The 57 on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of varieties of pickle the company once had.

A rat can last longer without water than a camel. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself. The eclaration of !ndependence was written on hemp paper.

Things You Might Not Have Known

The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate. A duck#s $uack doesn#t echo. %o one knows why. A & ' ( is really )*)+& by ,*)+&. (-. of /c onald#s profits come from the sales of Happy /eals. 0very person has a uni$ue eye 1 tongue print. The "spot" on the 7*2p comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino. ,)5 entries in 3ebster#s )445 dictionary were misspelled. uring the chariot scene in "6en Hur"7 a small red car can be seen in the distance. 8n average7 )& newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily9 :ohn 3ilkes 6ooth#s brother once saved the life of Abraham ;incoln#s son. <hocolate kills dogs. <hocolate affects a dog#s heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog. aniel 6oone detested coonskin caps. =laying cards were issued to 6ritish pilots in 33!!. !f captured7 they could be soaked in water and unfolded to reveal a map for escape. 8rcas >killer whales? kill sharks by torpedo*ing up into the shark#s stomach from underneath7 causing the shark to e@plode. onald uck comics were banned from Ainland because he doesn#t wear pants.

r. Beuss is actually pronounced Beuss such that it sounds like Bue*ice. Cetchup was sold in the )D,-s as medicine. American Airlines saved E(-7--- in )4D7 by eliminating one olive from each

salad served in Airst <lass. 6ecause metal was scarce7 the 8scars given out during 3orld 3ar !! were made of wood. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is ,)D7474755(7---. 2pper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters7 the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters. There are no clocks in ;as Fegas gambling casinos. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange7 purple and silver. The numbers ")7&" can be found on the back of the 2B 5 dollar bill7 in the bushes at the base of the ;incoln /emorial. The name 3endy was made up for the book =eter =an. There was never a recorded 3endy before. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on 6erlin in 3orld 3ar !! killed the only elephant in the 6erlin Goo. There are ( cars and )) lightposts on the back on the 2B )- dollar bill. ;eonardo a Finci invented scissors. !t also took him )- years to paint /ona ;isa#s lips. !f one places a tiny amount of li$uor on a scorpion7 it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. 6ruce ;ee was so fast that they actually had to s*l*o*w film down so you could see his moves. That#s the opposite of the norm. !f you have , $uarters7 ( dimes and ( pennies7 you#d have E).)4. You would also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. The first < pressed in the 2B was 6ruce Bpringsteen#s "6orn in the 2BA".

The mask used by /ichael /yers in the original "Halloween" was actually a <aptain Cirk mask painted white. The original name for butterfly was flutterby. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old 0nglish law which stated that you couldn#t beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. The first product /otorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time7 the most known player on the market was Fictrola7 so they called themselves /otorola. Hoses may be red7 but violets are indeed violet.

6y raising your legs slowly and laying on your back7 you cannot sink into $uicksand. <asey Casem is the voice of Bhaggy on Bcooby oo.

<elery has negative calories. !t takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. <harlie <haplin once won third prize in a <harlie <haplin look*alike contest. !n Iulliver#s Travels7 :onathan Bwift described the two moons of /ars7 =hobos and eimos7 giving their e@act size and speeds of rotation. He did this more than )-- years before either moon was discovered. <hewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. Bherlock Holmes %0F0H said "0lementary7 my dear 3atson". An old law in 6ellingham7 3ashington7 made it illegal for a woman to take more than , steps backwards while dancing. The glue on !sraeli postage is certified kosher. The Iuinness 6ook of Hecords holds the record for being the book most often stolen from =ublic ;ibraries. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them. 6ack in the mid to late D-s7 an !6/ compatible computer wasn#t considered )--. compatible unless it could run /icrosoft#s Alight Bimulator. 6ats always turn left when e@iting a cave99 JJ