I'm curious. HOW do they know this? Who wears the size 650 shoe for them to compare this to?
{This fun fact was sent in to me by GI Jane - thanks yo!}
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That is one times floating porcupine.
Look at him trapped in that glass.
Look at him trapped in that glass.
Lol.
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But... we already knew that.
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You can tell from the statue of a mounted horseman how the rider died. If all four of the horse's feet are on the ground, he died of natural causes. One foot raised means he died from wounds suffered in battle. Two legs raised means he died in action.
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EDIT: Have just had a reader comment below that the fact above is not entirely correct - whilst a lot of equestrian statues do fall into this basic convention - it is not hard and fast.This is a really interesting read at Snopes.com - which shows a whole lot of statues which fall outside this rule. The article also mentions some of the "coincidences" between the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations. Very interesting - take a read!
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That was pretty graphic.
Sorry.
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Happy Friday everyone! Husband has taken a whole bunch of days off lately and the brother is here - so basically this whole week has felt like Friday! Second to last one of 2013. Madness I tell you, MADNESS.
I can't wait to show you our Christmas Tree!
It. IS. AWESOME.
This is great, even if that shark think is a bit gross haha
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I do enjoy reading your posts :-) , but the fact about the statues is not true (QI covered this in on episode) http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.asp
ReplyDeleteAh that's awesome! Thanks for the comment - interesting article! Have made an edit in the blog post :)
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see your christmas tree either! x
ReplyDeletehaha - just popped over to your blog too! I love it!!! thanks for the comment!
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