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In the game of Chess, the word "checkmate" comes from the Persian phrase "Shah Mat," meaning "The king is dead".
Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past royalty. This custom evolved into the modern military salute.
The glue used in the back of Israeli postage stamps is certified Kosher.
The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
Soon after prohibition, many bars decorated their establishments with the tail feathers of roosters. Patrons often asked for "one of those **** tails" and the rest is history.
The ammunition belts in W.W.II aircraft were exactly 27 feet long, giving birth to the expression "I'm going to give this guy the whole nine yards".
Talk about a bad date.... The male praying mantis cannot engage in sexual intercourse while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping his head off.
Neil Armstrong, the first Astronaut to walk on the Moon in 1969, stepped on the moon for the first time with his left foot.
A year is not a fixed period of time, it is an astronomic reality clock. It takes 365.242 days for the Earth to orbit the Sun, yet our calendars track only 365 days of it. If not accounted for, the .242 days start to add up. That's what leap years are for, to account for the required adjustment. But prior to the introduction of leap years, the adjustment was very crude. The day after October 4th 1582, became October 15th, 1582. And literally overnight, 10 days disappeared from the calendar.
Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past royalty. This custom evolved into the modern military salute.
The glue used in the back of Israeli postage stamps is certified Kosher.
The word "set" has more definitions than any other word in the English language.
Soon after prohibition, many bars decorated their establishments with the tail feathers of roosters. Patrons often asked for "one of those **** tails" and the rest is history.
The ammunition belts in W.W.II aircraft were exactly 27 feet long, giving birth to the expression "I'm going to give this guy the whole nine yards".
Talk about a bad date.... The male praying mantis cannot engage in sexual intercourse while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping his head off.
Neil Armstrong, the first Astronaut to walk on the Moon in 1969, stepped on the moon for the first time with his left foot.
A year is not a fixed period of time, it is an astronomic reality clock. It takes 365.242 days for the Earth to orbit the Sun, yet our calendars track only 365 days of it. If not accounted for, the .242 days start to add up. That's what leap years are for, to account for the required adjustment. But prior to the introduction of leap years, the adjustment was very crude. The day after October 4th 1582, became October 15th, 1582. And literally overnight, 10 days disappeared from the calendar.
