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[Scott W]

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb"

Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden" ...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S.Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400

The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs - Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John
Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the
last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace

Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession

Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand

Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All were invented by women.

Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey

Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?
A. Father's Day

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer
to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight. "


It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month
after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all
the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was
lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as
the honeymoon.

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." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's
and Q's"

Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the
rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used
the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired
by this practice.

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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
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[Stuart]

very interesting..
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[kalel]

...bahaha...its true

[Rickeezee]

hahahahahahahha very intersting, I tried to lick mine! FAILED!
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[Rickeezee]

[peaches]

Some really interesting facts there, here's another, when the rich would travel bu ship they would go Port side Out and Starbbord side Home, to have the best light, hence the word posh!!

[Fixx]

Old ships used to be steered by boards along the right hand side so they would always put the left hand side of the ship to the harbour wall so as not to interfere with the steering board and from this came Port and Starboard

[Stuart]

An average dairy cow produces four times its body weight in manure each year.

-Kiwis are the only bird that hunts by smell.

-A birds eye keeps everything in focus at all times.

-Elvis had a pet monkey named Scatter.

-A sheep trained to turn the lights on and off will leave them them on 82% of the time.

-A blind chameleon will still change color to match its surroundings.

-All dogs except the Chow have a pink tongue, the Chow's tongue is bluish black.

-Nine out of ten extinct species were birds.

-Lions sleep 17 hours per day.

-Most wild birds live only 10% of their normal life span.

-Mouse sex only lasts five seconds.

-Florida officals recieve 8,000 complaints each year about alligators.

-Pigeons have three sets of eyelids.

-Male monkeys go bald just as men do.

-Giraffes have no vocal cords, the communicate with their tails.

-About one third of all species of snakes are venomous.

-The stomach of a hippo can be up to 10 feet long and hold up to 400 pounds of food.

-An Elephant's tusks never stop growing as long as it lives.

-If left alone, a dog will spend up to 3 hours a day remarking its scent posts.

-The horseshoe crab has sky-blue blood.

-A snapping turtle can only swollow when its head is under water.

-When given unlimited access to mice, cats will kill about 15 before stopping.

-Lobsters and jellyfish never stop growing.

-The seahorse is the only fish that swims upright.

-Cat milk is 10% protein where cow milk is only 3%.

-Crocodiles can't move their tongues.

-The pouch on a pelican's beak can hold up to 2 gallons of water.

-A homing pigeon will not be able to find its way home if a magnet it attached to their neck.

-The speckles on a bird's egg are as individual as a fingerprint.

-The upstroke of a bird's wing moves it forward, the downstroke only keeps it airborn.

-A giraffe can run faster than a horse and go longer without water than a camel.

-A freshly hatched crocodile is three times longer than the egg it came from.

-Polar bears are left-handed.
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[Rickeezee]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm I am a better person for all of this general knowledge
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