Stuff you didn't know you didn't know!

Wanted to share this email I received :):)

Every day more money

is printed for Monopoly than the U.S.

Treasury.

 

Men can read smaller

print than women can;
women can hear better.

 Coca-Cola was

originally green.

It is impossible to lick

your elbow.

The State with the

highest percentage of people who walk to work:

Alaska

The percentage of

Africa that is wilderness: 28%
 
(now get this...)

The percentage of

North America that is wilderness: 38%

The cost of raising

a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:

$ 16,400

The average number
of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 

61,000

Intelligent people
have more zinc and copper in their hair..

The 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

Hearts - Charlemagne

Clubs -Alexander, the Great

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 because 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 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.

Q. Half of all

Americans live within 50 miles of what?

A. Their birthplace

Q. Most boat ownersname 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 bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers

and laser printers have in common?

A. All were invented
by women.

Q. What is the only

food that doesn't spoil?

A. Honey

Q. Which day are

there more collect calls than any other day of the year?

A. Father's Day

 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'

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.

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'

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.

At least 75% of

people who read this will try to lick their elbow!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2012 when...

1. You accidentally

enter your PIN on the microwave.

2. You haven't

played solitaire with real cards in years.
 

3. You have a list

of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

4. You e-mail and text the

person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for

not staying in touch with friends and family is that they

don't have e-mail or text addresses.

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...

7. Every commercial

on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen

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.

10. You get up in

the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.
 

11. You start

tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12 You're reading

this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you

know exactly to whom you are going to forward this

message.

14. You are too busy

to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually

scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this

~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~
NOW

U R LAUGHING at yourself.

 You know you want to!

Go lick your elbow.