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Subject: Some Interesting Facts I never knew                                                                       
                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                     
  1. MOPED is the short term for 'Motorized Pedaling'.                                                               
                                                                                                                     
  2. POP MUSIC is 'Popular Music' shortened.                                                                         
                                                                                                                     
  3. BUS is the short term for 'Omnibus' that means everybody.                                                       
                                                                                                                     
  4. FORTNIGHT comes from 'Fourteen Nights' (Two Weeks).                                                             
                                                                                                                     
  5. DRAWING ROOM was actually a 'withdrawing room' where people withdrew after Dinner. Later the prefix 'with' was   
  dropped..                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                     
  6. NEWS refers to information from Four directions N, E, W and S..                                                 
                                                                                                                     
  7. AG-MARK, which some products bear, stems from 'Agricultural Marketing'.                                         
                                                                                                                     
  8. JOURNAL is a diary that tells about 'Journey for a day' during each Day's business.                             
                                                                                                                     
  9. QUEUE comes from 'Queen's Quest'. Long back a long row of people as waiting to see the Queen. Someone made the   
  comment Queen's Quest.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                     
  10. TIPS come from 'To Insure Prompt Service'. In olden days to get Prompt service from servants in an inn,         
  travelers used to drop coins in a Box on which was written 'To Insure Prompt Service'. This gave rise to the custom
  of Tips.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                     
  11. JEEP is a vehicle with unique Gear system. It was invented during World War II (1939-1945). It was named       
  'General Purpose Vehicle (GP)'.GP was changed into JEEP later.                                                     
                                                                                                                     
  12. Coca-Cola was originally green.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                     
  13. The most common name in the world is Mohammed..                                                                 
                                                                                                                     
  14. The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.                                   
                                                                                                                     
  15. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.(especially women)                                               
                                                                                                                     
  16. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row ! of the keyboard.           
                                                                                                                     
  17. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!!                                                                       
                                                                                                                     
  18. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath.                                                                 
                                                                                                                     
  19. It is impossible to lick your elbow.                                                                           
                                                                                                                     
  20.. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.           
                                                                                                                     
  21. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.                                                   
                                                                                                                     
  22. The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
                                                                                                                     
  23. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.                                     
      >> Spades - King David                                                                                         
      >> Clubs - Alexander the Great,                                                                                 
      >> Hearts - Charlemagne                                                                                         
      >> Diamonds - Julius Caesar.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                     
  24. Horse Statue in a Park…                                                                                         
      >> If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.   
      >> If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle         
      >> If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.                             
                                                                                                                     
  25. What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? Ans. - All   
  invented by women.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                     
  26. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.                                                                       
                                                                                                                     
  27. A snail can sleep for three years.                                                                             
                                                                                                                     
  28.. All polar bears are left handed.                                                                               
                                                                                                                     
  29. Butterflies taste with their feet.                                                                             
                                                                                                                     
  30. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.                                                                 
                                                                                                                     
  31. In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.                                                 
                                                                                                                     
  32. On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.                                                       
                                                                                                                     
  33. Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.                                                       
                                                                                                                     
  34. Stewardesses are the longest word typed with only the left hand.                                               
                                                                                                                     
  35. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.                                                   
                                                                                                                     
  36. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.                                                                   
                                                                                                                     
  37. The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.                 
                                                                                                                     
  38. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.                       
                                                                                                                     
  39. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.                       
                                                                                                                     
  40. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel
  in your head or neck and die.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                     
  41. The cigarette lighter was invented before the matchbox.                                                         
                                                                                                                     
  42. Most lipstick contains fish scales.                                                                             
                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                           

 :happyroll:

I cannot believe all of these!


This reminds me of that old song, 'Smoke gets in your eyes!'


I believe this! Poor dentists! They have a hard job! Staring at the gaping jaws of so many people, while asking them about their days, and hearing 'Gurgle gurgle mumble' in reply!

I think that many people's allergies may get them to Heaven on God bless yous! :D

Isn't this one funny?    ;D  I wonder if it is true. I got these facts in a email. 

We need some beer and a picnic.  ::)  ;D


This truly is a killer!

Here's a knock knock joke!  :D

Knock, Knock.

Who's there?

Hatch.

Hatch who?

Cover your mouth when you sneeze!

 ;D

 :rotfl:

God bless you is a good answer to that one too!  ;D

I'll try it out with my children today. They will love it.

I was thinking children might!  ;D

Here're oldies for children:

Knock knock!

Who's there?

Cargoes!

Cargoes who?

Cargoes BEEP BEEP!


Knock Knock.

Who's there?

Dishes.

Dishes who?

Dishes the police, come out with your hands up!!

 :D

 :rotfl:
Funny especially the last one. I need to practice them so its smooth when I try it on the kids. 8)

A good nose tweak or two goes with the first! :D

                                    King Richard II of England (1367-1400) was responsible for the introduction of the handkerchief.     
     
                                    :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky:   
                                      :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky:

 :happyroll:

The tomato is actually a fruit and not a vegetable and it is the world's most popular fruit :)

The same gene in the grape that gives taste to the wine is what gives the beautiful odor to the rose.

 A blow from a whip raises a welt,

but a blow from the tongue will break bones.

Many have fallen by the edge of the sword,

but not as many as by the tongue.

 Happy the one who is sheltered from it,

and has not endured its wrath;

Who has not borne its yoke

nor been bound with its chains.

For its yoke is a yoke of iron,

and its chains are chains of bronze;

Sirach 28: 17-20

       
     
           Here are four handkerchiefs courtesy of King Richard II.       :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky: :bighanky:

The first words of teh first bookl of the Bible are, "In the beginning,"

                       Queen Mary I of England was named after Henry VIII's sister, Mary Tudor (Queen Consort of France and Duchess of Suffolk).       
                       Mary I liked to be painted with her Italian greyhounds at her feet.

                        In 1896 Princess Marie, wife of Prince Valdemar of Denmark wrote:     
                        "I believe that a person, regardless of her position, should be herself."

Ah, let's hear about the saints the more!

What are the last words in the Bible?  :D

APOCALYPSIS IOANNIS

21 Gratia Domini Iesu cum omnibus.
 

Such basic Latin too, not hard to understand! :D

This is the traditional Catholic bible that I refer to. There is another traditionalist forum that when they quote from the bible they always quote from the Latin as well as the vernacular. However it is a French language forum.

This is a good to hear of. I hope all the more that progress can be made on the original Douai / Vulgate project.

On this day yesterday was the 1690th aniversary of the dedication of the Basilica of St John Lateran.

The world’s largest Bible factory is located in China and has printed 125 million Bibles since 1987, according to the Financial Times.

The Amity Foundation, a government-sanctioned Protestant organization, has printed 66 million for China’s Christians and 59 million for foreign markets, according to the report.

'32 Q.  What should a Christian do who has been given a Bible by a Protestant or by an agent of the Protestants?

A.  A Christian to whom a Bible has been offered by a Protestant or an agent of the Protestants should reject it with disgust, because it is forbidden by the Church. If it was accepted by inadvertence, it must be burnt as soon as possible or handed in to the Parish Priest.'

The Catechism of Pope St. Pius X
On Holy Scripture

                       I learned Christological means of or pertaining to the study of Christ.     
                       There was a book entitled The Christological Controversy (Sources of Early Christian Thought).

'To suffer contempt in silence is the key to Jesus' Heart and the means of uniting with Him.'

St. Anthony Mary Claret

Does this still apply if teh Protestant offers you a Catholic Bible?

I wouldn't think that, it appears aimed at corrupted translations and commentary.