Monday, 28 January 2019

Did you know No 4


Here we are at another Monday, it's a public holiday here, as Saturday was Australia Day. It is a much cooler day thankfully, so t he air conditioner can have a break today. Tim is working, good money working on a public holiday.

Here are this weeks did you know facts.

The world's first speed limit regulation was in England in 1903, it was 20mph.

According to a British law passed in 1845 attempting to commit suicide was an offence which was punishable by death........yeah that makes sence

Copies of the Bible and the Koran small enough to f it into a walnut shell have been written hand..........what the hell

A mantelpiece is so called because at one time people hang their coats also known as mantles over the fireplace to dry them.

For a short time in 1967 the American Typers Association made a new punctuation make that was a combination of the question mark and exclamation mark called a “interrobang” it was rarely used and haven't been seen since.

6 comments:

  1. Very interesting Jo-Anne. Love the 'attempting to commit suicide', then punishment death!

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  2. Who ever thought the government would be the back up plan for suicide!

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  3. Hopefully the dude who got put to death for suicide had a microscope to read his walnut-sized Bible before he died one way or the other.

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  4. Margaret.......Yeah that was weird

    Rita........I know

    Katie........Strange indeed

    Chris.........Yeah would be hard to read

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  5. I always learn something when I visit you.

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