4th April 2012 Did You Know These Facts ...?

Did you know that ...

** 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, and

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. (I guess 'I do' doesn't qualify because it carries or implies a hidden fore-mentioned object).

 

** 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 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.

 

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