Fun Facts 1.6

1. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
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3. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
4. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily.
5. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur' a small red car can be seen in the distance.
6. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
7. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
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9. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear any pants.
10. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
11. 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.
12. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.
13. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
14. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
15. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before!
16. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!
17. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors.
18. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
19. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was a Captain Kirk mask painted white.
20. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.