The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time
TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US
Treasury.
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear
better.
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 world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China
in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great King
from history:
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.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the
English language.
Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?
A. Conception.
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 windscreen wipers and laser printers all have in
common?
A.Both invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't go off?
A. Honey
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 or what
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 their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's here
we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
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.
In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had
consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When
anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the
King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they
were having sex. The placard had F**K with the other letters in!)
(Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where
that came from.
In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF
entered into the English language.
