Has anybody noticed...?

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

A. One thousand

In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden....
and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language. 

In ancient England a person ! could not have sex unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family). When anyone wanted to have a baby, they got consent of the King, the King gave them a placard that they hung on their door while they were having sex. The placard had F.*.*.*. (Fornication Under Consent of the King) on it. Now you know where that came from.

The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.

Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.

The word "nerd" was first coined by Dr. Seuss in "If I Ran the Zoo."

The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

The sound of E.T. walking was made by someone squishing her hands in jelly.

Each of the suits on a deck of cards represents the four major pillars of the economy in the middle ages: heart represented the Church, spades represented the military, clubs represented agriculture, and diamonds represented the merchant class.