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[Bunny Bagger]

Paper money was first used in China.

[wastrel]

the Fortingall Yew tree in Perth Scotland is over 3000 years old which makes it the 2nd oldest living organism in Europe! (After TT obviously!)

[Dan]

A church in a small village called Hadstock
The Church of England parish church of Saint Botolph has the oldest door still in use in Great Britain. The oldest parts of the church are thought to date from about AD 1020.

[Bunny Bagger]

Rabbits like licorice.

[FPoole]

the Fortingall Yew tree in Perth Scotland is over 3000 years old which makes it the 2nd oldest living organism in Europe! (After TT obviously!)

We had a bald cypress tree in Longwood Florida called the Senator and it was an estimated 3500 years old. I say had because a meth user set fire to the hollow insides and killed it. It was near Orlando and had a diameter of 17 feet. One vote for the death penalty for drug users.

[Bunny Bagger]

Your foot has 26 bones in it.

[Dan]

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

[Bunny Bagger]

Hot water freezes quicker than cold water.

[Bunny Bagger]

Tokyo was once known as Edo.

[gordon]

“In an insane world a sane man must appear insane.”