Useless fact of the day!

[Merlin the Elder]

Being from Arkansas, I had to check that out, Rowen.   It seems that's folklore.

In Little Rock, flirtation between men and women on the streets may result in a 30-day jail term. Now THAT'S real law!

[Jack Daw at Work]

The expression, "cup of joe", referring to a cup of coffee, originated with Josephus Daniels (1862-1948), who was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913.  Among his reforms in the U.S. Navy was abolishing the officers' wine mess; so, from then on, the strongest drink aboard ship could only be coffee, and over the years, a serving of coffee became known as "a cup of joe".

[LadyFae]

Every person has a unique tongue print.

[Jack Daw at Work]

(Next time I burglarize a home, I'll remember not to lick the countertops.)

[LadyFae]

Hyenas were once domesticated and raised for food in ancient Egypt.

[Jack Daw at Work]

The expression, "feeling blue" may have come from a custom among many sailing ships.  If the ship lost the captain or any of the officers during a voyage, she would fly blue flags and have a blue band painted along her entire hull when returning to home port.

[LadyFae]

Despite the hump, a camel's spine is straight.

[Merlin the Elder]

...there you go...talking about sex again...

[LadyFae]

Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool.  He changed it every 2 innings.

[Jack Daw at Work]

The "head" is the bathroom aboard a US Navy ship.  The term is derived from the old sailing ships when the place for the crew to relieve themselves was all the way forward on either side of the bowsprit, the front part of the hull to which the figurehead was fastened (Think of the Argo in Jason and the Argonauts).

[LadyFae]

The largest earthworm ever found was in South Africa.  It measured about 20 feet long.

[Rani Zemirah]

Sounds like an anaconda, to me!   

[LadyFae]

If Barbie were life-size, she would be 7'2" and her measurements would be 39-23-33.

[Jack Daw at Work]

Is there anything wrong with that?  Amazon women have a right to live, too.

[Merlin the Elder]

Is there anything wrong with that?  Amazon women have a right to live, too.

Yeah...and they have good prices on books, too!