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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 as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression “to get fired”.
Canada is an Indian word meaning “big village”.
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on 4 July - John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on 2 August, but the last signature wasn't added until five years later.
“I am.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The term “the whole nine yards” came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes o n the ground, the .50 calibre machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got “the whole nine yards”.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
The word samba means “to rub navels together”.
The international telephone dialling code for Antarctica is 672.
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots
From Noel Whittaker's latest newsletter.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression “to get fired”.
Canada is an Indian word meaning “big village”.
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on 4 July - John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on 2 August, but the last signature wasn't added until five years later.
“I am.” is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The term “the whole nine yards” came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes o n the ground, the .50 calibre machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got “the whole nine yards”.
The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
The word samba means “to rub navels together”.
The international telephone dialling code for Antarctica is 672.
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots
From Noel Whittaker's latest newsletter.
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