When Elvis croaked in 1977 it was generally accepted that he was grossly overweight. He weighed between 17 and 18 stone. He was 6 ft tall. Had he been alive in the USA today he would have been considered anorexic.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them used to burn their houses down - hence the expression "you're fired!"
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
This was the winner of a competition in 1920s America to find the shortest phrase using all the letters. However, it only won because the shorter phrase 'pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs' was disqualified as the competition took place during the Prohibition era.