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Originally posted by Maria
Oh! I always do! Please keep posting those fun facts!
Just remember - you asked for it! Well in honor of this special day (in case you don't know, January 4ht is National Trivia Day in the U.S. so I'll have to post a few useless facts here for today
To get the ball rolling I'm going to tell everyone the history of the soda straw:
The first straws, made of waxed paper, were introduced in 1888, but didn't catch on.l Then in the early 1900s–not long after concessionaire Harry Stevens introduced hot dogs to New York Giants baseball games–he noticed that when fans drank from their soda bottles, they had to take their eyes off the game for a moment... So, he hired a paper maker to roll some straws out of paper and began including one with every soda he sold. It increased his sales and made straws a permanent part of American culture.
So there you go, soda straws are as American as baseball (which as it turns out, isn't as American as Americans think but I'll save that one for another post
)and not so BTW, in case anyone was wondering, a snail breathes through its foot.
A little trivia honoring the U.S. space program:
Notable Achievement: Building the most expensive prototype toilet ever
Background: They budgeted over two million dollars to build a prototype toilet for the space shuttle. As if that wasn't enough, they actually spent $23 million– a 900% increase over the original estimate. Why the overrun? The astronauts wanted a manual flush rather than an automatic one.
Notable Achievement: Building the most expensive prototype toilet ever
Background: They budgeted over two million dollars to build a prototype toilet for the space shuttle. As if that wasn't enough, they actually spent $23 million– a 900% increase over the original estimate. Why the overrun? The astronauts wanted a manual flush rather than an automatic one.
"Police in Oakland, CA, spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who'd barricaded himself inside his home. After firing 10 tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was actually standing right beside them, shouting please to come out and give himself up"
–from Bizarre News
... and not so BTW: If you're standing on a mountaintop and the conditions are just right... You can see a lit match from 50 miles away.
–from Bizarre News
... and not so BTW: If you're standing on a mountaintop and the conditions are just right... You can see a lit match from 50 miles away.
For all that had hoped I'd forgotten about this thread, I haven't [evil laugh] seriously, this is a good one, though
In the mid-1970's, British film collector David Wyatt paid £2.00 (about $3.00) for a seven-minute, black-and-white silent cartoon titled "Grandma Steps Out." Twenty years later, Wyatt showed it to film scholar Russell Merritt, who immediately recognized it as Little Red Riding Hood, Walt Disney's first film–and one of the American FIlm Institute's ten most-wanted "lost" films. Disney drew the film six years before Steamboat Willie, his first Mickey mouse cartoon.
Wyatt's copy may have been a bootleg–which explains the new title–but it's still the only copy of a film that, for decades, was assumed to be lost forever. Estimated value: Priceless.
In the mid-1970's, British film collector David Wyatt paid £2.00 (about $3.00) for a seven-minute, black-and-white silent cartoon titled "Grandma Steps Out." Twenty years later, Wyatt showed it to film scholar Russell Merritt, who immediately recognized it as Little Red Riding Hood, Walt Disney's first film–and one of the American FIlm Institute's ten most-wanted "lost" films. Disney drew the film six years before Steamboat Willie, his first Mickey mouse cartoon.
Wyatt's copy may have been a bootleg–which explains the new title–but it's still the only copy of a film that, for decades, was assumed to be lost forever. Estimated value: Priceless.
DMC-12
It's HarmonioUS, NOT HarmoniYOU.
God,
This is DMC-12 here...please make this thread go away. It's pure evil I tell ya...it's even more evil than most of the evil corporate people in broadcasting I have worked with in the past!!!!! Thats pretty gosh darn evil god! Make it go away.... Make the pain and suffering stop...(sigh) No matter how hard I try..this cancerous thread keeps coming back...
This is DMC-12 here...please make this thread go away. It's pure evil I tell ya...it's even more evil than most of the evil corporate people in broadcasting I have worked with in the past!!!!! Thats pretty gosh darn evil god! Make it go away.... Make the pain and suffering stop...(sigh) No matter how hard I try..this cancerous thread keeps coming back...
“A suspicious-looking cardboard box was found outside a Territorial Army centre in Bristol (England) in 1993.
“The TA called the police, who in turn called an Army bomb-disposal unit, who blew up the box... to find it full of leaflets on how to deal with suspicious-looking packages.”
–from the Fortean Times
And not so BTW: One study has concluded that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, it would chuck about 700 lbs.
“The TA called the police, who in turn called an Army bomb-disposal unit, who blew up the box... to find it full of leaflets on how to deal with suspicious-looking packages.”
–from the Fortean Times
And not so BTW: One study has concluded that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, it would chuck about 700 lbs.
mightyduck
Well-Known Member
I love that you just are relentless with your thread here...