the bubbles in guiness beer sink to the bottom rather than float to the top as in other beers.
california grape and wine industries were started by count agoston haraszthy de moksa, who planted tokay,
the color of a chile is no indication of its spiciness, but size usually is - the smaller the pepper, the hotter it is.
daughter of confectioner leo hirschfield is commemorated in the name of the sweet he invented: although his daughter's real
difference between apple juice and apple cider is that apple juice is the juice of the fruit only, and
the dye used to stamp the grade on meat is edible. it's made from grape skins.
english word "soup" comes from the middle ages word "sop," which means a slice of bread over which roast
the fda allows an average of 30 or more insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of peanut butter.
the first ring donuts were produced in 1847 by a 15 year old baker’s apprentice, hanson gregory, who knocked the soggy center out of a fried doughnut.
pound. they are sniffed out by female pigs, which detect a compound that is in the saliva of male pigs as well. the same
the hamburger was invented in 1900 by louis lassen. he ground beef, broiled it, and served it between two pieces of toast.
the herring is the most widely eaten fish in the world. nutritionally its fuel value is that equal to that of a beefsteak.
the hottest chile in the world is the habanero.
ice cream soda was invented in 1874 by robert green. he was serving a mixture of syrup, sweet cream
largest item on any menu in the world is probably the roast camel, sometimes served at bedouin wedding feasts.
largest living organism ever found is a honey mushroom, armillaria ostoyae. it covers 3.4 square miles of land
the pillsbury bake-off has been held every year since 1948.
the pound cake got its name from the pound of butter it contained.
sandwich is named for the fourth earl of sandwich (1718-92), for whom sandwiches were made so that he could
the vintage date on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling.
the white part of an egg is the albumen.
the white potato originated in the andes mountains and was probably brought to britain by sir francis drake about 1586.
world’s first chocolate candy was produced in 1828 by dutch chocolate-maker conrad j. van houten. he pressed
world's costliest coffee, at $130 a pound , is called kopi luwak. it is in the droppings of a type of marsupial that
world's deadliest mushroom is the amanita phalloides, the death cap. the five different poisons contained by the mushroom
to determine the percentage of alcohol in a bottle of liquor divide the proof by two.
world's most expensive foods. one variety, tuber melanosporum, can cost
van camp’s pork and beans were a staple food for union soldiers in the civil war.
vanilla is the extract of fermented and dried pods of several species of orchids.
is grown in over 96 countries worldwide. over 1,200 varieties of watermelon are grown worldwide. there
considered one of america's favorite fruits, is really a vegetable (citrullus lanatus). cousin to the cucumber
catherine de medici married henry ii of france (1533) she brought forks with her, as well as several master
when honey is swallowed, it enters the blood stream within a period of 20 minutes.
potatoes first appeared in europe in the seventeenth century, it was thought that they were disgusting, and they
swiss cheese ferments, a bacterial action generates gas. as the gas is liberated, it bubbles through the
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a hamlet is a village without a church and a town is not a city until it has a cathedral.
about one-tenth of the earth's surface is permanently covered with ice.
alaska and california, with 8 each, are the us states with the most national park sites.
all gondolas in venice, italy must be painted black, unless they belong to a high official.
as of dec. 31, 2000, the number of climbers summiting mt. everest reached 1314, and the number of deaths on the mountain reached 167.
at 840,000 square miles, greenland is the largest island in the world. it is three times the size of texas. by comparison, iceland is only 39,800 square miles.
australia is the only country that is also a continent.
canada is an indian word meaning 'big village'.
damascus, syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before rome was founded in 753 bc, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.
devon is the only county in great britain to have two coasts.
disney world in orlando, florida covers 30,500 acres (46 square miles), making it twice the size of the island of manhattan, new york.
dueling is legal in paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
el azizia in libya recorded a temperature of 136 degrees fahrenheit (57.8 celsius) on sept. 13, 1922 -- the hottest ever measured.
europe has no deserts - it is the only continent without one.
for every 10 successful attempts to climb mount everest there is one fatality.
french was the official language of england for over 600 years.
grand rapids, michigan was the first city in the us to put fluoride in their water.
hawaii is the only us state that grows coffee.
hawaii officially became apart of the us on june 14, 1900.
if monaco's ruling house of grimaldi should ever be without an heir (male or female), the country will cease to be a sovereign state.
in the great seal of the us the eagle grasps 13 arrows and an olive branch.
it is forbidden for aircraft to fly over the taj mahal.
japan is the world's leading importer of iron ore.
paz, bolivia, at 11,900 feet above sea-level, is the highest large city in the world. (according to scholastic
lake pontchartrain causeway at new orleans, louisiana, is the world's largest bridge. it is almost 24 miles (about 38 kilometers) long.
maine is the only state in the united states whose name has one syllable.
xico city is sinking at a rate of 6 to 8 inches a year because it's built on top of an underground reservoir.
mexico city is the oldest capital city in the americas.
more water flows over niagara falls every year than over any other falls on earth.
most landfilled trash retains its original weight, volume, and form for 40 years.
new jersey, with 96, is the us state with the greatest number of hazardous waste sites.
ito in ecuador, south america, is said to have the most pleasant climate in the world. it is called the
st. augustine, florida is the oldest city in the us.
talking on a cellular phone while driving is against the law in israel.
the 1st us zoo was built in philadelphia, pa, in 1876.
the abbreviation 'ord' for chicago's o'hare airport comes from the old name 'orchard field.'
the arctic ocean is the smallest and shallowest. the arctic ocean is the world's smallest ocean. it is mostly covered by solid ice, ice floes, and icebergs
the atlantic ocean is saltier than the pacific ocean.
the border between canada and the u.s. is the world's longest frontier. it stretches 3,987 miles (6,416 km).
the city of rome was built on seven hills. they were palatine, capitoline, quirinal, viminal, esquiline, caelian, and aventine.
city of st. petersburg, russia, was founded in 1703 by peter the great, hence the name, st. petersburg.
the coldest temperature ever measured on earth was -129 fahrenheit (-89 celsius) at vostok, antarctica, on july 21, 1983.
the earth’s surface contains 196,950,711 square miles (510,100,000 square kilometers).
the eiffel tower was built for the 1889 world's fair.
first city to reach a population of 1 million people was rome, italy in 133 b.c. london, england reached
flag of the philippines is the only national flag that is flown differently during times of peace or war. a portion
fresh kills landfill site on staten island, new york, opened in 1948, is the world's largest. it covers 3,000
the great lakes are lake michigan, lake huron, lake superior, lake erie and lake ontario.
lakes are the most important inland waterway in north america. all the lakes, except lake michigan, which lies entirely
great lakes contain 6 quadrillion gallons of fresh water, one-fifth of the world's fresh surface water. the great lakes
lakes have a combined area of 94,230 square miles - larger than the states of new york, new jersey, connecticut, rhode
hollywood sign was first erected in 1923. conceived as a real estate ad, it originally read hollywoodland. the sign
the international telephone dialing code for antarctica is 672.
the jordanian city amman was once called philadelphia.
the largest body of fresh water in the world is lake superior.
the largest desert in the world, the sahara, is 3,500,000 square miles.
the largest us city in area is juneau, alaska, which covers 3,108 square miles. los angeles covers only 458.2 square miles.
longest railway in the world is the trans-siberian railway or trans-siberian railroad, built 1891-1916, a network
mauna loa volcano in hawaii is the largest volcano on earth. it rises more than 50,000 feet (9.5 miles or 15.2 kilometers)
the ohio river forms at the confluence of the allegheny and the monongahela.
the only continent without reptiles or snakes is antarctica.
original name of los angeles was el pueblo de nuestra senora la reina de los angeles del rio porciuncula,
the pantheon is the largest building from ancient rome that survives intact.
the river danube empties into the black sea.
the san diego zoo in california has the largest collection of animals in the world.
the seven hills of rome are the palatine (on which the original city was built), the capitoline, quirinal, viminal, esquiline, caelian, and aventine.
the smallest island with country status is pitcairn in polynesia, at just 1.75 square miles.
the tallest monument built in the us, the gateway arch, in st. louis, missouri, is 630 feet tall.
the us city with the highest murder rate is detroit, with 45.3 homicides per 100,000 people.
the vatican's swiss guard still wears a uniform designed by michelangelo in the early 16th century.
the water in the great salt lake of utah is more than four times as salty as any ocean.
the wettest spot in the world is located on the island of kauai. mt. waialeale consistently records rainfall at the rate of nearly 500 inches per year.
world’s deadliest recorded earthquake occurred in 1557 in central china. it struck a region where most people lived
statue of a mosquito is a roadside attraction in komarno, manitoba, the mosquito capital of canada. sculpted in 1984,
world's highest railway is in peru. the central railway climbs to 15,694 feet in the galera tunnel, 108 miles
longest suspension bridge opened to traffic on april 5, 1998. the 3,911-meter (12,831-feet) akashi kaikyo bridge is
the world's smallest independent state is the vatican city, with a population of about 1,000 - and a zero birthrate.
tallest mountains, the himalayas, are also the fastest growing. their growth - about half an inch a year - is caused
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acupuncture was first used as a medical treatment in 2700 bc by chinese emperor shen-nung.
armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. this custom has become the modern military salute.
at the height of its power, in 400 bc, the greek city of sparta had 25,000 citizens and 500,000 slaves.
bock's car was the name of the b-29 bomber that dropped the atom bomb on nagasaki.
canada declared national beauty contests canceled as of 1992, claiming they were degrading to women.
christmas became a national holiday in the us in 1890.
during the us civil war, 200,000 blacks served in the union army; 38,000 gave their lives; 22 won the medal of honor.
excess was most evident in his elaborate parties. according to the ancient writer seutonius, emperor nero's domus aurea
of roman emperors. in fact, for the rest of roman history, new emperors were honored by the roman senate with the prayer
everyone in the middle ages believed -- as aristotle had -- that the heart was the seat of intelligence.
over the roman empire claimed to have spotted him. several men even claimed to be him, and started popular movements to
president cleveland defeated incumbent benjamin harrison in 1892, becoming the first (and, to date, only)
century physicians didn't know what caused the plague, but they knew it was contagious. as a result they wore an
its completion in 125 a.d. until 1958, the pantheon's domed ceiling was the largest unsupported concrete
the middle ages up until the end of the 19th century, barbers performed a number of medical duties including
grand rapids, michigan was the 1st us city to fluoridate its water in 1945.
in 1810 us population was 7,239,881. black population at 1,377,808 was 19%. in 1969 us population reached 200 million.
in 1865, several veterans of the confederate army formed a private social club in pulaski, tennessee, called the ku klux klan.
in 1892, italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls - to 12.
in 1947, toys for tots started making the holidays a little happier for children by organizing its first christmas toy drive for needy youngsters.
965, congress authorized the secret service to protect former presidents and their spouses for their
in england and the american colonies they year 1752 only had 354 days. in that year, the type of calendar was changed, and 11 days were lost.
he holocaust between 5.1 and 6 million of europe's 10 million jews were killed. an additional 6 million
of rome's most ambitious emperors idolized alexander the great. when julius caesar was a 33 year-old general in spain,
washington in the only woman whose portrait has ever appeared on a us currency note. her portrait was on
members of the nazi ss had their blood type tattooed on their armpits.
20,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing in action in the battle of antietam, september 17, 1862. this was the bloodiest
decrees and simplified them into a unified set of 7 laws. this was the first time in modern history that a nation's
nevada was the first state to sanction the use of the gas chamber, and the first execution by lethal gas took place in february, 1924.
new orleans' first mardi gras celebration was held in february, 1826.
new york's first st. patrick's day parade was held on march 17, 1762.
of the 262 men who have held the title of pope, 33 have died by violence.
on april 12, 1938, the state of new york passed a law requiring medical tests for marriage license applicants, the first state to do so.
august sixth, 1945, during world war two, the united states dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshima, japan, killing
the 1st nobel prizes were awarded. literature - rene sully-prudhomme; physiology - emil von behring; chemistly - jacobus
on december 20, 1860, south carolina was the first state to secede from the union.
charter of the united nations was signed by 50 countries in san francisco. (the text of the charter was in five languages:
two people signed the declaration of independence on july 4th, john hancock and charles thomson. most of the rest
president george washington created the order of the purple heart in 1782. it's a decoration to recognize merit in enlisted men and non-commissioned officers.
president lincoln proclaimed the first national thanksgiving day in 1863.
richard nixon was the 1st us president to visit china in february, 1972.
coins have been dug up in america, suggesting that perhaps the vikings or columbus weren't the first europeans
seven of the eight us presidents who have died in office - either through illness or assassination - were elected at precisely 20-year intervals.
2, 1947, for one mile, at a maximum altitude of 70 feet. built by howard hughes, it is the largest aircraft ever built,
the 1st 20 african slaves were brought to the us, to the colony of virginia in 1619, by a dutch ship.
the 1st nuclear-powered submarine, the nautilus, commissioned by the united states navy in 1954, made her maiden voyage on jan. 17, 1955.
the 1st us federal holiday honoring martin luther king, jr. was in 1986.
the 1st us federal legislation prohibiting narcotics (opium) was enacted in 1909.
the 1st us federal penitentiary building was completed at leavenworth, kansas in 1906.
the 1st us minimum wage law was instituted in 1938. the minimum wage was 25 cents per hour.
the ancient egyptians slept on pillows made of stone.
the black death reduced the population of europe by one third in the period from 1347 to 1351.
been known as a site of christian martyrdom. it was converted into a shrine as early as the sixth century and still serves
the dollar was established as the official currency of the us in 1785.
remembered for slaying his brother and building the extravagant baths of caracalla--was murdered by his own guards while
the first coin minted in the united states was a silver dollar. it was issued on october 15, 1794.
the first country to abolish capital punishment was austria in 1787.
the first losing candidate in a us presidential election was thomas jefferson. he lost to john adams. george washington had been unopposed.
the first modern olympiad was held in athens in 1896. 484 contestants from 13 nations participated.
the first us marines wore high leather collars to protect their necks from sabres, hence the name "leathernecks."
the first-known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by egyptians in 2000 bc.
the house of lancaster, symbolized by the red rose, won england's 'war of the roses.'
influence of ancient rome on architecture is all around us. the jefferson memorial in washington, d.c.,
longest reigning monarch in history was pepi ii, who ruled egypt for 90 years; 2566 to 2476 bc. the second longest
the miss america contest was created in atlantic city in 1921 with the purpose of extending the tourist season beyond labor day.
the name of the first airplane flown at kitty hawk by the wright brothers, on december 17, 1903, was bird of prey.
the only repealed amendment to the us constitution deals with the prohibition of alcohol.
symbol was created in 1958 as a nuclear disarmament symbol by the direct action committee, and was first shown that year
the quarries where the romans extracted travertine for the colosseum and other great structures are still being mined today.
the republic of israel was established april 23, 1948.
wonders of the ancient world were: ... 1. egyptian pyramids at giza ... 2. hanging gardens of babylon ... 3. statue of
the shortest war on record was fought between zanzibar and england in 1896. zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
the shortest war on record, between britain and zanzibar in 1896, lasted just 38 minutes.
standard u.s. railroad width (4 feet, 8.5 inches) is directly derived from the width of roman war chariots. this is because
the supersonic concorde jet made its first trial flight on january 1, 1969.
titanic was the first ship to use the sos signal. it was adopted as the international signal for distress
reality, another ship, a cunard liner named slavonia, first broadcast the sos signal on june 10, 1909,
the total number of americans killed in the civil war is greater than the combined total of americans killed in all other wars.
the union ironclad, monitor, was the first u.s. ship to have a flush toilet.
us federal income tax was first enacted in 1862 to support the union's civil war effort. it was eliminated in 1872,
nuclear explosion in history, detonating a 50 megaton bomb (2600 times the hiroshima bomb) in an atmospheric test over
the very first bomb dropped by the allies on berlin during world war ii killed the only elephant in the berlin zoo.
white house, in washington dc, was originally gray, the color of the sandstone it was built out of. after
the worldwide "spanish flu" epidemic which broke out in 1918 killed more than 30 million people in less than a year's time.
there are more statues of sacajewa, lewis & clark's female indian guide, in the united states than any other person.
raise public revenue, emperor vespasian--who built the colosseum--was the first to introduce pay toilets
til sunday, september 3rd, 1967, driving was done on the left-hand side on roads in sweden. the conversion
vermont, admitted as the 14th state in 1791, was the 1st addition to the original 13 colonies.
wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote.
yellowstone is the world's 1st national park. it was dedicated in 1872.
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a cough releases an explosive charge of air that moves at speeds up to 60 mph.
a fetus acquires fingerprints at the age of three months.
a fingernail or toenail takes about 6 months to grow from base to tip.
a healthy individual releases 3.5 oz. of gas in a single flatulent emission, or about 17 oz. in a day.
a human being loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
a person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a few weeks.
according to german researchers, the risk of heart attack is higher on monday than any other day of the week.
according to the kinsey institute, the biggest erect penis on record measures 13 inches. the smallest tops off at 1 3 4 inches.
after spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. it will probably appear pink.
an average human drinks about 16, 000 gallons of water in a lifetime.
an average human scalp has 100,000 hairs.
an average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.
an individual blood cell takes about 60 seconds to make a complete circuit of the body.
babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have only 206 in our bodies.
beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. if the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.
blondes have more hair than dark-haired people.
blood sucking hookworms inhabit 700 million people worldwide.
by age sixty, most people have lost half of their taste buds.
by the time you turn 70, your heart will have beat some two-and-a-half billion times (figuring on an average of 70 beats per minute.)
during the 2,475,576,000 seconds of the average length life, we speak 123,205,750 words, have sex 4,239 times, shed 121 pints of tears.
each square inch of human skin consists of twenty feet of blood vessels.
every human spent about half an hour as a single cell.
every person has a unique tongue print.
every square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it.
every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1 10 of a calorie.
fingernails grow faster than toenails.
fingerprints serve a function - they provide traction for the fingers to grasp things.
humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14 and crayfish have 200.
humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour - about 1.5 pounds a year. by 70 years of age, an average person will have lost 105 pounds of skin.
humans shed and re-grow outer skin cells about every 27 days - almost 1,000 new skins in a lifetime.
if it were removed from the body, the small intestine would stretch to a length of 22 feet.
if you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.
if you go blind in one eye, you'll only lose about one-fifth of your vision (but all your depth perception.)
in a lifetime the average us resident eats more than 50 tons of food and drinks more than 13,000 gallons of liquid.
in the late 19th century, millions of human mummies were used as fuel for locomotives in egypt where wood and coal was scarce, but mummies were plentiful.
it takes 17 muscles to smile --- 43 to frown.
it would take 1,200,000 mosquitoes, each sucking once, to completely drain the average human of blood.
jaw muscles can provide about 200 pounds of force to bring the back teeth together for chewing.
lab tests can detect traces of alcohol in urine six to 12 hours after a person has stopped drinking.
most men have erections every hour to hour and a half during sleep.
one in every 2000 babies is born with a tooth.
pregnancy in humans lasts on average about 270 days (from conception to birth).
80% of all human beings on earth have one or more internal parasite infestations. for america, the estimate is 95%. almost
never develop fingerprints at all. two rare genetic defects, known as naegeli syndrome and dermatopathia pigmentosa
the ashes of the average cremated person weigh nine pounds.
the average adolescent girl has 34,000 underdeveloped egg follicles, although only 350 or so mature during her life (at the rate of about one per month).
the average duration of sexual intercourse for humans is 2 minutes.
human body contains enough: iron to make a 3 inch nail, sulfur to kill all fleas on an average dog, carbon to make 900
the average human produces 25,000 quarts of spit in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools.
releases nearly a pint of intestinal gas by flatulence every day. most is due to swallowed air. the rest is from fermentation
the body's largest internal organ is the small intestine at an average length of 20 feet
the brain is soft and gelatinous - its consistency is something between jelly and cooked pasta.
the feet account for one quarter of all the human bodies bones.
the human body has over 600 muscles, 40% of the body's weight.
the human brain is about 85% water.
largest cell in the human body is the female ovum, or egg cell. it is about 1 180 inch in diameter. the smallest cell
the largest cell in the human body is the female reproductive cell, the ovum. the smallest is the male sperm.
the largest human organ is the skin, with a surface area of about 25 square feet.
the left lung is smaller than the right lung to make room for the heart.
the little lump of flesh just forward of your ear canal, right next to your temple, is called a tragus.
longest muscle in the human body is the sartorius. this narrow muscle of the thigh passes obliquely across the front
the most common blood type in the world is type o. the rarest, type a-h, has been found in less than a dozen people since the type was discovered.
the neanderthal's brain was bigger than yours is.
only bone in the human body not connected to another is the hyoid, a v-shaped bone located at the base of the tongue
the only time the human population declined was in the years following 1347, the start of the epidemic of the plague 'black death' in europe.
the permanent teeth that erupt to replace their primary predecessors (baby teeth) are called succedaneous teeth.
the sound of a snore (up to 69 decibels) can be almost as loud as the noise of a pneumatic drill.
the tips of fingers and the soles of feet are covered by a thick, tough layer of skin called the stratum corneum.
there are 45 miles of nerves in the skin of a human being.
there are 60,000 miles of blood vessels in the human body.
are four main blood types: a, b, ab and o and each blood type is either rh positive or negative. blood types in
though it makes up only 2 percent of our total body weight, the brain demands 20 percent of the body's oxygen and calories.
three-hundred-million cells die in the human body every minute.
women burn fat more slowly than men, by a rate of about 50 calories a day.
secrete hydrochloric acid, a corrosive compound used to treat metals in the industrial world. it can pickle steel, but
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"fortnight" is a contraction of "fourteen nights." in the us "two weeks" is more commonly used.
a bathometer is an instrument for indicating the depth of the sea beneath a moving vessel.
a 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1 100th of a second.
a typical lightning bolt is two to four inches wide and two miles long.
a wind with a speed of 74 miles or more is designated a hurricane.
any month that starts on a sunday will have a friday the 13th in it.
at 4,145 miles, the nile river is the longest in the world.
each unit on the richter scale is equivalent to a power factor of about 32. so a 6 is 32 times more powerful than a 5!
easter is the first sunday after the first full moon after march 21.
england and the american colonies adopted the gregorian calendar on september 14th, 1752. 11 days disappeared.
flying from london to new york by concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.
if the sun stopped shining suddenly, it would take eight minutes for people on earth to be aware of the fact.
if you add up the numbers 1-100 consecutively (1+2+3+4+5 etc) the total is 5050.
in 1947, heavy snow blanketed the northeast, burying new york city under 25.8 inches of snow in 16 hours; the severe weather was blamed for some 80 deaths.
light travels at the rate of 186,200 miles a second.
more than 99.9% of all the animal species that have ever lived on earth were extinct before the coming of man.
nearly 50% of all bank robberies take place on friday.
ten inches of snow equals one inch of rain in water content.
the anemometer is an instrument which measures the force, velocity, or pressure of the wind.
the base of the great pyramid of egypt is large enough to cover 10 football fields.
the greatest snowfall ever in a single storm was 189 inches at the mount shasta ski bowl in february, 1959.
the gregorian calendar was introduced by pope gregory in 1582 ad, and was adopted by great britain and the english colonies in 1752.
the highest point of the earth, with an elevation of 29,141 feet, is the top of mt. everest in tibet.
the highest temperature ever recorded in the continental us was 134 degrees on july 10, 1913 in death valley, california.
the highest temperature ever recorded in the world was 136.4 degrees fahrenheit at el azizia, lybia, on september 13, 1922.
the highest waterfall in the world, angel falls in venezuela, has a total drop of 3,121 feet.
the linen bandages that were used to wrap egyptian mummies averaged 1,000 yards in length.
the lowest temperature ever recorded in the world was 129 degrees below 0 at vostok, antarctica, on july 21, 1983.
the metal instrument used in shoe stores to measure feet is called the brannock device.
the monastic hours are matins, lauds, prime, tierce, sext, nones, vespers and compline.
the most snow accumulation in a one-day period was 75.8 inches at silver lake, colorado, in april 1921.
national oceanic and atmospheric administration announced in 1978 that it would alternate men's and women's
the world's first speed limit regulation was in england in 1903. it was 20 mph.
the wristwatch was invented in 1904 by louis cartier.
there are 31,557,600 seconds in a year.
though it goes to 10, 9 is estimated to be the point of total tectonic destruction from an earthquake (2 is the smallest that can be felt unaided.)
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84% of a raw apple is water.
99% of the pumpkins sold in the us end up as jack-o-lanterns.
a cucumber is 96% water.
a notch in a tree will remain the same distance from the ground as the tree grows.
a pineapple is a berry.
advertisements for coffee in london in 1657 claimed that the beverage was a cure for scurvy, gout and other ills.
almonds are the oldest, most widely cultivated and extensively used nuts in the world.
americans eat more bananas than any other fruit: a total of 11 billion a year.
an average ear of corn has 800 kernels, arranged in 16 rows.
arrowroot, an antidote for poisoned arrows, is used as a thickener in cooking.
avocados have the highest calories of any fruit at 167 calories per hundred grams.
banana oil never saw a banana; it's made from petroleum.
bananas are actually herbs. bananas die after fruiting, like all herbs do.
both george washington and thomas jefferson grew cannabis sativa (marijuana) on their plantations.
cranberries are one of just 3 major fruits native to north america. blueberries and concord grapes are the other two.
joel poinsett, the 1st us ambassador to mexico, brought the poinsettia to us in 1828. the plant, called "flower
eggplant is a member of the thistle family.
80 percent of all ripe olives are grown in california's approximately 35,000 acres. in the 1700s, franciscan monks brought
from the 1500's to the 1700's, tobacco was prescribed by doctors to treat a variety of ailments including headaches, toothaches, arthritis and bad breath.
ginger has been clinically demonstrated to work twice as well as dramamine for fighting motion sickness, with no side effects.
hydroponics is the technique by which plants are grown in water without soil.
ium was grown in the state of virginia and a product was distilled from it that yielded 4 percent
in 1924, pope urban viii threatened to excommunicate snuff users.
in 1932 james markham obtained the 1st patent issued for a tree. the patent was for a peach tree.
, in 1994, a container full of marijuana was discovered in the 2,000-year-old grave of a scythian
herlands, in 1634, a collector paid 1,000 pounds of cheese, four oxen, eight pigs, 12 sheep,
as given its name in 1803 by the discoverer, a 20 year old german pharmacist named friedrich saturner.
no species of wild plant produces a flower or blossom that is absolutely black, and so far, none has been developed artificially.
nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
oak trees do not have acorns until they are fifty years old or older.
one ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen.
oranges, lemons, watermelons, and tomatoes are berries.
orchids have the smallest seeds. it takes more than 1.25 million seeds to weigh 1 gram.
moths for pollination are generally white or pale yellow, to be better seen when the light is dim. plants that depend
quinine, one of the most important drugs known to man, is obtained from the dried bark of an evergreen tree native to south america.
rice paper isn't made from rice but from a small tree which grows in taiwan.
tea was so expensive when it was first brought to europe in the early 17th century that it was kept in locked wooden boxes.
the california redwood - coast redwood and giant sequoia - are the tallest and largest living organism in the world.
the first american advertisement for tobacco was published in 1789. it showed a picture of an indian smoking a long clay pipe.
the fragrance of flowers is due to the essences of oil which they produce.
the largest single flower is the rafflesia or "corpse flower". they are generally 3 feet in diameter with the record being 42 inches.
the oldest living thing in existence is not a giant redwood, but a bristlecone pine in the white mountains of california, dated to be aged 4,600 years old.
pineapple was symbol of welcome in the 1700-1800's. that is why in new england you will see so many pineapples
the plant life in the oceans make up about 85 percent of all the greenery on the earth.
the popular name for the giant sequoia tree is redwood.
the rose family of plants, in addition to flowers, gives us apples, pears, plums, cherries, almonds, peaches and apricots.
the world's tallest grass, which has sometimes grown 130 feet or more, is bamboo.
more than 700 species of plants that grow in the united states that have been identified as dangerous if eaten. among them
wheat is the world's most widely cultivated plant; grown on every continent except antarctica.
when a coffee seed is planted, it takes five years to yield consumable fruit
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a diamond will not dissolve in acid. the only thing that can destroy it is intense heat.
a lump of pure gold the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court.
absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.
an ounce of gold can be stretched into a wire 50 miles long.
diamonds are caused by impurities such as nitrogen (yellow), boron (blue). with red diamonds being due
is the hardest naturally occurring substance, and is also one of the most valuable natural substances.
, the shipping port atomic power station in pennsylvania, the first nuclear facility to generate
, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the university of utah medical center implanted
mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature.
mineral deposits in caves: the ones growing upward are stalagmites, the ones growing downward are stalactites.
natural gas has no odor. the smell is added artificially so that leaks can be detected.
acid, in a crystalline powder called zyklon b, was used to kill in germany's gas chambers. the gas
sea water, loaded with mineral salts, weighs about a pound and a half more per cubit foot than fresh water at the same temperature.
ten per cent of the salt mined in the world each year is used to de-ice the roads in america.
the air we breathe is 78% nitrogen, 21.5% oxygen, .5% argon and other gases.
the chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 ad western civilization didn't rediscover aluminum until 1827.
cullinan diamond is the largest gem-quality diamond ever discovered. found in 1905, the original 3,100 carats
the largest gold nugget ever found weighed 172 lbs., 13 oz.
the largest hailstone ever recorded was 17.5 inches in diameter - bigger than a basketball.
the most abundant metal in the earth's crust is aluminum.
the only rock that floats in water is pumice.
the three most common elements in the universe are 1) hydrogen; 2) helium; 3) oxygen.
the united states government keeps its supply of silver at the us military academy at west point, ny.
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a hedgehog's heart beats 190 times a minute on average and drops to only 20 beats per minute during hibernation.
an average pig squeals at a range from 100 to 115 decibels.
an ear of corn averages 800 kernels in 16 rows.
average calories burned daily by the sled dogs running in alaska's annual iditarod race: 10,000.
average length of a coat hanger when straightened: 44 inches.
average number of eggs laid by the female american oyster per year: 500 million. usually only one oyster out of the bunch reaches maturity.
average number of hummingbirds required to create the weight of 1 ounce: 18.
average number of squirts from a cow's udder needed to yield a gallon of milk : 345.
during pregnancy, the average woman's uterus expands up to five hundred times its normal size.
every square inch of the human body has an average of 32 million bacteria on it.
humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour - about 1.5 pounds a year. by 70 years of age, an average person will have lost 105 pounds of skin.
if the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.
in 1900 the average age at death in the us was 47.
it takes a lobster approximately 7 years to grow to be one pound.
on average, 150 couples get married in las vegas each day.
on average, 42,000 balls are used and 650 matches are played at the annual wimbledon tennis tournament.
on average, 90% of the people that have the disease lupus are female.
on average, pigs live for about 15 years.
on average, right-handed people live 9 years longer than their left-handed counterparts.
pregnancy in humans lasts on average about 270 days (from conception to birth).
smokers are likely to die on average six and a half years earlier than non-smokers.
the ashes of the average cremated person weigh 9 pounds.
the average adult guinea pig weighs 2 pounds.
the average adult male ostrich, the world's largest living bird, weighs up to 345 pounds.
the average adult raccoon weighs 21 pounds.
the average american spends 120 hours a month watching television, the equivalent of five complete days in front of the tv.
the average american will eat 35,000 cookies in a lifetime.
the average american woman spends 55 minutes per day getting showered, dressed, and groomed.
the average capacity of a pelican's pouch is 12 quarts.
the average cat consumes about 127,750 calories a year, nearly 28 times its own weight in food and the same amount again in liquids.
the average chicken lays about 260 eggs a year.
the average cod deposits between 4 and 6 million eggs at a single spawning.
the average cow produces 40 glasses of milk each day.
the average cup of coffee contains more than 1000 different chemical components, none of which is tasted in isolation but only as part of the overall flavor.
the average duration of sexual intercourse for humans is 2 minutes.
the average fox weighs 14 pounds.
the average healthy porpoise lives 30 years.
the average human head weighs about eight pounds.
the average lead pencil will draw a line 35 miles long or write approximately 50,000 english words.
the average life expectancy of a beaver in captivity is five years.
the average life expectancy of a kangaroo in captivity is 7 years.
the average life expectancy of a leopard in captivity is 12 years.
the average life expectancy of a rhinoceros in captivity is 15 years.
the average life expectancy of geese, barring all accidents, is 25 years.
the average life span of a mosquito is two weeks.
the average life span of a moose is 15 to 25 years.
the average life span of the hedgehog is 10 years.
the average litter of mexican wolves is between four and seven pups.
the average llama weighs 375 pounds.
the average mature oak tree sheds approximately 700,000 leaves in the fall.
the average person drinks about 16, 000 gallons of water in a lifetime.
the average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
the average person is about a quarter of an inch taller at night.
the average person laughs about 15 times a day.
the average person loses an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day.
the average person produces 25,000 quarts of spit in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools.
releases nearly a pint of intestinal gas by flatulence every day. most is due to swallowed air. the rest is from fermentation
the average person's scalp has 100,000 hairs.
the average person uses the bathroom 6 times per day.
the average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.
the average person's hair will grow approximately 590 inches in a lifetime.
the average porcupine has more than 30,000 quills.
the average porpoise weighs 103 pounds.
the average snail moves at a rate of approximately 0.000362005 miles per hour.
the average us male will spend 2,965 hours shaving during his lifetime.
the fda allows an average of 30 or more insect fragments and one or more rodent hairs per 100 grams of peanut butter.
the linen bandages that were used to wrap egyptian mummies averaged 1,000 yards in length.
the size of a raindrop is around 0.5 mm - 2.5 mm, and they fall from the sky on average 21 feet per second.
the vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words.
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all the moons of the solar system are named after greek and roman mythology, except the moons of uranus, which are named after shakespearean characters.
astronauts brought back about 800 pounds of lunar rock to earth. most of it has not been analyzed.
in 1959, the soviet space probe "luna two" became the first manmade object to reach the moon as it crashed onto the lunar surface.
in 1968, "apollo seven," the first manned apollo mission, was launched with astronauts wally schirra, donn fulton eisele and r. walter cunningham aboard.
jupiter's moon ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system, and is larger than the planets mercury and pluto.
olympus mons on mars is the largest volcano in our solar system.
on a clear night in the northern hemisphere the naked eye can discern some 5000 stars.
on february 7, 1969 a meteorite weighing over 1 ton fell in chihuahua, mexico.
only 55% of all americans know that the sun is a star.
robert goddard a scientist and holder of 214 patents fired the first rocket using liquid propellant in 1926.
july 20, 1969: neil armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon, edwin aldrin was the second. they were members of
the apollo 11 plaque left on the moon says, "here men from the planet earth first set foot upon the moon july 1969, a.d. we came in peace for all mankind."
the first american satellite in orbit, explorer i, was launched february 1, 1958.
the first man-made object to circle the earth was sputnik i, launched in 1957.
the international space station weighs about 500 tons and is the same size as a football field.
the three most recently discovered planets were uranus in 1781, neptune in 1846, and pluto in 1930.
uranus is the only planet that rotates on its side.
what we call the sky is merely the limit of our vision into the atmosphere. the sky, like the horizon, is always as far away as one can see.
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a penguin swims at a speed of approximately 15 miles per hour.
a person uses approximately fifty-seven sheets of toilet paper each day.
an adult porcupine has approximately 30,000 quills on its body, which are replaced every year.
annually, approximately 46 millions cokes, five million pounds of french fries, and seven million hamburgers are consumed at walt disney world resort.
approximate number of facial expressions dogs can make: 100.
approximately 125 people die in the united states from an anaphylaxis to foods each year.
approximately 20% of americans have a passport.
approximately 200 pets are buried in a pet cemetery out of the thousands of pets that die each day.
approximately 25,000 workers died during the building of the panama canal, and approximately 20,000 of them contracted malaria and yellow fever.
approximately 850 peanuts make a 18 oz jar of peanut butter.
approximately one out of four injuries by athletes involve the wrist and hand.
babies' eyes do not produce tears until the baby is approximately six to eight weeks old.
dill seeds are so small that approximately 10,000 dill seeds would be required to make an ounce.
year, surgical tools are left in approximately 1,500 patients in the usa. fatter patients are more prone to having
flamingos are able to fly at a speed of approximately 55 kilometers an hour. in one night they can travel about 600 km.
in new york city, approximately 1,600 people are bitten by other humans.
in the united states, approximately seven billion pounds of chocolate and candy are manufactured each year.
once a human reaches the age of 35, he she will start losing approximately 7,000 brain cells a day. the cells will never be replaced.
our galaxy has approximately 250 billion stars.
sea water is approximately 3.5 percent salt.
the eiffel tower is painted approximately once every 7 years and requires nearly 50 tons of paint each time.
the empire state building in new york city weighs approximately 365,000 tons.
the eyeball of a human weighs approximately 28 grams.
there are approximately 13,000 identifiable varieties of roses throughout the world.
there are approximately 2,700 different species of mosquitoes.
there are approximately 250,000 sweat glands in your feet.
there are approximately 45 billion fat cells in an average adult.
there are approximately 7,000 feathers on an eagle.
there are approximately 75,000,000 horses in the world.
there are approximately 9,000 taste buds on the tongue.
there are approximately fifty bibles sold each minute across the world.
you need approximately 2,000 berries to make one pound of coffee.
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a 1,200-pound horse eats about seven times it's own weight each year.
a bird requires more food in proportion to its size than a baby or a cat.
a capon is a castrated rooster.
a chameleon can move its eyes in two directions at the same time.
a chameleon's tongue is twice the length of its body.
a chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but monkeys can't.
a cornish game hen is really a young chicken, usually 5 to 6 weeks of age, that weighs no more than 2 pounds.
a cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime.
emperor penguin withstands the antarctic cold for 60 days or more to protect his eggs, which he keeps on his feet,
father sea catfish keeps the eggs of his young in his mouth until they are ready to hatch. he will not eat until his
a female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time.
a hindu temple dedicated to the rat goddess karni mata in deshnoke, india, houses more than 20,000 rats.
a holstein's spots are like a fingerprint or snowflake. no two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots.
leech is a worm that feeds on blood. it will pierce its victim's skin, fill itself with three to four times
a newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length.
the rumen, the recticulum (storage area), the omasum (where water is absorbed), and the abomasum ( the only compartment
a polecat is not a cat. it is a nocturnal european weasel.
a quarter of the horses in the us died of a vast virus epidemic in 1872.
a rat can last longer without water than a camel can.
a single little brown bat can catch 1,200 mosquitoes-sized insects in just one hour.
a woodpecker can peck twenty times a second.
a zebra is white with black stripes.
mating, the male surinam toad affixes the female's eggs to her back, where her spongy flesh will swell and
all clams start out as males; some decide to become females at some point in their lives.
all pet hamsters are descended from a single female wild golden hamster found with a litter of 12 young in syria in 1930.
an adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles away, and warns off intruders or reunites scattered members of the pride.
an albatross can sleep while it flies. it apparently dozes while cruising at 25 mph.
an electric eel can produce a shock of up to 650 volts.
an iguana can stay under water for 28 minutes.
an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
ancient egyptians believed that "bast" was the mother of all cats on earth. they also believed that cats were sacred animals.
l gestation periods: the shortest is the american opossum, which bears its young 12 to 13 days after
fat, whale milk has around 10 times the fat content of human milk, which helps calves achieve some serious growth
at the end of the beatles' song "a day in the life", an ultrasonic whistle, audible only to dogs, was recorded by paul mccartney for his shetland sheepdog.
beaver teeth are so sharp that native americans once used them as knife blades.
260 and 300 million turkeys are slaughtered annually in the united states, according to usda statistics. of these,
gs come in a wide variety of sizes. the largest egg from a living bird belongs to the ostrich.
come from hens with red feathers and red ear lobes; white eggs come from hens with white feathers and white ear lobes.
by feeding hens certain dyes they can be made to lay eggs with varicolored yolks.
camel milk does not curdle.
camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
carnivorous animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike.
scratch disease, a benign but sometimes painful disease of short duration, is caused by a bacillus. despite its
catfish have 100,000 taste buds.
nip can affect lions and tigers as well as house cats. it excites them because it contains a chemical
certain frogs can be frozen solid then thawed and continue living.
chameleons can move their eyes in two different directions at the same time.
chameleons can reel in food from a distance as far away as more than two and a half times their body lengths.
cheetahs make a chirping sound that is much like a bird's chirp or a dog's yelp. the sound is so an intense, it can be heard a mile away.
cojo, the 1st gorilla born in captivity, was born at the columbus zoo, in ohio, in 1956 and weighed 3 1 4 pounds.
crocodiles swallow large stones that stay permanently in their bellies. it's been suggested these are used for ballast in diving.
pite its reputation for being finicky, the average cat consumes about 127,750 calories a year, nearly
in egypt about 5,000 years ago, the greyhound breed was known before the ninth century in england, where
dolphins sleep at night just below the surface of the water. they frequently rise to the surface for air.
ted turkeys (farm raised) cannot fly. wild turkeys can fly for short distances at up to 55 miles per
dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.
during world war ii, the very first bomb dropped on berlin by the allies killed the only elephant in the berlin zoo.
an elephant's life and can weigh more than 200 pounds. among asian elephants, only the males have tusks. both sexes
elephants can communicate using sounds that are below the human hearing range: between 14 and 35 hertz.
every year, $1.5 billion is spent on pet food. this is four times the amount spent on baby food.
felix the cat is the first cartoon character to ever have been made into a balloon for a parade.
chickens, or hens, need about 24 to 26 hours to produce one egg. thirty minutes later they start the process
washington's favorite horse was named lexington. napoleon's favorite was marengo. u.s. grant had three favorite
german shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.
goldfish lose their color if they are kept in dim light or are placed in a body of running water, such as a stream.
hippos have killed more than 400 people in africa - more than any other wild animal.
howler monkeys are the noisiest land animals. their calls can be heard over 2 miles away.
hummingbirds are the smallest birds - so tiny that one of their enemies is an insect, the praying mantis.
in its entire lifetime, the average worker bee produces 1 12th teaspoon of honey.
infant beavers are called kittens.
es 35 to 65 minks to produce the average mink coat. the numbers for other types of fur coats are:
it takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be one pound.
it takes forty minutes to hard boil an ostrich egg.
poshintang - dog meat soup - is a popular item on summertime menus, despite outcry from other nations. the
large kangaroos cover more than 30 feet with each jump.
lassie was played by several male dogs, despite the female name, because male collies were thought to look better on camera. the main "actor" was named pal.
the tv collie, first appeared in a 1930s short novel titled lassie come-home written by eric mowbray
lions are the only truly social cat species, and usually every female in a pride, ranging from 5 to 30 individuals, is closely related.
lovebirds are small parakeets who live in pairs. male and female lovebirds look alike, but most other male birds have brighter colors than the females.
macaroni, gentoo, chinstrap and emperor are types of penguins.
mockingbirds can imitate any sound from a squeaking door to a cat meowing.
are the only eusocial vertebrates known to man. this means that these mammals live in colonies similar to those of ants
moles are able to tunnel through 300 feet of earth in a day.
of all known forms of animals life ever to inhabit the earth, only about 10 percent still exist today.
on average, pigs live for about 15 years.
owls have eyeballs that are tubular in shape, because of this, they cannot move their eyes.
famous of all talking birds, rarely acquire a vocabulary of more than twenty words, however tymhoney greys and african
pet parrots can eat virtually any common "people-food" except for chocolate and avocados. both of these are highly toxic to the parrot and can be fatal.
pigs, walruses and light-colored horses can be sunburned.
prairie dogs are not dogs. a prairie dog is a kind of rodent.
rats are omnivorous, eating nearly any type of food, including dead and dying members of their own species.
sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. as far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.
e a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along.
snakes are immune to their own poison.
some baby giraffes are more than six feet tall at birth.
swans are the only birds with penises.
tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length.
the classical medical symbol of two serpents wrapped around a staff - comes from an ancient greek legend in which
the 1st buffalo ever born in captivity was born at chicago's lincoln park zoo in 1884.
the american society for prevention of cruelty to animals (aspca) was formed in 1866.
the anaconda, one of the world's largest snakes, gives birth to its young instead of laying eggs.
the average adult male ostrich, the world's largest living bird, weighs up to 345 pounds.
the biggest members of the cat family are siberian and bengal tigers, which can reach over 600 pounds.
the blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is blue.
the bloodhound is the only animal whose evidence is admissible in an american court.
blue whale is the loudest animal on earth. the call of the blue whale reaches levels up to 188 decibels. this extraordinarily
the bones of a pigeon weigh less than its feathers.
calories burned daily by the sled dogs running in alaska's annual iditarod race average 10,000. the 1,149-mile
canary islands were not named for a bird called a canary. they were named after a breed of large dogs. the latin
the cat lover is an ailurophile, while a cat hater is an ailurophobe.
the catgut formerly used as strings in tennis rackets and musical instruments does not come from cats. catgut actually comes from sheep, hogs, and horses.
layers beneath its transparent skin. these layers are the source of the chameleon's color change. some of the layers
the cheetah is the only cat in the world that can't retract its claws.
chinese, during the reign of kublai khan, used lions on hunting expeditions. they trained the big cats
the elephant, as a symbol of the us republican party, was originated by cartoonist thomas nast and first presented in 1874.
english romantic poet lord byron was so devastated upon the death of his beloved newfoundland, whose name
the expression "three dog night" originated with the eskimos and means a very cold night - so cold that you have to bed down with three dogs to keep warm.
the fastest bird is the spine-tailed swift, clocked at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour.
the fastest -moving land snail, the common garden snail, has a speed of 0.0313 mph.
the first house rats recorded in america appeared in boston in 1775.
the giant squid is the largest creature without a backbone. it weighs up to 2.5 tons and grows up to 55 feet long. each eye is a foot or more in diameter.
the harmless whale shark, holds the title of largest fish, with the record being a 59 footer captured in thailand in 1919.
the hummingbird is the only bird that can hover and fly straight up, down, or backward!
the hummingbird, the loon, the swift, the kingfisher, and the grebe are all birds that cannot walk.
kiwi, national bird of new zealand, can't fly. it lives in a hole in the ground, is almost blind, and
the largest animal ever seen alive was a 113.5 foot, 170-ton female blue whale.
largest bird egg in the world today is that of the ostrich. ostrich eggs are from 6 to 8 inches long. because
the largest great white shark ever caught measured 37 feet and weighed 24,000 pounds. it was found in a herring weir in new brunswick in 1930.
the largest pig on record was a poland-china hog named big bill, who weighed 2,552 lbs.
the last member of the famous bonaparte family, jerome napoleon bonaparte, died in 1945, of injuries sustained from tripping over his dog's leash.
the male penguin incubates the single egg laid by his mate. during the two month period he does not eat, and will lose up to 40% of his body weight.
frequently seen birds at feeders across north america last winter were the dark-eyed junco, house finch and american goldfinch,
the mouse is the most common mammal in the us.
the name of the dog from "the grinch who stole christmas" is max.
the name of the dog on the cracker jack box is bingo.
the only dog to ever appear in a shakespearean play was crab in the two gentlemen of verona
the only domestic animal not mentioned in the bible is the cat.
pacific giant octopus, the largest octopus in the world, grows from the size of pea to a 150 pound behemoth
the penalty for killing a cat, 4,000 years ago in egypt, was death.
phrase "raining cats and dogs" originated in 17th century england. during heavy downpours of rain, many of these
the pigmy shrew - a relative of the mole - is the smallest mammal in north america. it weighs 1 14 ounce - less than a dime.
the poison-arrow frog has enough poison to kill about 2,200 people.
the poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers.
smithsonian national museum of natural history houses the world's largest shell collection, some 15 million
"dog days" has nothing to do with dogs. it dates back to roman times, when it was believed that sirius, the dog star, added
the turbot fish lays approximately 14 million eggs during its lifetime.
the turkey was named for what was wrongly thought to be its country of origin.
the underside of a horse's hoof is called a frog. the frog peels off several times a year with new growth.
viscera of japanese abalone can harbor a poisonous substance which causes a burning, stinging, prickling
record frog jump is 33 feet 5.5 inches over the course of 3 consecutive leaps, achieved in may 1977 by a south african
the world's largest mammal, the blue whale, weighs 50 tons at birth. fully grown, it weighs as much as 150 tons.
the world's largest rodent is the capybara. an amazon water hog that looks like a guinea pig, it can weigh more than 100 pounds.
the world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of thailand, weighing less than a penny.
there are around 2,600 different species of frogs. they live on every continent except antarctica.
there are more than 100 million dogs and cats in the united states. americans spend more than 5.4 billion dollars on their pets each year.
is no single cat called the panther. the name is commonly applied to the leopard, but it is also used
tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
turkeys originated in north and central america, and evidence indicates that they have been around for over 10 million years.
e most fish, electric eels cannot get enough oxygen from water. approximately every five minutes, they
whales and dolphins can literally fall half asleep. their brain hemispheres alternate sleeping, so the animals can continue to surface and breathe.
when a female horse and male donkey mate, the offspring is called a mule, but when a male horse and female donkey mate, the offspring is called a hinny.
were slaughtered. ironically, those that kept their cats were less affected, because they kept their houses clear of the
worldwide, goats provide people with more meat and milk than any other domestic animal.
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although construction of the notre dame cathedral in strasbourg started in 1015, it was not until 1439 that the spire was completed.
ancient chinese artists would never paint pictures of women’s feet.
at the age of 26, michelangelo began sculpting his monumental statue of david. he finished it seventeen months later, in january, 1504.
currently the world's tallest building is the petronas tower in kuala lumpur, malaysia. the petronas towers measures 1,483ft.
during a severe windstorm or rainstorm the empire state building may sway several feet to either side.
england's stonehenge is 1500 years older than rome's colosseum.
evard ericksen sculpted “the little mermaid” statue which is located in copenhagen harbor.
frederic-august bartholdi sculpted the statue of liberty.
dam is 726 feet tall and 660 feet thick at its base. enough rock was excavated in its construction to build
if any of the heads on mt. rushmore had a body, it would be nearly 500 feet tall.
in 1925, the 1st motel -- the "motel inn" -- opened in san luis obispo, california.
mansfield decorated her "pink palace" by writing to 1,500 furniture and building suppliers and asking for
davinci began painting the mona lisa in 1503. he was still working on the painting when he emigrated to
nobody is buried in grant’s tomb. president & mrs. grant are entombed there. a body is buried only when it is placed in the ground and covered with dirt.
on july 28th, 1945, a us army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of new york's empire state building, killing 14 people.
pablo picasso's career lasted seventy-eight years, from 1895 until his death in 1973.
the eiffel tower is 984 feet high.
the eiffel tower receives a fresh coat of 300 tons of reddish-green paint every seven years.
the estimated weight of the great pyramid of egypt is 6,648,000 tons.
the extended right arm of the statue of liberty is 42 feet long.
first footprints at grauman's chinese theater (now mann's chinese theater), were made by norma talmadge
the great gothic cathedral of milan was started in 1386, and wasn’t completed until 1805.
the hoover dam was built to last 2,000 years. the concrete in it will not even be fully cured for another 500 years.
the largest movie theater in the world, radio city music hall in new york city, opened in december, 1932. it originally had 5,945 seats
largest stained-glass window in the world is at kennedy international airport in new york city. it can be seen on
the mona lisa, by davinci, is 2’6” by 1’9”.
the museum of modern art in new york city hung matisse's ‘le bateau’ upside-down for 47 days before an art student noticed the error.
official name of the st. louis gateway arch is "the jefferson national expansion memorial." the gateway
the only one of his sculptures that michelangelo signed was the “the pieta,” completed in 1500.
the painting, “american gothic” depicts the sister and the dentist of artist grant wood as rural farm folk.
the statue of liberty arrived in new york city in 1885 aboard the french ship "isere."
the statue of liberty weighs 225 tons.
the taj mahal was commissioned in 1630 by shah jehan to honor his wife mumtaz, who died in childbirth.
the three primary colors are red, yellow and blue. the three secondary colors are green, orange and purple.
art gallery is the winter palace and hermitage in st. petersburg, russia. visitors would have to walk 15 miles to
largest gothic cathedral is in new york city. it is the cathedral of st. john the divine on amsterdam avenue and
there are 1,792 steps to the top of the eiffel tower.
there are 132 rooms in the us white house.
there are 403 steps from the foundation to the top of the torch in the statue of liberty.
ime of michelangelo, many sculptors colored their statues, and most from ancient greece and rome
washington, jefferson, lincoln, and teddy roosevelt are the four us presidents whose faces are carved on mt. rushmore.
work on st. peter’s basilica, rome, began in 1506. construction took over a century, reaching completion in 1612.
x-ray technology has shown there are 3 different versions of the mona lisa under the visible one.
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3 medium size bananas weigh approximately 1 pound.
a cluster of bananas is called a hand and consists of 10 to 20 bananas, which are known as fingers.
as bananas ripen, the starch in the fruit turns to sugar. therefore, the riper the banana the sweeter it will taste.
banana plants are the largest plants on earth without a woody stem. they are actually giant herbs of the same family as lilies, orchids and palms.
bananas are a good source of vitamin c, potassium and dietary fiber.
bananas are america's #1 fruit.
bananas are available all year-round. they are harvested every day of the year.
bananas are great for athletic and fitness activity because they replenish necessary carbohydrates, glycogen and body fluids burned during exercise.
not grown commercially in the continental united states. they are grown in latin and south america from countries like
one of the few fruits that ripen best off the plant. if left on the plant, the fruit splits open and the pulp has a "cottony"
are perennial crops that are grown and harvested year-round. the banana plant does not grow from a seed but rather
bananas have no fat, cholesterol or sodium.
were officially introduced to the american public at the 1876 philadelphia centennial exhibition. each banana
one stem of fruit. to produce a new stem, only two shoots - known as the daughter and the granddaughter - are allowed
to the caribbean bringing banana roots with him; and planted bananas in the
in 2001, there were more than 300 banana-related accidents in britain, most involving people slipping on skins.
in eastern africa you can buy banana beer. this beer is brewed from bananas.
onsidered the principal food. early travelers and settlers would carry the
na leaf is used to wrap food (in the place of plastic bags and cling wraps),
world producer of bananas, growing 16.5 million tonnes in 2002, followed
over 96% of american households purchase bananas at least once each month.
horticulturists suspect that the banana was the earth's first fruit. banana plants have been in cultivation
the average american consumes over 28 pounds of bananas each year.
banana market is controlled by five large corporations - chiquita (25%), dole (25%), del monte (15%), noboa (11%) and
plant reaches its full height of 15 to 30 feet in about one year. the trunk of a banana plant is made of sheaths of
the origin of bananas is traced back to the malaysian jungles of southeast asia, where so many varieties and names for the banana are in that area.
the phrase 'going bananas' was first recorded in the oxford english dictionary, and is linked to the fruit's 'comic' connections with monkeys.
the word 'banan' is arabic for finger.
more than 500 varieties of banana in the world: the most common kinds are dwarf cavendish, valery, and williams hybrid
there is no such thing as a banana tree. bananas grow on plants.
today's commercial bananas are scientifically classified into the genus musa of the musaceae family.
containing three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant,
providing energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. it can also help overcome or prevent a
depression: according to a recent survey amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after
pms: forget the pills - eat a banana. the vitamin b6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
anemia: high in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
pressure: this unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect way to
power: 200 students at a twickenham (middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by
ipation: high in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to
one of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. the banana calms
heartburn: bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
morning sickness: snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
ites: before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of
nerves: bananas are high in b vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
and at work? studies at the institute of psychology in austria found pressure at work leads to gorging
the banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness.
bananas as a "cooling" fruit t hat can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. in thailand,
seasonal affective disorder (sad): bananas can help sad sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer, tryptophan.
to give up smoking. the b6, b12 they contain, as well as the
potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates
according to research in "the new england journal of medicine," eating bananas as part of a regular diet can
on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart,
so, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills.
you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five
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akbar, la allah il allah, la allah il allah u mohammed rassul allah" is heard by more people than any other sound of
almonds and pistachios are the only nuts mentioned in the bible.
although not named in the new testament, tradition names the two thieves crucified at the same time as jesus as dismas and gestas.
as specified by the christian church, the canonical hours are matins, lauds, prime, terce, sext, none, vespers, and compline.
gabriel, michael, and lucifer are the three angels mentioned by name in the bible.
gy there are nine choirs of angels. from highest to lowest, they are: seraphim, cherubim,
of the holiest christian holidays is named after a pagan goddess. the name "easter" derives from the anglo-saxon
salt is mentioned more than 30 times in the bible.
scholars estimate that the 66 books of the king james version of the bible were written by some 50 different authors.
seven suicides are recorded in the bible.
biblical scholars believe that aramaic (the language of the ancient bible) did not contain an easy way
ct puritan laws had their origins from practical reasons. smoking was banned - farmers would raise badly
the 1st us mormon temple was dedicated in kirtland, ohio in 1836.
3 magi:(or wise men) and their gifts: melchoir, "king of light," offered gold, gaspar ,"or the white one,"
the bible devotes some 500 verses on prayer, less than 500verses on faith, but over 2000 verses on money and posessions.
the bible was written by about 40 men over a period of about 1600 years dating from 1500 bc to about 100 years after christ.
the church of scientology was founded in 1953, at washington dc, by us science fiction writer l. ron hubbard.
the first translation of the english bible was initiated by john wycliffe and completed by john purvey in 1388.
the four horsemen of the apocalypse, named in the bible's book of revelation, are conquest, slaughter, famine, and death.
the hindu holy day begins at sunrise, the jewish holy day begins at sunset, and the christian holy day begins at midnight.
the longest name in the bible mahershalalhashbaz (isaiah 8:1).
the patron saint of dentists is st. apollonia. she reportedly had her teeth pulled out in 249 ad by an anti-christian mob.
the seven archangels are michael, gabriel, raphael, uriel, chamuel, jophiel, and zadkiel.
the seven deadly sins are lust, pride, anger, envy, sloth, avarice and gluttony.
the seven virtues are prudence, courage, temperance, justice, faith, hope and charity.
the shortest verse in the bible consists of two words: "jesus wept" (john 11:35).
three wise men of the east brought gold, frankincense and myrrh to the infant jesus. frankincense is a gum resin
the two robbers crucified next to jesus were named dismas and gestas.
there are 1189 chapters in the bible: 929 chapters in the old testament and 260 chapters in the new testament.
there are 49 different foods mentioned in the bible.
zipporah was the wife of moses.
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"the mouse trap," by agatha christie is the longest running play in history.
all of the roles in shakespeare's plays were originally acted by men and boys. in england at that time, it wasn't proper for females to appear on stage.
all the proceeds earned from james m. barrie's book "peter pan" were bequeathed to the great ormond street hospital for the sick children in london.
book about her english springer spaniel, millie's book, was on the bestseller list for 29 weeks. millie was the most popular
bilbo baggins was born on september 22 1290.
brabara cartland is the world's top-selling author with over 500 million copies sold.
lippers were originally made out of fur. the story was changed in the 1600s by a translator.
dr. seuss wrote "green eggs and ham" after his editor dared him to write a book using fewer than 50 different words.
edgar allan poe introduced mystery fiction's first fictional detective, auguste c. dupin, in his 1841 story, "the murders in the rue morgue."
frank baum named "oz" after a file cabinet in his office. one cabinet was labeled "a to n," and the second was labeled "o to z."
ghosts appear in 4 shakespearian plays; julius caesar, richard iii, hamlet and macbeth.
harriet beecher stowe's "uncle tom's cabin" was published march 20, 1852. it was the first american novel to sell one million copies.
john milton used 8,000 different words in his poem, "paradise lost."
mitchell wrote gone with the wind between 1926 and 1929. in her early drafts, the main character was named
of the 2200 persons quoted in the current edition of "bartlett's familiar quotations," only 164 are women.
professor moriarity was sherlock holmes' archenemy.
sherlock holmes never said 'elementary, my dear watson.'
sherlock holmes, sir arthur conan doyle's brilliant detective, arrived on the mystery scene in the late nineteenth century in "a study in scarlet" (1887).
the occupations of the three men in a tub were butcher, baker, and candlestick maker.
the original story from tales of 1001 arabian nights begins, 'aladdin was a little chinese boy.'
the three musketeers names are porthos, athos, and aramis (d'artagnan joins them later.)
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a cockroach can live for up to a week without a head.
a typical bed usually houses over 6 billion dust mites.
(red ants found in the western u.s.) steal the larvae of other ants to keep as slaves. the slave ants build homes for
an adult bedbug can survive up to one year without feeding.
an infestation of head lice is called pediculosis.
ants are social insects and live in colonies which may have as many as 500,000 individuals.
aphids are born pregnant without the benefit of sex. aphids can give birth 10 days after being born themselves.
australian termites have been known to build mounds twenty feet high and at least 100 feet wide.
dragonflies are one of the fastest insects, flying 50 to 60 mph.
each year, insects eat 1 3 of the earth's food crop.
in its entire lifetime, the average worker bee produces 1 12th teaspoon of honey.
mosquitoes dislike citronella because it irritates their feet.
mosquitoes prefer children to adults, and blondes to brunettes.
no two spider webs are the same.
only female mosquitoes bite. females need the protein from blood to produce their eggs.
only full-grown male crickets can chirp.
the animal responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito.
the blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is blue.
the buzz that you hear when a bee approaches is the sound of its four wings moving at 11,400 strokes per minute. bees fly an average of 15 miles per hour.
disease-carrying mosquito, delivering encephalitis, the west nile virus, malaria, and dengue fever, is
the honeybee kills more people world-wide than all the poisonous snakes combined.
the largest cockroach on record is one measured at 3.81 inches in length.
largest insect egg belongs to the malaysian jungle nymph, a sticklike insect, and measures about 1.3 centimeters
of an average flea is equivalent to a 100 pound man leaping 1,000 and enduring a g-force of 20,000 pounds with an acceleration
the tsetse fly kills another 66,000 people annually.
the venom of a female black widow spider is more potent than that of a rattlesnake.
the world's smallest winged insect, the tanzanian parasitic wasp, is smaller than the eye of a housefly.
there are more insects in one square mile of rural land than there are human beings on the entire earth.
there are more than 2,500 varieties of mosquito.
there are more than 900,000 known species of insects in the world.
bee lays the fertilized eggs that will develop into new queens, only one of the newly laid queens actually survives. the
when ants find food, they lay down a chemical trail, called a pheromone, so that other ants can find their way from the nest to the food source.
worker ants may live seven years and the queen may live as long as 15 years.
you're more likely to be a target for mosquitoes if you consume bananas.
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a 1.5 oz. milk chocolate bar has only 220 calories.
a 1.75 oz. serving of potato chips has 230 calories.
a recent study indicates when men crave food, they tend to crave fat and salt. when women crave food, they tend to desire chocolate.
american and russian space flights have always included chocolate.
american chocolate manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of milk -- only surpassed by the cheese and ice cream industries.
americans consumed over 3.1 billion pounds of chocolate in 2001, which is almost half of the total world's production.
aztec emperor montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of hot chocolate every day. it was thick, dyed red and flavored with chili peppers.
chocolate contains phenylethylamine (pea), a natural substance that is reputed to stimulate the same reaction in the body as falling in love.
chocolate syrup was used for blood in the famous 45 second shower scene in alfred hitchcock's movie, psycho, which actually took 7 days to shoot.
chocolate timeline:
cadbury, an english quaker, begins roasting and grinding chocolate beans to sell in his tea and coffee shop. in 1842
a swiss chocolate maker, daniel peter, mixes henri nestle's con- densed milk with chocolate and the two men
milton hershey adds a line of chocolate to his caramel manufacturing business. soon he invents the hershey
1896: leonard hershfield invents the tootsie roll, named after his daughter.
1897: brownies are first mentioned in print, listed for sale in the sears, roebuck and co. catalogue.
about 1900: a machine called the enrober is invented to replace the task of hand-dipping chocolate.
1930: franklin mars invents the snickers bar.
1939: nestle introduces semisweet chocolate morsels.
1940: the mars company invents m&m's for soldiers going to world war ii.
chocolate was introduced into the united states in 1765 when cocoa beans were brought from the west indies to dorchester, massachusetts.
butter is the natural fat of the cocoa bean. it has a delicate chocolate aroma, but is very bitter tasting.
cole porter got a kick from fudge. he had nine pounds of it shipped to him each month from his hometown.
columbus brought cacao (chocolate) beans back to spain on his fourth voyage in 1502.
vation of cacao trees can occur only in tropical climates, 20 degrees north or south of the equator.
chocolate cake did not originate in germany. in 1852, sam german developed a sweet baking bar for baker's chocolate co.
hawaii is the only us state that grows cacao beans to produce chocolate.
0, queen victoria sent her new year's greetings to the british troops stationed in south africa
in hershey, pennsylvania, the streetlights along "chocolate avenue" are in the shape of hershey kisses.
in the united states, approximately seven billion pounds of chocolate and candy are manufactured each year.
common myth that chocolate aggravates acne. experiments conducted at the university of pennsylvania
one plain milk chocolate candy bar has more protein than a banana.
per capita, the irish eat more chocolate than americans, swedes, danes, french, and italians.
pet parrots can eat virtually any common "people-food" except for chocolate and avocados. both of these are highly toxic to the parrot and can be fatal.
u.s. recommended daily allowance of iron is found in one ounce of baking chocolate or cocoa. chocolate also contains vitamins
american heart association recommends that daily cholesterol intake not exceed 300 mg. a chocolate bar is
the average person will consume 10,000 chocolate bars in a lifetime.
the botanical name of the chocolate plant is theobramba cacao, which means "food of the gods."
daughter of confectioner leo hirschfield is commemorated in the name of the sweet he invented: although his daughter's real
the earliest cocoa plantations were established in 600 ad, in the yucatan, by the mayans.
fruit of the cacao tree grow directly from the trunk. they look like small melons, and the pulp inside contains
imperial torte, a square chocolate cake with five thin layers of almond paste, was created by a master
the melting point of cocoa butter is just below the human body temperature -- which is why it literally melts in your mouth.
the swiss consume more chocolate per capita than any other nation on earth. that's 22 pounds each compared to 11 pounds per person in the united states.
term "white chocolate" is a misnomer. under fedaral standards of identity, real chocolate must contain chocolate
theobromine in chocolate that stimulates the cardiac and nervous systems is too much for dogs, especially smaller
world's first chocolate candy was produced in 1828 by dutch chocolate-maker conrad j. van houten. he pressed the
1,040 us manufacturing establishments producing chocolate and cocoa products in 2001. these establishments employed 45,913
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a bad beginning may make a good ending.
a bad cause requires many words.
a baptised jew is a circumcised christian.
a bargain is a bargain.
a blind horse goes straightforward.
a blind leader of the blind.
a blind man swallows many a fly.
a bold does not always fall when it thunders.
a bold onset is half the battle.
a bolt does not always fall when it thunders.
a cat has nine lives, as the onion seven skins.
a cat in gloves catches no mice.
a cat is a lion to mouse.
a clean mouth and honest hand, will take a man through any land.
a close mouth and open eyes never did any one harm.
a close mouth catcheth no flies.
a country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
a dainty stomach beggars the purse.
a danger foreseen is half avoided.
a day after the fair.
a dram of discretion is worth a pound of wisdom.
a drink is shorter than a tale.
a dripping june sets all in tune.
a drop of honey catches more flies than a hogshead of vinegar.
a father maintains ten children better than ten children one father.
a fish should swim thrice: in water, in sauce, and in wine.
a flatterer has water in one hand and fire in the other.
a golden hammer breaks an iron gate.
a good conscience is a soft pillow.
a good meal is worth hanging for.
a good name is a rich inheritance.
a good speaker makes a good liar.
a good trade will carry farther than a thousand florins.
a gosling flew over the rhine, and came home a goose.
a handful of might is better than a sack full of right.
a huckster who cannot pass off mouse-turd for pepper, has not learned his trade.
a hundred years of regret pay not a farthing of debt.
a hundred years of wrong do not make an hour of right.
a lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit.
a light belly, heavy heart.
a load of march dust is worth a ducat.
a lovelorn cook oversalts the porridge.
a man has learned much who has learned how to die.
a man has two ears and one mouth that he hear much and speak little.
a man shows his character by what he laughs at.
a man surprised is half beaten.
a man warned is half saved.
a man's face is a lion's.
a millstone gathers no moss.
a mistake is no fraud.
a monk in his cloister, a fish in the water, a thief in the gallows.
a nail secures the horse-shoe, the shoe the horse, the horse the man, the man the castle, and the castle the whole land.
a necessary lie is harmless.
a pack of cards is the devil's prayer-book.
a penny saved is a penny gained.
a penny saved is a penny got.
a penny saved is two-pence got.
a poor person isn't he who has little, but he who needs a lot.
a promise is a debt.
a prophet is not without honor save in his own country.
a proverb never lies, it is only its meaning which deceives.
a sack full of fleas is easier to watch than a woman.
a single penny fairly got, is worth a thousand that are not.
a single stroke don't fell the oak.
a small gift is better than a great promise.
a sparrow in the hand is better than a pigeon on the roof.
a teacher is better than two books.
a tear bedews my delia's eye, from morn till dewy eve; but if you ask the reason why, she can't tell, i believe.
a thief seldom grows rich by thieving.
a thing is not bad if well understood.
a used plough shines, standing water stinks.
a wall between increases love.
a wise man, a strong man.
a woman strong in flounces is weak in the head.
a woman's work is never done.
a young wife is an old man's post-horse to the grave.
abroad to see wonders the traveller goes, and neglects the fine things which lie under his nose.
abundance begets indifference.
adam must have an eve, to blame for his own faults.
advice is not compulsion.
advice should precede the act.
advising is easier than helping.
advising is often better than fighting.
affectation is a greater injury to the face than small-pox.
after christmas comes lent.
after dinner stand a while, or walk nearly half a mile.
agree, for the law is costly.
all are not asleep who have their eyes shut.
all are not cooks who carry long knives.
all are not free who mock their chains.
"all freight lightens," said the skipper, when he threw his wife overboard.
all good things must come to an end.
all had rather it were well for themselves than for another.
all skill is in vain when an angel pees in the touchhole of your musket.
all wooers are rich, and all captives poor.
all's fair in love and war.
almost never killed a fly.
always something new, seldom something good.
ambition and fleas both jump high.
amendment is repentance.
"an egg is an egg," said the beadle, but he took the goose-egg.
an old error is always more popular than a new truth.
an old fox does not run twice into the snare.
an old man loved is a winter with flowers.
an ounce of mother-wit is worth a pound of school-wit.
an uneducated person is like an unpolished mirror.
anger can't stand, without a strong hand.
anger without power is folly.
another man's horse and your own spurs outrun the wind.
apes remain apes, though you cloth them in velvet.
appearances are deceitful.
appearances are deceptive.
april weather, woman's love, rose-leaves, dice, and card-luck, change every moment.
art holds fast when all else is lost.
as a thing is used, so it brightens.
as a tree falls, so shall it lie.
as fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.
as fortune is sought, so it is found.
as good be an addled egg as an idle bird.
as good eat the devil as the broth he was boiled in.
as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
as is the gardener, so is the garden.
as princes fiddle, subjects must dance.
as soon a man is born he begins to die.
as the field, so the crops; as the father, so the sons.
as the mistress, so the maid.
as the old birds sings, the young ones twitter.
as the tree, so the fruit.
as the tree, so the fruit; as the mistress, so the maid.
as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined.
assertion is no proof.
asses sing badly, because they pitch their voices too high.
at evening the sluggard is busy.
away from the battle all are soldiers.
"away with you, be a peddlar, a knave," says the hangman to his man.
bad bird, bad egg.
bad money drives out good.
bad tidings always come too soon.
bad ware must be cried up.
bargains are costly.
be silent, or say something better than silence.
be the thing you would be called.
beauty is a good letter of introduction.
begin to weave and god will give the thread.
beginning and ending shake hands.
begun is half done.
better a friendly denial than an unwilling compliance.
better a good cow than a cow of a good kind.
better a lean agreement than a fat lawsuit.
better a lean peace than a fat victory.
better a living dog than a dead lion.
better an honest enemy than a false friend.
better ask twice than go wrong once.
better envy than pity.
better free in a foreign land than a serf at home.
better give nothing than stolen alms.
better is an enemy to good.
better is better.
better one living word than a hundred dead ones.
better something than nothing at all.
better to go to bed supperless than run in debt.
between a woman's "yes" and "no" there is no room for the point of a needle.
between neighbours' gardens a hedge is not amiss.
between the hand and the lip the soup may be spilt.
between wording and working is a long road.
between wrangling and disputing truth is lost.
betwixt two stools the doup fas down.
beware of laughing hosts and weeping priests.
beware of men who flourish hereditary honors.
big churches, little saints.
birds of prey do not sing.
bitter pills are gilded.
bitter pills may have wholesome effects.
black cows give white milk.
borrowing does well only once.
both legs in the stocks or only one, 'tis all the same.
bought wisdom is best.
bought wit is best.
boys avoid the bees that stung 'em.
bread in one hand, a stone in the other.
build golden bridges for the flying foe.
building castles in the air.
business before pleasure.
bustle is not industry.
buy when it is market time.
buy your neighbour's ox, and woo your neighbour's daughter.
buying is cheaper than asking.
care brings on grey hairs, and age without years.
care killed the cat.
charity gives itself rich, covetousness hoards itself poor.
charity sees the need, not the cause.
cheating is more honourable than stealing.
cheating is the chapman's cart and plough.
cheerful company shortens the miles.
cheese is gold in the morning, silver at noon, and lead at night.
christians have no neighbours.
common fame is seldom to blame.
compliments cost nothing, yet many pay dear for them.
confidence begets confidence.
constant dropping wears the stone.
constant occupation prevents temptation.
consult with your pillow.
could everything be done twice, everything would be done better.
councils of war never fight.
count not your chickens before they are hatched.
count your blessings.
cowards may die many times before their death.
credit is better than ready money.
crooked wood burns quite as well as straight.
cunning surpasses strength.
curiosity killed the cat.
daughter-in-law hates mother-in-law.
dear physic always does good, if not to the patient, at least to the apothecary.
debtors are liars.
deferred is not annulled.
devils must be driven out with devils.
disputing and borrowing cause grief and sorrowing.
dissemblers oftener deceive themselves than others.
distance lends enchantment to the view.
do not despise an insignificant enemy, nor a slight wound.
do not divide the spoil till the victory is won.
do not ship all in one bottom.
do what thou doest. (age quod agis.)
doctor luther's shoes do not fit every parish priest.
dogs that bark much don't bite.
doing nothing is doing ill.
doing nothing teaches doing ill.
don't budge, if you sit at ease.
don't carry your head too high, the door is low.
don't cast your pearls before swine.
don't change horses in mid stream.
don't change horses in midstream.
don't cry "hurra!" till you are over the ditch.
don't cry fish before they're caught.
don't cry hurra! till your are over the hedge (till you are out of the wood).
don't divide the spoil before the victory is won.
don't fly till your wings are feathered.
don't reckon without your host.
don't sell the bear-skin before you have killed the bear.
don't throw away your dirty water till you have got clean.
drink upon salad costs the doctor a ducat; drink upon eggs costs him two.
drinking a little too much is drinking a great deal too much.
drive a rat into a corner, and he'll jump at you.
drive gently over the stones.
drive not a second nail till the first be clinched.
ducats are clipped, pence are not.
ducks quack loudly before a rain.
dumb dogs and still water are dangerous.
early marriage, long love.
early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
early to rise and late to bed, lifts again the debtor's head.
eating and drinking holds body and soul together.
either fight not with priests or beat them to death.
enough is better than a sackful.
entreat him in jackass fashion; if he won't carry the sack, give him a whack.
envy eats nothing but its own heart.
envy envies itself.
erring is not cheating.
even a hair casts its shadow.
even the lion must defend himself against the flies.
ever one hair, only one, and the man is bald at last.
every beginning is hard, said the thief, when he began by stealing an anvil.
every clown can find fault, though it would puzzle him to do better.
every cock crows best on his own dunghill.
every fool is different.
every hare may pluck the dead lion's mane.
every herring must hang by its own gill.
every labourer is worthy of his hire.
every land has its own law.
every light is not the sun.
every man for himself, and god for us all.
every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost.
every man is dearest to himself.
every man is the best interpreter of his own words.
every man rides his own hobby.
every mother's child is handsome.
every one basteth the fat hog, while the lean one burneth.
every one has his master.
every one is emperor on his own ground.
every one is glad to see a knave caught in his own trap.
every one is wise after the event.
every one must pay his debt to nature.
every one thinks his own a falcon.
every one thinks that all the bells echo his own thoughts.
every priestling conceals a popeling.
everybody is the architect oh is own fortune.
everybody knows best where his own shoe pinches.
everybody knows good counsel except him who has need of it.
everybody must wear out one pair of fool's shoes, if he wear no more.
everybody thinks his own cuckoo sings better than another's nightingale.
everybody's busy is nobody's business.
everybody's companion is nobody's friend.
everybody's friend, everybody's fool.
everything would be well were there not a "but."
except for the night, we could never know the stars.
exchange is no robbery.
fair flowers to not remain long by the wayside.
fair hair may hae foul roots.
fair words don't fill the pocket.
fancy requires much, necessity but little.
fir and water are good servants, but bad masters.
fire and faggot are but sad reformers.
fire in the heart sends smoke into the head.
fire is a good servant but a bad master.
first look at home, then censure me.
first weigh, then venture.
fish begin to stink at the head.
five fingers hold more than two forks.
flatterers are cats that lick before and scratch behind.
say there is a lack of four sorts of people on earth: of priests, else one would not have six or seven benefices;
follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.
fools build houses, wise men buy them.
fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
for the diligent, a week has seven days; for the slothful, seven tomorrows.
for the upright there are no laws.
forbearance is no acquittance.
forbidden fruit is sweet.
"force me, and i shall commit no sin," said the girl.
forgive and forget.
forgive thyself nothing and others much.
forgiven is not forgotten.
fortune and misfortune are neighbors.
fortune and misfortune are two buckets in a well.
fortune and women are partial to fools.
fortune give many too much, but no one enough.
fortune gives her hand to a bold man.
fortune is like women: loves youth and is fickle.
full vessels give the least sound.
funeral sermon, lying sermon.
gifts are according to the giver.
give unto the king what is the king's, and unto god what is god's.
give up the smallest part of a secret, and the rest is no longer in your power.
god cures the sick, and the doctor gets the money.
god gives the nuts but he does not crack them.
god gives, but man must open his hand.
god is everywhere, except where he has a delegate.
god's friends, the priest's foe.
god's mill goes slowly, but it grinds well.
gold goes in at any gate.
gold lies deep in the mountain, dirt on the highway.
gone is gone; no jew will lend upon it.
good counsel comes over night.
good faith is a seldom guest, when you have him, hold him fast.
good faith stole the cow.
good luck, with good looking after!
good people live far asunder.
good thongs may be cut out of other people's hides.
good wine is milk for the aged.
good wine ruins the purse, and bad the stomach.
got with the fife, spent with the drum.
"great cry and little wool," said the fool, when he sheared a pig.
great fish are caught in great waters.
great men may just with saints.
great men's servants don't think little of themselves.
great men's vices are accounted sacred.
great minds think alike.
great oaks from little acorns grow.
great talkers are commonly liars.
great trees give more shade than fruit.
greatness alone in not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare.
green christmas, a white easter.
hackney mistress, hackney maid.
"had i known" is a poor man.
half a house is half a hell.
half a loaf is better than no bread.
handsome is the handsome does.
happy is the one who forgets that which cannot be changed.
hard against hard never was good.
hares are caught with hounds, fools with praise, and women with gold.
hasten at leisure.
hat in hand goes through the land.
having is haying, come whence it may.
he goes about it like a cat round hot milk.
he goes as willingly as a thief to the gallows.
he has beans in his ears.
he has given the hen for the egg.
he has his finger in every pie.
he is a bad shot who cannot find an excuse.
he is a bad smith who cannot bear smoke.
he is a bad workman who cannot talk of work.
he is a fool and ever shall, who writes his name upon a wall.
he is lucky who forgets what cannot be mended.
he is rich enough who is contented.
he laughs ill that laughs himself to death.
he must have keen eyes that would know a maid at sight.
he plays best, who wins.
he sticks his nose in everything.
he struck at tib, but down fell tim.
he that always thinks it is too soon is sure to come too late.
he that asketh faintly beggeth a denial.
he that climbs high, falls heavily.
he that finds fault wants to buy.
he that has lost his credit is dead to the world.
he that hunts others, must run himself.
he that marries for love has good nights, but sorry days.
he that peeps into every bush will hardly get into the wood.
he that pelts every barking dog, must pick up a great many stones.
he that picks up all sorts of wood, soon gets an armful.
he that sits among reeds, cuts pipes when he pleases.
he that will not be saved needs no preacher.
he that won't listen, must feel.
he that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.
he who always thinks it is too soon, is sure to come too late.
he who begins much, finishes little.
he who blackens others does not whiten himself.
he who blows in the fire will get sparks in his eyes.
he who borrows sells his freedom.
he who brings bad tidings, comes soon enough.
he who brings, is welcome.
he who builds by the road-side has many masters.
he who builds on the public way, must let the people have their say.
he who buys a house gets many a plank and nail for nothing.
he who buys what he don't want, will soon sell what he does want.
he who cannot help, may hinder.
he who cannot paint must grind the colours.
he who cannot pay with his purse, must pay with his hide.
he who cheats a cheat and robs a thief, earns a dispensation for 100 years.
he who conceits himself wise, has an ass near at hand.
he who conquers his anger has conquered an enemy.
he who digs a pit for others falls into it himself.
he who does not bait his hook catches nothing.
he who does not go forward, stays behind.
he who does not improve to-day will grow worse to-morrow.
he who does not open his eyes must open his purse.
he who envies, suffers.
he who fain would marry, in choice should not tarry.
he who finds what has not been lost, will chance to die before he is ill.
he who follows the crowd has many companions.
he who forces love when none is found, remains a fool the whole year round.
he who gives quickly, gives doubly.
he who gives to the poor, lends to the lord.
he who gives, must take (meaning a joke).
he who goes to bed with dogs, will wake up with fleas.
he who grasps at all, holds nothing fast.
he who handles pitch, besmears himself.
he who has good neighbours, gets a good morning.
he who has left a rogue behind him, has made a good day's journey.
he who has not tasted bitter, knows not what sweet is.
he who has once burnt his mouth always blows his soup.
he who has once invited the devil into his house, will never be rid of him.
he who has one foot in a brothel, has the other in a hospital.
he who has the fortune brings home the bride.
he who has the pope for his cousin may soon be a cardinal.
he who has three enemies must agree with two.
he who has to do with foxes must look after his hen-roost.
he who has victory, has right.
he who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
he who heeds not the lost shoe-nail, will soon lose the horse.
he who holds the ladder is as bad as the thief.
he who inherits a farthing, is expected to disburse a dollar.
he who is absent is always in the wrong.
he who is afraid of doing too much, always does too little.
he who is always drinking and stuffing, will in time become a ragamuffin.
he who is born to misfortunate stumbles as he goes, and though he fall on his back will fracture his nose.
he who is feared by many, fears many.
he who is his own teacher, has a fool for his pupil.
he who is judge between two friends, loses one of them.
he who is not for me, is against me.
he who is of on use to himself, is of no use to any one else.
he who is quick at borrowing, is slow in paying.
he who lends to the poor gets his interest from god.
he who lies in the grave, is well lodged.
he who lies on the ground must expect to be trodden on.
he who likes cherries soon learns to climb.
he who lives by the church shall serve the church.
he who lives by the sword dies by the sword.
he who lives in a glass house should be the last to throw stones.
he who lives on hope, dies of hunger.
he who makes a mouse of himself, will be eaten by the cats.
he who makes friends of all keeps none.
he who makes himself honey, will be eaten by the flies.
he who makes himself nothing, is nothing.
he who marries does well, but who remains single does better.
he who pays his debts, betters his condition.
he who pays well may borrow again.
he who pitches too high won't get through his song.
he who plants a garden plants happiness.
he who ploughs with young oxen, makes crooked furrows.
he who praises himself must have bad neighbours.
he who praises in praesentia, and abuses in absentia, have with him pestilentia.
he who prates much, lies much.
he who prizes little things, is worthy of great ones.
he who saves in little things, can be liberal in great ones.
he who serves small masters, is himself one of them.
he who shoots often, hits at last.
he who stands godfather to a wolf should have a dog under his cloak.
he who stops half way is only half in error.
he who takes no care of little things, will not have the care of great ones.
he who teaches children learns more than they do.
he who tickles himself, laughs when he likes.
he who travels with hope, has poverty for his coachman.
he who treads on eggs, must tread lightly.
he who will have eggs, must bear with the cackling.
he who wipes the child's nose, means to kiss the mother's cheek.
he who won't be advised, can't be helped.
he who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.
he who would go further than his horse, must alight and go on foot.
he who would prosper in peace, must suffer in silence.
he who would rule must hear and be deaf, see and be blind.
he who would succeed at court, must lie sometimes low, sometimes high.
he who would the daughter win, with the mother must begin.
he whose mistress squints, says the ogles.
herod and pilate are good friends!
hide not your light under a bushel.
high houses are mostly empty in the upper story.
high regions are never without storms.
his hens lay eggs with two yolks.
hobby horses are dearer than arabians.
hold a candle to the devil!
how easily a hair gets into the butter!
how many daily read the bible, and yet pursue their course of evil.
how many daily read the word, and yet from vice are not deterred.
hungry flies sting sore.
i can see as far into a mill-stone as another man.
"i have had" is a poor man.
"i have" is a better bird than "if i had."
i rest, therefore i rust.
i want no drones in my bee-hive.
i wept when i was born, and every day shows why.
"i will not bite any dog," says the shepherd's dog, "for i must save my teeth for the wolf."
i will not change a cottage in possession for a kingdom in reversion.
i will win the horse, or lose the saddle.
i would rather have a dog my friend than enemy.
idleness has poverty for wages.
idleness is the beginning of all sin.
idleness is the root of all evil.
idleness is the sepulchre of a living man.
if a dog's prayers were answered, bones would rain from the skies.
if a man would know what he is, let him anger his neighbours.
if every one were wise, a fool would be the prize.
if fools were to eat no bread, corn would be cheap.
if i am seen, i am joking; if i am not seen, i steal.
if i am to be drowned, it shall be in clean water.
if i canna do't by might, i'll do't by sleight.
if i cannot move the powers above, acheron itself shall be appealed to. [if fair means cannot, foul shall.]
"if i rest, i rust," says the key.
if some men knew who some men were, then some would pay the more honour there.
if the bitch were not in haste, she would not litter blind puppies.
if the brain sows not corn, it plants thistles.
if the eye does not want to see, neither light nor glasses will help.
if the landlady is fair, the wine is fair.
if the prince wants an apple, his servants take the tree.
if the servant grows rich and the master poor, they are both good for nothing.
if the shoe fits, wear it.
if the wolf had stayed in the wood there would have been no hue and cry after him.
if the wolf would cease his running, the people would cease their shouting.
if there be a hell, rome is built over it.
if we pay for the music we will take part in the dance.
if wood-hewing were an order, there would be fewer monks.
if you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, strike hard.
if you can't get it in bushels, take it in spoonfuls.
if you don't light fires, smoke won't get in your eyes.
if you don't like the heat, get out of the kitchen.
if you don't make mistakes you don't make anything.
if you have a good friend, you don't need a mirror.
if you have no arrows in your quiver, go not with archers.
"if you have no money, turn placeman!" as the court fool said to his sovereign.
if you want fire, look for it in the ashes.
if you want peace, you must prepare for war.
if you would have the lamp burn, you must pour oil into it.
if you've money, take a seat; it you've none, take to your feet.
ill got, ill spent.
ill gotten goods never thrive.
ill gotten goods seldom prosper.
ill-gotten goods seldom prosper.
in a calm sea, every man is a pilot.
in bad luck, hold out; in good luck, hold in.
in blindman's land your one-eyed man's a god.
in old houses many mice, in old furs many lice.
in the evening one may praise the day.
in the looking-glass we see our form, in wine the heart.
in time of war the devil makes more room in hell.
industry is the parent of fortune.
ingratitude is the world's reward.
ingratitude sickens benevolence.
instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses.
intemperance is the doctor's wet-nurse.
invalids live longest.
it is a bad hen that lays in neighbour's houses.
it is a bad horse that does not earn his fodder.
it is a poor fox that has but one hole.
it is bad baking without flour and water.
it is bad preaching to deaf ears.
it is better the child should cry than the father.
it is better to deal with a whole fool than half a fool.
it is better to turn back than go astray.
it is dear honey that must be licked off thorns.
it is easier to blame than do better.
it is easier to build two hearths than always to keep fire on one.
it is easier to descend than ascend.
it is easier to guard against a bushel of fleas than a woman.
it is easy to help him, who is willing to be helped.
it is hard to catch birds with an empty hand.
it is hard to steal where the host himself is a thief.
it is harder work getting to hell than to heaven.
it is human to err, but diabolical to persevere.
it is idle to swallow the cow and choke on the tail.
it is more necessary to guard the mouth than the chest.
it is more painful to do nothing than something.
it is not always good to be wise.
it is not good to be the poet of a village.
it is not till the cow has lost her tail, that she discovers its value.
it is not want but abundance that makes avarice.
it is too much to expect of a cat that she should sit by the milk and not lap it.
it's a poor sheep that cannot carry its own wool.
it's a sin to steal a pin.
it's not healthy to swallow books without chewing.
jack gets on by his stupidity.
jacob's voice, esau's hands.
jealousy is a pain which eagerly seeks what causes pain.
joy and sorrow are next door neighbours.
judges should have two ears, both alike.
justice has a waxen nose.
keep well with your neighbours, whether right or wrong.
keep within compass and you may be sure, that you will not suffer what others endure.
keep within compass.
kindness breaks no bones.
kindnesses, like grain, increase by sowing.
knowing hens lay even in nettles.
late fruit keeps well.
lawyers are bad christians.
lawyers' gowns are lined with the wilfulness of their clients.
lean liberty is better than fat slavery.
less advice and more hands.
less is more.
let every one sweep before his own door.
let every pedlar carry his own pack.
let him who is well off hold his tongue.
let not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth.
let sleeping dogs lie.
let the devil get into the church, and he will mount the altar.
let your trouble tarry till its own day comes.
lies melt the snow.
light burdens carried far become heavy.
light come, light go.
light is light, though the blind man see it not.
like blood, like means, and like age, make the happiest marriage.
"like will to like," as the devil said to the coal-burner.
little and often makes a heap in time.
little enemies and little wounds are not to be despised.
little fishes make the pike big.
little folks are fond of talking about what great folks do.
locks and keys are not made for honest fingers.
long borrowed is not given.
long choosing and cheapening ends in buying nothing, or bad wares.
long fasting is no economy of food.
long foretold, long last; short notice, soon past.
long is not for ever.
loquacity and lying are cousins.
love begins at home.
love cannot be bought or sold, its only price is love.
love grows with obstacles.
love knows hidden paths.
love without return is like a question without an answer.
love your neighbor, but don't tear down your fence.
love your neighbour, but don't pull down the fence.
love's anger is fuel to love.
love, fire, a cough, the itch, and gout are not to be concealed.
love, thieves, and fear, make ghosts.
loving and singing are not to be forced.
lying is the first step to the gallows.
maidens say no, and mean yes.
maids say nay, and take.
make the best of a bad bargain.
make the cap fit the head.
make yourself an ass, and every one will lay his sack on you.
man without woman, is head without body; woman without man, is body without head.
many a one threatens, while he quakes for fear.
many children, and little bread, is a painful pleasure.
many cooks spoil the broth.
many hands make quick work.
many have good intentions, but something comes across them.
many look with one eye at what they give, but with seven at what they receive.
many see more with one eye that others with two.
many shun the brook, and fall into the river.
many take by the bushel, and give with the spoon.
many trades, begging the best.
many who build castles in the air cannot build a hut on earth.
marriage is heaven and hell.
marrying in the blood is never good.
marrying is easy, but housekeeping is hard.
millers and bakers do not steal, people bring to them.
millers, tailors, and weavers are not hanged, or the trade would soon be extinct.
mind over matter.
mind your own business.
misfortune, wood, and hair, grow throughout the year.
misreckoning is no payment.
money in the purse dispels melancholy.
monks, mice, rats, vermin, seldom sunder without harming.
more afraid than hurt.
more are drowned in the bowl than in the sea.
more belongs to riding than a pair of boots.
more is done with words than with hands.
mother, i must have a husband, or i shall set fire to the house.
mouth and heart are wide apart.
much money, much friends.
much wisdom is lost in poor men's mouths.
much wit is lost in a poor man's purse.
mules make a great fuss about their ancestors having been horses.
murder will out.
must is a hard nut.
my friend's enemy is often my best friend.
nature and love cannot be hid.
nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue.
nature requires little, fancy much.
nature teaches us to love our friends, but religion our enemies.
necessity seeks bread where it is to be found.
necessity teaches arts.
necessity teaches even the lame to dance.
necessity unites hearts.
neck or nothing.
neighbour once over the hedge, neighbour over it again.
neutrals are soused from above, and singed from below.
never fell oak at the very first stroke.
never fight an enemy whilst it is possible to cheat him.
never give advice unasked.
never give the skin when you can pay with the wool.
never grieve over spilt milk.
never murder a man who is about to commit suicide.
no ape but swears he has the handsomest children.
no armour is proof against the gallows.
no house without a mouse, no barn without corn, no rose without a thorn.
no house without a mouse.
no man can do nothing and no man can do everything.
no man can like all, or be liked by all.
no one betrays himself by silence.
no one can blow and swallow at the same time.
no one can complain of the sea who twice suffers shipwreck.
no one can do nothing, and no one can do everything.
no one can guard against treachery.
no one is too old to learn.
no one is wise enough to advise himself.
no one knows better where the shoe pinches that he who wears it.
no one likes to bell the cat.
no one sees his own faults.
no pains, no gains.
no pride like that of an enriched beggar.
no smoke without fire.
no tree falls at the first stroke.
no tree so small but it can cast a shade.
no use in flogging a dead horse.
no villain like the conscientious villain.
no viper so little but hath its venom.
no woman marries an old man for god's sake.
noble and common blood is of the same color.
noble is, that noble does.
nobody is to blame for all.
nobody so wise but has a little folly to spare.
not all flowers are fit for nosegays.
not every ball hits.
not to be ashamed of sin is to sin double.
not too little, not too much.
nothing bolder than the miller's shirt, that every morning collars a thief.
nothing dries sooner than tears.
nothing is so new as what has long been forgotten.
nothing looks more like a man of sense than a fool who holds his tongue.
nothing should be done in a hurry except catching fleas.
nothing should be done in haste but gripping a flea.
nothing so bad as not to be good for something.
nothing weighs lighter than a promise.
nought is good for the eyes, but not for the stomach.
nought is never in danger.
nought needs no hiding-place.
nurenberg wit and a skilful hand, will find their way through every land.
"o what we must suffer for the sake of god's church!" said the abbot, when the roast fowl burned his fingers.
of big words and feathers may go to the pound.
of what use is it that the cow gives plenty of milk, if she upset the pail.
of words and feathers, it takes many to make a pound.
offend one monk, and the lappets of all cowls will flutter as far as rome.
office without pay makes thieves.
often shooting hits the mark.
old birds are hard to pluck.
old churches have dark windows.
old people see best in the distance.
old pigs have hard snouts.
old pottage is sooner heated than new made.
old wounds easily bleed.
on poor people's beards the young barber learns his trade.
on saint thomas the divine kill all turkeys, geese and swine.
once is people's mouths, 'tis hard to get well out of them.
once upon a time, no time.
one "take this" is better than ten "god help you!"

one bad apple spoils the bunch.
one bad eye spoils the other.
one bee is as good as a handful of flies.
one bird in the dish is better than a hundred in the air.
one can speak and seven can sing.
one cannot keep peace longer than his neighbour will let him.
one cannot love and be wise.
one cannot wash a blackamoor white.
one catches the hare, another eats it.
one does evil enough when one does nothing good.
one dog growls to see another go into the kitchen.
one enemy can harm you more than a hundred friends can do you good.
one foe is too many, and a hundred friends are too few.
one fool may ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.
one fool praises another.
one hair of a woman draws more than a bell-rope.
one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
one has only to die to be praised.
one hour's sleep before midnight is better than two after it.
one hour's sleep before midnight is worth two after.
one kisses the child for the mother's sake, and the mother for the child's sake.
one kisses the nurse for the sake of the child.
one link broken, the whole chain is broken.
one log does not burn long by itself.
one man is another's devil.
one man knocks in the nail, and another hangs his hat on it.
one man may steal a horse while another may not look over the hedge.
one man's story is no story; hear both sides.
one marriage is never celebrated but another grows out of it.
one may see through a wall, if there's a hole in it.
one must glean at harvest time.
one must plough with the horses he has.
one rotten egg spoils the whole pudding.
one rotten sheepe will marre a whole flocke.
one scabbed sheep will infect a whole flock.
one shoe will not fit every foot.
one should be born either a king or a fool.
one story is good till another is told.
one sword keep another in the sheath.
one to-day is better than ten to-morrows.
one to-day is worth two to-morrows.
one wedge drives another.
one white foot, buy him; two white feet, try him; three white feet, look well about him; four white feet, go without him.
our neighbour's children are always the worst.
out of a little grass comes a great ass.
painted flowers are scentless.
paper is patient.
pardoning the bad is injuring the good.
pay in like coin.
pearls of wisdom.
penny is penny's brother.
people show their character by what they laugh at.
piety, prudence, wit, and civility, are the elements of true nobility.
pigeons are taken when crows fly at pleasure.
pilgrims seldom come home saints.
pills must be bolted, not chewed.
places are god's; placemen are the devil's.
plants oft removed never thrive.
play not with a man till you hurt him, nor jest till you shame him.
politeness is what warmth is to wax.
politeness travels on short fares.
poverty and hunger have many learned disciples.
poverty craves many things, but avarice more.
poverty is cunning; it catches even a fox.
poverty is the sixth sense.
praise a fine day at night.
praising is not loving.
presents keep friendship warm.
priestly knaves sweat hard at their meat, but never at work get into a heat.
priests and women never forget.
priests bless themselves first.
priests even smile pleasantly on young women.
priests pay each other no tithes.
priests should not prate out of the confessional.
princes have long hands and many ears.
promises are like the full moon: if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day.
promises don't fill the belly.
promises make debts.
promises may make friends, but 'tis performances that keep them.
proverbs are like butterflies, some are caught and some fly away.
prudent men choose frugal wives.
prudent pauses forward business.
put out the fire betimes, ere it reach the roof.
put the light out, and all women are alike.
quick at meat, quick at work.
quick believers need broad shoulders.
quick come, quick go.
quick enough, if but good enough.
ragged colts make the handsomest stallions.
raise no more devils than you can lay.
"red is love's colour," said the wooer to his foxy charmer.
red sky at night, sailor's delight. red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
red sky at night, shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
red sky in the morning, shepherds warning.
rejoiced in youth, repented in age.
repentance is the heart's medicine.
report makes the wolf bigger than he is.
revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
revenge does not long remain unrevenged.
revenge in cold blood is the devil's own act and deed.
revenge is new wrong.
revenge is sweet.
revenge of an hundred years old hath still its sucking teeth.
revenge remains not unrevenged.
rich gamblers and old trumpeters are rare.
rich people are everywhere at home.
riches abuse them who know not how to use them.
riches cause arrogance; poverty, meekness.
right is with the strongest.
roses and maidens soon lose their bloom.
safe over the bridge, one laughs at st. nepomuck.
said in sport, meant in earnest.
saint martin was an easy man, he loved to drink cerevisiam; and when he'd no pecuniam, he left in pledge his tunicam.
saint swithun's day, if thou be fair, for forty days it will remain; saint swithun's day, if thou bring rain, for forty days it will remain.
samson was a strong man, but he could not pay money before he had it.
satiety causes disgust.
saving is a greater art than gaining.
scratch a lover and find an enemy.
scratch a russian and you find a tartar.
scratching and borrowing do well enough, but not for long.
security is nowhere safe.
security is the first cause of misfortune.
self is the man.
self-done, is soon done.
self-love is bad, and makes the eyes sad.
self-praise stinks, friends praise hinks, the stranger's is sincere, and may last for a year.
self-preservation is the first law of nature.
services unrequired go unrequited.
set a beggar on a horse and he'll ride to the devil.
set a beggar on horseback, and he'll outride the devil.
set a beggar on horseback, and he'll ride to the devil.
she is fond of him--on the side where the pocket hangs.
short hair is soon brushed.
sickly body, sickly mind.
silence and reflection cause no dejection.