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More cool facts, may be true or not, you decide....
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Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the
year?
A. Father's Day
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Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most
ironic?
A. He was allergic to carrots.
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Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party?
A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
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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 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 their own 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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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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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
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Sue and Sally meet at their 30th class reunion,
and they haven't seen each other since graduation.
They begin to talk and bring each other up to date.
The conversation covers their husbands, their children,
homes, etc. and finally gets around to their sex lives.
Sue says "It's OK. We get it on every week or so but
it's no big adventure, how's yours?"
Sally replies "It's just great, ever since we got into S&M."
Sue is aghast.
"Really Sally, I never would have guessed
that you would go for that."
"Oh, sure," says Sally,
"He Snores while I Masturbate."
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