Things you should know, but may not :
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. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
6. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
7. The 'spot' on 7-UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes... He was albino.
8. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.
9. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
10. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
11. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
12. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
13. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
14. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time hence, multitasking was invented.
15. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
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