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Interesting Historical Trivia, Chairman of the Board Featured
In the late 1700's, many houses consisted of a large room with only one chair. Commonly, a long wide board folded down from the wall, and was used for dining. The 'head of the household' always sat in the chair, whiles everyone else ate sitting on the f ...
Interesting Historical Trivia, cost you an arm and a le... Featured
In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices char ...
Interesting Historical Trivia, freeze the balls off a b... Featured
In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried iron cannons. Those cannons fired round iron cannon balls. It was necessary to keep a good supply near to the cannon. However, how to prevent them from rolling about the deck? The b ...
Interesting Historical Trivia, losing face Featured
Personal hygiene left much room for improvement. As a result, many women and men had developed acne scars by adulthood. The women would spread bee's wax over their facial skin to smooth out their complexions. When they were speaking to each other, if a ...
Joe's Surgery Featured
The doctor said, 'Joe, the good news is I can cure your headaches. The bad news is that it will require castration.You have a very rare condition which causes your testicles to press on your spine, and the pressure creates one heck of a headache. The on ...
LITTLE KNOWN TIDBIT OF NAVAL HISTORY... Featured
The U. S. S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (i.e. fresh water ...
OLD, BUT TRUE Featured
An English professor wrote the words: "A woman without her man is nothing" on the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate it correctly. All of the males in the class wrote: "A woman, without her man, is nothing." All the females in th ...
Valentine Roses Featured
Valentine Roses A touching story... Red roses were her favorites, her name was also Rose. And every year her husband sent them, tied with pretty bows. The year he died, the roses were delivered to her door. The card said, ""Be my Valentine,"" like ...