Factoids
Some facts to look at..........
Men can read smaller print than women .. 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 US any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in
their hair.
The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom
Sawyer.
Those 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. IIf the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural
causes.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
A. Conception.
> > Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes,
> > windshield wipers, and laser
> > printers all have in common?
> > A. All invented by women.
> > Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
> > A. Honey
> > Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any
> > other day of the
> > year?
> > A. Father's Day
> >
> > Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs
> > Bunny) is the most
> > ironic?
> > A. He was allergic to carrots.
> >
> > 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 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 their own
> > pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get
> > the
> > phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
> >
> > 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~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > At least 75% of people who read this will try to
> > lick their elbow
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