misceláneo Facts but are They True?
The first couple to be shown in cama together on prime time TV were fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Every día más 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 elbow.
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
The average number of people airborne over the US any dado hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have más 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.
Those San Francisco Cable 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, clubes - Alexander theGreat, 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.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Q. What occurs más often in December than any other month?
A. Conception.
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace
Q. Most barco owners name their boats. What is the most popular barco name requested?
A. Obsession
Q. If tu were to spell out numbers, how far would tu have to go until tu would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fuego escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented por women.
Q. What is the only comida that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
Q. There are más collect calls on this día than any other día of the year?
A. Father's Day
Q. What trivia fact about Mel blanc, blanco (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.
Q. What is an activity performed por 40% of all people at a party?
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on cama frames por ropes. When tu pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the cama firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight".
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years hace that for a mes after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in- law with All the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey cerveza and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey mes we know today as the honeymoon.
In English pubs, cerveza inglesa, ale is ordered por 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 where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
Many years hace in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the Rim o 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 por this practice.
In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
AND FINALLY At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
The first couple to be shown in cama together on prime time TV were fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Every día más 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 elbow.
The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
The average number of people airborne over the US any dado hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have más 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.
Those San Francisco Cable 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, clubes - Alexander theGreat, 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.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
Q. What occurs más often in December than any other month?
A. Conception.
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace
Q. Most barco owners name their boats. What is the most popular barco name requested?
A. Obsession
Q. If tu were to spell out numbers, how far would tu have to go until tu would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fuego escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All invented por women.
Q. What is the only comida that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
Q. There are más collect calls on this día than any other día of the year?
A. Father's Day
Q. What trivia fact about Mel blanc, blanco (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.
Q. What is an activity performed por 40% of all people at a party?
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on cama frames por ropes. When tu pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the cama firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight".
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years hace that for a mes after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in- law with All the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey cerveza and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey mes we know today as the honeymoon.
In English pubs, cerveza inglesa, ale is ordered por 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 where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
Many years hace in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the Rim o 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 por this practice.
In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
AND FINALLY At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
