Interesting Facts

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

Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute.

The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

The word “queue” is the only word in the English language that is still pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed.

If your eyes are six feet above the surface of the ocean, the horizon will be about three statute miles away.

The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

It is a fact that the first game of chess has been traced back to have originated in northern India. Like other 1,000+ year old games, it would have been played differently than todays rules. It’s thought that todays rules have been around since sometime in the 1400’s A.D.

Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any of the United States.

315 entries in Webster’s 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

Refrigerated rubber bands do last longer than rubber bands stored at room temperature. So do apples, apples can last up to 10 times longer refrigerated.