Just for fun...can't swear by it:

THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT DON'T :-)

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

2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

3. The dot over the letter i is called a  "tittle".

4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

7. 315 entries in Webster's  1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

8. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its  inventor, who had red eyes. He was an albino.

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

10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.

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

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

13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).

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

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

16. 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.

17. Leonardo DA Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at  the same time ... hence, multi-tasking  was invented.)

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

19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas  gambling casinos.

20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan;  there was never a  recorded Wendy before!

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

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

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

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

25. 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.)

26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your  back, you can't sink in  quicksand (and you thought this list was completely  useless.)

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.

28. 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.

29. 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!

30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!

31. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

32. Guinness Book of Records  holds the record for being the book most often  stolen from Public Libraries.

33. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space  because passing wind in a space suit damages it

34. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart .. "Boy, I feel a lot safer  now that she's  behind bars. O.J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant are still walking  around; Osama Bin  Laden too, but they take the ONE woman in America willing to cook, clean, and  work in the yard, and haul her  fanny off to  jail."