THE TIP BOOK

40 Things You Probably Didn't Know

40 Things You Probably Didn't Know

O1. In "The Wizard of Oz" the tin man's oil was actually chocolate syrup.

O2. Rats can last longer without water than a camel can.

O3. During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).

O4. An average of 12 newborn babies are given to the wrong parents daily.

O5. In the books, Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson." The term was only used in the movies.

O6. During WWII, the Oscars were made out of wood because there was a short of metal.

O7. There are no words that rhyme with orange, purple, or silver.

O8. The first bomb dropped in WWII by the Allied Powers was dropped on Berlin, and killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

O9. The first Ronald McDonald was portrayed by a weatherman, Willard Scott.

1O. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow down the movie so you would be able to see his moves.

11. The first CD ever pressed in the United States was "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen.

12. A butterfly was originally called a fluttery.

13. The term "Rule of thumb" comes from an old English law that says you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

14. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than a piece calories celery has in it.

15. Charlie Chaplin won 3rd place in a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like contest.

16. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing.

17. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.

18. Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

19. The first book written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain.

19. Each king in a deck of cards represents a famous king;;

Spades - King David

Hearts - Charlemagne

Clubs -Alexander, the Great

Diamonds - Julius Caesar

2O. If you were spelling numbers, you would have to go to one thousand to use an "a".

21. Bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers were all invented by women.

22. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them, "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." This is where we get the expression "Mind your p's and q's"

23. Mount Rushmore was named for Charles E. Rushmore, a lawyer from New York.

24. Stephen Hawkings was born on Jan. 8th, 1942, which was the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death.

25. There are over 87,000 drink combinations possible at Starbucks.

26. Violet Jessop survived three major ship disasters; the Olympic colliding with the Hawke, the sinking of the Titanic, and the sinking of the Britannic.

27. Sam Neill, who played Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, has a scar on his left hand from the scene where he tries to distract the T. rex with a burning flare.

28. The 1963 version of Cleopatra almost caused 20th Century Fox to go bankrupt. It cost $44 million then, which is equivalent to $334 million today.

29. Andrew Stanton's inspirations for "Finding Nemo" were a childhood memory of a fish tank in a dentist's office and a visit to the Six Flags Marine World park with his five-year-old son.

30. The original script of The Avengers did not feature Pepper Potts, however Robert Downey Junior insisted she be there to give Tony Stark some depth.

31. The Lion King was originally called The King of the Jungle, but it was changed when Disney found out lions don’t live in the jungle.

32. Josh Hutcherson read the entire Hunger Games trilogy in five days to prepare for his role as Peeta.

33. If you look up 50 most popular women on the web and click on the first link, Justin Bieber is number 7.

34. Both Grandma and Little Red Riding Hood die in the original version.

35. The Iron Man suit used in the first Iron Man weighed about 90 pounds.

36. In Harry Potter, Ron’s patronus is a jack russel terrier.

37. The opening scenes of Breaking Dawn – Part 2, which take place in the forest, were all actually shot in a parking lot in Canada, with a green screen behind actors Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson.

38. You are more likely to have a bad dream in a cold room.

39. The word ‘never’ is said a total of 73 times in the Justin Bieber song “Never Say Never”.

40. The average person will spend a total of 5 years standing in lines.