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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
These were sent to me in an email...I am not sure if they are true or false (one of the ones I deleted before posting said Susan Lucci is Phyllis Diller's mother!). So, help me out...true or false? 1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton. 2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickle the company once had. 3. A rat can last longer without water than a camel. 4. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. 5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a tittle. 6. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top. 7. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. 8. A duck's quack doesn't echo. 9. Every person has a unique tongue print. 10. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled. 11. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance. 12. Most lipstick contains fish scales. 13. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. 14. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine. 15. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. 16. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class. 17. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. 18. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos. 19. The numbers '172' can be found on the back of the U.S. $5 dollar bill in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial. 20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before! 21. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors, also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips. 22. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original Halloween was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white. 23. An old law in Bellingham, Wash., made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing. 24. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. 25. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave! [This message has been edited by Poet deVine (edited 10-22-2000).] |
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Nan
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since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
PdV has too much time on her hands.... hehe... How does hold time in their hands anyway??... I'm sure the one about the clocks in Vegas is true - and the reason is that they don't want people gambling to think about time... The rest - I'm researching... I'll get back to ya..  |
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LoveBug
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Member Elite
since 2000-01-08
Posts 4697 |
#1- Money is made from a special type of cloth, but I'm not sure if it contains cotton #4- True! #9- True! #11- I've heard that before #12- True! (that's why it shimmers) #17- True! (It might be some other material, but they weren't made from metal) That's all I know offhand.. False gems may shine as brightly as the genuine article, but there are always those who can tell the difference. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
all true. |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
I'm glad that I'm not the only one that knows all of these things!!!. . . but serenity is right. . .they're all true. . . Good thing we were here huh serenity?  ------------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
gotta giggle, Sven. I was bluffing. |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
PdV, I have to go with Sven on this one, they are all true. No one knows more useless facts than Sven!!! LOL  LW Poetry should surprise by fine excess...it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts and appear almost a remembrance. -J.Keats |
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StarPryncess17 Senior Member
since 2000-05-31
Posts 932Colorado |
Yep...ALL TRUE!! I actually got this ome time...researched it all...  i guesss I was a little bored. *Being an angel doesn't mean having a halo or wings, it means doing the right thing and wanting to make a difference* |
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Craig Member
since 1999-06-10
Posts 444 |
7. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. Not strictly true. A female ferret may die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate but that is not always true. Female ferrets or Jills can become anaemic during heat and are also susceptible to Septicaemia this means an unmated ferret is at a higher risk than most animals but death is not necessarily the outcome. Yes, I admit your general rule. That every poet is a fool: But I myself may serve to show it. That every fool is not a poet. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Funny, I watched a program the other night, "Worlds biggest money secrets." YES, money is actually made out of cotton. And I think something else. It is actually illegal for anyone, or any other state to possess this certain kind material. It has woven within it red threads. #5, that is true also...it's biblical and the dot is Hebrew...and in the bible it says I shall not change not one tittle or jot of the law. That is the smallest mark there is. That would be of course . . . . hmmmm.... 18. YES, that is true, there are no clocks in Vegas. My husband has been there. Drink and spend money....the only goal. That and you wouldn't know what time it was. 19. That I wouldn't doubt at all. They just showed the marks on the new bills they printed. Lots of little things, and numbers, and the American Flag hidden. |
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Trew Member
since 2000-06-10
Posts 365Ottawa, Canada |
Well, I can only answer one definitively. #2 is false. The term 'Heinz 57' was a marketing tool. Nothing more than a slogan. This was taken from: http://www.heinz.com:80/jsp/consumer_faq.jsp#11 11. What is the significance of "57"? The Heinz 57 Varieties slogan is synonymous with the name "Heinz." Our corporate history tells us that in 1896, Henry John Heinz noticed an advertisement for "21 styles of shoes." He decided that his own products were not styles, but varieties. Although there were many more than 57 foods in production at the time, because the numbers "5" and "7" held a special significance for him and his wife, he adopted the slogan "57 Varieties." Thus, a new advertising campaign was launched for Heinz 57 Varieties — and the rest is history! |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Dovie? That Hebrew dot? Is called a "yod". |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
Well thanks a lot LW. . . but. . . it turns out that I might be wrong. . . serenity, bluffing that you were right and didn't know it eh?? LOL Too funny. . . I'm going to have to see about the Heinz 57 thing. . . I'm not sure that that's right. . . ------------------------------------------------------------- That which gives light must endure burning --Victor Frankl |
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RainbowGirl Member Elite
since 1999-07-31
Posts 3023United Kingdom |
I'll have to try the raisin one......  HUSG |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
quote: sheesh don't ya know! false of course! only sensible British Bats do that ..yer average law abiding yank bat flies to the right ... geez |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
until which time the british bats shall come to their collective senses and realize that it must be wrong to not drive right. Jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
LOL.... i wondered who'd be first heh heh ... jamie, hiiiiii. And tell me, why is it that challenging this particular foreign idiosyncrasy seems to drive people bats?? ~innocent grin~ |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
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Poertree Senior Member
since 1999-11-05
Posts 1359UK |
jamie i can't seem to get through to your e-mail addr, so here ya go .... lol...thanks for the link jamie ..i did see it actually but your ingenuity kinda floored me .......yes ..ME!!! lost for words ......LOL ...incredible eh? thanks also for replying in CA ... i've been trying to make time to give your recent poems a read in Open, hopefully get round to it tonight .... see ya soon P |
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