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The taste of wine is highly related to the vessel it is served in, even the best wine becomes flat and almost totally flavorless when served out of a plastic cup.Chesterfield Snapdragon McFisticuffs said:
Amongst sommeliers we call this "the first class phenomenon".
Jimmy Carter once saw an UFO.
Sander Cohen's appearance is based off of Salvador Dali.
Warren G. Harding once bet a set of White House china in a poker game and lost.
George Washington spent 7% of his income as president ($25K then, $1M now) on alcohol.
Theodore Roosevelt once killed a man with his bear hands, and wrote to his friend that it was "great fun."
(I have a lot relating to presidents, since I just read a book of fun facts about them.)
In the Fight Club movie, you see several split second clips of Tyler Durden before he is officially introduced.
Sander Cohen's appearance is based off of Salvador Dali.
Warren G. Harding once bet a set of White House china in a poker game and lost.
George Washington spent 7% of his income as president ($25K then, $1M now) on alcohol.
Theodore Roosevelt once killed a man with his bear hands, and wrote to his friend that it was "great fun."
(I have a lot relating to presidents, since I just read a book of fun facts about them.)
In the Fight Club movie, you see several split second clips of Tyler Durden before he is officially introduced.
The Aryan Brotherhood sometimes admits bi-racial members, and in fact, one of their leaders is half-Jewish (he has a Star of David on one arm, and a Swastika on the other, I kid you not).
Incidentally, despite common misconception, the Swastika is not the logo for the Aryan Brotherhood, the Shamrock is.
Incidentally, despite common misconception, the Swastika is not the logo for the Aryan Brotherhood, the Shamrock is.
You have no idea what you're in for.
Dr. Seuss's name is actually Ted Geisel. He started using the pen name 'Suess', which is his mother's maiden name, after getting busted for a pint of gin during prohibition.
The character Yurtle the Turtle began his life in Seuss's political cartoons during WWII, where he wore a Nazi uniform and had a Hitler mustache.
(I like Seuss okay) The Butter Battle Book was banned because it's about the Cold War and it points out how stupid the whole endeavor was.
Humans innately understand a point (meaning you point to something and even a toddler knows to look at what you're pointing at). Chimps, our closest relatives, do not. No primate does. The only animal besides humans to understand a point is dogs because of how closely they've evolved with us.
Plastic was invented by accident. During WWII rubber was rationed so many scientists were trying to come up with a synthetic alternative to natural latex. This particular guy came back to his lab to find the spoon stuck in the newly invented plastic.
Chocolate chip cookies were also an accident. A woman was making chocolate dough cookies but didn't have any cocoa. She mixed in some candy bar pieces hoping that it would mix it when it melted. Instead she got something much better!
And for the last accident, auto-glass. A scientist was working on polymers and happened to drop a beaker that hadn't yet been cleaned of the residue. It acted as glue and even though the glass shattered it stayed in once piece.
The best invention came by snarkery, though. A customer sent french fries back to the kitchen because he said they were too thick and not cooked enough. So the cook decided to be a smart-ass and sliced the potato really thin and cooked them until they were crispy. The complaining customer LOVED them. And so potato chips were born.
Dr. Seuss's name is actually Ted Geisel. He started using the pen name 'Suess', which is his mother's maiden name, after getting busted for a pint of gin during prohibition.
The character Yurtle the Turtle began his life in Seuss's political cartoons during WWII, where he wore a Nazi uniform and had a Hitler mustache.
(I like Seuss okay) The Butter Battle Book was banned because it's about the Cold War and it points out how stupid the whole endeavor was.
Humans innately understand a point (meaning you point to something and even a toddler knows to look at what you're pointing at). Chimps, our closest relatives, do not. No primate does. The only animal besides humans to understand a point is dogs because of how closely they've evolved with us.
Plastic was invented by accident. During WWII rubber was rationed so many scientists were trying to come up with a synthetic alternative to natural latex. This particular guy came back to his lab to find the spoon stuck in the newly invented plastic.
Chocolate chip cookies were also an accident. A woman was making chocolate dough cookies but didn't have any cocoa. She mixed in some candy bar pieces hoping that it would mix it when it melted. Instead she got something much better!
And for the last accident, auto-glass. A scientist was working on polymers and happened to drop a beaker that hadn't yet been cleaned of the residue. It acted as glue and even though the glass shattered it stayed in once piece.
The best invention came by snarkery, though. A customer sent french fries back to the kitchen because he said they were too thick and not cooked enough. So the cook decided to be a smart-ass and sliced the potato really thin and cooked them until they were crispy. The complaining customer LOVED them. And so potato chips were born.
You know that! Don't try. Relative to the orbit which is usually the plane in space to which one can relate.ahrkin said:
3. Human eyes are most sensitive to the color green.ArcWinter said:
Fortune cookies were invented in California and have never been used in Asia and the longest word in the English language is antidisestablishmentarialismnistically, an adverb.The longest in French is anticonstitutionellement (anticonstitutionally), also an adverb.
When Coke first went to China they picked a set of characters that sounded like "Coca-Cola." Turns out it meant "bite the wax tadpole." They now call it something which means "happiness in the mouth."
There's a liver fluke that hatches in cow dung, then is eaten by a snail. When it's a teenager it leaves the snail via slime trails, which ants will drink. The fluke then travels to a part of the ant's brain that allows it to actively control the ant. Every night it will take the ant to the top of a blade of grass and wait (if it did this during the day they'd both fry). Eventually the ant and fluke are eaten by a cow, and once in the cow's tract it'll lay eggs and start the process over.
The Spinx was carved out of a single solid block of sandstone using stone axes, copper chisels, and then rubbing sand on it for polish. Copper is VERY soft, so the chisels would need to be straightened and re-sharpened after about 20 blows. It would have taken 100 people 3 years to carve.
When you etch metal you submerge the metal in acid with some sort of stencil to block out what you want to remain raised (could be printed sheets of special paper, could be nail polish). If you have a thumbprint on the metal when you submerge it then that print WILL etch. The oils on your skin are a surprisingly effective block for the acid.
In ancient Egypt it was believed that the Pharaoh did not actually father any of his children. Amun-Ra would come down in the guise of the Pharaoh and impregnate the queen or concubine. Because of this royal lineage was traced through the mothers, since they were the only ones contributing DNA.
Despite popular belief, girls can be colorblind. The gene for it is recessive and is on the X chromosome, and nothing on the Y will cancel it out. So if a guy gets a gene on his X he has colorblindness. A girl has to have the gene on BOTH her X chromosomes so it doesn't happen as often, but it does happen.
The first clone, Dolly the sheep, was named that because the cells used were taken from the 'parent' sheep's mammary glands. The researchers called Dolly Parton, who has considerably mammaries, and asked if they could give the sheep her name. She though it was great and agreed.
Writing began because of the accountants. They needed some way to keep track of shipments.
Speaking of accountants, it took one to catch Al Capone. They didn't get him on the killing and the mob but they did get him for tax evasion.
There's a liver fluke that hatches in cow dung, then is eaten by a snail. When it's a teenager it leaves the snail via slime trails, which ants will drink. The fluke then travels to a part of the ant's brain that allows it to actively control the ant. Every night it will take the ant to the top of a blade of grass and wait (if it did this during the day they'd both fry). Eventually the ant and fluke are eaten by a cow, and once in the cow's tract it'll lay eggs and start the process over.
The Spinx was carved out of a single solid block of sandstone using stone axes, copper chisels, and then rubbing sand on it for polish. Copper is VERY soft, so the chisels would need to be straightened and re-sharpened after about 20 blows. It would have taken 100 people 3 years to carve.
When you etch metal you submerge the metal in acid with some sort of stencil to block out what you want to remain raised (could be printed sheets of special paper, could be nail polish). If you have a thumbprint on the metal when you submerge it then that print WILL etch. The oils on your skin are a surprisingly effective block for the acid.
In ancient Egypt it was believed that the Pharaoh did not actually father any of his children. Amun-Ra would come down in the guise of the Pharaoh and impregnate the queen or concubine. Because of this royal lineage was traced through the mothers, since they were the only ones contributing DNA.
Despite popular belief, girls can be colorblind. The gene for it is recessive and is on the X chromosome, and nothing on the Y will cancel it out. So if a guy gets a gene on his X he has colorblindness. A girl has to have the gene on BOTH her X chromosomes so it doesn't happen as often, but it does happen.
The first clone, Dolly the sheep, was named that because the cells used were taken from the 'parent' sheep's mammary glands. The researchers called Dolly Parton, who has considerably mammaries, and asked if they could give the sheep her name. She though it was great and agreed.
Writing began because of the accountants. They needed some way to keep track of shipments.
Speaking of accountants, it took one to catch Al Capone. They didn't get him on the killing and the mob but they did get him for tax evasion.
Objection! The longest word in the English language is the chemical name of titin. There are nearly 190000 letters in that word.Whoatemysupper said:
If that is how you pronounce it then it would come out squirl-ed, separate, not a natural break in syllables. When a word has a double consonant in the middle and a pronounced vowel on either side then the break in syllables comes between the consonants.Whoatemysupper said:
Uhh...
Outdoor fuckin' starts on the first of May.
it's 1:02 as I'm typing this
I'm about to go watch an episode of House, M.D., and try to study Greg, because I'm going as him for Halloween.
Haha! Try to find even more useless information then that!
Outdoor fuckin' starts on the first of May.
it's 1:02 as I'm typing this
I'm about to go watch an episode of House, M.D., and try to study Greg, because I'm going as him for Halloween.
Haha! Try to find even more useless information then that!