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Here are some interesting facts, sayings and in some cases, their source:

"Mind your P and Qs". This saying is actually from old England. When people drank in the pubs they either drank pints or quarts and if they acted up and the bartender had to warn them he would say "mind your pints and quarts".

How about this saying? Hard work pays off in the future, but laziness pays off now.

Only borrow money from pessimists because they don't expect it back.

I like this one, despite the cost of living, it is still popular.

Some say that you never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.

To succeed in politics one must rise above their principles.

Did you ever hear of the rule of thumb? That saying came about, because of a law that was passed in England that only permitted a husband to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Man I wonder what they used before that?

Inside every older person is a young one wondering what happened.

How do you know when you are out of invisible ink?

It is impossible to lick you elbow.

The wilderness in Africa is 28% of the area of the continent, the wilderness in North America is 38%.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great leader from the past. Spades represents King David, Hearts is Charlemagne, Clubs is Alexander the Great and Diamonds is Caesar.

Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of where they were born.

There is one food that doesn't spoil, do you know what it is? If you said honey, you are right.

The most collect phone calls are made on father's day.

The saying "sleep tight" came about, because in England a few hundred years ago, the beds had ropes and the tighter the rope, the firmer the mattress.

Winston Churchill said, " A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."

The youngest man to take the office of President was Theodore Roosevelt at 42 years old, followed by John Kennedy who was 43.The oldest man was Ronald Reagan at 69. Seven presidents were from Virginia and seven from Ohio.

3 quarters, 4 dimes and 4 pennies is the largest amount of change you can have without being able to make change of one dollar.

More people commit suicide on Monday than any other day.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

So what does the word Karoke mean? It is Japanese for empty orchestra.

The most money a cow ever brought at auction so far is 1.3 million dollars.

1 in 5,000 lobsters from North America are born blue.

It is claimed that the three most recognizable western names in China are Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley.

The average person makes about 1,140 phone calls a year.

Mary Stuart became Queen of Scotland at 6 days old.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

Children grow faster in the spring.

The average human eats 8 spiders at night without knowing it.

Stewardesses is the longest word that can be typed using only the left hand.

A duck's quack doesn't echo.

Bruce Lee was so fast that film had to be slowed down to show his moves.

The term "wet your whistle" came about because in old England people had whistles baked into their ceramic cups. When they wanted service they would blow them.

More babies are conceived in December than any other month.

Mel Blank, the voice of Bugs Bunny, was allergic to carrots.

Over 60% of all statistics are false.

The plastic flamingo population outnumbers the real flamingo population.

There are more chickens in the world than people.

Every 4 seconds someone opens a can of Spam.

More people are killed by donkeys every year, than airplane crashes.

4,000 people are injured by tea pots every year.

Only 18 counties in the world have more assets than Bill Gates.

New York City has 570 miles of shoreline.

More people are born in India every year than the entire population of Australia.

Over 75% of you, who have read this, will have tried to lick their elbow. I have to give credit for some of these saying to an email that a friend sent.