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Ginger has been clinically demonstrated to work twice as well as Dramamine for fighting motion sickness, with no side effects.
As of 1996, Hee Haw holds the record for the longest running weekly first-run syndicated show in the history of television. It spanned over 4 decades, from the late '60s to the early '90s, airing every Saturday night at 7:00.
The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didn't rediscover aluminum until 1827.
André-Jacques Garnerin was the first person to use a parachute on October 22, 1797, almost 150 years before the first widespread use of parachutes. His parachute was a piece of canvas attached to a basket.
Broom Superstitions
- Do not lean a broom against a bed. The evil spirits in the broom will cast a spell on the bed.
- If you sweep trash out the door after dark, it will bring a stranger to visit.
- If someone is sweeping the floor and sweeps over your feet, you'll never get married.
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- Never take a broom along when you move. Throw it out and buy a new one.
- To prevent an unwelcome guest from returning, sweep out the room they stayed in immediately after they leave.
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
(Wow.... aren't some of us glad they fire people in a much different way these days?)
Of all the words in the English language, the word "set" has the most definitions.
Poor whites in Florida and Georgia are called "crackers." They got the name from their principal staple food, cracked corn. Another theory states that the name comes from the days when they would drive cattle southward using the "crack" of their bullwhips to keep the animals in line and moving.
(Now we know where the term comes from.)
The ancient Egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
(I bet insomnia was a very common problem in those days.)
The first US Marines wore high leather collars to protect their necks from sabres, hence the name "leathernecks."
The fist contraceptive was crocodile dung. It was used by the Egyptians.
(Boy.... I be that it would go over like a stone pillow these days...)
The name of the first airplane flown at Kitty Hawk by the Wright Brothers, on December 17, 1903, was Bird of Prey
McDonalds and Burger King sugar-coat their fries so they will turn golden-brown.
(This is the truth, no Sugar-coating involved here)
Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty," but he did say, "Beam me up, Mr. Scott."
Cinderella's slippers were originally made out of fur. The story was changed in the 1600s by a translator. It was the left shoe that Aschenputtel (Cinderella) lost at the stairway, when the prince tried to follow her.
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger bought the first Hummer manufactured for civilian use in 1992. The vehicle weighed in at 6,300 lbs and was 7 feet wide.
(He bought a car that was about as big as he is.....)
A cup of candy corn has less calories than a cup of raisins.
(You have no idea how relieved I am to hear that)
Americans consume about 20 million pounds of candy corn each year.
(I prolly eat about a third of that)
Pumpkins are a fruit, not a vegetable.
"Phasmophobia" is the fear of ghosts.
Hippopotomonstrosesquippeddaliophobia- Is the fear of long words.
(Who's sadistic idea was that?)
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