General Knowledge - Did You Know ...?

*** Did You Know ...?

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

** Coca-Cola was originally green.

** ** The Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.

** Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.

** 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 [£3,500]

** Average number of people airborne over the US 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, and

Diamonds - Julius Caesar.

** 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

** 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.

** There is no shorter sentence in the English language than 'I am'.

(Married people point out that actually, 'I do' is the longest sentence? Think about it!)

** 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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*** Horses' Legs in the Air ***

** 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.

*** Stefan Killenberg writes:

I studied in Dresden and the most famous statue there is the so called "Golden Rider" it's a statue of August (called the strong).

The horse in this statue has both front legs in the air but August the strong died from Diabetes mellitus, high blood pressure and other things connected to the fact that he was too fat. So he didn't die in battle, or would you call this a battle against weight!

 

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