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Just came across these when researching text content for my website...

Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.

Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces will kill a small sized dog.

By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.

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

Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

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

The 57 on a Heinz ketchup bottle represents the variety of pickles the Company once had.

Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks otherwise it will digest itself.

The dot over the letter ' i' is called the title.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, no one knows why.

Forty percent of McDonald's profit comes from the sales of 'happy meals'.

Every person has a unique tongue print.

315 entries in Websters 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

On an average, 12 newborns will be given to wrong parents daily.

During the famous chariot scene in "Ben Hur", a small red car can be seen at a distance.

Most lipsticks contain fish scales.

Leonardo Da vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

There are no clocks in the Las Vegas gambling casinos.

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

A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it go mad instantly and sting itself to death.

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

The glue on Israeli postage stamp is certified kosher(halal).

Guiness Book Of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages them.