Inventions.

[Dizzle229]

Just got this email.

 

[hide]VERY

INTERESTING STUFF

 

 

In the

1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed

to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb.

Hence we have 'the rule

of thumb'

 

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Many years ago in

Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen

Only...Ladies Forbidden'.. .and thus, the word GOLF entered

into the English language.

 

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The first couple to

be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma

Flintstone.

 

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Every day more money

is printed for Monopoly than the U.S.

Treasury.

 

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Men can read smaller

print than women can; women can hear better.

 

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Coca-Cola was

originally green.

 

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It is impossible to lick

your elbow.

 

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The State with the

highest percentage of people who walk to work:

 

Alaska

 

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The percentage of

Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get

this...)

 

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The percentage of

North America that is wilderness: 38%

 

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The cost of raising

a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:

 

$ 16,400

 

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The average number

of people airborne over the U.S. in any given

hour:

 

61,000

 

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Intelligent people

have more zinc and copper in their hair..

 

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The first novel ever

written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.

 

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The San Francisco

Cable cars are the only mobile National

Monuments.

 

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Each king in a deck

of playing cards represents a great king from history:

 

 

Spades - King David

 

 

Hearts - Charlemagne

 

 

Clubs -Alexander,

the Great

 

Diamonds - Julius

Caesar

 

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111,111,111 x

111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321

 

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If a statue in the

park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air,

the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in

the air, the person died because of wounds received in battle.

If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died

of natural causes

 

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Only two people

signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, John Hancock

and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but

the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

 

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Q. Half of all

Americans live within 50 miles of what?

 

 

A. Their birthplace

 

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Q. Most boat owners

name their boats. What is the most popular boat name

requested?

 

 

A.

Obsession

 

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Q.. If you were to

spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you

would find the letter 'A'?

 

A. One

thousand

 

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Q. What do

bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser

printers have in common?

 

 

A. All were invented

by women.

 

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Q. What is the only

food that doesn't spoil?

 

 

A.

Honey

 

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Q. Which day are

there more collect calls than any other day of the

year?

 

 

A. Father's

Day

 

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In Shakespeare's

time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.

When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened,

making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the

phrase...'Goodnight , sleep tight'

 

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It was the accepted

practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the

wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with

all the mead he could drink... Mead is a honey beer and because

their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the

honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

 

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In English pubs, ale

is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England , when

customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them 'Mind

your pints and quarts, and settle down.'

 

It's where we get

the phrase 'mind your P's and Q's'

 

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Many years ago in

England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or

handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill ,

they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle'

is the phrase inspired by this practice.

 

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At least 75% of

people who read this will try to lick their

elbow!

 

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Don't delete this

just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read

it.

 

 

I cdnuolt blveiee

taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The

phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at

Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the

ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the

first and last ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a

taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This

is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by

istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

 

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YOU

KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2009 when...

 

1. You accidentally

enter your PIN on the microwave..

 

2. You haven't

played solitaire with real cards in years.

 

3. You have a list

of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of

three.

 

4. You e-mail the

person who works at the desk next to you.

 

5. Your reason for

not staying in touch with friends and family is that they

don't have e-mail addresses.

 

6. You pull up in

your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is

home to help you carry in the groceries.

 

7. Every commercial

on television has a web -site at the bottom of the screen.

 

8.. Leaving the house

without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first

20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic

and you turn around to go and get it.

 

 

10. You get up in

the morning and go on-line before getting your

coffee

 

 

11. You start

tilting your head sideways to smile. : )

 

 

12 You're reading

this and nodding and laughing.

 

 

13. Even worse, you

know exactly to whom you are going to forward this

message.

 

 

14. You are too busy

to notice there was no #9 on this list.

 

 

15. You actually

scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this

list

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~AND

FINALLY~~~~~ ~~~~~~~

 

NOW U R LAUGHING at

yourself. [/hide]

[Pinkbullet3]

15. You actually

scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this

list

 

:notalk:

[baalboy5]

Every wonder why condoms aren't sponsored to a large extent? Think of the brand-name catch phrases.

http://static.pyzam.com/img/funnypics/misc/condom.gif

[dsavi]

Coca-Cola was

originally green.

Wrong. Santa Claus was originally green.

And, as it happens, was turned red by an advertisement campaign for Coca-Cola made by a person from Åland, Finland. (An island in between Finland and Sweden) Namely, Haddon Sundblom.

 

Now who knew that? Huh?

[Albel]

I think it'd be cool if you could inhale AND exhale oxygen. That way you could stay underwater and just breathe in and out by puffing your cheeks.

 

:blink:

Circular breathing is very difficult but entirely possible. It involves storing oxygen in your cheeks, then pushing it out while inhaling. It is a required skill for playing the didgeridoo, and is also applicable to the flute and other instruments, but with the flute anyway it ruins your sound.

 

No, it doesn't work in the way you described, but circular breathing is very similar. (And pretty interesting.) I've attempted it but haven't succeeded.

Circular breathing is the holy grail in band. I've tried for years to do this, and I can not do. I only know one person who can. To not have to take a breath during a piece of music would be amazing :ugeek:

[dsavi]

To not have to pause to take a breath would be amazing. :P

[fastortoise]

This week the theory of the "decaying Y-chromosome" has been disproved. All because they were finally able to sequence human & chimp Y-chromosomes (which is harder to do than our other chromosomes since the sequences in Y confuse the programs). Fun stuff :thumbsup:

[Romy]

Sorry for my ignorance but...

 

Isn't sex determined by the chromosomes of male sperm? If so, since when sperm has nipples? I'm getting all confused here :S...

[Giordano]

Sorry for my ignorance but...

 

Isn't sex determined by the chromosomes of male sperm? If so, since when sperm has nipples? I'm getting all confused here :S...

Your ignorance is not forgiven. Learn basic genetics first.

 

Think about it this way: breasts are a default part of the human body, like arms and legs. It's just that women's get bigger and glands to produce milk.

[Romy]

Sorry for my ignorance but...

 

Isn't sex determined by the chromosomes of male sperm? If so, since when sperm has nipples? I'm getting all confused here :S...

Your ignorance is not forgiven. Learn basic genetics first.

 

Think about it this way: breasts are a default part of the human body, like arms and legs. It's just that women's get bigger and glands to produce milk.

 

No need to be rude, I was merely asking.

[Kiriyama]

Coca-Cola was

originally green.

Wrong. Santa Claus was originally green.

And, as it happens, was turned red by an advertisement campaign for Coca-Cola made by a person from Åland, Finland. (An island in between Finland and Sweden) Namely, Haddon Sundblom.

 

Now who knew that? Huh?

 

I knew it was an ad campaign for Coca-Cola that turned Santa red, simply to match the colour of the can/bottle.

 

My art teacher for part of High School told us that much. See? Even Santa prefers Coke. Take that, you damn Pepsi lovers.

[michel555555]

:cry: I feel so unwanted. No one bothered to link my old thread. :cry:

 

And the cookie cutter shark was first discovered when it took a bite out of a submarine.

 

The very first recipy for Coka cola actually used cocain.

 

Rudolf the red nosed rain deer was first created as an advertisment for a shopping mall

 

And yes it is possible for men to lactate. i remember a documentory on discovery chanel a while ago about how a husband wanted to experiance what happens to women durring pregnancy and so put weights on his ankles to make it feel like like his ankles were swollen ect. and he actually started lactating near then end.

[Romy]

:cry: I feel so unwanted. No one bothered to link my old thread. :cry:

 

And the cookie cutter shark was first discovered when it took a bite out of a submarine.

 

The very first recipy for Coka cola actually used cocain.

 

Rudolf the red nosed rain deer was first created as an advertisment for a shopping mall

 

And yes it is possible for men to lactate. i remember a documentory on discovery chanel a while ago about how a husband wanted to experiance what happens to women durring pregnancy and so put weights on his ankles to make it feel like like his ankles were swollen ect. and he actually started lactating near then end.

 

Simply amazing.

[pegpenguin]

I was told the all men are actually female till the testorone kicks in, and I'm glad to hear thats not true lol tried to tell me that women were made first, what blasphemy is this...

 

Anyways yes men can make milk, there are plenty of teens around america who, lacking the testorone levels of their forefathers, lactate lol my cousin was one of them...I thought I would too seeing as my nipples seemed extra sensitive, they were very very ticklish hahaha anyways, there have also been a few cases of grown men breastfeeding their children because their mother had died or left them lol

[archimage_a]

I think that Tip It should watch QI....there is no end of insightful facts you can pick up.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MrKxzqJhR8

First minute covers lacation.

 

From Lactation to Linguists

A linguistics professor was lecturing his English class.

'In English,' he said, 'a double negative forms a positive. In some languagues, though, such as Russian, a double negative is till a negative. However, there is no language wherein a double positive can form a negative.'

'Yeah, right,' piped a voice from the back of the room.

[Pinkbullet3]

Yeh, so on my new topic, I've always considered what it'd be like if instead of us humans driving our cars, why not have a computer system drive it. All you do is get in the car (and perhaps the inside will look completely different, like everyone can sit around a big table or something), tell it where to go, and it will take you to your destination. All you have to do is sit back, sip some soda, browse the internet, etc. It would significantly reduce accidents because humans driving isn't a factor anymore. The computer in the car will interact with the computer in the roads and will create directions and move accordingly. Just a rough idea, nothing too much into the computer system (blackouts, hackings, etc.).

[Wizz]

A portable EMP wave generator would be awesome. I like to see cars booming bass be heard when I'm pointing my new EMP wave generator at them. :twisted:

[Lenticular_J]

It would be especially cool if there was a hospital behind said car.

[JeremyM]

Nice try, but I am not falling for your trap to steal my inventions that will make me millions! ;)

[Distracted]

Yeh, so on my new topic, I've always considered what it'd be like if instead of us humans driving our cars, why not have a computer system drive it. All you do is get in the car (and perhaps the inside will look completely different, like everyone can sit around a big table or something), tell it where to go, and it will take you to your destination. All you have to do is sit back, sip some soda, browse the internet, etc. It would significantly reduce accidents because humans driving isn't a factor anymore. The computer in the car will interact with the computer in the roads and will create directions and move accordingly. Just a rough idea, nothing too much into the computer system (blackouts, hackings, etc.).

 

They're long developing this, they've made cars that can drive by themselves, ofcourse they're not ready to hit traffic yet, but they can drive through simple obstacle courses without a human driver interfering.

 

I've been thinking of making a cat's litter tray (or whatever it's called) with a double bottom, that somehow filters the [cabbage] and the wet rocks (which stick together) out of the other rocks, and then being able to immediately throw that away. Would make cleaning the litter a lot less of a hassle.

[AndyPandy]

Yeh, so on my new topic, I've always considered what it'd be like if instead of us humans driving our cars, why not have a computer system drive it. All you do is get in the car (and perhaps the inside will look completely different, like everyone can sit around a big table or something), tell it where to go, and it will take you to your destination. All you have to do is sit back, sip some soda, browse the internet, etc. It would significantly reduce accidents because humans driving isn't a factor anymore. The computer in the car will interact with the computer in the roads and will create directions and move accordingly. Just a rough idea, nothing too much into the computer system (blackouts, hackings, etc.).

 

They're long developing this, they've made cars that can drive by themselves, ofcourse they're not ready to hit traffic yet, but they can drive through simple obstacle courses without a human driver interfering.

 

I've been thinking of making a cat's litter tray (or whatever it's called) with a double bottom, that somehow filters the [cabbage] and the wet rocks (which stick together) out of the other rocks, and then being able to immediately throw that away. Would make cleaning the litter a lot less of a hassle.

 

How about a tray that vibrates hard? then the clumps would rise to the top, and could be automatically swept off.

 

Would scare the [cabbage] out of the cat though.

[Distracted]

Yeh, so on my new topic, I've always considered what it'd be like if instead of us humans driving our cars, why not have a computer system drive it. All you do is get in the car (and perhaps the inside will look completely different, like everyone can sit around a big table or something), tell it where to go, and it will take you to your destination. All you have to do is sit back, sip some soda, browse the internet, etc. It would significantly reduce accidents because humans driving isn't a factor anymore. The computer in the car will interact with the computer in the roads and will create directions and move accordingly. Just a rough idea, nothing too much into the computer system (blackouts, hackings, etc.).

 

They're long developing this, they've made cars that can drive by themselves, ofcourse they're not ready to hit traffic yet, but they can drive through simple obstacle courses without a human driver interfering.

 

I've been thinking of making a cat's litter tray (or whatever it's called) with a double bottom, that somehow filters the [cabbage] and the wet rocks (which stick together) out of the other rocks, and then being able to immediately throw that away. Would make cleaning the litter a lot less of a hassle.

 

How about a tray that vibrates hard? then the clumps would rise to the top, and could be automatically swept off.

 

Would scare the [cabbage] out of the cat though.

 

Sounds like a good idea. Maybe combining the double bottom with the vibration.

 

You've got the litter box the way it is now, with at the bottom a filter. Push a button, and the filter slowly starts rising while vibrating, thus filtering the clumps from the rocks. Then you can just detach the filter. The only problem here is putting the filter back.

[Pinkbullet3]

Wish I could chime in, but I don't own any pets. : (

 

Cats are nice, though.

[mcneilp]

I think that Tip It should watch QI....there is no end of insightful facts you can pick up.

QI is brilliant. One of my favourite programs. Stephen Fry is a legend.