I'm exhausted from the week and I feel like I've been running on a treadmill. So here are a few useless facts that pumped air into my tires. Hope they help you too.
Do what???
1) A South Korean movie theater owner decided that the movie The Sound of Music was too long. His solution? He shortened the movie by cutting out all of the musical scenes!
Do you mind grabbing me some?
2) The five most stolen items in a drugstore are batteries, cosmetics, film, sunglasses, and, get this, Preparation H. Apparently people are just too embarrassed to purchase the last item. And, just in case you are curious, one of Preparation H's main ingredient is shark liver oil. The oil not only helps shrink hemorrhoids, but will shrink any tissue. As a result, many older women in Florida use the stuff to help reduce the appearance of wrinkles!
Owwchhh.....
3) Way back on August 13, 1903, police entered the Liverpool, England home of William and Emily Shortis. Worried friends had contacted the authorities because the couple had not been seen for several days prior. There they found William near death. Oddly, he was pinned under the dead body of his 224 pound wife. Did she die during a moment of passion? Not at all. The coroner concluded that William was following Emily up the stairs of their home when she lost her balance and tumbled down the steps, pulling him down with her. Emily immediately died from a blow to the head, trapping William under her body for over three days. Sadly, William did not survive his injuries, either.
Yeah, I knew that...
4) Did you ever wonder what the WD in WD-40 stands for? The name was lifted right out chemist Norm Larsen's laboratory notebook. Way back in 1953, he was trying to concoct an anti-corrosion formula, which worked on the basic principle of displacing water. On his 40th try, Larsen finally got it right. Hence the name WD-40. It literally means Water Displacer, 40th try.
I so wanna be a meteorologist.
5) The lightning that we see actually goes from the ground to the sky in what is known as the "return stroke" at 1/3 the speed of light. We can't see the initial "stepped leader" that passes from the sky to the ground.
2 comments:
Hmmmm.. this idea is awefully similiar to something I had called "FFF" or better known as (Fun Fact Friday's) Ahem..... I'LL SUE!!!
: )
I really didn't start reading your blog until 2008 - during the Oscar and Felix run. So, chalk it up to great-minds-think-alike.
After I read your comment, I searched your blog and found the FFF's. As usual, you did a better job than me.
So there!
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