[BITList] Facts you'll be happy to know !!
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Sat Apr 21 13:04:29 BST 2018
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INTERESTING STUFF
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**Many years ago in **
**Scotland , a new game was invented.. It was ruled 'Gentlemen **
**Only..Ladies Forbidden'.. .and thus, the word GOLF entered **
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**The first couple to **
**be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma **
**Flintstone.*
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**Every day more money **
**is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. **
**Treasury.*
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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% (now get **
**this...)*
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**The percentage of **
**North America that is wilderness: 38% *
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**The cost of raising **
**a medium-size 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..*
(Just a minute ... let me check.)
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**The first novel ever **
**written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.*
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*In the **
**1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed **
**to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. **
**Hence we have 'the rule **
**of thumb'*
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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. If the horse has one front leg in **
**the air, the person died because of wounds received in battle.. **
**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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**A. Their birthplace **
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**Q. Most boat owners **
**name their boats. What is the most popular boat name **
**requested? *
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**A. **
**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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**A. 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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**A. All were invented **
**by women.*
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**Q. What is the only **
**food that doesn't spoil? *
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**A. **
**Honey*
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**Q. Which day are **
**there more collect calls than any other day of the **
**year?***
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**A. 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. 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 son-in-law with **
**all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey wine 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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**Don't delete this **
**just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read **
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**I cdnuolt blveiee **
**taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. 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 **
**first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae.. The rset can be a **
**taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This **
**is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by **
**istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? *
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*YOU **
**KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2018 when...*
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**1. You accidentally **
**enter your PIN on the microwave. *
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**2. You haven't **
**played solitaire with real cards in years.*
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**3. You have a list **
**of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of **
**three.*
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**4. You e-mail the **
**person who works at the desk next to you.***
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**5. Your reason for **
**not staying in touch with friends and family is that they **
**don't have e-mail addresses. *
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**6. 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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**7. Every commercial **
**on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen **
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**8. Leaving the house **
**without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first **
**20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic **
**and you turn around to go and get it.*
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**10. You get up in **
**the morning and go on line before getting your **
**coffee*
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**11. You start **
**tilting your head sideways to smile. : ) *
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**12 You're reading **
**this and nodding and laughing.*
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**13. Even worse, you **
**know exactly to whom you are going to forward this **
**message.*
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**14. You are too busy **
**to notice there was no #9 on this list. *
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**15. You actually **
**scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this **
**list*
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**~~~~~~~~~~~AND **
**FINALLY~~~~~ ~~~~~~~*
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**NOW U R LAUGHING at **
**yourself. *
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**Go on, forward this **
**to your friends. You know you want to! Go lick your **
**elbow.*
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