2006-12-01 08:13:51 · 14 answers · asked by jonas_tripps_79 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
"My Country 'tis of Thee", a popular US Song, which was almost the national anthem, is based on the melody of "God Save the Queen". It was considered the national anthem of the USA until 1931, when the Star Spangled Banner was declared the national anthem.. The Star Spangled Banner melody is based on a british drinking song. Francis Scott Key actually wrote the Star Spangled Banner before My Country tis of Thee was written, but the US used "America", also known as "My Country 'tis of Thee" for its national anthem for most of the 19th century.
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2006-12-01 22:47:18 · answer #1 · answered by Ragnarok 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Interesting stories and fascinating facts
http://www.didyouknow.org/facts.htm
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Elephants Can't Jump & Other Freaky Scientific Facts
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Fast Facts
http://www.didyouknow.org/fastfacts/facts.htm
Good luck for the future.
Kevin, Liverpool, England.
2006-12-01 18:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the first gorilla and duck billed platypus were brought back (dead), it was thought that they were fakes.
The ORIGINAL Coca-Cola was an alcoholic beverage with cocaine. (Pemberton's French Wine Cola)
Marilyn vos Savant is not only one of the (if not the most) intelligent people on earth, she is married to Robert Jarvik (of the Jarvik heart), she's a college drop out and she's a hottie at 60. :)
Albert Einstein retracted a proof about quantum physics indicating he didn't believe god played dice. It turned out that he was wrong about the retraction. Apparently, god does play dice.
The precursor to Marilyn Manson (the band), The Spooky Kids, took names from famous and notorious people. Such as, Marilyn Manson (duh), Daisy Berkowitz, Olivia Newton Bundy, Madonna Wayne Gacy, Gidget Gein and Sara Lee Lucas.
2006-12-01 16:22:29 · answer #3 · answered by timc_fla 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you step on a crack, you don't break your mother's back.
Giraffes have purple-blue tongues and they are very long.
Banana trees "walk" they move around 6 inches during their lifetime.
Dolphins, when you touch them feel like boiled eggs with no shell.
When you are cold, thinking about lying on a tropical beach in the Bahamas seems to warm you up. This may be true just for me.
There is no German word for fluffy (Well, this is from Blackadder... and so, well, it must be true).
When warthogs are scared their tails stand up on end when they run away.
When you run on sand in Australia (especially on the Gold Coast) it sighs/squeeks- because the sand is so fine.
In Brighton,UK , they call them beaches, but they have pebbles, instead of sand.
The most common metal on earth is aluminium.
Twins learn special rules about how to behave in the world based on their relationship with their sibling. For example, I know of one set of twins where twin one can only walk on the right of people because when she was growing up she would walk on the right, her sister on the left. Another set of twins I know, one sister can only wear certain colours because when they were growing up certain colours were allocated to each twin. She can not wear yellow or blue because that is her twin sisters colour's.
2006-12-01 17:47:48 · answer #4 · answered by julesette 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you need to get rid of fruit flies, take a jar, put a peice of banana
with skin in the jar, cover it with plastic wrap with a rubber band to hold it on, poke small pin size holes in plastic. The flies can squeeze into the holes to get the banana but can't get out. Mmkay
2006-12-01 18:09:10 · answer #5 · answered by Mailman Bob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The appendix of a Koala bear is over 2 feet long.
2006-12-01 16:16:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Albert Einstein's last words before dying were spoke in the German language. Unfortunately, the nurse attending to him at the time did not speak German, and so nobody will ever know what his last words were.
2006-12-01 16:18:16 · answer #7 · answered by concretebrunette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
helicopters can't fly over 300 mph because the advancing rotor blade (the side going forward as the helicopter goes forward) would break the sound barrier, causing a severe vibration, break the rotor assembly to pieces and the chopper would crash.
2006-12-01 16:16:55 · answer #8 · answered by roman_ninja 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YOU are unique and an inspiration to others. Every teacher on this site wishes they had people like you in their classes!
Never loose you sense of wonder and curiosity!!
2006-12-03 03:14:34 · answer #9 · answered by atheleticman_fan 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
umm yankke doodle was a song to insult the colonist
2006-12-01 19:36:14 · answer #10 · answered by kenz 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋