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Interesting Facts.

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'
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> 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.
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> The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred
> and Wilma Flintstone.
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> Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.
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> Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
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> Coca-Cola was originally green.
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> It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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> Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
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> The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
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> The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
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> 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
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> 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
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> 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.
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> Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat
> name
> requested?
>
> A. Obsession
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> 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
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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.
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> Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
>
> A. Honey
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>
> 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.'
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> 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.
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> 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'
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>
> 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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> At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
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>
> -Now....
> Don't delete this just because it looks weird.Believe it or not, you
> can
> read it.
>
> IcdnuoltblveieethatI cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The
> phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan 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?
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>
> YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2008 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 bottom 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.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
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Comments

  • some good facts there....
  • [cite]Posted By: WhenIwasLittleBoy[/cite][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.
    >
    /quote]

    Surely the 1st two parts are the same.
  • edited September 2008
    Died in battle would suggest an instant death, died due to wounds recieved in battle is that they have not died instantlly
  • Does anyone know where you can get a good tumb-thick stick from?
  • edited September 2008
    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.

    Apparently only counts for the battle of Getisburg.


    Urban myth. Not based on truth at all. I will try to think of an example.
  • [quote][cite]Posted By: Ledge[/cite][quote][cite]Posted By: WhenIwasLittleBoy[/cite][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.
    >
    /quote]

    Surely the 1st two parts are the same.[/quote][/quote]

    Nope, They could have survived the battle but their wounds slowly ate away at their lifeforce and then they have not died on the battlefied.
  • Does that rule still stand? If so i would also like to know about thumb sticks...
    Would a PIMP cane do?
  • I hate to piss on your cornflakes.....

    http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/green.asp

    FYI - Snopes is a truly marvellous site
  • 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

    Not sure this is correct

    Just put it into my spreadsheet and it's come up with 12,345,678,987,654,300
  • me too VM did it on Calculator and got the answer as it said - weird
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  • How amazing that people rather than read a innocent post to pass the time of day actually go out their way to pi55 on peoples cornflakes. Now that is a sad fact
  • [cite]Posted By: WhenIwasLittleBoy[/cite]How amazing that people rather than read a innocent post to pass the time of day actually go out their way to pi55 on peoples cornflakes. Now that is a sad fact

    hahahahah sad but true mate . I can't stop licking my elbow now
  • [cite]Posted By: Valley McMoist[/cite]111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

    Not sure this is correct

    Just put it into my spreadsheet and it's come up with 12,345,678,987,654,300

    It doesn't work with that many digits. But you can get a palindromic number by multiplying any pair of numbers with the same number of ones in it up to 8 digits; it doesn't work after that. So: 1X1=1 11X11=121 111X111=12321 and so on up to 11111111X11111111=123456787654321
  • edited September 2008
    There are more Indian Restaurants in London than in the whole of India.

    The city in the world with the second largest Greek population after Athens is Melbourne Australia.
  • edited September 2008
    [cite]Posted By: Swisdom[/cite]I hate to piss on your cornflakes.....

    http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/green.asp

    FYI - Snopes is a truly marvellous site

    The brand colour was green though!
  • thank you Daz,clearly Swisdom was under the impression the drink was green in colour
  • nope I will re-tract my comment for I am incorrect the truth and only green related to coca cola is:

    "This is indeed just a rumor. Although the famous contour bottle is green, Coca-Cola has always been brown in color, since its start in 1886."

    And league clubs make the logo go green!
  • At this present time, there are more people alive in the world than have previously lived in total.
  • edited September 2008
    [cite]Posted By: WhenIwasLittleBoy[/cite]> 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
    er ... there aren't any letter 'A's in numbers :-)

    Anyway you missed 'hundred and one' etc.
  • edited September 2008
    [cite]Posted By: Stig[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Valley McMoist[/cite]111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

    Not sure this is correct

    Just put it into my spreadsheet and it's come up with 12,345,678,987,654,300

    It doesn't work with that many digits. But you can get a palindromic number by multiplying any pair of numbers with the same number of ones in it up to 8 digits; it doesn't work after that. So: 1X1=1 11X11=121 111X111=12321 and so on up to 11111111X11111111=123456787654321

    Actually it does work up as far as 111111111X111111111=12345678987654321, but Excel isn't good enough to calculate beyond 15 digits so it gives 12345678987654300. Hats off to WIWALB who was correct all along.

    It also works in decimals so that 0.111111111 squared is 0.012345678987654321
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  • [cite]Posted By: SoundAsa£[/cite]At this present time, there are more people alive in the world than have previously lived in total.
    Bollocks!

    My best stat is, there are more ways to order a pack of 52 playing cards than there are atoms on Earth. Now that is very true.
  • [cite]Posted By: Friend Or Defoe[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: SoundAsa£[/cite]At this present time, there are more people alive in the world than have previously lived in total.
    Bollocks!

    My best stat is, there are more ways to order a pack of 52 playing cards than there are atoms on Earth. Now that is very true.

    This is how many ways to order a pack of cards 8.06582E+67
    That's eight, with sixty seven zeros after it.
  • I can lick my elbow.

    So not impossible, just unusual!
  • >
    > 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
    >

    [/quote]

    'One hundred and one' surely?
  • [cite]Posted By: Stig[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Friend Or Defoe[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: SoundAsa£[/cite]At this present time, there are more people alive in the world than have previously lived in total.
    Bollocks!

    My best stat is, there are more ways to order a pack of 52 playing cards than there are atoms on Earth. Now that is very true.

    This is how many ways to order a pack of cards 8.06582E+67
    That's eight, with sixty seven zeros after it.
    Atoms on earth is a mere 8.87 10E+49 (8.87 x 10^49)
  • [quote][cite]Posted By: North Lower Neil[/cite]>
    > 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
    >

    [/quote]

    'One hundred and one' surely?[/quote] At what point has "and" became a number
  • i gave the licking your elbow thing a crack....
  • edited September 2008
    [cite]Posted By: WhenIwasLittleBoy[/cite]At what point has "and" became a number
    it is part of the number of course.

    "and" is neither a number nor a meal ...

    ... but "fish and chips" is a meal and "hundred and one" is a number
  • [cite]Posted By: mascot88[/cite]i gave the licking your crack thing the elbow....
    glad to hear it
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