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The term "devil's advocate was originally the church official appointed to argue against a candiate for sainthood.

Within 5 minutes of waking up, 50 % of your dream is forgotten and within 10 minutes , 90% of your dream will be gone.

May 11 is National Windmill Day.

May 2o is be a Millionaire Day.

May 23 is Lucky Penny Day.

May 1, 1707 -- Great Britain was formed from a union between England and Scotland. The union included Wales which had already been a part of England. since the 1500;s. The United Knogdom today consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

May 24, 1881 -- a boating disaster occurred in Canada when Victoria, a small double-decked stern-wheeler carrying over 600 passengers on the Thames River keeled over then sank, killing 182 persons.

May 27, 1937 -- in San Francisco, 200,000 people celebrated the grand opening of the Golden Gate bridge by strolling across it.

The characters of Homer, Marge, Lisa, and Maggie were given the same first names as Simpsons creator Matt Groening's real-life father, mother and two sisters.

The first weaving looms in Bristol were established by Thomas Blanket in 1337. However, tje story he gave his name to bedclothes is probably untrue, since the word "blanket" dates back even earlier. it is more likely his family took their name from the industry

November 2001, the science journal Nature published a paper entitled "Sheep don't forget a face" by five Cambridge psychologists . The paper reported that a sheep can remember the faces of fifty other sheep for over two years.

The correct word for the fear of string is " Linonophobia. Sufferers would be well advised to steer clear of Cawker City. Kansas, where there is a ball of string that measures over 38 ft. in circumference and weighs over 16,750 lbs.

sources: www.funfunnyfacts.com; www.holidayinsight..com; www.historyplace.com; www:;corsinet.com; encyclopedia of useless information by William Hartston