Cool Stuff we knew some of ... Thx Judi C!

 Cool stuff you  didn't know you didn't know! 

Men  can read smaller  print than women can; women can hear  better. 

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Coca-Cola  was originally green.
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It  is impossible to lick
your elbow.
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The  State with the
highest percentage of people who walk to  work:
Alaska
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The  percentage of
Africa that is wilderness: 28%
(now get  this...)
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The  percentage of
North America that is wilderness: 38% 
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The  first novel ever
written on a typewriter, Tom  Sawyer.
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The  San Francisco
Cable cars are the only mobile National  Monuments.
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Each  king in a deck
of playing cards represents a great king from  history: 

Spades  - King David 

Hearts  - Charlemagne 

Clubs  -Alexander, the Great 

Diamonds  - Julius Caesar
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111,111,111  x
111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321
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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 because of wounds  received in battle.
If the horse has all four legs on the  ground, the person died of natural causes
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Only  two people
signed the Declaration of Independence on July  4, John  Hancock and Charles Thomson.Most  of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't  added until 5 years later.
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Q.  Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of  what?

A.  Their birthplace 

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Q..  If you were to spell out numbers, how  far would you have to go until you
would find the letter 'A'?  

A.  One thousand
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Q. What do bulletproof vests,  fire escapes, windshield  wipers and laser printers have in common? 

A.  All were invented
by women.

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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' 
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It  was the accepted
practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that  for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would  supply his  new 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.
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In  English pubs, ale
is ordered by pints and quarts... So in  old England , when
customers got unruly, the bartender would  yell at them 'Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.' . .  . 

It's  where we get
the phrase 'mind your P's and  Q's.
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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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At  least 75% of
people who read this will try to  lick their elbow!
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YOU  KNOW YOU ARE LIVING  IN  2016  when... 
1.  You accidentally
enter your PIN on the microwave.

2.  You haven't
played solitaire with real cards in  years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone  numbers to  reach your family of three.

4. You e-mail the person  who works  at the desk next to you.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use  your cell  phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry  in the groceries...

7.  Leaving  the house without your cell phone,
which  you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your  life,
  is now  a cause for panic and
you  turn around to go and get it !
   

8. Even worse, you know  exactly to  whom you are going to forward this message.

9. You are  too busy
to notice there was no #5 on this list. 

10.  You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #5 on  this list.