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Interesting Facts about Familiar things

Truth 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 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, depending on the type of chocolate (really! petcaretips.net/chocolate-pois...soning-dog.html). 12. Orcas (killer whales) kill s...

Top 50 Interesting Facts

50 Interesting Facts 1. The word "queue" is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed. 2. Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, and worms like fried bacon. 3. Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions! 4. What is called a "French kiss" in the English speaking world is known as an "English kiss" in France. 5. "Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order. 6. "Rhythm" is the longest English word without a vowel. 7. In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a childA cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off! 8. Human thigh bones are stronger than concrete. 9. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath 10. There is a city called Rome on every continent. 11. Horatio Nelson, one of England's most illust...