Amazing - but true...

In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat

his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the

rule of thumb".



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.



The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred

and Wilma Flintstone



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 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



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 bullet-proof 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 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.







Amazing huh? Why haven't I got thicker thumbs

 

That question about numbers and the letter. </p>

What about one hundred And one.</p>

</p>

 

i know coca cola was popular during prohibition in the states. they neatly sidestepped the non-alchohol issue by filling it with cocaine....hence the name

 

Couple in bed - US only

 

Amazing but not quite true

The statues one is a hoax.

 

If that's the case

I bow to your greater knowledge.

Not being an expert in the sculptured arts I'm easily persuaded (worship)

 

RE: Amazing but not quite true

what sort of idiot would make up a hoax about historical figures depicted in statues? those wild history experts have such a riot

 

I was told...

That the Ps & Qs one comes from the days when printers manually set the text to be printed - to do it quickly the printer would feel the letters, Ps & Qs being similar an obvious error was mistaking them, hence "mind your Ps & Qs"...

The word POSH is, supposedly, an acronym for "port side out, starboard side home" with reference to when ships took passengers to the Eastern provinces of the Empire - depending on what side of the ship you were on determined the glare and heat of the Sun upon nearing the equator. Wealthier passengers would pay more to be on the comfortable side of the ship and on their tickets the above phrase was stamped. It then, obviously, became synonymous with wealth...

 

RE: Amazing but not quite true

Take a look at Snopes, its amazing how much so called truth is bullshat.

 

RE: Amazing - but true...continued

Some more for you:

There is enough carbon in the human body to make the lead for 9000 pencils.

A chimpanzee can recongise itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't

The word almost is the longest in the english alphebet with leters in alphebetical order

Your nose and ear never stop growing

 

RE: Amazing - but true...continued

a gorrilla can be trained to use sign language and work in a post office

 

been posted on here before and the consensus was

A number of them are wrong.

Certainly honey can and does go off

 

Well

When in Cuba last year, the guide told us pretty much the same about the Generals on horseback, but i guess he knows nowt about the cuban history an that like..

 

RE: Well

Perhaps it does apply in certain cultures but not a universal thing.

 

also some people can lick there elbows so that one wrongas well.

liked that last paragraph though

 

honey as been found in egyption tombes

and still edible, not the supermarket crap, Fact

 

Thats correct

I think...

natural honey will last a very long time indeed but the filtered "purified" stuff they sell in supermarkets has had a lot of the natural preserving agents removed.

 

i saw that on brainiac lol

 

Mind your P's and Q's

Mind your P's and Q's is actually of printing trade origin.

 

Someone told me that sex offenders would have Not On Normal Courtyard Exercises chalked on their cell doors, hence the word xxxxx.

Might be crap but sounds plausible.