Did you know...

I thought it might be nice to start a thread intended to act as a repository of useful and interesting tidbits of information and trivia. You can post things you've learned and absorbed from daily life, reading books, watching TV, or browsing the World Wide Web; whatever tickles your fancy.

I will get the ball rolling:

Did you know...

"Breakfasts of the British gentry of the late nineteenth century "frequently assumed prodigious proportions". In a typical country house, wrote one British authority in the late 1880s, breakfast consisted of "fish, poultry, or game, if in season; sausages, and one meat of some sort, such as mutton cutlets, or filets of beef; omelettes, and eggs served in a variety of ways; bread of both kinds, white and brown, and fancy bread of as many kinds as can conveniently be served; two or three kinds of jam, orange marmalade, and fruits when in season; and on the side table, cold meats such as ham, tongue, cold game, or game pie, galantines, and in winter a round of spiced beef."

The primary reason spitting is banned on the NYC subway is to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.

DYK that at Starbucks you can order a triple Machiatto with extra foam in a venti cup for $2, effectively creating a Cappuccino which sells for $3.70 ?

Originally Posted by willpower

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DYK that at Starbucks you can order a triple Machiatto with extra foam in a venti cup for $2, effectively creating a Cappuccino which sells for $3.70 ?

Mind = blown.

Horses can run on their first day of life.

That a calorie is a calorie.

d'you know the human head weighs eight pounds?

There are only about thirty thousand gene sequences in human DNA--even less than in some lowly worms.

...the extinct giant ground sloth could weigh up to 8 tons and, when standing upright, reach a height of 6m?

Coke sold in and around Cleveland is made with sugar rather than corn syrup. This is supposedly so that they don't have to change the recipe or suffer a decline in sales during Passover.

Mexican Coca-Cola is made with cane sugar as well. Ironic, as Mexicans do love their corn.

I believe they call it maiz.

Yes, you are absolutely right. Corn is actually an Old English word for any small grain.

For instance, Corned beef: The corn refers to the small granules of salt used to cure the meat.

Originally Posted by Biggskip

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I believe they call it maiz.

Are you referring to this?

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