Website review: Calm.adventcalendar2006.co.uk/day6....
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•34 reviews since Dec 6, 2006
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Slateseraph rated 19 months ago- While I haven't researched these, many of them are true. I have learned them throughout time and from very reliable sources.
- sarahsideeffect rated 19 months ago
- Pretty much all of these "facts" are complete horse shit.
- SultanofSurreal rated 19 months ago
- Waldenmorden, you just made my day.
- flanders062 rated 19 months ago
- Nonfiction:Fantasy::Facts::This Bullshit
- Thomas-Jefferson rated 19 months ago
- these "facts" are wrong!
- waldenmorden rated 19 months ago
- When Snopes.com wakes up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night, this website was the nightmare it was having
- ladygray rated 19 months ago
- From the page: " 1) In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb". 2) Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only... Ladies Forbidden"... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. 3) Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. 4) It is impossible to lick your elbow. 5) Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair. 6) Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king in history: Spades - King David Hearts - Charlemagne Clubs - Alexander, the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar 7) 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 8)Question: If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? Answer: One thousand 9) 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." 10) 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 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. 11) 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" 12) 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. 13) Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it... I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amazing huh?"
- Nitku rated 19 months ago
- Wow. I believe this is "fact" list has the most urban legends and inaccuracies than any I've seen before.
