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    Interesting Facts

    1. 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."

    2. 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 or what
    was known today as the honeymoon.

    3. 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 their
    own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind
    your P's and Q's."

    4. 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.

    5. In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent
    of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted
    to have a baby, they got consent of the King; the King gave them a placard
    that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had
    F.U.C.K. (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know
    where that came from.

    6. In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only
    Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English
    language.

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    the nursery rhyme ring around the rosey was about small pox [or some other disease]

    green eggs and ham was written as a response to a challenge dr suess received, the challenge claimed that he could not make a book with less than 50 words.

    a danish guy invented the burlger alarm. unfortunatly. it got stolen

    American police sometimes use Coke sryup to melt ice or to get rid of blood off roads.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrio7
    American police sometimes use Coke sryup to melt ice or to get rid of blood off roads.
    They use 15 MILLION tons of Salt on their roads as well....
    http://www.saltinstitute.org/30.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by rattattack1313
    yup....salt, and sand they dump tons of it on their roads every year...
    The Salt is used to melt snow and ice

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    Cool

    derrrrr.......I lived in Toronto for a year or so , a few years ago................
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