Interesting Things to Know

Some of this information is useless, but you may be able to use it to win Jeopardy one day...

• Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.

• The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

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

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

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

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

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

• Most lipstick contains fish scales.

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

• Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.

• 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.

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

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

• There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

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

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

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

• The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.

• 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.

• By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.

• 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.

• 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.

• Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

• The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.