[edi581] Fw: HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?
- From: "Reuven Shapira" <rshapira@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <edi581@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 10:52:07 -0400
I cannot be responsible for the accuracy, however, it's fun to further
explore...
Reuven
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 percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...) The
percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
> >
> > The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:
61,000
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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 could find the letter "A"?
> > A. One thousand
> >
> > Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
> > 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".
> >
> > 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.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent of
the King) on it. Now you know where that word 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
> >
> >
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