40 random facts you probably didnt know until now Options

[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!