> > 1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
> >
> > 2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every
> > two weeks or it will digest itself.
> >
> > 3. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
> >
> > 4. A rasin droped in a glass of champagne will bounce up
> > and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the
> > top.
> >
> > 5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and
> > cannot find a mate.
> >
> > 6. A duck quack does not echo. No one knows why.
> >
> > 7. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2".
> >
> > 8. During the chariot race scene in the 60's movie "Ben
> > Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance, and
> > Heston's wearing a watch.
> > (Want to make you watch the movie again)
> >
> > 9. On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong
> > parents daily!
> >
> > 10. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because
> > he doesn't wear pants.
> >
> > 11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during
> > World War II were made of wood.
> >
> > 12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four
> > moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
> >
> > 13. Their are no words in the dictonary that rhyme with
> > orange, purple and silver.
> >
> > 14. The name Wendy was made up for Peter Pan. There was
> > never a recorded Wendy before then.
> >
> > 15. The first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in
> > World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
> >
> > 16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion
> > it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (I
> > wonder who was the sadist who discovered this?)
> >
> > 17. Bruce Lee 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.
> >
> > 18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce
> > Springsteen's "Boen in the USA."
> >
> > 19. The original name for butterfly was flutterfly.
> >
> > 20. 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.
> >
> > 21. The first product Motorola started to develops was a
> > record player for automobiles. At that time, the most
> > know player on the market was Victrola, so they called
> > themselves Motorola.
> >
> > 22. Roses maybe red, but violets are indeed violet.
> >
> > 23. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back
> > you cannot sink into quicksand. (But I am not going to
> > try this one out.)
> >
> > 24. Both Celery and mushrooms have negative calories. It
> > takes more calories to eat them than they have to begin
> > with.
> >
> > 25. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie
> > Chaplin look alike contest.
> >
> > 26 Chewing gum while peeling onions will kepp you from
> > crying.
> >
> > 27. Sherlock Holmes never said in the books by Doyle,
> > "Elementary, my dear Watson."
> >
> > 28. An old law in Bellingham, Washington made it illegal
> > for a woman to take more than three strps backwards while
> > dancing.
> >
> > 29. The glue on Israeli postage is certified Kosher.
> >
> > 30. The Guinmess Book of Records holds the record for
> > being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
> >
> > 31. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they
> > go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages
> > them.
> >
> > 32. Bats will always turn left when exiting a cave.
> >
> > 33. In Romack Virgina it is against the law to have sex
> > with the lights on.
> >
> > 34. A law in Wisconsin requires that their be a passenger
> > in cars after dark. That passenger must run 100 feet
> > infront of the car waving a lantern warningfarmers a car
> > is coming so the cows and horses will not be scared
