Interesting Facts you may not know

parkview



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21/05/2009 20:35

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the rule of thumb'



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



Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:Spades - King DavidHearts - CharlemagneClubs -Alexander, the GreatDiamonds - Julius Caesar



Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?A. All were invented by women.



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.'

tommy13


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21/05/2009 20:41

the croissaunt , was invented after the bottle of poiters 732 , charles martel finally defeated the muslim onslaught which after starting in arabia , swept east to china and west through north africa into spain then nearly as far as paris , it marked the furthest incursion into europe and many believe had this important battle not been one all of europe would have fallen , the croissant therefore signified the eating of the islamic crescent , marking this important event

Brinsley


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21/05/2009 20:42

Good one!



Richard

parkview



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21/05/2009 20:45

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'



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.

tommy13


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21/05/2009 20:55

the first beauty parlour and cosmetology school in the world was first opened for women in the 9th century by Zyrab in muslim spain

first lipstick again by muslims in islamic spain 1000ad,

First public modern hospitals by islamic bamiristans ,

The first camshaft , by al jazari 1206 , muslim engineer

The first restaurants by muslims ,

list is endless , see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventions_of_the_Islamic_Golden_Age

Brinsley


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21/05/2009 20:55

parkview



Even better, but Mead though honey based is not an ale, more of a liqueur.



Richard

Jetski


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21/05/2009 20:55

Dashak....



1. a. ‘The first month after marriage, when there is nothing but tenderness and pleasure’ (Johnson); originally having no reference to the period of a month, but comparing the mutual affection of newly-married persons to the changing moon which is no sooner full than it begins to wane; now, usually, the holiday spent together by a newly-married couple, before settling down at home.

1546 J. HEYWOOD Prov. (1867) 14 It was yet but hony moone. 1552 HULOET, Hony mone, a terme prouerbially applied to such as be newe maried, whiche wyll not fall out at the fyrste, but thone loueth the other at the beginnynge excedyngly, the likelyhode of theyr exceadynge loue appearing to aswage, ye which time the vulgar people cal the hony mone, Aphrodisia, feriæ, hymenæ. 1612 BRETON Cornucopia (T.), And now their honey-moon, that late was clear, Doth pale, obscure, and tenebrous appear. 1651 N. BACON Disc. Govt. Eng. II. xxxv. (1739) 161 The first year of her Marriage was Honey-moon with he

tommy13


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21/05/2009 20:58

The first turks in cyprus are not the Ottomans as many people know but the Seljuk Turks at the time of the crusades , Isaac Commenos , ruler of Cyprus , became a Seljuk ally and pledged allegiance to them in return for Protection. Some seljuk turks arived in Cyprus

Jetski


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21/05/2009 20:59

More dashak re croissants...... the truth



http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodbreads.html#croissants

parkview



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21/05/2009 20:59

The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska



The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)



The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%



The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000



Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.



The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

tommy13


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21/05/2009 20:59

Leonarda da Vinci came to Cyprus , under the rign Of Ventian queen Canaro , she entertained him and he helped the architects of the time fortify the castles due to iminnent attacks from invaders .,

tommy13


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21/05/2009 21:05

to jetski , According to at least two of the several theories on the subject, a world without Islam would also be a world without croissants If there was no Battle of Tours Poiters ) , the Poles wouldn’t have invented the bread to celebrate. , I can post links regards this ....

tommy13


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21/05/2009 21:07

The town of Paphos , is siad to be founded by The Amazons , the female warriors

blinky



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21/05/2009 21:12

Chinese womens clouts are horizontal not vertical like everyone else, to match their eyes...fact!!

tommy13


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21/05/2009 21:12

To be fair to Jetski, I think there are two competing theories amongst the scholars of pastry as to the origins of the croissant. There is one theory that it was created by the Poles to celebrate the victory of Christendom in the Battle of Tours(poiters) and the other, as you point out, is that the Viennese invented it to celebrate their victory over the Turks during the Siege of Vienna.



Regardless of who and when it was invented, I think there is a consensus that the croissant is meant to resemble a crescent (a symbol associated with Muslims and Islam).