Potato, curfew, lifetime .....
August is Romance Awareness month.
A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball made of rubber.
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A bird chews with its stomach.
Contrary to popular belief, the first ironclad warships were built by Korea in the 16th century.
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In Natoma, Kansas it’s illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits.
In Nebraska it’s illegal for bar owners to sell beer unless they are simultaneously brewing a kettle of soup.
August 5 is National Underwear Day.
The word ‘curfew’ comes from the French phrase “couvre-feu” which mean “cover the fire’ Its original meaning refers to a law made by William The Conqueror that all lights and fires should be covered at the ringing of an eight o'clock bell to prevent the spread of destructive fire within communities in timber buildings. It was later adopted into Middle English as "curfeu", which later became the modern "curfew". In the early American colonies, homes had no real fireplaces so a fire was built in the center of the room. In order to make sure a fire did not get out of control during the night it was required that an agreed upon time, all fires would be covered with a clay pot called a “curfew.”
August 19 is National Potato Day.
In an average lifetime, a person will walk a distance equivalent to three times around the equator, produce over six thousand gallons of saliva, grow 2 m of nose hair from each follicle, catch 140 colds, shed 40 pounds of skin, create over 100,000 lbs. of rubbish, and spend about five years dreaming.
After his first Broadway show was a flop, Cole Porter joined the French Foreign Legion and won the Croix de Guerre in 1917. He had a leg amputated after a riding accident in 1937, and had a piano built around his bed so that he could continue his work.
In the Ukraine the ducks go “krya-krya.”
On October 3, 1995, the city council in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, established a commission to ease confusion among postmen and delivery workers by renaming the thirty -eight streets in the city that were all called “Vostochnaya” (East).
August 31 is International Bacon Day.
In 1858 Hyman Lipman made life easier for students by putting the pencil and eraser together.
Thomas Paine gave our country its name, The United States of America.
Until 1907 women were required to wear stockings on the beach of New Jersey’s Atlantic City—along with their standard attire of long bathing dresses, bathing shoes and straw hats.
In 1914 it took 95 minutes to construct a Model T Ford.
Sources: encyclopedia of useless information by William Hartston; www.triviacountry.com; www.myautoworld.com; www.funfunnyfacts.com;www.holidayinsights.com
