Stuff you didn’t know you didn’t know!
I love stuff like this!
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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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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 supplyhis new 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 bakedinto the rim, or handle, of their ceramiccups.When they needed a refill , they used the whistle to get some service. ‘Wet your whistle’ is the phraseinspired 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 numbersto reach your family of three.
4. You e-mail the person whoworks at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touchwith friends and family is that they
don’t have e-mail addresses.6. You pull up in your own driveway and use yourcell phone to see if anyone is home to help youcarry in the groceries…
7. Every commercial on televisionhas 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 andyou turn around to go and get it !
10. You get up in the morning and go on-linebefore getting your coffee
11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile.
12 You’re reading this andnodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you know exactlyto 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
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NOW you’re 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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Go on, forward this
to your friends. You know you want to! And try to lick your elbow again!
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Hollywood Squares ~ Funny Questions and Funnier Answers
FOR THOSE OF US WHO REMEMBER
Hollywood Squares:
These great questions and answers are from the days when ‘ Hollywood Squares’ game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now. Peter Marshall was the host asking the questions, of course…
Q.. Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat?
A. Paul Lynde: Loneliness!
(The audience laughed so long and so hard it took up almost 15 minutes of the show!)
Q
. Do female frogs croak?
A. Paul Lynde: If you hold their little heads underwater long enough.
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If you’re going to make a parachute jump, at least how high should you be?
A. Charley Weaver: Three days of steady drinking should do it.
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True or False, a pea can last as long as 5,000 years.
A. George Gobel: Boy, it sure seems that way sometimes.
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You’ve been having trouble going to sleep. Are you probably a man or a woman?
A.. Don Knotts: That’s what’s been keeping me awake.
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According to Cosmopolitan, if you meet a stranger at a party and youthink that he is attractive, is it okay to come out and ask him if he’s married?
A.. Rose Marie: No wait until morning.
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Which of your five senses tends to diminish as you get older?
A. Charley Weaver: My sense of decency.
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In Hawaiian, does it take more than three words to say ‘I Love You’?
A. Vincent Price: No, you can say it with a pineapple and a twenty.
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What are ‘Do It,’ ‘I Can Help,’ and ‘I Can’t Get Enough’?
A. George Gobel: I don’t know, but it’s coming from the next apartment.
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As you grow older, do you tend to gesture more or less with your hands while talking?
A. Rose Marie: You ask me one more growing old question Peter, and I’ll give you a gesture you’ll never forget.
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Paul, why do Hell’s Angels wear leather?
A. Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily.
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Charley, you’ve just decided to grow strawberries. Are you going to get any during the first year?
A.. Charley Weaver: Of course not, I’m too busy growing strawberries.
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In bowling, what’s a perfect score?
A. Rose Marie: Ralph, the pin boy.
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It is considered in bad taste to discuss two subjects at nudist camps.. One is politics, what is the other?
A. Paul Lynde: Tape measures.
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During a tornado, are you safer in the bedroom or in the closet?
A. Rose Marie: Unfortunately Peter, I’m always safe in the bedroom.
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Can boys join the Camp Fire Girls?
A.. Marty Allen: Only after lights out.
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When you pat a dog on its head he will wag his tail. What will a goose do?
A. Paul Lynde: Make him bark?
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If you were pregnant for two years, what would you give birth to?
A. Paul Lynde: Whatever it is, it would never be afraid of the dark.
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According to Ann Landers, is there anything wrong with getting into the habit of kissing a lot of people?
A. Charley Weaver: It got me out of the army.
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It is the most abused and neglected part of your body, what is it?
A. Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused, but it certainly isn’t neglected.
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Back in the old days, when Great Grandpa put horseradish on his head, what was he trying to do?
A. George Gobel: Get it in his mouth.
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Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
A. Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant?
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When a couple have a baby, who is responsible for its sex?
A.. Charley Weaver: I’ll lend him the car, the rest is up to him.
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Jackie Gleason recently revealed that he firmly believes in them and has actually seen them on at least two occasions. What are they?
A. Charley Weaver: His feet.
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According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
A. Paul Lynde: Point and laugh.
WE DON’T STOP LAUGHING BECAUSE WE GROW OLD,
WE GROW OLD BECAUSE WE STOP LAUGHINGEnjoy and pass on to your friends.
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Halloween Fun Facts
A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
~Erma Bombeck
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Historical Happenings
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The celebration of Halloween started in the United States as an autumn harvest festival. In pioneer days, some Americans celebrated Halloween with com-popping parties, taffy pulls and hayrides.
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In the late nineteenth century, with the large influx of Irish immigrants into the U.S., Halloween became associated with ghosts, goblins and witches.
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Jack-o-lanterns are an Irish tradition. In Ireland, oversized rutabagas, turnips and potatoes were hollowed-out, carved into faces and illuminated with candles to be used as lanterns during Halloween celebrations.
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The word “witch” comes from the Old Saxon word “wica”, meaning “wise one.” The earliest witches were respected dealers in charms and medicinal herbs and tellers of fortunes.
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The pumpkin originated in Mexico about 9,000 years ago. It is one of America’s oldest known vegetables. Pumpkins generally weigh from 15-to-30 pounds, although some weigh as much as 200 pounds. The majority of pumpkins are orange, but they also can be white or yellow. They are rich in vitamin A, beta-carotene and potassium, and their seeds provide protein and iron.
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According to legend, the jack-o’-lantern began with a fellow named Jack, who was too stingy to be allowed into Heaven and too mischievous to join the Devil in hell. As consolation, the Devil threw Jack a lighted coal, which Jack placed inside a turnip he was eating. It is said that Jack continues to use the coal to light his path as he searches for a final resting place.
Trick-or-Treat Tidbits
Adults
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Four-in-ten (41%) adults admit that they sneak sweets from their own candy bowl.
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On Halloween night, the majority (52%) of those providing treats to costumed kiddies will be passing out chocolate, while three?in?ten will drop hard candy or lollipops into the sacks.
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62% of adults will be handing out candy because “it’s a personal favorite” or it’s a household tradition (55%)
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43% of grown-up celebrants cite costumes as one of the most indispensable parts of the holiday.
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About 26% of households will include full-size candy (chocolate and non-chocolate) in their Halloween activities.
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90% of parents admit to sneaking goodies from their kids’ Halloween trick-or-treat bags.
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Parents favorite treats to sneak from their kids’ trick-or-treat bags are snack-size chocolate bars (70 percent sneak these), candy-coated chocolate pieces (40 percent), caramels (37 percent) and gum (26 percent).
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Parents least favorite goodie to take from their kids’ trick-or-treat bags is licorice (18 percent).
Kids
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30% of kids report that they SORT their candy first when returning home with trick-or-treat loot, others:
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Savor it (20%)
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Share it (16%)
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Stash it (14%)
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Swap it (7%)
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Kids say they prefer homes that give: anything made with chocolate (68%) followed by lollipops (9%), gummy candy (7%) and bubble gum or chewing gum (7%)
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More than 93% of children go trick-or-treating each year.
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Kids tell us that their favorite treats to receive when trick-or-treating are candy and gum. Eighty-four percent of kids said candy and gum are their favorites over other options like baked goods or small toys.
Great pumpkin Carving Patterns and templates at:
http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/interactives/pumpkin-carving-patterns
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World’s Most Incredible Trivia
The average human body makes enough heat in 30 minutes to boil two pints of water.
Did you know that 14% of people admit sleeping with a friend’s lover?
Donald Duck was once banned in Finland because he doesn’t wear trousers.
Or that risk of early death is halved if you have lots of nookie.
As much as 6% of the world’s population suffer from sex addiction.
Around 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens each year.
Women with boob jobs are three times more likely to take their own lives.
Men who have the most orgasms are at half the average risk of dying early, a study in Wales found.
The average human spends a total of three years on the toilet.
Desert rats can have sex 150 times in an afternoon.
There are 6,000 dog restaurants in South Korea.
Spiders were once thought to be a cure for malaria – provided they were eaten alive.
In Ancient Greece boxing matches only ended when one fighter was unconscious or dead.
35% of people who use dating websites are married.
The average person travels four miles a year while making beds.
Rhubarb is poisonous if eaten in large doses.
Ancient Romans used urine in toothpaste.
The longest case of hiccups lasted 69 years.
There are about 70 shark attacks a year worldwide.
During the reign of Henry VIII an estimated 72,000 people lost their heads.
Fourteen years before the Titanic sank with the loss of 1,500 lives a novel called Futility told the story of a liner named Titan that hit an iceberg and went down.
The acid in your stomach is so powerful that it can dissolve a razor blade in less than a week.
There are 700 species of bacteria in the human mouth.
When blonde hair became fashionable in Ancient Rome thousands of Nordic blondes were captured or slain so their hair could be used as wigs.
Crocodiles kill 800 people a year.
Parts of blowfish, a delicacy in Japan, contain a poison 500 times as strong as cyanide.
It is illegal to get a fish drunk in the state of Ohio.
On any single day 400 million people across the planet will have sex. That’s 4,000 people right now. AND you are not one of them!
FROM:
Facts That Will Scare The Sh*t Out Of You, by Cary McNeal, is published by David & Charles
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Top Ten Christmas Trivia for Our British Friends
“Wassail” comes from the Old Norse “ves heill” – to be of good health. This evolved into the tradition of visiting neighbours on Christmas Eve and drinking to their health.
A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard.
According to a 1995 survey, 7 out of 10 British dogs get Christmas gifts from their doting owners.
During the ancient 12-day Christmas celebration, the log burned was called the “Yule log”. Sometimes a piece of the Yule log would be kept to kindle the fire the following winter, to ensure that the good luck carried on from year to year. The Yule log custom was handed down from the Druids.
During the Christmas buying season, Visa cards alone are used an average of 5,340 times every minute in the United States.
After “A Christmas Carol,” Charles Dickens wrote several other Christmas stories, one each year, but none was as successful as the original.
Although many believe the Friday after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year, it is not. It is the fifth to tenth busiest day. The Friday and Saturday before Christmas are the two busiest shopping days of the year.
Charles Dickens’ initial choice for Scrooge’s statement “Bah Humbug” was “Bah Christmas.”
Christmas trees are edible. Many parts of pines, spruces, and firs can be eaten. The needles are a good source of vitamin C. Pine nuts, or pine cones, are also a good source of nutrition.
In Britain, the Holy Days and Fasting Days Act of 1551, which has not yet been repealed, states that every citizen must attend a Christian church service on Christmas Day, and must not use any kind of vehicle to get to the service.
