Stuff You Didn't Know You Didn't Know!

[Iwanthealthyhair67]

Stuff you didn't know you didn't know!​

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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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The State with the


Highest percentage of people who walk to work:


Alaska


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The percentage of


Africa that is wilderness: 28%


(now get this...)


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The percentage of


North America that is wilderness: 38%


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The cost of raising


A medium-size dog to the age of eleven: ​

$ 16,400


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The average number


Of people airborne over the U.S.​

In any given hour:

61,000


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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 because 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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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.

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[Iwanthealthyhair67]

Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?




A. Their birthplace


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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 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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Q. Which day are there more collect calls







Than any other day of the year?




A. Father's Day


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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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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 .



~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~ ~~~~~~~



NOW your LAUGHING at yourself!



Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused!" (Unknown Author)

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[Shimmie]

Oh this is too funny... And yes, I tried to 'kiss' my elbow (not lick it).

I think this is why elbows are ashy because we can't 'see' them or lick them.



Now I know why my head is so heavy...

Intelligent people
Have more zinc and copper in their hair...

 

[Shimmie]

THIS ONE! So True!

You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

Home number, Cell number, Work number, fax number, upstairs phone...

 

[LucieLoo12]

Oh this is too funny... And yes, I tried to 'kiss' my elbow (not lick it).

I think this is why elbows are ashy because we can't 'see' them or lick them.

Me too!! I did the same thing

 

[crlsweetie912]

So funny!

 

[Iwanthealthyhair67]

so did I...lol

Me too!! I did the same thing

 

[Shimmie]

Me too!! I did the same thing

so did I...lol

I think it's because folks like a challenge or they think, yes I can do that and then find out, we can't.

I twisted my poor little chubby arm tryna' do that and now it's all red.

 

[Lilac87]

I didn't notice that number 9 was missing and I definitely scrolled back up to see if there was a number 9, read number 15, and then laughed. lol

 

[DaiseeDay]

THIS ONE! So True!

You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

Home number, Cell number, Work number, fax number, upstairs phone...

Until I tried it I thought I could

 

[Lanea87]

Even after yall stated yall couldnt do it, what did I do....TRIED!
LOL, I just HAD to see for myself.

 

[delitefulmane]

This is SUCH an AMAZING THREAD! Please post some more random facts! I love this!

 

[CoilyFields]

Hilarious!

I can't believe there's no A in the spelling of numbers until 1000!!!

 

[TrueToHair]

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[sunnysmyler]

I got this from my aunt in an email a few months ago...totally goes in this thread


Interesting History


They used to use urine to tan animal skins,
so families used to all pee in a pot
& then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery.
If you had to do this to survive, you were "Piss Poor."

But worse than that were the really poor folk
who couldn't even afford to buy a pot.
They "didn't have a pot to piss in"
& were the lowest of the low.

The next time you are washing your hands and complain
because the water temperature isn't just how you like it,
think about how things used to be.
Here are some facts about the 1500s:

Most people got married in June
because they took their yearly bath in May
and they still smelled pretty good by June.
However, since they were starting to smell,
Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor.
Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet
when getting Married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water.
The man of the house had the privilege of nice clean water,
then all the other sons and men,
then the women and finally the children.
Last of all the babies.
By then, the water was so dirty
that you could actually lose someone in it.
Hence the saying,
"Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"

Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high
with no wood underneath.
It was the only place for animals to get warm
so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs)
lived in the roof.
When it rained, it became slippery
and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof.
Hence the saying, "It's raining cats and dogs."

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house.
This posed a real problem in the bedroom
where bugs and other droppings
could mess up your nice clean bed.
Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top
afforded some protection.
That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt.
Only the wealthy had something other than dirt.
Hence the saying, "Dirt poor."
The wealthy had slate floors
that would get slippery in the winter when wet,
so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor
to help keep their footing.
As the winter wore on, they added more thresh
until when you opened the door,
it would all start slipping outside.
A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way.
Hence: a thresh hold.

(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)

In those old days,
they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle
that always hung over the fire.
Every day, they lit the fire and added things to the pot.
They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat.
They would eat the stew for dinner,
leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight
and then start over the next day.
Sometimes stew had food in it
that had been there for quite a while.
Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold,
peas porridge in the pot nine days old.
Sometimes they could obtain pork
which made them feel quite special.
When visitors came over,
they would hang up their bacon to show off.
It was a sign of wealth
that a man could "bring home the bacon."
They would cut off a little to share with guests
and would all sit around and "chew the fat."

Those with money had plates made of pewter.
Food with high acid content
caused some of the lead to leach onto the food
causing lead poisoning death.
This happened most often with tomatoes,
so for the next 400 years or so,
tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status.
Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf,
the family got the middle,
and guests got the top, or the "upper crust."

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky.
The combination would Sometimes knock the imbibers out
for a couple of days.
Someone walking along the road would take them for dead
and prepare them for burial.
They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days
and the family would gather around and eat and drink
and wait and see if they would wake up.
Hence the custom of "holding a wake."

England is old and small and the local folks
started running out of places to bury people.
So they would dig up coffins
and would take the bones to a bone-house
and reuse the grave.
When reopening these coffins,
1 out of 25 coffins
were found to have scratch marks on the inside
and they realized they had been burying people alive.
So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse,
lead it through the coffin and up through the ground
and tie it to a bell.
Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard
all night (the graveyard shift) to listen for the bell;
thus, someone could be "saved by the bell "
or was considered a "dead ringer."

And that's the truth....Now, whoever said History was boring!!!

 

[thatscuteright]

good stuff.