Snowy
28th March 2009, 10:51 AM
Some strange but interesting info for you...
1) The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle
2) A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
3) If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will
instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
4) Gotham City home of Batman and Robin is a real place but not in the USA... its actually in England!
5) A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
ME TO
6) Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a
piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
7) 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.
8) 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 your pints and quarts, and settle down."
It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
9) Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
10) 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."
1) The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle
2) A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
3) If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will
instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
4) Gotham City home of Batman and Robin is a real place but not in the USA... its actually in England!
5) A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
ME TO
6) Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a
piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
7) 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.
8) 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 your pints and quarts, and settle down."
It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
9) Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
10) 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."