Things you should know

[thinkfast®]

1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.

2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp 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 and
down 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 1830s 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.


Any others?

[5thgcelica]

wow finally some i havent heard ! lol.

[Hulud]

wow

[thinkfast®]

yup...

[Hulud]

WEST COAST delegation! lol

[Kristi]

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

I wanna try that one!

[thinkfast®]

I bet you do, alki.

[Kristi]

I bet you do, alki.

yea - since the first time i've really drank in like 1.5 years was saturday - i'm an alki

[thinkfast®]

yep. admit it. thats the first step to recovery. Denial is not just a river in Egypt. Once you face the cold, hard facts you can move on.

[PinkTaco04]

ill add a few, sorry if they are reposts

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!!

American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in First Class.

The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.(There are no clocks in ANY casino gaming floors and for a good reason.)

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.

The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

There are 4 cars and 11 lightposts on the back on the US 10 dollar bill.

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes and 4 pennies, you'd have $1.19. You would also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".

The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

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.

Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on Scooby Doo.

[Jaimecbr900]

The numbers "172" can be found on the back of the US 5 dollar bill, in the bushes at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

I have not been able to find this one.

[Kelly_Rene]

those are cool facts

[thinkfast®]

nice.. like, yea man- zoinks!

[accented]

How Casinos Keep You Gambling Longer
Oct 01, 2002

You must be aware that casinos have little tricks they use to keep people gambling. Have you ever noticed there are no clocks in casinos? Why do you think they started to comp players? Why do they serve alcohol for free? Why do they make you walk through a casino to get to your hotel room, or to a restaurant? All the answers to these questions are very simple, to keep players gambling.

One casino trick most people don't know is that you will never hear the words LOSE, LOSER, or LOSING out of a casino employee. This trick is a psychological technique, which encourages players to keep gambling. It is not likely that discouraged players will keep gambling.

It has also been proven that drunken gamblers are more likely to lose their money. Casinos provide the gamblers with unlimited drinks while gambling. The popular saying "Boozers are losers" doesn't only apply to drunk drivers!

Nobody forces you to consume alcohol at the casinos; therefore this is one casino advantage you can eliminate.


Why use Chips instead of Money?

Have you ever thought to yourself why casinos exchange your money at the table for chips? Nine times out of ten, they will tell you, "It's easier to deal with chips." The pit boss will explain that carrying cash everywhere is inconvenient and that dealers handle chips much better and faster.


The truth is it's a trick to disguise the value of money. By exchanging your money into chips from the respected casino, they have imposed their own currency on you. It gives the gambler the impression that they can only play these chips at that casino and conveniently keeps them there. This makes you have to cash out at the end of your session. This in turn makes it more difficult for you to exchange your chips for real money. It also enables them to monitor your transactions.

The basic ideal is to give you a different currency to play with and to distance the true value of money with coin-like chips. For example a $25 coin-like chip appears like a lot less than a crisp $20 bill with five $1 bills.


One way to eliminate this casino advantage is to ALWAYS remember the true value of the chips, and keep low denominations. Remember, pit bosses and dealers are very good actors; usually with good personalities, with the ulterior motive of taking your money!

Overall, you should never forget that you are GAMBLING. The word itself denotes risk, therefore you should be prepared to win or lose. With these new tactics and revealed casino secrets, the casino edge is greatly reduced. I wish you favourable mathematical fluctuations!

[The Golden Child]

ill add some ny facts ..

You know you're from New York City when...

You say "the city" and expect everyone to know
that this means Manhattan.

You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the
Empire State Building.

You can get into a four-hour argument about how
to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park at
3:30 on the Friday before a long weekend, but
cant find Wisconsin on a map.

Hookers and the homeless are invisible.

The subway makes sense.

You believe that being able to swear at people in
their own language makes you multi-lingual.

You've considered stabbing someone just for
saying "The Big Apple".

The most frequently used part of your car is the
horn.

You call an 8' x 10' plot of patchy grass a yard.

You consider Westchester "upstate".

You think Central Park is "nature."

You see nothing odd about the speed of an
auctioneer's speaking.

You're paying $1,200 for a studio the size of a walk-
in closet and you think it's a "steal."

You've been to New Jersey twice and got
hopelessly lost both times.

You pay more each month to park your car than
most people in the U.S. pay in rent.

You haven't seen more than twelve stars in the
night sky since you went away to camp as a kid.

You go to dinner at 9 and head out to the clubs
when most Americans are heading to bed.

Your closet is filled with black clothes.

You haven't heard the sound of true absolute
silence since the 80s, and when you did, it terrified
you.

You pay $5 without blinking for a beer that cost the
bar 28 cents.

You take fashion seriously.

Being truly alone makes you nervous.

You have 27 different menus next to your
telephone.

Going to Brooklyn is considered a "road trip."

America west of the Hudson is still theoretical to
you.

You've gotten jaywalking down to an art form.

You take a taxi to get to your health club to
exercise.

Your idea of personal space is no one actually
standing on your toes.

$50 worth of groceries fit in one paper bag.

You have a minimum of five "worst cab ride ever"
stories.

You don't notice sirens anymore.

You live in a building with a larger population than
most American towns.

Your doorman is Russian, your grocer is Korean
your deli man is Israeli, your building super is
Italian, your laundry guy is Chinese, your favorite
bartender is Irish, your favorite diner owner is
Greek, the watchseller on your corner is
Senegalese, your last cabbie was Pakistani, your
newsstand guy is Indian and your favorite falafel
guy is Egyptian.

You're suspicious of strangers who are actually
nice to you.

You secretly envy cabbies for their driving skills.

You think $7.00 to cross a bridge is a fair price.

Your door has more than three locks.

Your favorite movie has DeNiro in it.

You consider eye contact an act of overt
aggression.

You run when you see a flashing "Do Not Walk"
sign at the intersection.

You're 35 years old and don't have a driver's
license.

You ride in a subway car with no air conditioning
just because there are seats available.

You're willing to take in strange people as
roommates simply to help pay the rent.

There is no North and South. It's uptown or
downtown.

When you're away from home, you miss "real"
pizza and "real" bagels.

You know the differences between all the different
Ray's Pizzas.

You're not in the least bit interested in going to
Times Square on New Year's Eve.

Your internal clock is permanently set to know
when Alternate Side of the Street parking
regulations are in effect.

You know what a bodega is.

You know how to fold the New York Times in half,
vertically, so that you can read it on the subway or
bus without knocking off other passenger's hats.

Someone bumps into you, and you check for your
wallet.....

You cringe at hearing people pronounce Houston
St. like the city in Texas

Film crews on your block annoy you, not excite
you.

I live in Queens, New York. I curse a lot and say yo and say it often. I know what good pizza tastes like and the whole thing is called a pie. I know that a bagel is more then a roll with a hole in the middle. A sandwich is a hero, not a hoagie or a grinder,and I drink soda, not pop or cola. 4 am is an early night out. Its never too late to take the fucking train and all good nights must end at a wendys. I eat hot dawgs and drink cawfee. I know that 55 mph really means 85. I judge people by what town they come from. I say words like "true" and "mad", not dumb ass words like "WICKED". I tawk on the phone all the time, even when I'm driving. Our streets are numbered, no catchy names like maple drive. A quiet night is an unusual night. I'm from QUEENS and damn proud of it.

[uproot]

17. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the
other at the same time ... hence, multi-tasking was invented.

he also wrote backwards... he was afraid that others would steal his ideas

[The Golden Child]

bump so Brett knows not to post these ..