If a statue is in a park of a person on a horse and the 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
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb
Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
The alphabetical letters for most vitamins are arbitrary, the letter K came from the German Koagulationsvitamin.
The average person has over 1,460 dreams a year.
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple.
The alphabetical letters for most vitamins are arbitrary, the letter K came from the German Koagulationsvitamin.
"Mayday" (from French m'aider, "help me")."
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