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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 ...
Identity Theft Alert: HOTEL KEYS
You know how when you check out of a hotel that uses The credit-card-type room key, the clerk often will ask if you have your key(s) to turn in...or there is a box or slot on the Reception counter in which to put them? It's good for the hotel because they ...
Injury Reports
Some people tend to cover up the truth when they show up in public with a black eye, broken arm or using crutches, and then try to explain what happened. Elaborate stories are concocted, but nearly every time the truth comes out, sometimes quite soon, so ...
Insurance Claims
The following are actual statements found on insurance forms where car drivers attempted to summarize the details of an accident in the fewest words possible. Coming home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have. The other car ...
Interesting (and funny!) names of towns across the US
How would you like to have a Post Office Box in one of these US cities: Town Names that boast . . . Beauty, KY Bountiful, UT Carefree, AZ Celebration, FL Friendly, WV Happy Camp, CA Happyland, CT Lovely, KY Luck Stop, KY Paradise, MI Smileyberg, KS Succe ...
Interesting Facts I Bet You Didn't Know
The Sanskrit word for ""war"" means ""desire for more cows."" The phrase ""rule of thumb"" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb. A group of unicorns is called a blessing. T ...
Interesting Historical Trivia P's and Q's
At local taverns, pubs, and bars, people drank from pint and quart-sized containers. A bar maid's job was to keep an eye on the customers and keep the drinks coming. She had to pay close attention and remember who was drinking in 'pints' and who was dri ...
Interesting Historical Trivia, a full deck
Common entertainment included playing cards. However, there was a tax levied when purchasing playing cards but only applicable to the 'Ace of Spades.' To avoid paying the tax, people would purchase 51 cards instead. Yet, since most games require 52 card ...
Interesting Historical Trivia, big wig
As incredible as it sounds, men and women took baths only twice a year (May and October) Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved their heads (because of lice and bugs) and wore wigs. Wealthy men could afford good wigs made from wool. They couldn't ...
Interesting Historical Trivia, gossip
Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important. Since there were no telephones, TV's or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars. They were told to 'go sip some ...
Interesting Historical Trivia, straight laced
Ladies wore corsets, which would lace up in the front. A proper and dignified woman, as in 'straight laced' wore a tightly tied lace.
Its the law! 18 STRANGE REAL LAWS
Its the law! OK - time for a little education... In Lebanon , men are legally allowed to have sex with animals, but the animals must be female. Having sexual relations with a male animal is punishable by death. (Like THAT makes sense.) *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ...