In the middle ages, people would pin the name of their sweetheart to their sleeve on Valentine's Day and keep it there for a week, hence 'wearing their heart on their sleeve'.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
The night of January 20 is “Saint Agnes’s Eve,” which is regarded as a time when a young woman dreams of her future husband.
Kites were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.
If you add up all the number on a roulette wheel, that is 1through 36, you get 666, the biblical number of fallen man.
The spots on dice are called "pips."
Big Ben is actually the name of the largest bell inside the London clock tower, not of the clock itself.
In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.
