things u shld know....but u probably dont....spare 2 mins.....itz interesting!!!!!!!   2 Nickels awarded! Tagged with:  nonacademic    posted on 24 Dec 2007 17:20:11 IST
Things You Should Know but Probably Don't: US Dollars are not made out of paper, they are made out of cotton. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper. The dot over the letter I is called a "tittle." A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. 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 (eeww......!!!!!). Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. 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 DaVinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. (Hence, multitasking was invented.) 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. 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. 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). By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless....!!!!). 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. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!(TRY IT.......!!!!!!)	About the Author: nivedh_89 (4548) Blazing goIITian  830   1  [1031 rates] total posts: 1237     Offline
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comment by kislay    (posted on 24 Dec 2007 17:44:40 IST) hmmm interesting
comment by nivedh_89    (posted on 24 Dec 2007 17:47:22 IST) plzzz do post ur commentzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
comment by prakhar_galaxy    (posted on 24 Dec 2007 21:26:24 IST) very gud yaar
comment by rajat.khanduja    (posted on 24 Dec 2007 21:51:06 IST) COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
comment by annrajan    (posted on 24 Dec 2007 22:27:55 IST) very interesting keep writing such gud stuff.
comment by Ashish    (posted on 24 Dec 2007 23:07:02 IST) Nice work! Entertaining, though I knew a few of them.

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