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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 commercial fertilizer ' s invention, so
large shipments of manure were common..It was shipped dry, because in
dry form it weighed a lot less than when wet, but once water (at sea)
hit it, it not only became heavier, but the process of fermentation
began again, of which a by- product is methane gas.
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 term ' Ship 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 ', (Ship 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!
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flying above the clouds.
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