Interesting Facts II

A rat can last longer without water than a camel. 

The dot over the letter "i" is called a title. 

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

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

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

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

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood. 

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

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. 

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

Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. 

The original name for butterfly was flutter by. 

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. 

The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was 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. 

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. 

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. 

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries. 

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!!