Hi! I know, I know. I’m getting slower and slower at putting blog posts up here. The one below has some fun facts in it. I knew some of them, but not all. See how many of them are new to you. And, while you’re at it, comment with either some fun facts of your own or just what’s going on with you in your life right now.
Us? I made some of Tom’s Taco Soup the other day (1/2 the recipe, it was so much) and it turned out great. I added some extra seasoning and things to it and Tom really likes it, so when I get it down pat, I’ll post it on here to share with you, okay?! It’s economical and delicious. Next time I plan to make cornbread with it. Tom ate it with tortilla chips the other night.
Cheers! And God bless you each today! Dee
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY 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 (marijuana) 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 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, youhave $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.
I NEED TO REMEMBER THIS.
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 they haul her off to jail.”
Not sure that all these things are true but they are definitely interesting!
Dee failed to mentioned she used MY 25 gallon crock pot to make the Taco soup!
Wow, some of those were really interesting, like the on about lower and upper. I’m going to have to do an experiment with the scorpions!
I certainly didn’t know number 5 and I will try number 23 next time I see a scorpion.
Now, here are two more for you…
1) The typical lead pencil can draw a line that is thirty five miles long.
2) Pumpkins were once recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites.
You know me, Dee … I really need to run all of these past “snopes” before I can render an opinion or, as the case might require, a scathing criticism! But they are interesting. I may try to find some fresh champagne and a raisin since Janice is going to visit with her sisters this coming week. It will give me something to do. What could be more fun than watching a raisin mysteriously going up and down? Or I can get a space suit and a can of beans and just see what happens. I’ll let you know.
I did not know about Susan Lucci….but I see the resemblance…
I totally agree about Martha Stewart….glad we got her off the streets for a while (sarcasm dripping)
And the whole scorpion thing is a good excuse to not leave the house without some liquor!!
I also wondered about some of those, and also thought they were irresistable.
One more (and I’ve done this many times). If you sprinkle black pepper on ice cream (or a frosty at Wendy’s, etc.), you can’t taste the pepper, and it will keep you from getting “brain freeze.”