A few things you might not know

1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton.

2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickles the company once had.

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

4. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper.

5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a "tittle".

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


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1. Money isn't made out of paper; it's made out of cotton. ALMOST TRUE: Currency paper is composed of 25 percent linen and 75 percent cotton. Red and blue synthetic fibers of various lengths are distributed evenly throughout the paper. Before World War I these fibers were made of silk. ( http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774850.html )

2. The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottle represents the varieties of pickles the company once had. FALSE: http://www.snopes.com/business/hidden/heinz57.asp

3. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks - otherwise it will digest itself. PRETTY MUCH TRUE, but rather oversimplified: http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/aug97/871783451.An.r.html

4. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp paper. DEPENDS ON WHO YOU TALK TO: This is put forth as truth by those in the business of selling hemp paper or pushing for the lifting of restrictions on the selling of hemp products. Others word it this way: "The initial drafts of the "Declaration of Independence" were allegedly composed on stock that contained some hemp" ( http://www.watershedmedia.org/paper/paper-PROFhemp.html ). According to the US government at www.archives.gov , it was parchment. Seems that the guys trying to push hemp started this rumor to somehow make their case more easily accepted by linking it to this historical document. So either way, the actual Declaration is NOT on hemp paper. The early drafts may or may not have been written on hemp paper (because it was cheap and readily available, but the final copy, the one that was signed by the delegates, was transcribed onto fine vellum parchment.

5. The dot over the letter 'i' is called a "tittle". TRUE

6. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top. TRUE: http://www.iit.edu/~smart/scavjoh1/lesson6.htm (but the same effect can be achieved with Alka-Seltzer - much cheaper)