tkt8763-01: [Fwd: Interesting Tidbits]

["Tim Croft" <tdc4@ArmyROTC.MsState.edu>]

Some interesting facts.....

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• Subject: [Fwd: Interesting Tidbits]
• From: "Lavinia B. Sparkman" <lsparkman@mail.emcc.cc.ms.us>
• Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 08:41:51 -0600

THese are interesting.. Enjoy.. Lavin

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• Subject: Interesting Tidbits
• From: Sally Stewart Hester <sally@stennis.gov>
• Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 08:42:04 +0100
• Organization: Stennis Center for Public Service
• Reply-To: sally@stennis.gov

>> > 1. 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. that's where the phrase, "goodnight,
>> > sleep tight" came from.
>> >
>> > 2. The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses

>> > every letter in the alphabet. (developed by Western Union to test
>> > telex/twx communications)
>> >
>> > 3. The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a
>> > letter is uncopyrightable.
>> >
>> > 4. When opossums are playing 'possum, they are not "playing."  They

>> > actually pass out from sheer terror.
>> >
>> > 5. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every
>> > year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into
>> > account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.

>> >
>> > 6. The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W.W.II fighter pilots in
>> > the Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50
>> > caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before
>> > being loaded into the fuselage.  If the pilots fired all their ammo

>> > at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards."
>> >
>> > 7. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law
>> > which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider
>> > than your thumb.
>> >
>> > 8. An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
>> >
>> > 9. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for
>> > the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.
>> >
>> > 10. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for

>> > each gallon of diesel that it burns.
>> >
>> > 11. Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
>> >
>> > 12. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has
>> > ever won a Super Bowl.
>> >
>> > 13. The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To
>> > Beaver."
>> >
>> > 14. Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older.
>> >
>> > 15. In Cleveland, Ohio, it's illegal to catch mice without a
>> > hunting license.
>> >
>> > 16. It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a

>> > year's supply of footballs.
>> >
>> > 17. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for
>> > dating are already married.
>> >
>> > 18. There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big
>> > Mac bun.
>> >
>> > 19. The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
>> >
>> > 20. The 3 most valuable brand names on earth: Marlboro, Coca-Cola,
>> > and Budweiser, in that order.
>> >
>> > 21. When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of
>> > 25 miles per year.
>> >
>> > 22. Ten percent of the Russian government's income comes from the
>> > sale of vodka.
>> >
>> > 23. On average, 100 people choke to death on ball-point pens every
>> > year.
>> >
>> > 24. In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the
>> > world's nuclear weapons combined.
>> >
>> > 25. 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" or what we know today as the "honeymoon."
>> >
>> > 26. In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts.  So in old

>> > England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at
>> > them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where

>> > we Get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's."
>> >
>> > 27. 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.

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