Ketchup

A List of 100 (Mostly Worthless) Strange Facts - Page 1

  1. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as a medicine.
  2. Look at your zipper. See the initials YKK? It stands for Yoshida Kogyo Kabushibibaisha, the world's largest zipper manufacturer.
  3. 40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
  4. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
  5. On the average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
  6. Chocolate kills dogs! True, chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system. A few ounces is enough to kill a small sized dog.
  7. Leonardo DA Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
  8. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
  9. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
  10. Leonardo DA Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
  11. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
  12. The original name for the butterfly was "flutterby!"
  13. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand.
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