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    Manure... An interesting fact

    Manure : In the 16th and 17th centuries, everything had to be
    transported by ship and it was also before the invention of commercial
    fertilizers, so large shipments of manure were quite common.

    It was shipped dry, because in dry form it weighed a lot less than when
    wet, but once water (at sea) hit it, not only did it become heavier, but
    the process of fermentation began again, of which a by product is
    methane gas of course. As the stuff was stored below decks in bundles
    you can see what could (and did) happen. Methane began to build up below
    decks and the first time someone came below at night with a lantern,
    BOOOOM!


    Several ships were destroyed in this manner before it was determined
    just what was happening

    After that, the bundles of manure were always stamped with the
    instruction ' Stow high in transit ' on them, which meant for the
    sailors to stow it high enough off the lower decks so that any water
    that came into the hold would not touch this volatile cargo and start
    the production of methane.


    Thus evolved the term ' S.H.I.T ', (Stow High In Transit) which has
    come down through the centuries and is in use to this very day.

    You probably did not know the true history of this word.

    Neither did I.

    I had always thought it was a golf term.
    - Jim

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    I remember this one..


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    lol I learned something new!

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