681. The
word “Checkmate” in chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah-Mat,” which
means “the king is dead”.
682. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades – King
David, Clubs – Alexander the Great, Hearts – Charlemagne, and Diamonds – Julius
Caesar.
683. In Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift described the two moons of Mars, Phobos and
Deimos, giving their exact size and speeds of rotation. He did this more than 100 years
before either moon was discovered!
684. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died
in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds
received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural
causes.
685. Quality standards for pasta were set in the 13th century by the Pope.
686. The A.A. Milne character of Winnie the Pooh made his animated film debut in 1966 in
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree.
687. People have the tendency to chew the food on the side that they most often use their
hand.
688. Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
689. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary.
When it was built in the 1940s, the set of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring
separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
690. The Lemon shark grows about 24,000 new teeth a year. A new set of teeth grow
approximately every 14 days.
means “the king is dead”.
682. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades – King
David, Clubs – Alexander the Great, Hearts – Charlemagne, and Diamonds – Julius
Caesar.
683. In Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift described the two moons of Mars, Phobos and
Deimos, giving their exact size and speeds of rotation. He did this more than 100 years
before either moon was discovered!
684. If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died
in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds
received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural
causes.
685. Quality standards for pasta were set in the 13th century by the Pope.
686. The A.A. Milne character of Winnie the Pooh made his animated film debut in 1966 in
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree.
687. People have the tendency to chew the food on the side that they most often use their
hand.
688. Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country.
689. The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary.
When it was built in the 1940s, the set of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring
separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites.
690. The Lemon shark grows about 24,000 new teeth a year. A new set of teeth grow
approximately every 14 days.
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