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TOPIC: Random Facts Thread
[ron h] Sunday, August 15, 2010 5:30:42 PM 
Did you know...

-Coca-Cola was originally green.

-Men can read smaller print than women.  Women can hear better.

-It's impossible to lick your elbow.

-Every day more money is printed for the game Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury.

-The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time U.S. TV was Fred and Wilma Flinstone.

-The U.S. State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work is Alaska.

-The percentage of Africa that is wilderness is 28%...North America is 38% wilderness.

-The cost of raising a medium size dog to age 11 is $16,400.

-In the 1400's a law was passed in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.  Hence we have 'the rule of thumb'.

-Many years ago in Scotland a new game was invented.  It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden'...and thus, the word GOLF entered into the English language.

Edited at: Sunday, August 15, 2010 5:32:29 PM
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