Saturday, June 21, 2008

You Learn Something New Every Day

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army for the "General Purpose" vehicle, G.P.

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

The yo-yo originated in the Philippines, where it was used as a weapon in hunting.

If a family had 2 servants or less in the U.S. in 1900, census takers recorded it as "lower middle-class."

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