Good to Know…
Things you should know, but probably don’t:
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 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.’
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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Upper and lowercase letters are named ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the ‘upper case’ letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, ‘lower case’ letters.
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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.
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The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
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Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It’s the same with apples!
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Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
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Money isn’t made of paper, it’s made of cotton.
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The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
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The dot over the letter “I” is called a “tittle”.
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Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
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40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sale of Happy Meals.
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315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
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The ‘spot’ on 7-up comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.
charles leiper grigg
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On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.
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Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister. (Maybe one of them was given to the wrong parents!?)
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A few ounces of chocolate is fatal to a small dog’s heart and nervous system!
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Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeuww).
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Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn’t wear pants.
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Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
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Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time hence, multitasking was invented.
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Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
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There are no clocks in Las Vegas casinos.
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The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan, there was never a recorded Wendy before that.
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There are no words in the dictionary to rhyme with: orange, purple & silver.
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Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors, and it took him ten years to paint Mona Lisa’s lips.
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A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
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The mask used by Michael Myers in the original “Halloween” was a Captain Kirk’s mask painted white.
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If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. (good to know)
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By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can’t sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless).
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