Has anyone else got some lil interesting, if not useless, facts that might have us thinking ..??
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1. Q. Who were the first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV?
A. Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
2. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
3. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
4. Coca-Cola was originally green.
5. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
6. Q. What American State has the highest percentage of people who walk to work?
A. Alaska
7. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
8. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
9. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer
10. 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
11. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both of the horses 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.
12. Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
A. Conception
13. Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession
14. Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
15. Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year?
A. Father's Day
16. Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.
17. Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party?
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet
18. 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."
19. 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. We know it today as the "Honeymoon".
20. 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 own pints and quarts and
settle down". It's where we get the phrase "Mind your P's and Q's".
21. 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.
22. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden....
and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
~~~AND FINALLY~~~
23. At least 75% of the people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
A. Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
2. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
3. Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
4. Coca-Cola was originally green.
5. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
6. Q. What American State has the highest percentage of people who walk to work?
A. Alaska
7. The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
8. The youngest pope was 11 years old.
9. The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer
10. 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
11. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both of the horses 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.
12. Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
A. Conception
13. Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession
14. Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
15. Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year?
A. Father's Day
16. Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.
17. Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party?
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet
18. 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."
19. 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. We know it today as the "Honeymoon".
20. 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 own pints and quarts and
settle down". It's where we get the phrase "Mind your P's and Q's".
21. 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.
22. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden....
and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
~~~AND FINALLY~~~
23. At least 75% of the people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
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That means the ladies would have to invent their own sport called 'logf' in which they don't have to be hassled by men as to how to play it. Name doesn't have quite the same ring, does it?
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Lol ... I never said they had to be true, just the fact that they were interesting .... and it is a bit of fun for everyone .... which in this day and age is what we all need at one time or another 
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Here's a random fact I have observed in the campus that I call my home...
Most people would think that scrub turkeys are flightless and dwell only on the ground.
Actually, if you know where to look around this university, you can find them roosting in a tree. A tree. My theory is that they've only discovered that they have the ability to live in this specific tree, and the rest, in their turkey minds, are unconquerable.
The sight of a scrub turkey climbing a tree is purely awesome - they run up the branch, sortof like a possum, but with random wild flapping of wings.
And the sight of a turkey apparently about to divebomb you as they parachute back down from the tree is about the most powerfully life-scarring image that exists in this world.
Most people would think that scrub turkeys are flightless and dwell only on the ground.
Actually, if you know where to look around this university, you can find them roosting in a tree. A tree. My theory is that they've only discovered that they have the ability to live in this specific tree, and the rest, in their turkey minds, are unconquerable.
The sight of a scrub turkey climbing a tree is purely awesome - they run up the branch, sortof like a possum, but with random wild flapping of wings.
And the sight of a turkey apparently about to divebomb you as they parachute back down from the tree is about the most powerfully life-scarring image that exists in this world.
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Random boring fact -
The wingspan of a 747 is longer than the entire length of the Wright Brothers first flight.
The wingspan of a 747 is longer than the entire length of the Wright Brothers first flight.
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You'll save a fortune in petrol if you take this into account when circumnavigating the continenterin74 said:
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Eggs, when left in the refrigerator for approximately two months, come out frozen solid (???) and smelling like a hospital - pleasant, but just a tad too strong.
They also make quite an awesome sound when dropped from the sixth floor onto concrete, hard with just that subtle touch of splatter. When washing it off you create a sort of eggy foam, and lots of it.
Discovering this was quite awesomely fun.
They also make quite an awesome sound when dropped from the sixth floor onto concrete, hard with just that subtle touch of splatter. When washing it off you create a sort of eggy foam, and lots of it.
Discovering this was quite awesomely fun.
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