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Feb 16, 2023 20:41:23 #
1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
3. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
6. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
7. A 2" X 4" Stud is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2".
8. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur,' a small red car can be seen in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! (That explains a few mysteries...)
10. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
14. The name 'Wendy' was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded 'Wendy' before.
15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered this??)
17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA.'
19. The original name for butterfly was flutterby. (And that is a more accurate description)
20. 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.
21. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
22. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
23. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
24. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
25. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. (???)
26. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
27. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."
28. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing!
29. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
30. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
31. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
32. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
3. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
6. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
7. A 2" X 4" Stud is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2".
8. During the chariot scene in 'Ben Hur,' a small red car can be seen in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily! (That explains a few mysteries...)
10. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
14. The name 'Wendy' was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded 'Wendy' before.
15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered this??)
17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the USA.'
19. The original name for butterfly was flutterby. (And that is a more accurate description)
20. 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.
21. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
22. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
23. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
24. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
25. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. (???)
26. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
27. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."
28. An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing!
29. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
30. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
31. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
32. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
Feb 16, 2023 21:09:32 #
Well, since there is at least two that are "questionable", I won't necessarily put 100% credence in the others...
But I know some are true.
For #14: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy
For # 6: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/09/08/duck.quack/
Now I gotcha wondering.....
Research number 19.
But I know some are true.
For #14: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy
For # 6: http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/09/08/duck.quack/
Now I gotcha wondering.....
Research number 19.
Feb 16, 2023 21:16:09 #
Ysarex
Loc: St. Louis
bcheary wrote:
13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
orange -- sporange
purple -- curple, hirple
silver -- chilver
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Feb 16, 2023 21:18:54 #
Ysarex wrote:
orange -- sporange
purple -- curple, hirple
silver -- chilver
purple -- curple, hirple
silver -- chilver
Add churple; and burple (the color of burps)...
Markus Ilver (a last name)
Feb 16, 2023 21:26:09 #
No. 7:
A rough cut 2x4 used to be 2"x4". Later Construction Common used to be 1 3/4x2 3/4. Still later still, probably because of the quality of the rough sawn lumber 2x4 became 1 1/2x2 1/2. I think this is an example of shrinkflation.
Anyone remember going to the Lumber Yard and sorting through the Construction Common stack looking for almost Select boards?
A rough cut 2x4 used to be 2"x4". Later Construction Common used to be 1 3/4x2 3/4. Still later still, probably because of the quality of the rough sawn lumber 2x4 became 1 1/2x2 1/2. I think this is an example of shrinkflation.
Anyone remember going to the Lumber Yard and sorting through the Construction Common stack looking for almost Select boards?
Feb 17, 2023 00:12:48 #
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Feb 17, 2023 06:35:24 #
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Feb 17, 2023 07:17:43 #
Longshadow wrote:
Add churple; and burple (the color of burps)...
Markus Ilver (a last name)
Markus Ilver (a last name)
And of course churple which was the original color of many churches.
Feb 17, 2023 08:13:49 #
As a 48 year employee (now retired) of Motorola Solutions, #21 is not correct! Their first product was a battery eliminator in 1928. It would allow a battery powered radio to work on house current.
In 1929;
"A radio parts company founded by William P. Lear (yes - that Lear) was located in the same factory building as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. Lear technicians, including chief production engineer Don H. Mitchell, were experimenting with radio technologies. Despite the worsening economy, the markets for automobile and radio technologies were growing rapidly. Paul Galvin realized that consumer demand would continue. He decided Galvin Manufacturing could develop an affordable radio that could be installed in most popular automobile models."
"Birth of the Motorola brand
Paul Galvin wanted a brand name for Galvin Manufacturing Corporation's new car radio-something memorable. He created the name "Motorola" to suggest sound in motion (from "motor" and the then-popular suffix "ola"). The Motorola brand name became so well-known that Galvin Manufacturing Corporation later changed its name to Motorola, Inc."
https://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/about/history/explore-motorola-heritage/sound-motion.html
In 1929;
"A radio parts company founded by William P. Lear (yes - that Lear) was located in the same factory building as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation. Lear technicians, including chief production engineer Don H. Mitchell, were experimenting with radio technologies. Despite the worsening economy, the markets for automobile and radio technologies were growing rapidly. Paul Galvin realized that consumer demand would continue. He decided Galvin Manufacturing could develop an affordable radio that could be installed in most popular automobile models."
"Birth of the Motorola brand
Paul Galvin wanted a brand name for Galvin Manufacturing Corporation's new car radio-something memorable. He created the name "Motorola" to suggest sound in motion (from "motor" and the then-popular suffix "ola"). The Motorola brand name became so well-known that Galvin Manufacturing Corporation later changed its name to Motorola, Inc."
https://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/about/history/explore-motorola-heritage/sound-motion.html
Feb 17, 2023 08:52:39 #
mindzye
Loc: WV
"The Motorola brand name became so well-known that Galvin Manufacturing Corporation later changed its name to Motorola, Inc."
And so the name Motorola was galvanized into our memory of radio lore.
And so the name Motorola was galvanized into our memory of radio lore.
Feb 17, 2023 09:14:13 #
I questioned #24 - celery having negative calories. Google had this, and others similar:
https://www.goodrx.com/well-being/diet-nutrition/celery-negative-calories
https://www.goodrx.com/well-being/diet-nutrition/celery-negative-calories
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Feb 17, 2023 09:21:37 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
No. 7: br A rough cut 2x4 used to be 2"x4&qu... (show quote)
Yes, many times. Be sure to bring your gloves. Also I think the dimensions for the long side were/are 3 3/4 and 3 1/2.
Feb 17, 2023 09:24:30 #
7:
The first house I bought was built in the early 1900s. The studs were 2" x 4" but they were not planed very smooth. Not quite rough cut, but not as smooth as modern lumber. When I was a kid, studs were 1-3/4 x 3-3/4 and they were planed smooth. I used to buy rough cut oak from a sawmill. 2" x 4" rough. I really liked the smell of fresh oak lumber but my wife couldn't stand it. I used to make things with it but I had to set them somewhere to dry out before I could bring them upstairs. The University where I worked had a building out in the woods that was built of oak (probably from the same place I got mine from). It had been there for about 10 years when I started to work there and if I wanted to attach something to the oak railing I had to use a drill to make a hole, then hammer a nail in. The dried oak was too hard to drive the nail directly. Bent a lot of nails finding that out.
Just went to the basement and looked at what stock I had. One 2x4 was 1-1/2 x 3-1/2 and another was 1-1/2 x 3-1/4. A 1x4 was 3/4 x 3-1/2. They were bought within the last 4 years. Shrinkflation is continuing.
The first house I bought was built in the early 1900s. The studs were 2" x 4" but they were not planed very smooth. Not quite rough cut, but not as smooth as modern lumber. When I was a kid, studs were 1-3/4 x 3-3/4 and they were planed smooth. I used to buy rough cut oak from a sawmill. 2" x 4" rough. I really liked the smell of fresh oak lumber but my wife couldn't stand it. I used to make things with it but I had to set them somewhere to dry out before I could bring them upstairs. The University where I worked had a building out in the woods that was built of oak (probably from the same place I got mine from). It had been there for about 10 years when I started to work there and if I wanted to attach something to the oak railing I had to use a drill to make a hole, then hammer a nail in. The dried oak was too hard to drive the nail directly. Bent a lot of nails finding that out.
Just went to the basement and looked at what stock I had. One 2x4 was 1-1/2 x 3-1/2 and another was 1-1/2 x 3-1/4. A 1x4 was 3/4 x 3-1/2. They were bought within the last 4 years. Shrinkflation is continuing.
Feb 17, 2023 10:41:21 #
Re: #4
This is my go-to drink if we host a brunch. I use dried cranberries and mix a little sparkling cider with the champagne. If the conversation is not to my liking I just sit and watch the cranberries bounce in the bubbles👍
This is my go-to drink if we host a brunch. I use dried cranberries and mix a little sparkling cider with the champagne. If the conversation is not to my liking I just sit and watch the cranberries bounce in the bubbles👍
Feb 17, 2023 10:47:41 #
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