40 random facts you probably didnt know until now Options

[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