07.26.07
Did you know?
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.
Contributed by Harshal Alegaonkar
Renuka Kulkarni said,
August 8, 2007 at 11:08 am
This is good. Interesting and fun.
Thank you for posting.
Mithil said,
September 14, 2007 at 1:48 am
Nice stuff!
sapna dani said,
March 6, 2008 at 8:48 pm
amazing!
prachi j said,
April 12, 2008 at 8:28 pm
you’ve got a slight mistake here…………………….
The word “gurgle” rhymes with ‘purple”.
lillian said,
August 4, 2008 at 8:51 pm
susan lucci is not phyllis diller’s daughter DUH