This is from a thread my alter-ego started a while ago:
Over the weekend, I was wallowing in boredom on an airplane and I was forced to read the crappy magazine that US Air puts out. I read a pretty good article on the Happy Birthday song and I found out that AOL owns the rights to it!!
Mercury was once used in the manufacturing of felt hats. The hatters (or hat makers) would come in contact with the metal almost daily, and in some cases this led to mercury poisoning, which can cause insanity.
Hence the phrase "As mad as a hatter" and Alice in Wonderland's character 'The Mad Hatter'.
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Originally posted by superkarate monkeydeathcar
no he was responsible for the us festival. joel rosenman & john roberts did woodstock. woz was 18 when woodstock happened.
That's what I meant. Not the original but the next one. That was also called woodstock 2 in my circle of friends.
cary grant died in davenport iowa.
davenport iowa!
Over the weekend, I was wallowing in boredom on an airplane and I was forced to read the crappy magazine that US Air puts out. I read a pretty good article on the Happy Birthday song and I found out that AOL owns the rights to it!!
The thread is here. That was a long time ago....
Originally posted by midwinter
Armadillos can get leprosy.
Huh. But how could you tell?
Gecko's ability to walk on glass is due to capillary forces in microscopic hairs on their feet
When Polar Bears hunt they lie in wait and cover their (black) nose with their paw in order to blend with the white artic scenery.
Originally posted by stupider...likeafox
Continuing the Polar Bear theme:
When Polar Bears hunt they lie in wait and cover their (black) nose with their paw in order to blend with the white artic scenery.
But where do they put there empty coke bottles??
The united states isnt america.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994343
A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
(Though they may grrr and hiss).
Originally posted by DiscoCow
The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.
Greatest piece of triva ever. Ties with the fact that in the 1940s 7UP used to contain lithium.
Heinz ketchup comes out of the bottle at a speed of 25 miles per year.
Hence the phrase "As mad as a hatter" and Alice in Wonderland's character 'The Mad Hatter'.
Originally posted by superkarate monkeydeathcar
in 1979 president carter was attacked by a swimming rabbit.
Hmmm..Unidentified Floating Object..
but a man made one does.
and nobody knows why.
j.