Once Upon A Time A tale of two brothers and a carpenter. Once upon a time two brothers lived on adjoining farms. John, the eldest, and Joshua, the youngest, had a terrible fight. It was the first serious rift in 40 years of farming side by side, sharing machinery and trading labor and goods as needed. The relationship began to …
You Should Have Known Harvey, an elderly well dressed and mannered man from America, arrived at French immigration at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France. When it was his turn to speak to the French official, he was asked for his passport. Harvey fumbled, mumbled and searched trying to remember where the heck he’d put his passport as …
No Extra Money? Thank goodness for the Beauty Lift High Nose Electric Nose Lift. Plastic surgery can cost a fortune, and in these times, not too many people have the extra money to get that perfect nose. But all is not lost. Now you can have that perfect schnoz. No scalpels, no doctors and it won’t break the bank! The …
Since so many people seemed convinced that I am headed there, I decided to try to figure out if Hell is exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat). First, I needed to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. Then I needed to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell, and the rate …
“Okay” (OK) is one of the most recognized and frequently used words in the world. It is also one of the oddest expressions ever invented. But its oddity may account for its popularity. It’s odd-looking. It’s a word that looks and sounds like an abbreviation, an acronym. We generally spell it OK – the spelling okay is relatively recent, and …
Lunar Baby Thermometer Designer Duck Young Kong has created the Lunar Baby Thermometer, a simple and un-invasive way to check body temperature without the placing of glass sticks in orifices of discontent. Easier And Faster It’s as easy as putting your hand on a forehead to measure body heat. Checking the temperature by scanning the forehead with this device is …
Four Friends There was once a rich merchant who had four friends. He loved the fourth friend most and gave him only the best. He also loved the third friend very much. He was proud of his third friend’s talents. The man’s second friend was a kind and considerate person, always patient and, in fact, the merchant’s personal confidante. Whenever …
Parking lots are a bigger environmental threat than oil. When you’re looking for one, it might seem like every parking spot on Earth has been taken, but ponder this: there’s at least 500 million empty spaces, just in the United States alone, at any given time. Climate scientists say that little research has been done to estimate the impact that …
Did Leonardo da Vinci Use The Same Model For Christ and Judas? Is it true or false that Leonardo da Vinci used the same model for both Christ and Judas? The truth is that it’s false. It’s said that Leonardo da Vinci took over ten years to paint the masterpiece ‘Last Supper’ because he was so picky about the models …
Flylashes might not be for the squirmish! For many who are not blessed with lush lashes, they opt for false eyelashes. Just glue on some fake ones, and they enhance your eyes. Flylashes Are The Latest Craze Fake eyelashes come in many different lengths and colors. Some have glitter and even feathers. Jessica Harrison, a British artist, took false eyelashes …
False: There is no good evidence that cracking ones knuckles leads to, or causes arthritis. However, there can be too much of a good thing. Cracking your knuckles may not lead to arthritis, despite what your mother told you, but scientists have discovered that it can cause tissue damage in the affected joints. In a study of 300 knuckle crackers, …
Accidentally Amputated Oscar the cat, a resident of jolly old Eegland, regained a spring in his step following an innovative surgery by Dr. Noel Fitzpatrick to fit him with a pair of prosthetic paws. The two-and-a-half-year-old feline had his rear paws accidentally amputated by a combine harvester. Oscar’s road to recovery began after a local vet referred his owners, Kate …
Is There A Magical Urine Detection Dye For Pools? The answer to whether it’s true or false that there’s a dye to detect urine in swimming pools is that it’s false: No matter what your parents told you, or what you see in the movies, there isn’t any magical chemical that when added to a swimming pool, will reveal the …
Two of the oldest questions in science are, ‘How deep is the ocean?’ and, ‘How much water do the world’s oceans hold?’ Researchers from two top marine-science centers in the United States – the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – set out last year to find the answers. After employing the latest …
Pets Love Chocolate Just like their human counterparts, pets, especially dogs, crave the delicious goodness of chocolate. But, while recent studies have shown that chocolate may be beneficial to human health, it’s important to know that chocolate can be toxic, and in extreme cases, even fatal for animals. Chocolate Can Be Toxic, Even Fatal Dogs are most commonly affected due …