Crickets hear through their knees.
According to the ceremonial customs of Orthodox Judaism, it is officially sundown when you cannot tell the difference between a black thread and a red one.
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time and is 1/100th of a second.
In Kenya they don't drive on the right or left side of the street in particular, just on whichever side is smoother.
'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel. (for scrabble lovers)
AM and PM stand for "Ante-Meridian" and "Post-Meridian," respectively (I always wondered about that and looked it up)
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
The "ZIP" in Zip Code stands for "Zone Improvement Plan."
The dot above an 'i' is called a tittle
and finally
Charles de Gaulle's final words were, "It hurts."
I feel better sharing these on here. I won't have to tell anyone these in PERSON and actually see the look of annoyance or the inevitable eye roll. Pheew.
According to the ceremonial customs of Orthodox Judaism, it is officially sundown when you cannot tell the difference between a black thread and a red one.
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time and is 1/100th of a second.
In Kenya they don't drive on the right or left side of the street in particular, just on whichever side is smoother.
'Strengths' is the longest word in the English language with just one vowel. (for scrabble lovers)
AM and PM stand for "Ante-Meridian" and "Post-Meridian," respectively (I always wondered about that and looked it up)
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
The "ZIP" in Zip Code stands for "Zone Improvement Plan."
The dot above an 'i' is called a tittle
and finally
Charles de Gaulle's final words were, "It hurts."
I feel better sharing these on here. I won't have to tell anyone these in PERSON and actually see the look of annoyance or the inevitable eye roll. Pheew.
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