Did You Know?



  • Golf was invented in Scotland and was called a "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden" game....G O L F.
  • Every day more money is printed for the game Monopoly than for the U.S. Treasury.
  • Men can read smaller print than women, but women can hear better.
  • Coca-Cola was originally green.
  • The average cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven is $16,400.
  • The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour is 61,000 people.
  • The first novel ever written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer.
  • 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 as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of other, natural causes.
  • Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace.
  • The only food that doesn't spoil is honey.
  • 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."
  • It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that a month after a 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.
  • In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. In old England when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell: "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down. Today we say, "Mind your P's and Q's."

  • Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. 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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