Curious facts?

[LonelyLeaf]

I was just skimming through book I have of archaic and vanishing English words..did you know to 'Houstonize' used to mean to 'beat up a Congressman'?, an allusion to a beating administered by a certain Sam Houston to fellow Representative William Stanberry on April 13, 1832..you learn something new every day!

So, does anyone else have any curiosities they might share?

 

[JonnyD]

after seeing someone yawn , you'll almost certainly yawn within about 6 seconds

 

[Remus]

Dick Van Dyke (the chimney sweeper in Mary Poppins) is not actually British...ok maybe you all knew that, but it was news to me.

Is this sarcasm? :?

any brit knows he did the worst british cockney accent known to humanity :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Remus]

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm Canadian!!!!!!!

Ahhh, I like to wind up canucks when I serve them coffee at Starbucks and say "ooo you from the US?", oh and as for yanks I ask if they are Canadian :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

 

[Kien]

If you lie in the bed and while covering your eyes 100% and turn on the lamp for 5 sec, then turn it off and look at it in the darkness. You will see it having a weak green light.

 

[freestylemonster]

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $ 16,400

haha that's insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[NormanBates]

A bowl of cereal tastes really good at first. But after a while, it's just disgusting!

 

[Hoth]

Wikipedia on the early 20th century economy of the Tannu Uriankhai region: "Uriankhai trade with Russians was conducted on credit using a complex system of valuation principally pegged to squirrel skins. As the number of squirrels declined because of over-hunting, the price of goods increased."

Maybe if we made them into currency again people would scrape them off the road after running over them.

 

[kt2222]

i just saw a piece on the news BBC UK

in the city of chester it i still legal for you to shot a welsh man entering the city after sunset

uk law the only two crimes punishable by death is treason to the Queen and stealing sheep :lol:

laws they forgot to change... idiot :roll: