Useless but interesting facts

The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.The youngest pope was 11 years old. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King DavidHearts - CharlemagneClubs - Alexander the GreatDiamonds - Julius Caesar If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in theair, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the airthe person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse hasall four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. Q. What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laserprinters all have in common?A. All invented by women. In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. Whenyou pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer tosleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight". It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month - or what we know todayas the honeymoon. In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of theKing (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that theyhung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F.*.* K(Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that word came from! Last but not least: In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled "Gentlemen Only,Ladies Forbidden"... and thus the word GOLF entered into the Englishlanguage.