthissiteisfun...]

!!! what happens to the kids that go to the wrong parents??

[Note]

intresting.

[jerry]

[sweetdreamsx3]

Already knew number 10..or was it 18? the one about unique tongue print. dogs have them too..well noses though