-The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
-The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year
because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the
weight
of all the books that would occupy the building.
-Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.
Spades - King David. Clubs - Alexander the Great. Hearts - Charlemagne.
Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
-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 as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four
legs
on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
-Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks
like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
-The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the
"General Purpose" vehicle, G.P..
-The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is
CURRENTLY necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of
Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities
for blacks
and whites.
Should we start another thread for little known facts?
I think the music was dubbed after the fact, although I know a few people who like to shag to their own tunes.
I think it is real. My wife says it's just because I want it to be. I think we'll be listening to Shania tonight during Sportspage drinking Coors Light if you know what I mean.