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Interesting Facts - Page 44
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Lemons float, but limes sink.
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People had every reason to expect the Spanish Inquisition. When arriving in a city, they would announce themselves and give heretics a few weeks to confess without severe punishment.
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British sailors once received a daily ration of half an imperial pint of rum, the equivalent of two bottles of wine. Sadly for sailors, the ration was halved in 1823 and halved again in 1850. The rum ration was completely eliminated in 1970.
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During WWI, French soldiers were issued a wine ration called a pinard. At its highest level, it could amount to one bottle of wine per day.
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Cow tipping is a purported activity where a person topples a cow that is sleeping standing up. It is considered a myth. For one, cows generally sleep lying down. Secondly, the force required to tip a cow would require at least four people.
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Half a pint is certainly not equivalent to 2 bottles of wine in volume
Worth pointing out that the 1823-50 measure was over two servings, so the 1850-1970 change was simply dropping the evening ration and having just one serving (at 11am!). When I was a student, the clubs had quad-vod-and-coke as a drink to get you hammered quickly, with 100ml of vodka in it. The naval tot post-1850 had the same amount of alcohol as that - about 40ml of pure alcohol.
The Canucks kept the tot that little bit longer than the motherland, getting rid in '72, and the Kiwi navy lasted until 1990 before stopping the daily tot. The Aussies' drunkenness meant they had to stop in 1921. The US Navy (which used Whiskey instead of rum) stopped in 1862.