gnvqsos   10 #277 Posted September 5, 2012 English law (in the 1400s) allowed one to beat one's wife with a stick no thicker than a thumb. Hence 'the rule of thumb'.  I thought it was that you could beat your wife with a magistrate,hence the rule of law. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
gnvqsos   10 #278 Posted September 5, 2012 Why did they call him the sun king, was he always on holiday like our lot at the tax payers expense.  He was called that as he founded a printing empire known as Nouvelles Internationales,with Rupert ,duc de Murdoch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jeffrey Shaw   83 #279 Posted September 5, 2012 The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Fibutton   10 #280 Posted September 5, 2012 In 2000 , Japan named Instant Noodles their best invention of the 20th century! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
regatta   10 #281 Posted September 5, 2012 Here is a true fact, this goverment are diabolical. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MonkeyLover   10 #282 Posted September 5, 2012 No matter how thin, or how large it is, it's impossible to fold a piece of paper in half more than 8 times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
gnvqsos   10 #283 Posted September 5, 2012 The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.  It was Laurel and Hardy in Laughing Gravy,if they qualify not to mention Pinky and Perky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Annie Bynnol   596 #284 Posted September 6, 2012 No matter how thin, or how large it is, it's impossible to fold a piece of paper in half more than 8 times.  In the TV programme they folded a sheet of paper 11 times. For the first fold they needed 8 people. For the 9th fold onward they needed a mechanical roller. For 10 and 11 they needed a forklift as well- perhaps not quite in the spirit of things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jeffrey Shaw   83 #285 Posted September 6, 2012 Coca-Cola was originally green. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
poppet2 Â Â 13 #286 Posted September 6, 2012 Coca-Cola was originally green. Â It also originally contained cocaine, albeit from the cocoa leaves. Chewing on cocoa leaves is still common practise in South America today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
BobbyDazzler   10 #287 Posted September 6, 2012 Considering an average sized swimming pool holds about 64,000 quarts ... less than half a swimming pool! I had a maths teacher who could fill one in one double lesson! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jeffrey Shaw   83 #288 Posted September 6, 2012 The first novel ever written on a typewriter was "Tom Sawyer". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...