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posted 01-27-2005 04:09 PM         

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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 pickles the company once had.
3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks - otherwise it will 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 fresh champagne 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 MacLaine 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.

This message has been edited by xpguy on 01-27-2005 at 05:06 PM

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posted 01-27-2005 04:19 PM         

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http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/lucci.htm

Victim of my own exuberance. Thanks Ed.

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posted 01-28-2005 08:45 PM         

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I hate to continue the trend, but #8 is wrong too. Saw an episode of Myth Busters a few weeks back, and they busted that myth.

However, I was watching Hey! Spring of Trivia yesterday, and learned that some insect chirps cannot be heard over the phone since they are outside of the sound frequency transmitted by phones.

-Dan

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posted 01-29-2005 06:08 AM         

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Originally posted by Danderson:
I hate to continue the trend, but #8 is wrong too. Saw an episode of Myth Busters a few weeks back, and they busted that myth..... -Dan

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"Hey...a..XPguy...we don't beleive ANY of your post Facts..."

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