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- Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips ..
- A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death ..
- The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
- 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.
- By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).
- 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.
- American Airlines saved $40,000 in '87 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first class.
- 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
- 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!
- Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
- The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
- Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
- Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator game..
- Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them.
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