Did Ya Know

[Rhonda]

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Did Ya' Know:

1. Sarah Edmonds was one of many women who fought in the U.S. Civil War in disguise as a boy and a man. She became a Union spy, and later deserted to protect her secret. Edmonds revealed her true identity after the war in an attempt to clear the desertion charges and gain a pension.

2. Scheduled to be demolished in 1968, Grand Central Station was saved by a campaign led by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and architect Philip Johnson. The station was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

3. The U.S. Civil War conflict had at least thirty different names during the 1800s: The War Against Northern Aggression, The War for States' Rights, The War for Constitutional Liberty, The War for the Preservation of the Union, The Brothers' War, Mr. Lincoln's War. Many Southerners back then preferred to call it "our Second War of Independence." Some Southerners today eschew calling it the Civil War, preferring "The War Between the States." U.S. Official Records use the term "The War of the Rebellion."

4. Gulliver's first name was Lemuel in Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels.

" 5. Horse-racing regulations state that no race horse's name may contain more than eighteen letters. Names that are too long would be cumbersome on racing sheets.

6. Byron Kilburn and Moses M. Strong, to secure a grant of 1,000,000 acres of Wisconsin land for their railroad, distributed $862,000 in bribes among the governor, lieutenant governor, state senators, assemblymen, a Supreme Court justice, the governor's secretary, and the chief clerk and assistant clerk of the assembly (1856).

7. Houdini was the first man to fly an airplane solo in Australia.

8. The world record for a photographic memory feat is held by a man in Burma who recited 16,000 pages of Buddhist canonical texts from memory.

9. No person has ever been killed by a falling meteor, although several have been struck over the years, and a dog in Egypt was struck and killed.

[Rhonda]

Did Ya' Know:

At President Andrew Jackson's funeral in 1845 his pet parrot was removed for swearing.

May 6, 1954 - (Sir) Roger Bannister was the first to break the 4-minute mile while at Oxford University in England. His 4-lap time was 3 mins 59.4 seconds. Bannister was a 25-year-old medical student at the time at St. Mary's Hospital and ran the first sub-four minute mile on the Iffley Road track in Oxford.

Although beavers live near rivers, streams and lakes - they do not eat fish. Beavers eat only plants. They eat poplar trees, carrots, cattail, mushrooms, potatoes, berries, water plants, swamp wood, and fruit. Soft bark is the main food for a beaver.

Some interesting human detection facts:

-You can see a candle flame from 50 Kilometers on a clear, dark night.

-You can hear the tick of a watch from 6 meters in very quiet conditions.

-You can taste one gram of salt in 500 liters of water (.0001M).

-You can detect one drop of perfume diffused throughout a three-room apartment.

-You can detect the wing of a bee falling on your cheek from a height of one centimeter.


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[Rhonda]

Did Ya' Know:

It was 1858 in a speech in Springfield, Illinois, Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."

Henry Berliner accomplished the first helicopter flight in 1922 at College Park, Maryland.

In 1981 the "Chicago Tribune" purchased the Chicago Cubs baseball team from the P.K. Wrigley Chewing Gum Company for $20.5 million. The Wrigley family had controlled the team for over 60 years. The sale ended the longest, continuous ownership of a team that stayed put in its

[Rhonda]

Did Ya' Know:

1. The difference between a mural and a fresco is that a mural is painted on the wall when the plaster is dry whereas a fresco is painted on the wall when the plaster is still wet.

2. When people recall a past hurt, their blood pressure spikes. Forgive and forget? Most of us find the forgetting easier, but maybe we should work on the forgiving part. "Holding on to hurts and nursing grudges wears you down physically and emotionally," says Stanford University psychologist Fred Luskin, author of FORGIVE FOR GOOD. "Forgiving someone can be a powerful antidote."

3. Since 1982, Canada has followed the Constitution Act, of 1982. This Act allows Canada to amend their own constitution without having to get approval from Britain. Prior to 1982, Canada followed a different constitutional act. This Act was in existence from 1867-1982, the "British North American Act."

4. The swimming pool at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida is the largest in the continental U.S. It covers a half acre and holds 600,000 gallons of water.

5. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina has the most mini-golf courses per area in the U.S. At last count, there were 47 in a 60 mile radius. (now there is something to brag about--Polly)

6. Yuma, Arizona has the most sun of any locale in the U.S. - it averages sunny skies 332 days a year.


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[Rhonda]

Did ya know

1. The first female cadets were permitted at West Point in 1977.

2. Those hotel key cards do not hold personal data. The magnetic strip on the back of plastic key cards holds only a number programmed to unlock your room's door. However, for normal security reasons, return them to the front desk when checking out.

3. In Kauai, Hawaii, the height of buildings are regulated by palm trees. You may not build a structure higher than the highest palm tree in your area.

4. Harry Truman worked as a proprietor of a clothing store before he became president of the United States.

5. Sesame Street's Big Bird stands a towering 8'2". Caroll Spinney has provided the voice, and puppetry since 1969. For all those years, he has been holding the four and one-half pound head up with his right arm. (Watch closely - indeed - Big Bird is left-handed!)

6. A cow must be a mother before she will produce milk. To make 9 gallons of milk a day, a cow must drink 18 gallons of fresh, clean water (2 gallons of water for every gallon of milk).

7. The White House has a variety of indoor recreational facilities available to the President and his family, including a tennis court, a jogging track, swimming pool, movie theater, billiard room, and a bowling lane.


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[Rhonda]

Did Ya' Know:

1. May 7, 1789 - The first inaugural ball was held in New York in honour of President and Mrs. George Washington. Each lady in attendance received, as a gift, a portrait of George Washington.

2. 1908 - The old age pension was introduced in Brtain, five shillings a week (25p) for the over 70s.

3. 1915 - On the afternoon of 7 May 1915, the famed Cunard liner Lusitania was torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. Within 20 minutes, the vessel sank into the Celtic Sea with the loss of more than 1000 lives. Of the 1959 passengers and crew aboard, 1198 were lost, including 124 of the 218 Americans, among them the millionaire Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.

4. The liner United States made the fastest-ever crossing of the Atlantic, on her maiden voyage in 1952. Today it sits wasting away on the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


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[Rhonda]

Did Ya' Know:

At President Andrew Jackson's funeral in 1845 his pet parrot was removed for swearing.

May 6, 1954 - (Sir) Roger Bannister was the first to break the 4-minute mile while at Oxford University in England. His 4-lap time was 3 mins 59.4 seconds. Bannister was a 25-year-old medical student at the time at St. Mary's Hospital and ran the first sub-four minute mile on the Iffley Road track in Oxford.

Although beavers live near rivers, streams and lakes - they do not eat fish. Beavers eat only plants. They eat poplar trees, carrots, cattail, mushrooms, potatoes, berries, water plants, swamp wood, and fruit. Soft bark is the main food for a beaver.

Some interesting human detection facts:

-You can see a candle flame from 50 Kilometers on a clear, dark night.

-You can hear the tick of a watch from 6 meters in very quiet conditions.

-You can taste one gram of salt in 500 liters of water (.0001M).

-You can detect one drop of perfume diffused throughout a three-room apartment.

-You can detect the wing of a bee falling on your cheek from a height of one centimeter.


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[Rhonda]

Trivia

MANDRAKE
Mandrake is a mysterious plant believed to have powers of preventing sterility in men and animals, causing barren women to bear children, and compelling love.
Mandrake is thought to have aphrodisiac and fertilizing properties.
Clairvoyants use mandrake to increase their visions to enable them to see strange and wonderful things.
MARRIAGE Wediing superstitions
MILK It's bad luck to let milk boil over.
MIRROR
To break a mirror means 7 years bad luck.
It is unlucky to see your face in a mirror by candlelight.
A mirror should be covered during a thunderstorm because it attracts lightning.
If a mirror in the house falls and breaks by itself, someone in the house will die soon.
MISTLETOE
Mistletoe in the house protects it from thunder and lightning. It also cures many diseases, is an antidote to poison and brings good luck and fertility.
A girl standing under a mistletoe cannot refuse to be kissed by anyone who claims the privilege.
MOTH
A white moth inside the house or trying to enter the house means death.
NOSE
If your nose itches, someone is coming to see you. If it's the right nostril, the visitor will be a female, left nostril, male.
ONION
An onion cut in half and placed under the bed of a sick person will draw off fever and poisons.
A wish will come true if you make it while burning onions.
OPAL
Unless you were born in October, it's unlucky to wear opals.
OWL
It is bad luck to see an owl in the sunlight.
PENCIL
If you use the same pencil to take a test that you used for studying for the test, the pencil will remember the answers.
PEPPER
If you spill pepper you will have a serious argument with your best friend.
PHOTOGRAPH
If 3 people are photographed together, the one in the middle will die first.
RABBIT'S FOOT A rabbit's foot will bring luck and protect the owner from evil spirits if carried in the pocket.
RAINBOW
A rainbow in the Eastern sky,
The morrow will be fine and dry.
A rainbow in the West that gleams,
Rain tomorrow falls in streams.
RAVEN
To kill a raven is to harm the spirit of King Arthur who visits the world in the form of a raven.
RED
A red ribbon should be placed on a child who has been sick to keep the illness from returning.
ROBIN
A wish made upon seeing the first robin in spring will come true - but only if you complete the wish before the robin flies away.
ROCKING CHAIR
If you leave a rocking chair rocking when empty, it invites evil spirits to come into your house to sit in the rocking chair.
ROSEMARY
Rosemary planted by the doorstep will keep witches away.
SALT
Bad luck will follow the spilling of salt unless a pinch is thrown over the left shoulder into the face of the devil waiting there.
Put salt on the doorstep of a new house and no evil can enter.
Salty soup is a sign that the cook is in love.
SCISSORS
If you drop scissors, it means your lover is being unfaithful to you.
SEA GULL
Three seagulls flying together, directly overhead, are a warning of death soon to come.
SHOES
Do not place shoes upon a table, for this will bring bad luck for the day, cause trouble with your mate and you might even lose your job as a result.
It's bad luck to leave shoes upside down.
SINGING If you sing before seven, you will cry before eleven.
SLEEP
You sleep best with your head to the north and your feet to the south.
SNEEZE
Place a hand in front of your mouth when sneezing. Your soul may escape otherwise.
The devil can enter your body when you sneeze. Having someone say, "God bless you," drives the devil away.
If you sneeze on a Monday, you sneeze for danger;
Sneeze on a Tuesday, kiss a stranger;
Sneeze on a Wednesday, sneeze for a letter;
Sneeze on a Thursday, something better;
Sneeze on a Friday, sneeze for sorrow;
Sneeze on a Saturday, see your sweetheart tomorrow.
Sneeze on a Sunday, and the devil will have domination over you all week.
One for sorrow
Two for joy
Three for a letter
Four for a boy.
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret, never to be told
SPARROW
Sparrows carry the souls of the dead, it's unlucky to kill one.
SPIDER Seeing a spider run down a web in the afternoon means you'll take a trip.
A spider is a repellent against plague when worn around the neck in a walnut shell.
STARS
All wishes on shooting stars come true.
Star light, star bright
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight.
SWAN
A swan's feather, sewed into the husband's pillow, will ensure fidelity.
THIRTEEN
If 13 people sit down at a table to eat, one of them will die before the year is over.
FRIDAY THE 13TH - how is fear of the number thirteen demonstarted?
More than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor.
Many airports skip the 13th gate.
Airplanes have no 13th aisle.
Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13.
Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery.
On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is addressed as 12 and a half.
Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue
In France, socialites known as the quatorziens (fourteeners) once made themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.
Many triskaidekaphobes, as those who fear the unlucky integer are known, point to the ill-fated mission to the moon, Apollo 13.
If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil's luck . Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names.
TONGUE
If you bite your tongue while eating, it is because you have recently told a lie.
UMBRELLA
Dropping an umbrella on the floor means that there will be a murder in the house.
It's bad luck to open an umbrella inside the house, especially if you put it over your head.
VALENTINE'S
DAY If a woman sees a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it means she will marry a sailor. If she sees a sparrow, she will marry a poor man and be very happy. If she sees a goldfinch, she will marry a millionaire.
VEIL
A bride's veil protects her from evil spirits who are jealous of happy people.
WATERMELON
A watermelon will grow in your stomach if you swallow a watermelon seed.
WEATHER
Red sky at night,
Sailor's delight.
Red sky at morning
Sailors take warning
Rain, rain, go away,
Come again another day.
Rain on the green grass
Rain on the hillside,
But not on me.
WEDDING Wedding superstitions
WOOD
Knock three times on wood after mentioning good fortune so evil spirits won't ruin it.
WINDOW
All windows should be opened at the moment of death so that the soul can leave.
WISH
If you make a wish while throwing a coin into a well or fountain, the wish will come true.
Wish I may,
Wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight.
If you tell someone your wish, it won't come true.
WISHBONE
Two people pull apart the dried breastbone of a chicken or turkey until it cracks and breaks, each one making a wish while doing so. The person who gets the long half of the wishbone will have his or her wish come true.
X
The number of Xs in the palm of your right hand is the number of children you will have.
YAWN
A yawn is a sign that danger is near.
Cover your mouth when you yawn, or your soul can go out of your body along with the yawn.

[Mel]

" 5. Horse-racing regulations state that no race horse's name may contain more than eighteen letters. Names that are too long would be cumbersome on racing sheets. "

I went to the race track last August it was awesome but I never knew this. Very interesting I wonder if ppl that actually go there knows this hahahaha

[Rhonda]

1. A person can live about a month without food, but only about a week without water.

2. Scientists have determined that there is the same amount of water on Earth today as there was when the Earth was formed.

3. The koala bear and the desert rat do not drink water.