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Post by spindle on Jan 27, 2006 11:33:56 GMT -5
The slang word crap comes from T. Crapper, the man who invented the modern toilet
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Post by corna on Jan 27, 2006 15:45:04 GMT -5
nifty
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Post by Dailon on Jan 31, 2006 9:41:39 GMT -5
Tuesday's update:
There really are such thing as "cooties." Though most people believe that "cooties" is just a nonsense word used by children to describe unpleasant insects, cooties are in fact a kind of body lice.
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Post by Eliowyn f.k.a. Doraemon on Jan 31, 2006 14:33:47 GMT -5
/eww
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Post by corna on Jan 31, 2006 15:29:07 GMT -5
so i was right! thank god i got the cootie shot
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Post by spindle on Feb 1, 2006 15:41:22 GMT -5
Updated for wednesday.
Guinness beer was originally a mistake. The brewer actually burned the hops and sold the so-called "bad batch" at a huge discount. Apparently, it wasn't so bad and was requested by patrons from then on.
Source: Guinness
And for anyone that may enjoy their new marketing campaign, you should go look at their old slogans. i.e. "Have a Guinness when you're tired:
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Post by spindle on Feb 3, 2006 9:20:33 GMT -5
Updated for friday. . .
Spacewar is generally considered to be the first video game. Programmed in 1962 by MIT student Steve Russell, Spacewar was a simple game with ASCII graphics where two players would blast lasers at each other. At the time, the game only ran on massive, million-dollar mainframes the size of a small house. Spacewar was circulated to other computer labs across the country, but only nerdy college students with access to mainframes could play it.
Source: Neil
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Post by spindle on Feb 9, 2006 10:38:14 GMT -5
I give you two today since they're kinda related.
1 TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard. 2 Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.
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Post by corna on Feb 9, 2006 15:25:06 GMT -5
i think im now ....uh that^^^^^
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Post by spindle on Mar 29, 2006 8:18:11 GMT -5
The Paomnnehal Pweor Of The Hmuan Mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch as Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
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Post by corna on Mar 29, 2006 18:47:45 GMT -5
hehe yea tahts been gnoig runod alot like this is the 5th time ive seen this tihs week
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Post by spindle on Mar 30, 2006 8:03:40 GMT -5
Chrysler built B-29's engines that bombed Japan, Mitsubishi built Zeros that tried to shoot them down. Both companies now build cars in a joint plant call Diamond Star.
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DarkX
Jedi Padawan
-Nothing is truth-
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Post by DarkX on Mar 30, 2006 13:47:23 GMT -5
holy sh*t thats one to think about..
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Post by spindle on Mar 31, 2006 7:52:06 GMT -5
Ohio is listed as the 17th state in the U.S., but technically it is number 47. Until August 7, 1953, congress forgot to vote on a resolution to admit Ohio to the Union.
and yes I did verify this at a couple of sites to see if it's true!
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Post by spindle on Apr 4, 2006 7:22:44 GMT -5
When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.
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