Monday, February 2, 2015

A Few Facts and My Comments

 Today, I am going to list some facts that you may or may not know.  Most of them I didn't know, how about you?

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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.
      I don't play golf, but I know some of you do.  Did you know how it got its name?
 
 People drank gold powder mixed in with water in medieval Europe to relieve pain from sore limbs.
      Today, people use colloidal silver.  Does that mean that today's silver users are just cheap (grin)?
 
If a statue in the park of a person on a 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.
     I knew this, but how did they get the model horse to stand for a long time on only two or three legs (grin)?
 
The first novel ever written on a typewriter was Tom Sawyer.
      I wonder if he had white-out back then?
 
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.
     Dang, I bet that got the wolves and coyotes all out of howling schedule. . .   
 
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.
     I wonder what the new bride had to say about that!!
 
There are 92 known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea.
     OK, how many unknown cases might there be??  I guess that gives the fishermen a way to track the fish. . . if he has a Geiger counter.
 
OK, enough facts.  I pulled a muscle in the right side of my back yesterday and I have been in misery ever since.  It caused a very unrestful night and an uncomfortable day.  Hope to be better tomorrow.  Now, you all let me know how if you knew any of my facts before and have a great day, you hear?
 
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16 comments:

  1. The Odd EssayFebruary 2, 2015 at 5:52 PM

    I didn't know that's how golf got it's name... kinda glad I'm not a golfer after knowing that. Here I am a Scot, too.

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    1. Dizzy-DickFebruary 2, 2015 at 6:20 PM

      I never played a round of golf, would rather go fishing. . .

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  2. GypsyFebruary 2, 2015 at 6:49 PM

    The only one I knew for sure was the one about the horse & rider statue. I also knew golf started in Scotland, but not how it got it's name. At least I didn't score a zero!

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    1. Dizzy-DickFebruary 2, 2015 at 7:45 PM

      You and I scored about the same except you scored higher since I didn't know what the statue's foot or hoof position meant. I learn things from my own blog. . .

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  3. MsBelindaFebruary 3, 2015 at 3:35 AM

    I knew about the horse statue because I learned about it from your blog a while back.

    I also knew about the gold powder from my mother. I had no idea what Golf stood for...glad I don't play the game!

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    1. Dizzy-DickFebruary 3, 2015 at 9:21 AM

      You knew more than I did. Dang, I forgot I posted about the statue thing. At least I got you on the Golf (grin) and I don't play the game, either.

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  4. MsBelindaFebruary 3, 2015 at 3:37 AM

    Hope your back gets to feeling better.

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    1. Dizzy-DickFebruary 3, 2015 at 9:22 AM

      It is some better this morning, just takes time.

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  5. EdFebruary 3, 2015 at 9:18 AM

    I knew about the Honeymoon. I love all 'facts' and like trivia even more so the horse statue meaning was great information. Knowing how the game of golf was named - not so much. Although that is probably the one that I will remember.

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    1. Dizzy-DickFebruary 3, 2015 at 9:26 AM

      I, too, love facts and trivia, but I imagine that you guessed that.

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  6. TROUBLEnTXFebruary 3, 2015 at 9:50 AM

    A few mornings ago, I went into the living room about 6am to turn up the heat, and HAD to stop and just look at that full moon, low in the W. In just a few minutes it was gone. I have don't that a lot with the sunsets to the W, but not the moon going down.

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    1. Dizzy-DickFebruary 3, 2015 at 1:17 PM

      I bet it looked really big and beautiful. And BTW, I would have still been in bed. . .

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  7. Barney, The Old Fat ManFebruary 3, 2015 at 3:27 PM

    The medieval Dutch word "kolf" or "kolve" meant "club." It is believed that word passed to the Scots, whose old Scots dialect transformed the word into "golve," "gowl" or "gouf."

    By the 16th Century, the word "golf" had emerged.

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    1. Dizzy-DickFebruary 3, 2015 at 5:13 PM

      Even though I do not play golf, I have been to the first golf course in the U.S.A. It is located in St Petersburg, PA. just north of Foxburg. It probably changed names a few times. I looked it up on a map and now they call it the Foxburg Country Club.

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  8. HermitJimFebruary 3, 2015 at 6:49 PM

    I knew most of these, but then I am always looking for trivia stuff to use! Fun stuff, isn't it?

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    1. Dizzy-DickFebruary 3, 2015 at 10:27 PM

      There is no way that I can compete with you, but every now and then I like to put trivia on my blog, too.

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