If a statue in the park of a person on 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. Scotish landlord of long ago that wanted to get rid of their tenants (without killing them) used to burn their houses down -- hence the expression "to get fired". Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th -- John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later. "I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. The term "the whole 9 yards" came from WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific. When arming their airplanes on the ground, the .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measured exactly 27 feet, before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, it got "the whole 9 yards". The most common name in the world is Mohammed. The word "samba" means "to rub navels together". The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher. Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots. Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side of the road in Sweden. The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5:00 p.m. All traffic stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and been too sleepy to realize that "this" was the day of the changeover. Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss", such that it rhymed with "rejoice". Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson". The term, "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye" is from Ancient Rome. The only rule during wrestling matches was, "No eye gouging". Everthing else was allowed, but the only way to be disqualified was to poke someone's eye out. A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt. U.S. money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton. Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10th of a calorie. 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. As ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain. The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds.