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- Contrary to what you might suspect, the Puritans loaded more beer than water onto the Mayflower before they departed for the New World.

- The largest city—in area—in the U.S. is not Los Angeles. It's Jacksonville, Florida.

- Kleenex tissues weren’t always called that. In 1924, the product was called Celluwrap.
 
- You might be surprised to learn that there are more pyramids in Mexico than Egypt.

- Play-Doh wasn’t originally intended to be a toy. It was created to clean wallpaper.

- "Mrs." is not an abbreviation for "missus" as is often believed. "Mrs." is short for "mistress," the feminine form of "mister," which in turn originally meant "master." For obvious reasons, "Mrs." is no longer spelled out. :whip:

- Saturn isn’t the only planet in our solar system with a ring. In fact, the only planet without a ring is Earth.

- "Baby-cut" carrots aren’t baby carrots. They’re actually full-sized ones peeled and polished down to size. (Incidentally, about 25 percent of California’s fresh carrot crop is turned into "babies.")

- St. Patrick wasn’t Irish—he was English. ;)

- While some may be surprised to hear it, Americans filed more civil lawsuits per capita in 1830 than they do today.

- You may be surprised to learn that college football outdraws pro football by more than 2-to-1. :headbang:

- London Bridge isn’t in London. It’s in Arizona. :confuse3:

- The Bank of England was not founded by an Englishman. It was founded by a Scotsman. The Bank of Scotland, however, was founded by an Englishman. :confuse2:
 
- Most people believe sperm swims to the egg and fertilizes it. However, new research shows the egg is actually the aggressor. As the sperm wiggle around, the egg is on the hunt—and when the right sperm swims by, the egg tosses out a kind of chemical net and snags it. :rofl:

- White isn’t the standard color for bridal gowns everywhere. A bride wears red in China.

- History books might say otherwise, but one of the primary reasons the Pilgrims on the Mayflower ended their trip at Plymouth Rock was because they ran out of beer. :rofl2:

- People didn’t always put their hand over their heart during the Pledge of Allegiance. The pledge was first given with the arm outstretched in front, palm slightly up. Since that gesture resembled the Hitler salute, Congress changed it during World War II to the arm across the chest.

- The capitol of Portugal wasn’t always in Portugal. From 1807-1821, the capitol was moved to Rio de Janeiro (when Portugal was fighting France during the Napoleonic Wars).

- During the time of King Henry VIII, knitting was the specialty of men, not women.

- Kilts aren’t a Scottish invention, no matter what you might think. They originally came from France.

- For the Dutch, Rice Krispies don’t "snap, crackle, pop." Instead, it’s "pif, paf, pof." :rofl:
 
LastLegionary said:
- Play-Doh wasn’t originally intended to be a toy. It was created to clean wallpaper.
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Armor-all rules for that, nothing works better, except the house smells like an auto shop :retard:
 
LastLegionary said:
For the Dutch, Rice Krispies don’t "snap, crackle, pop." Instead, it’s "pif, paf, pof." :rofl:
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That's because the grains of rice are more doit than ours.
 
LastLegionary said:
- Saturn isn’t the only planet in our solar system with a ring. In fact, the only planet without a ring is Earth.
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Uhm, not sure about that...Pluto certainly has no rings. Nor Mecury (or Mercurius..dunno the right english translation :))
 
the original london bridge was sold i think and transported to arizona. don't ask me why, or how, or wtf the people in arizona wanted to cross that meant using a bridge from london.

most people in medieval times drank beer, it was the main liquid intake of the day for the majority of ordinary people. the water was foul, never clean and generally icky. plus beer tastes better and the alcohol kills the germs :)

kilts in scotland were a victorian tourist invention. cilts in wales were even more recent, and blatant twatting around to be more 'celtic'

pif paf poof? :D :D
 
The London Bridge is in Lake Havasu AZ & is there for 2 reasons, they had a place that the bridge would fit & it made a good tourist tra, err, attraction.
 
LastLegionary said:
- While some may be surprised to hear it, Americans filed more civil lawsuits per capita in 1830 than they do today.
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can't imagine that......
 
thx LL, i just didn't know if he was talking about a fox, the fox channel, Vicente Fox, or a colloquialism.
 
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