more useless information

[campingcop]

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, 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.

[tlhdoc]

Where did you get all of these facts?  Someone has too much time on their hands.

[ChisholmTrail-er]

5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.

Sorry, I don't buy this one.

From 'snopes.com':
Claim:   Actress Susan Lucci is the daughter of comedienne Phyllis Diller.
Status:   False.

Origins:   Rumors that some well-known actor or actress is really the child of an equally prominent but unlikely parent have long been a feature of the motion picture industry. Indeed, wild tales about the questionable ancestry of famous people are found all throughout history. Whereas historical examples of this phenomenon were often attempts to discredit the subject (frequently a political figure) by associating him with someone despised by the public, the "movie star" rumors are generally little more than entertainment concocted to amuse by associating a star with a "parent" who is the opposite in appearance or personality.

So, in this case we have the beautiful Susan Lucci, who has played supervixen Erica Kane on TV's "All My Children" for nearly thirty years posited as the daughter of wacky comedienne Phyllis Diller, known for her trademark frazzled hair and facelift jokes. What better amusing contrast than one between a glamorous soap opera actress and a comedienne known for her self-deprecating jokes about her decidedly unglamorous appearance?

Although their ages don't preclude their being mother and daughter, Phyllis Diller and Susan Lucci are not related. Phyllis Driver was born in Ohio in 1917 and married Sherwood Diller in 1939; they had five children together before divorcing in 1965, none of whom was Susan Lucci (who was born in New York in 1946).

A somewhat more plausible rumor suggested that Susan Lucci was the sister of Robin Strasser, an actress who starred on TV's "One Life to Live" playing Dorian Lord, a "character you love to hate role" similar to Lucci's Erica Kane. (Strasser also portrayed Christina Karras on "All My Children" with Lucci for a time.) This "two actresses playing similar roles at the same time are related" rumor is equally spurious.

Don't believe everything you read...

[AustinBoston]

Since Chisholm started it:

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

4380 a year...I don't buy it.

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

This is something I have a bit of experience with this; my dog is medium-sized, and has eaten 20 Hershey's kisses in a sitting, quite a bit more than "a few ounces".  The vet said that regular amounts of chocolate might cause cateracts, but that's it.

13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).

A few might, but certanly not most.  Far more contain bat guano.

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

Whatever.

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!

It is true of celery, but patently rediculous about apples.  Like most fruit, apples are loaded with sugar.

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

More nonsense.  The average person who has not been eating beans pases gas about 20 times a day.  Avoiding that would be a bit difficult to accomplish in space.  If spacesuits are to be worn for extended periods (such as space walks), the astronauts wear a high-tech equivalent of Depends.

OTOH, you can't open the window for some fesh air on a spacecraft, so there is good reason for not allowing beans!

Austin

[TheViking]

I have to disagree with you on #11 AB.  It depends on the type of chocolate the dog ingests.  Our dog ate chocolate as well and came close to death.  She could not walk, and shook like she was having convultions.  The vet concluded it was the Chocolate.  Hershey chocolate and say, baking chocolate have different effects.  Sorry

[AustinBoston]

I have to disagree with you on #11 AB.  It depends on the type of chocolate the dog ingests.  Our dog ate chocolate as well and came close to death.  She could not walk, and shook like she was having convultions.  The vet concluded it was the Chocolate.  Hershey chocolate and say, baking chocolate have different effects.  Sorry

Did he/she eat the wrapper?  It's probably more dangerous than the chocolate.

Austin

[TheViking]

Nope, pure chocolate overdose.  DD had it out of the wrapper and left it alone for just a minute.  It was really freaky to see our dog acting like that too.

[AustinBoston]

Nope, pure chocolate overdose.  DD had it out of the wrapper and left it alone for just a minute.  It was really freaky to see our dog acting like that too.

I can imagine.  I had a dog that had occasional seizures when I was a kid.  Fortunately, they never lasted more than a minute or two.  But a poisoning incident goes on and on...

Austin

[ForestCreature]

Did he/she eat the wrapper?  It's probably more dangerous than the chocolate.
 
 Austin

Here is what chocolate can do...
 

[/color] What causes chocolate toxicosis?                
 
                                         Methylxanthine alkaloids are naturally occurring drugs (primarily theobromine and caffeine) in chocolate, coffee, tea, and some over-the-counter medications. These drugs cause constricted blood vessels, rapid and weak heartbeat, and stimulate the nervous system.

  In most cases, dogs are poisoned by eating the processed chocolate used in candies and baking, since these contain high concentrations of theobromine and caffeine and dogs find them tasty. Chocolate preparations contain different concentrations of active compound. The biggest threat is from baker's chocolate squares, followed by semi-sweet chocolate, milk chocolate, and hot chocolate. For example, one pound of milk chocolate or 3 to 4 ounces of baking chocolate could be lethal to a 16 lb (7.3 kg) dog.

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[/size][/font]I'd much rather have my dog eat just the wrapper.
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[fritz_monroe]

AB, how big is the dog that ate the Hershey's Kisses?  According to Hershey, 9 Kisses are about 41 Grams.  Those 20 Kisses would be about 3.2 ounces of milk chocolate.  So according to the link about chocolate toxicosis, a 16 lb. dog would need to eat about 100 kisses to get a fatal dose.

Of course, I'm not going to test this theory out on my dog.

[tlhdoc]

I had a Cocker Spaniel that almost died of chocolate poisoning when he was a puppy.  He got into a bag of semi sweet baking chips and the only thing that saved him was that he ate so much he started trowing up, before we could get him to the vet.  We almost lost him.  Dogs and chocolate do not mix and I wouldn't feed my dog ANY chocolate.

[brainpause]

I had a Cocker Spaniel that almost died of chocolate poisoning when he was a puppy.  He got into a bag of semi sweet baking chips and the only thing that saved him was that he ate so much he started trowing up, before we could get him to the vet.  We almost lost him.  Dogs and chocolate do not mix and I wouldn't feed my dog ANY chocolate.

I'm glad (?) to hear that this is not urban legend. I have heard it for a long time, but I had a 14# mutt eat a bunch of chocolate at Christmas several years ago, but it didn't hurt him, thankfully.

Will continue to keep chocolate out of pooches' bellies, although we don't have any now.

Larry