Percentage of American men who say they would marry the same woman if they had it to do all over again: 80%. Percentage of American women who say they'd marry the same man if they had it to do all over again: 50%.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, and Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them would burn their houses down - hence the expression "to get fired."
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.
Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
The wedding saying: "Something old, something new, something borrowed something blue": Old as a guarantee that the love and affection she enjoyed before her marriage will endure, New for success in her new life, Borrowed as a symbol that friends may always be helpful when needed, Blue to designate her loyalty and devotion to her groom. Note: in England the above saying had one more line: ‘a sixpense in your shoe." Brides put money in their shoe as a sign of good fortune. (I had a sixpense in my shoe at my wedding - I think Dana gave it to me. Like the shoes you wear at your wedding aren't uncomfortable enough, I had to go and put a coin in mine. No wonder my bar bill was so high.)
Soldier’s disease is a term for morphine addiction. The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts.
The parents of Albert Einstein were worried that he was mentally slow because it took him a long time to learn how to speak.
During World War II, condoms were used to cover rifle barrels from being damaged by salt water as the soldiers swam to shore.
Sweden has a ski-thru McDonalds!
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