Stuff you didn't know you didn't know!
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: $ 16,400
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
because 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
4, 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 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.
At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
YOU KNOW YOU ARE
LIVING IN 2012
when...
1. You accidentally enter
your PIN on the microwave.
2. You haven't played
solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of
15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.
4. You e -mail the
person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for
not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail
addresses.
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone
to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries...
7. Every commercial
on television has a web site at the bot tom of the screen
8. Leaving the house
without your cell phone, which you
didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it
10. You get up in the
morning and go on line before getting your coffee
11. You start tilting
your head sideways to smile. : )
12 You’re reading this and nodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you
know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
14. You are too busy to
notice there was no #9 on this list.
15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn’t
a #9 on this list
