Bet you dont know this!
Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented.
It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the
word GOLF entered into
the English language.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than
the USTreasury.
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can
hear better.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
The State with the highest percentage of people who
walk to work: Alaska
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of
eleven: $6,400
The average number of people airborne over the USany
given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in
their hair.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom
Sawyer.
The San FranciscoCable cars are the only mobile
National Monuments.
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
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.
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 bulletproof vests, fire escapes,
windshield wipers, and laser
printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.
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."
It was the accepted practice in Babylon4,000 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.
At least 75% of people who read this will try to
lick their elbow!
Don't delete this just because it looks weird.
Believe it or not, you can
read it -
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd
waht I was rdgnieg. The
phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to
rscheearch at Cmabrigde
Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the
ltteers in a wrod are, the
olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat
ltteer be in the rghit
pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can
sitll raed it wouthit a
porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not
raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?


1 Comments:
the 75% thing, i'm one of them
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