So the last time I did one of these quite a few people knew what I know, and that’s disappointing.
So I’m upping my game, reaching deep into the grey matter to find some heretofore unknown tidbits because….
Did you know….
Hedgehogs were called urchins in medieval times?
The first recorded use of the word “hedgehog” wasn’t until the 15th century.
Did you know…
In France you can marry a dead person?
Article 171 of the French civil code states, “The President of the Republic may, for grave reasons, authorize the celebration of the marriage where one of the future spouses is dead.”
Maybe it’s just me, but is that really cause for celebration?
Did you know….
Pope Adrian VI died after a fly got stuck in his throat as he was drinking from a fountain?
That couldn’t have been pretty.
Did you know…
Robert E. Lee wore a size 4 1/2 shoe?
That doesn’t speak well for the size of his….
Oh, never mind.
Did you know…
Endurance training that involves alternating between high and low intensity is called fartlek? It comes from the Swedish word fart, meaning speed and lek, meaning play.
Oh, those silly Swedes.
Did you know….
The amount of potato chips Americans eat each year weighs 6 times more than the Titanic.
Damn. That’s a lot of spuds.
The only truth in advertising you’re ever apt to see.
Not just France… a lot of us guys realize that we married a dead person.
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I’m sure I don’t know what you mean….
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You know… divorced men get a little bitter…
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Really?
I hadn’t noticed…
😉
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I knew about the urchin, but the rest of your trivia is NEWS TO ME. I have to wonder about fartlek though. I think the Swedes are pulling a fast one [pun intended] with that word.
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You knew the urchin? Damn. I just can’t win!
😉
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I majored in English Lit and some of those old poems refer to the critters as such. That’s how I knew that.
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Ah… gotcha!
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… the wedding night?
… I know … I keep telling my mind to not go there … but it isn’t listening …
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I hadn’t gone there… but now I am. Damn you!
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Article 171 of the French civil code states, “The President of the Republic may, for grave reasons, authorize the celebration of the marriage where one of the future spouses is dead.”
Grave reasons? LOL. I hope they dig them up for the ceremony.
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Well, duh. She has to have a bouquet.
😉
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France is already weird for so many other reasons besides this one, so yeah…..
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Maybe. But it’s beautiful… and there’s wine and cheese everywhere, so do we really care?
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“Did you know…In France you can marry a dead person?” I did that 4 times in the USA!!
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That sound eminently blog worthy….
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I knew none of these – zero – feel better?
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Much.
Thank you…
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I didn’t know! Well, excelt for fartlek, being a runner. Bought a t-shirt in Vancouver BC years ago that had “fartlek” in big letters on the front, and on the back, in much smaller lettering, “It’s a running thing; you don’t wanna know.” Got lots of dirty looks while in that shirt. Maybe I’ll wear it when I marry that future dead French guy.
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A fartlek t shirt? You’re my hero!
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Happy to hear there are people with shoe sizes smaller than me!
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Good job upping your game! I knew NONE of these things! 😀
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Finally!
😊
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Yes! I know about Fartleks (the husband was a cross country running coach). I do them around our local lake. They suck.
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With a name like fartlek… they should!
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I’m stuck on this 4 and a half shoe size thing. Partcularly as a woman who wears a size 9.
It reminds me of the time we went to a Civil War museum and they had a full uniform worn by Jefferson Davis in a glass case and it was SO SMALL. It looked like it could have been worn by a 9-year old. I know people were smaller back then, but it made me completely reimagine what the battlefield scenes must have looked like back then!
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I know! Every time we tour historic houses I’m flabbergasted at the size of the beds. Who slept there? Munchkins?
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