Human World
29. apríl 2010 klukkan 18:23
* When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him.
The nurse at his side didn't understand German.
* Ralph and Carolyn Cummins had 5 children between 1952 and 1966.
All where born on the 20 February.
* The 'Hundred Years War' lasted 116 years.
* Native American Indians used to name their children after the first thing they saw as thy left their tepees subsequent to the birth.
Hence such strange name as Sitting Bull and Running Water.
* Queen Elizabeth I passed a law which forced everyone except for the rich to wear a flat cap on Sundays.
* It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
* It is a criminal offence to drive around in a dirty car in Russia.
* During the reign of Elizabeth I, there was a tax put on men's beards.
* Iceland is the world's oldest functioning democracy.
* In 1849, David Atchison became President of the United States for just one day, and he spent most of the day sleeping.
* Hindu men believe(d) it to be unluckily to marry a third time. They could avoid misfortune by marring a tree first.
The tree (his third wife) was then burnt, freeing him to marry again.
* More money is spent each year on alcohol and cigarettes than on Life insurance.
* Lady Astor told Winston Churchill 'if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee'.
His reply ..'if you were my wife, I would drink it!'.
* A perthenophobic has a fear of virgins.
* The two highest IQ's ever recorded (on a standard test) both belong to women.
* Gorgias of Epirus was born during preparation of his mothers funeral.
* George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
The nurse at his side didn't understand German.
* Ralph and Carolyn Cummins had 5 children between 1952 and 1966.
All where born on the 20 February.
* The 'Hundred Years War' lasted 116 years.
* Native American Indians used to name their children after the first thing they saw as thy left their tepees subsequent to the birth.
Hence such strange name as Sitting Bull and Running Water.
* Queen Elizabeth I passed a law which forced everyone except for the rich to wear a flat cap on Sundays.
* It is illegal to be a prostitute in Siena, Italy, if your name is Mary.
* It is a criminal offence to drive around in a dirty car in Russia.
* During the reign of Elizabeth I, there was a tax put on men's beards.
* Iceland is the world's oldest functioning democracy.
* In 1849, David Atchison became President of the United States for just one day, and he spent most of the day sleeping.
* Hindu men believe(d) it to be unluckily to marry a third time. They could avoid misfortune by marring a tree first.
The tree (his third wife) was then burnt, freeing him to marry again.
* More money is spent each year on alcohol and cigarettes than on Life insurance.
* Lady Astor told Winston Churchill 'if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee'.
His reply ..'if you were my wife, I would drink it!'.
* A perthenophobic has a fear of virgins.
* The two highest IQ's ever recorded (on a standard test) both belong to women.
* Gorgias of Epirus was born during preparation of his mothers funeral.
* George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
Stefanía Óskarsdóttir
