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Interesting Facts # 6

  • Shakespeare's most talkative character is Hamlet. None of his other characters have as many lines in a single play.
  • "Corduroy" comes from the French, "cord du roi" or "cloth of the king."
  • MAFIA is an acronym for Morte Alla Francia Italia Anela.
  • The custom of saying "Bless you" when someone sneezes was first used by ancients when they believed that breath was the essence of life, and when you sneeze a part of you life is escaping. Evil spirits rush into your body and occupy the empty space. By saying "God bless you" the speaker is protecting the sneezer from that spirits.
  • The ZIP in zip code stands for "Zone Improvement Plan."
  • "Fan" is an abbreviation for the word "fanatic."
  • The most widely eaten fruit in America is the banana.
  • When it originally appeared in 1886 - Coca Cola was billed as an "Esteemed Brain Tonic and Intellectual Beverage".
  • Beer is made by fermentation cause by bacteria feeding on yeast cells and then defecating. In other words, it's a nice tall glass of bacteria doo-doo.
  • The fortune cookie was invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodlemaker.
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