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


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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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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 e 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 t he 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

cus tom ers 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 2010 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

 

 

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FINALLY~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

 

NOW U R LAUGHING at

yourself.

 

 

Go on, forward this

to your friends. You know you want to! Go lick your

elbow.

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111,111,111 x

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

 

Excel says it equals 12,345,678,987,654,300

 

Just sayin.........

 

You should give yourself a BIG pat on your back.....better yet...get a 21 year old blonde to do it...oh, wait...that don't compute....doh.gif

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I have googled and cannot find this. Found it interesting.

 

 

I cant lick my elbow,but can lick,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

From the Coca Cola website:

 

Products And Packaging Rumors

spacer.gif6dots.gifRumor: The drink Coca-Cola® was originally green in color. dotty_line.gifspacer.gif6dots.gifOur Response: 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.

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