Subject: FW: Things you didn't know
From: "Char Olson" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:57:10 -0600

Happy Chinese New Year!!!  The year of the dragon. a very powerful year for
all of us.

Char

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From: Amy E Brink <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:26 AM
Subject: Things you didn't know
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     Stuff you didn't know you didn't know!

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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:

     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:

     $ 16,400

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

     61,000

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     Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

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     The first novel ever written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.

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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:

     Spades - King David

     Hearts - Charlemagne

     Clubs - Alexander, the Great

     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?

     A. Their birthplace

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     Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat
     name requested?

     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'?

     A. One thousand

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     Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and
     laser printers have in common?

     A. All were invented by women.

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     Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?

     A. Honey

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     Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the
     year?

     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 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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             At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their
                                       elbow!

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                       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 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 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 list.

             Go on, forward this to your friends. You know you want to!
           Go lick your elbow.