~Things You May Not Know~
 

I got this in email the other day. Now, I dunno if I agree, or even believe, all of these.....but I thought I would put this up for everyone to read and to get some feedback. I'm mostly having trouble with the Susan Lucci/ Phyllis Diller one! Lemme know what you think!



Things You may Not Know--

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 will digest itself (ewwwww!).

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 (heard this before....now I gotta go get me a duck and take him to a canyon....lol!).

9. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

10. Every person has a unique tongue print (no licking at the scene of a crime!).

11. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. (Don't that beet awl?)

12. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an 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. ("catchy" for kissing, huh?)

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 (oh, I dunno bout that.....I have a Lixtionary that might dispute this statement.....lol!).

27. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips. (probably couldn't get the scaly effect of the lipstick right :-)

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 ( good to know ...)

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 '87 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! (guess what I'm buying on my next trip to the grocery store!)

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 (families taking long car rides should adopt this same policy).

Very, Very, Interesting

Re: ~Things You May Not Know~
 

Thanks for posting the list Lixy and thanks for all your research Sharni! Made it just that much more interesting. :)

Just a little bit more on the duck echo thing :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3086890.stm

All I ever needed to know in life I have learned at Pixies - well almost. Very interesting.

That Wendy thing.
 

I did a little Google Gallop and about the only thing I came up with was


Wendy is indeed an invention of Mr. Barrie, but according to the Oxford Dictionary of First Names, it was what his young friend, Margaret Henley, called him (from "Fwendy Wendy"). Interestingly, the dictionary says that the name "achieved great popularity in its short lifespan, but is now out of fashion".


I had long suspected it was a contraction of Gwendolyn, but if

anyone has a current copy of the Oxford Dictionary of First Names,

perhaps they can confirm the above.

Based on the quote, if JM Barrie wanted to be a young girl who was

taken to a timeless land by an adventurous young lad, why didn't he just

sign up for Pixies?

OMG!!!!!!!! Sharni....you rock! As do you OF! Geezzzzzzz, I wish I had a faster puter! Anyway.....Very interesting results and TY for clearing some things up!

*hugs*

<-----still wants to make a duck quack in a canyon!

P.S. I have a dear friend (lots of medical problems) who is named Wendy. She is only 23....so the name isn't too too outdated I guess!

LOL!

Clarification on #40
 

Does passing wind in a spacesuit damage the astronaut or the suit or both??? it isn't clear LOL

Wendy is my sister in laws name, and i know quite a few wendy's about the place including one of my close pixies friends. it is definately not uncommon.

I was about to bust forth and tell you about aussie banknotes but Sharni beat me to it LOL

Australia also has done away with $1 & $2 bills and use coins instead. 1c and 2c coins were done away with years ago and we do not have a 25c coin but 5,10,20 & 50.

The Thermodynamics of Hell
 

I recently ran across this little consideration that I hadn’t seen in years.:confused: This seemed like the closest related place to post it Lixy:), if you don’t mind me tagging onto your thread. :o


The following is an actual exam question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term.
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or Endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their belief using Boyle's Law (Gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed.) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

"First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate that they are leaving."

"I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore no souls are leaving."

"As for how many souls are entering Hell, lets look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that most souls go to Hell."

"With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially." "Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, then Hell must expand proportionately as souls are added." This gives two possibilities:

1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year, that "it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having that event take place, then #2 cannot be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and will not freeze."

This student received the only 'A' in the class.

Seems reasonable to me.:rolleyes:

Hahaha! That's brilliant! :)

i love these random infos. thanks!

I think you said it all!

PF, that's great. Got to share it with some friends. :)

PF, you have excelled yourself.

Thanks for that little gem. Brilliant student, has he been given his

first Nobel Prize yet?

OMG! Talk about deep thoughts and time to think um! Yumpin Yiminy! LOL! That is one for the memory banks PF!

Most folks I know, hate when I blurt out nonsensical trivia! This'll blow there heads off!