Stuff You Diden’t Know You Diden’t Know

Men can read smaller
print than women can; women can hear better. 
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—- Coca-Cola was originally green.

 
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It is impossible to lick
your elbow. 
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The State with the
highest percentage of people who walk to work: 
Alaska 
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The percentage of
Africa that is wilderness: 28%
(now get this…) 
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The percentage of
North America that is wilderness: 38% 
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The cost of raising
a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:

$ 16,400
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The average number
of people airborne over the U.S.

in any given hour: 
61,000 
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Intelligent people
have more zinc and copper in their hair.. 
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The first novel ever
written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer. 
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The San Francisco
Cable cars are the only mobile

National Monuments. 
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Each king in a deck
of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades – King David

Hearts – Charlemagne

Clubs -Alexander, the Great

Diamonds – Julius Caesar 
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111,111,111 x
111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321 
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If a statue in the park of a person 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 because of wounds received in battle.
If the horsehas all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes 
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Only two people
signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4,

John Hancock and Charles Thomson.

Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later. 
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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

A. Their birthplace 
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Q. Most boat owners name their boats.

What is the most popular boat name requested?

A.
Obsession 
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Q.. If you were to spell out numbers,

how far would you have to go until you
would find the letter ‘A’? A. One thousand 
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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes,

windshield wipers and laser printers have in common? A. All were invented
by women. 
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Q. What is the only
food that doesn’t spoil?A. Honey

 
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Q. Which day are there more collect calls

than any other day of the year? A. Father’s Day

 
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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,

which 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 your 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 ceramiccups.

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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At least 75% of
people who read this will try

to lick their elbow! 
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YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING

IN 2011 when… 1. You accidentally
enter your PIN on the microwave.

2. You haven’t
played solitaire with real cards in years.

 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers

to reach your family of three. 4. You e-mail the person who

works at the desk next to you. 5. Your reason for not staying in touch

with friends and family is that they
don’t have e-mail addresses.6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your

cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you

carry in thegroceries… 7. Every commercial on television

has a web site at the bot tom of the screen 

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone,

which you didn’t even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and

you turn around to go and get it 10. You get up in the morning and go on line

before getting your coffee 11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12 You’re reading this and

nodding and laughing. 13. Even worse, you know exactly

to whom you are going to forward this message. 14. You are too busy
to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn’t a #9 on this list

 .~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

 NOW your LAUGHING at yourself!

” Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused!” (Unknown Author)
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Father Daughter Talk

A young woman was about to finish her first year
of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be
very liberal, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor
of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words
redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch
conservative,  a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had
participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt
that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he
thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher
taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs.

The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be
the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how
she as doing in school.

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA,
and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking
a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left
her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn’t even
have time for a boyfriend, and didn’t really have many college friends
because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, “How is your friend Audrey
doing?”

She replied, “Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy
classes, she never studies and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so
popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She’s always invited to all the
parties and lots of times she doesn’t even show up for classes because she’s
too hung over.”

Her wise father asked his daughter, “Why don’t you go to the Dean’s
office and ask him to deduct 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who
only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that
would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA.”

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father’s suggestion, angrily
fired back, “That’s a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I’ve worked
really hard for my grades! I’ve invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work!
Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I
worked my tail off!”

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, “Welcome to the
conservative side of the fence.”

If you ever wondered what side of the fence you sit on, this is a
great test!

If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one.
If a liberal doesn’t like guns, he wants all guns outlawed.

If a conservative is a vegetarian, he doesn’t eat meat.
If a liberal is a vegetarian, he wants all meat products banned for
everyone.

If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his
situation.
A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.

If a conservative doesn’t like a talk show host, he switches
channels.
Liberals demand that those they don’t like be shut down.

If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn’t go to church.
A liberal non-believer wants any mention of God and Jesus silenced.

If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about
shopping for it, or may choose a job that provides it.
A liberal demands that the rest of us pay for his.

The Fickle Mainstream Media

If This Doesn’t Cheer You Up, Nothing Will.

The liberals are asking us to give Obama time.

We agree…and think 25 to life would be appropriate.

–Jay Leno

 

America needs Obama-care like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask.

–Jay Leno

 

Q: Have you heard about McDonald’s’ new Obama Value Meal?

A: Order anything you like and the guy behind you has to pay for it.

–Conan O’Brien

 

Q: What does Barack Obama call lunch with a convicted felon?

A: A fund raiser.

–Jay Leno

 

Q: What’s the difference between Obama’s cabinet and a penitentiary?

A: One is filled with tax evaders, blackmailers, and threats to society.

The other is for housing prisoners.

–David Letterman

 

Q: If Nancy Pelosi and Obama were on a boat in the middle of the ocean and it started to sink,

who would be saved?

A: America !

–Jimmy Fallon

 

Q: What’s the difference between Obama and his dog, Bo?

A: Bo has papers.

–Jimmy Kimmel

 

Q: What was the most positive result of the “Cash for Clunkers” program?

A: It took 95% of the Obama bumper stickers off the road.

–David Letterman

 

A Wicked World

Look at this lady – Let us never forget!

Irena Sendler died..At the age of 98 May 12th 2008 in Warsaw poland

 

During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a
Plumbing/Sewer specialist.
She had an ‘ulterior motive’.
She KNEW what the Nazi’s plans were for the Jews (being German).
Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried
and she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack, (for larger
kids).
She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi
soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto.
The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the
barking covered the kids/infants noises.
During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500
kids/infants.
She was caught, and the Nazi’s broke both her legs, arms and beat her
severely.
Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and
kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard.
After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived
it and reunited the family.
Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster
family homes or adopted.
In 2007 Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize.  She was not selected.
Al Gore won — for a slide show on Global Warming.
Later another politician, Barack Hussein Obama, won for his work as a community
organizer for ACORN.

In MEMORIAM – 65 YEARS LATER .

Is Your Dryer In Dire?

Prevent Repairs To Your Dryer And Optimize Performance

Have you had  clothes dryer problems? Dryer not doing the job it once did? Or perhaps you have had to pay a service tech to repair your dryer and or had to replace your dryer. This is a useful tip to help

Remove the lint filter and run it under hot water. Did it puddle up on top or did the water go thru? Dryer sheets create a film over the mesh and that’s what burns out the heating unit.

You can’t SEE the film, but it’s there.  It’s what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free…that nice fragrance too.  You know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box…well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen.  This is also what causes dryer units to potentially burn your house down! 

Even if the lint filter allows ‘some’ water to pass thru, the unit was designed to have full flow. Cleaning the lint filter with hot soapy water and a old tooth brush will lower your electric bill  and prolong the life of your dryer.

Try it and see what you think.