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uncle phil · 07-28-2003, 03:18 AM

This actually gets more and more interesting as you read. Some you know...some you don't know.

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

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

The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.

City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong.

State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.

Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%.

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400.

Average number of people airborne over the US in any given hour: 61,000.

Intelligent people have more 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.

First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

The 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, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, 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.

The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W W II fighter pilots in the South 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."

Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

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.

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl.

The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-stars Game.

How about this...The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores ("Ring around the rosey..."), these sores would smell very badly so common folks would put flowers on their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously), so that it would cover the smell of the sores ("...a pocket full of posies..."), People who died from the plague would be burned so as to reduce the possible spread of the disease ("...ashes, ashes, we all fall down!")

Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV show?
A. No theme song.

Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace.

Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession

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. This is the only food that doesn't spoil.
A. Honey

Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year.
A. Father's Day

Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.

40% of all people who come to a party snoop in your medicine cabinet.

miked10270 · 07-28-2003, 04:34 AM

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Originally posted by uncle phil

How about this...The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores ("Ring around the rosey..."), these sores would smell very badly so common folks would put flowers on their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously), so that it would cover the smell of the sores ("...a pocket full of posies..."), People who died from the plague would be burned so as to reduce the possible spread of the disease ("...ashes, ashes, we all fall down!")

This is the AMERICAN version of the rhyme, using the words "Ashes, Ashes" to denote that bodies were burned in disease outbreaks. This only became common practice in the 1800s.

The original English version was a description of Bubonic Plague -

"Ring a ring of rosies" (the postules that formed in rings on the skin)
"A pocketfull of posies" (herbs were supposed to ward off the disease)
"Ah-tishoo, ah-tishoo" (sneezing - looks like the herbs weren't so effective after all - and being in the same room where someone was sneezing resulted in...)
"We all fall down" (dead).

One other one... In class-ridden England, how you pour a cup of Tea or Coffee denotes your class. "Tea without milk" or "Milk in the cup first" is lower class while "Tea first, then add milk" is upper class.

The reason fir this was that only the upper classes could be sure of having milk that wasn't sour thus ruining an expensive beverage.

Mike.

uncle phil · 07-28-2003, 04:50 AM

never heard the tea thing...thanks, mike...

samcat · 07-28-2003, 05:04 AM

I'm going to be a pedantic a------ and correct the tea thing. Upper class folks could afford good china and you could pour boiling hot tea into it without having it break. The lower classes could only afford slightly less good china which might shatter due to uneven expansion when heated. You could avoid this by adding a little milk so it would cool the tea.

Another piece of absolutely useless data for you .......

jwoody · 07-28-2003, 06:55 AM

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Originally posted by uncle phil
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.

In Islamic countries it is still legal to punish your wife with a toothbrush.

MikeyChalupa · 07-28-2003, 09:31 AM

I've got a few corrections too... Four just off the top of my head. Here's backup from Snopes.

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Originally posted by uncle phil
This actually gets more and more interesting as you read. Some you know...some you don't know.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

http://www.snopes.com/history/world/cardking.htm

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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. 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.

http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.htm

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The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/airstrip.asp

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No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl.

Maybe at the time this list was compiled, but the St. Louis Rams won Super Bowl XXXIV on January 30, 2000. They play in the Edward Jones Dome (Formerly the Trans World Dome).

Sorry uncle phil, I love reading your posts, they are always insightful and well worded. But I just hate when false info like this gets passed around. People start believing it... like the non-echoing duck's quack.

-Mikey

uncle phil · 07-28-2003, 11:45 AM

sorry, mikey...i will try to edit my posts more carefully next time, even for the humor forum...

07-28-2003, 03:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	Trivia Play This actually gets more and more interesting as you read. Some you know...some you don't know. The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca-Cola was originally green. Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury. The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters. City with the most Rolls Royce's per capita: Hong Kong. State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska. Percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%. Percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%. Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400. Average number of people airborne over the US in any given hour: 61,000. Intelligent people have more 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. First novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. The 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, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, 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. The term "the whole 9 yards" came from W W II fighter pilots in the South 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." Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. 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. The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies. The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P. The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. No NFL team which plays its home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl. The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-stars Game. How about this...The nursery rhyme Ring Around the Rosey is a rhyme about the plague. Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores ("Ring around the rosey..."), these sores would smell very badly so common folks would put flowers on their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously), so that it would cover the smell of the sores ("...a pocket full of posies..."), People who died from the plague would be burned so as to reduce the possible spread of the disease ("...ashes, ashes, we all fall down!") Q. What separates "60 Minutes," on CBS from every other TV show? A. No theme song. Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? A. Their birthplace. Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested? A. Obsession 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. This is the only food that doesn't spoil. A. Honey Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year. A. Father's Day Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic? A. He was allergic to carrots. 40% of all people who come to a party snoop in your medicine cabinet. __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-28-2003, 04:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	never heard the tea thing...thanks, mike... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-28-2003, 11:45 AM	#7 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	sorry, mikey...i will try to edit my posts more carefully next time, even for the humor forum... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-28-2003, 05:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
samcat Upright Location: Calgary	I'm going to be a pedantic a------ and correct the tea thing. Upper class folks could afford good china and you could pour boiling hot tea into it without having it break. The lower classes could only afford slightly less good china which might shatter due to uneven expansion when heated. You could avoid this by adding a little milk so it would cool the tea. Another piece of absolutely useless data for you .......