1. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / 10 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 Facts Timer --- Minutes Remaining

2. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator. 9 Facts Timer --- Minutes Remaining

3. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / It takes about a half a gallon of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot. 8 Facts Timer --- Minutes Remaining

4. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age. 7 Facts Timer --- Minutes Remaining

5. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight" 6 Facts Timer --- Minutes Remaining

6. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son- in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month or what we know today as the honeymoon. 5 Facts Timer --- Minutes Remaining

7. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's.” 4 Facts Timer --- Minutes Remaining

8. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice. 3 Facts Timer --- Minutes Remaining

9. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children--last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it-- hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." 2 Facts Timer --- Minutes Remaining

10. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Houses had thatched roofs--thick straw, piled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm,so all the dogs, cats and other small animals (mice rats, and bugs lived in the roof). When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof--hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs." 1 Facts Timer --- Minutes Remaining

11. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / The United States consumes one million dollars worth of energy every minute. 10 Seconds Remaining

12. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 9 Seconds Remaining

13. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that she burns. 8 Seconds Remaining

14. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. 7 Seconds Remaining

15. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / There are an average of 178 sesame seeds on a McDonald's Big Mac bun. 6 Seconds Remaining

16. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / When Heinz ketchup leaves the bottle, it travels at a rate of 25 miles per year. 5 Seconds Remaining

17. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. 4 Seconds Remaining

18. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Seconds Remaining In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. 3

19. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Montpelier, Vermont is the only USA state capital without a McDonalds. 2 Seconds Remaining

20. http://www.morganmadison.co m/ 10-Minute Timer © 2000 - 2008 Morgan Madison & Company / MG Rush Performance Learning http://www.mgrush.com / Seconds Remaining Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category. 1

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