[AGL] I didn't know that...about Susan Lucci

[dian donnell]

I've noticed lots of businesses that don't display clocks, such as 
grocery stores and department stores.  I miss them.
dian
On Apr 8, 2006, at 12:45 PM, susan gilbert wrote:

> frances, susan lucci is not the daughter of phyllis diller, whenever 
> you come across information that causes you to think "i didn't know 
> that" just like that story about capt kangaroo and mr. rogers, you go 
> to snopes urban legends page and look up the odd new information, hey 
> it might be true or it might not be.
> susi
> On Apr 7, 2006, at 11:08 PM, Frances Morey wrote:
>
>> 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 
>> anddown 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.
>> 34. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart. "Boy, I feel 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 fanny off to jail."
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