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(Date Posted:05/09/2008 02:54:12)

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola
was originally green.


It is impossible to lick your own elbow.

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 first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his
wife with a stick thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb".

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in 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

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.

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, which 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 your pints and quarts,
and settle down." It's where 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.

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?


(Message edited by abraxas1954 On 05/09/2008 03:00:57)

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-Brax

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