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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%



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 2nd, 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."



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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Santas suit was Green, and Coke put him in a red suit for advertising, and it stuck

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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes,
windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?

A. All were invented by women.

I would have thought that fire escapes and bulletproof vests were invented by boyfriends.

[SpeedRacer 1]

many of those "facts" are incorrect. Look 'em up.

The ones about acronyms (ie GOLF) are usually wrong.

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Nuh uh, I read it on teh intraweb, it must be true!

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I just dislocated my shoulder trying to lick my elbow.

"No cookies for you"- GFD
"I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65
Don't be a "Racer Hater"

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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"

Last summer they had some trivia contest on the morning radio show. The question was "where did the rule of thumb come from"

Thinking that I was smart and going to win movie tickets for getting it right I spout off exactly what is quoted.
There was about 5-10 seconds of dead air. Then they lectured me about how I shouldn't beat my wife and hung up on me.

Turns out it has something to do with brewing beer.

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[adventurechick 0]

LoL, that's kinda funny... well I was amused reading the above!

PMS #449 TPM #80 Muff Brother #3860
SCR #14705 Dirty Sanchez #233

[SpeedRacer 1]

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/000512.html Straight dope on how the confusion got started.

Fun facts circulated on the Internet are often bullshit.

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