The Most Important Things In Life (Outlined)
Things you didn’t know but want to know!

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work:    Alaska

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%
(now get this…)
The percentage of   North America that is wilderness: 38%

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:   $ 16,400

The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour:    61,000

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair..

The first novel ever written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades – King David
Hearts – Charlemagne
Clubs – Alexander, the Great
Diamonds – Julius Caesar

111,111,111 x  111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4,
John Hancock and Charles Thomson.
Most of the rest signed on August 2,  but the last signature wasn’t added until 5 years later.

Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

A. Their birthplace

Q.. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter ‘A’?

A.  One thousand

Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers have in common?
A.  All were invented  by women.

Q. What is the only food that doesn’t spoil?

A. Honey

In Shakespeare’s time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep 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, which we know today as the honeymoon.

At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING  IN 2016  when…

1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave.

2. You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don’t have e-mail addresses or Facebook.​

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries…

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn’t even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic,  and you turn around to go and get it
.
10. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

12. You’re reading this and nodding and laughing.

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that  there wasn’t a #9 on this list .

~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

NOW you’re LAUGHING at yourself!  “Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never cease to be amused!”

(Unknown Author)

Go on, forward this to your friends.   You know you want to!  And try to lick your elbow!!!