The Official Did You Know Thread

[cards2468]

I was told it was an acronym for "Fornication Under Consent of King"

The true meaning of the f word is "fornication under the consent of the king". when foreign dignitaries would come visit the king, the trip would take days if not weeks or months. so they were issued a "f.**k. basically it was the right for the person to sleep with the eldest unwed female at which ever house he chose to spend the night.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_does_'Fo ... King'_mean

[Radbird]

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

[InvincibleCakeEater]

Is this the official "Did You Know These Things That Aren't Actually True" thread now?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

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

[SHOW]

A. One thousand

Asterisk. I think "one hundred and one" counts.

In St. Louis you can stop at 4.

[Maclowery]

hahaha, awesome point. ONE TOO TREE FAHR

Anyway, guys, the F Bomb is not a silly acronym. It's a common middle period curse word in multiple germanic languages.

At least google a little bit, this is a silly thread to spread misinformation.

[Radbird]

It's against the law to burp or sneeze in a church in Nebraska.

[Bo Hart]

Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible for the English soldiers to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore incapable of fighting in the future. The famous bow was made of the English Yew tree and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" or "pluck you". Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won the battle and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French and saying "We can still pluck yew. Pluck you". Since "pluck yew" is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F' and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger salute. It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird". And yew thought that yew knew everything.

http://www.snopes.com/language/apocryph/pluckyew.asp

I was told it was an acronym for "Fornication Under Consent of King"

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/fuSEEk.asp

REPLACE THE "SEE" WITH A "C!"

[Hungary Jack]

300 climbers have summited K2, the world's 2nd highest mountain. 77 climbers have died on it.

[lukethedrifter]

Preston Wilson had 141 RBI in 2003

[InvincibleCakeEater]

Preston Wilson had 141 RBI in 2003

you've been taking sporcle quizzes