Stuff You Didn’t Know You Didn’t Know !
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Men can read smaller print than women can;
women can hear better
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Coca-Cola was originally green.
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It is impossible to lick your elbow.
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The State with the highest percentage of people
who walk to work:
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Alaska
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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness:
28%
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The percentage of North America that is
wilderness: 38%
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The cost of raising a medium-sized dog to the
age of eleven:
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$ 16,400
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The average number of people airborne over the
U.S in any given hour:
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61,000
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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in
their hair.
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The first novel that was ever written on a typewriter.
oTom Sawyer.
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The San Francisco Cable cars are the only
mobile National Monuments.
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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents
a great king from history:
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Spades – King David
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Hearts – Charlemagne
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Clubs -Alexander, the Great
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Diamonds – Julius Caesar
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111,111,111 x
111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321
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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person
died in battle.
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If the horse has one front leg in the air, the
person died because of wounds received in battle.
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If the horse has all four legs on the ground,
the person died of natural causes
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Only two people signed the Declaration of
Independence on July 4, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later.
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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles
of what?
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Their birthplace
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Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is
the most popular boat name requested?
o
Obsession
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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far
would you have to go until you would find the letter ‘A’?
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One thousand
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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes,
windshield wipers and laser printers have in common?
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All were invented by women.
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Q. What is the only food that doesn’t spoil?
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Honey
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Q. Which day of the year, are more collect
calls made than any other day of the year?
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Father’s Day
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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.
o
Hence
the phrase . . ‘Goodnight, sleep tight’
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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 new 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.
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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.’
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It’s where we get the phrase ‘mind your P’s and
Q’s’
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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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At least 75% of people who read this will try
to lick their elbow!
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YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2022 when:
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You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave
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You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in
years.
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You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach
your family of three.
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You e-mail the person who works at the desk
next to you.
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Your reason for not staying in touch with
friends and family is that they don’t have e-mail addresses
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You pull up in your own driveway and use your
cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries
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Every commercial on television has a Web site
at the bottom of the screen
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Leaving the house without your cell phone,
which you didn’t even have the first 20 or 30 (or 80) years of your life, is
now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it!
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You get up in the morning and go online before
getting your coffee
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You start tilting your head sideways to smile.
🙂
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You’re reading this and nodding and laughing.
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Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are
going to forward this message.
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You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on
this list.
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You actually scrolled back up to check that
there wasn’t a #9 on this list.
~~~~~~~~~~~AND
FINALLY,~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
NOW you’re LAUGHING at yourself! If you can
laugh at yourself, you will never cease to be amused!”
(Unknown
Author)
Originally Published on https://boomersnotsenior.blogspot.com/
