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I thought these were pretty cool. Did you know any of this? `In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was not allowed to beat his wife with a stick 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. `The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone. `Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S . Treasury. `Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. `Coca-Cola was originally green. `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 cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $16,400 `The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000 `The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer. `The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments. `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. `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."