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When it comes to wine, an aroma similar to cat pee is a considered a good thing.
A 21-year-old man from Arizona saved a woman's life using CPR he learned watching an episode of The Office.
WELCOME TO PAGE 352 - IT IS JUST AMAZING !!!
Traveling with our kids was great when they were small. I think the period between 7 and 15 was the best though. My daughters were surprisingly easy to travel with after about 5 the son took a bit longer. I meant what I said about kids in a good way. My kids are currently in their 30's and 40's so they are much different to travel with them now. We still have a lot of fun traveling together, although since they have lives of their own, it does not happen as often. Grand kids are fun too.
Hollywood starlet Hedy Lamarr is often called the “mother of Wi-Fi.” She helped invent a version of the frequency-hopping system that led to the creation of GPS, Bluetooth, and wireless internet.
The term mortician was invented as part of a PR campaign by the funeral industry, which felt it was more customer-friendly than undertaker. The term was chosen after a call for ideas in Embalmer's Monthly.
Tsundoku is the act of acquiring books or other reading materials and not reading them.
AKA idlers
In 1985, the Chicago Bears recorded a hit rap song called “The Super Bowl Shuffle,” which was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Rhythm and Blues Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal. Ultimately, they lost to Prince’s “Kiss."
King Charles III technically owns all the dolphins in UK waters.
Mike Tyson would KO sparring partners quickly so he could get home in time to watch ‘Tom & Jerry.’
A group of pugs is called a grumble.
IKEA consumes about 1 percent of the world's lumber.
Winston Churchill's mother was born in Brooklyn.
Redondo Beach, California adopted the Goodyear Blimp as the city's official bird in 1983.
It's insane no matter how you see it
Crayola came from the words for “oily chalk.”
Bi-weekly has two different definitions: Twice a week or once every two weeks.
The 100 folds in a chef’s toque are said to represent 100 ways to cook an egg.
And they are indeed oily chalks!
Just adding a little color folks.
There is an insurance policy issued against alien abduction. Around 50,000 policies have been sold, mainly to residents of the U.S. and England.
I thought the same think. LOL
Volvo invented the three-point seatbelt, then gave the invention away for free. They decided it was too important of an invention to keep to themselves.
In 2005, Connecticut was accidentally issued an Emergency Alert to evacuate the entire state. Only about 1% of the people actually tried to leave.
LOL so back for some really insane count?
Some artist pencils are also like oily chalks!
How you doing there @TrK ?
Webster’s Dictionary accidentally had a word that didn’t exist in it for five years – “Dord.”
Busy with two projects one is for an architectural consultancy firm and other one is from a medicare service provider. How about you mate?
Just trying to end up in third. Not sure if I'll make it, but I have to try when there is time.