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Crazy Facts You Probably Don’t Know.

 

 

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 was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

In the 1400′s a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have “the rule of thumb”.

 

Coca-Cola was originally green.

 

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 first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

 

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history:

Spades – King David

Hearts – Charlemagne

Clubs -Alexander, the Great

Diamonds – Julius Caesar

 

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.

 

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”

 

More Crazy Facts

 

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.

 

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 bullet-proof 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

 

I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the human mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe.

Amzanig huh?

 

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

 

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

 

And finally. At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow

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