Thursday, September 20, 2007

Thursday Thirteen 09/20/07


13 Snippets of Useless Knowledge


These are interesting little tidbits of trivia. What will you gain by knowing them? Nothing. But they are fun.

1. Sylvester Stallone is a talented artist, and some of his neo-expressionist paintings sell for about $40,000.

2. The creator of the Simpsons, Matt Groening, has a dad named Homer, a mom named Marge, and sisters named Lisa and Maggie.

3. French toast was known as German toast until World War One.

4. Amish men shave when they're single and grow a beard when they're married.

5. Pigs are the only mammals other than man who can get sunburned.

6. English muffins were not invented in England.

7. China is the source of 70% of the worlds pirated goods.

8. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad in first class.

9. Pearls melt in vinegar.

10. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different.

11. The original name of Bank of America was Bank of Italy.

12. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them

13. Seaweed is used to thicken icecream.

Sources are Johnny Goodtimes and Stunning Stuff. Check them out for more useless knowledge. Happy Thursday!

9 comments:

Country Dawn said...

I refuse to believe number 13! BLECH!

Anonymous said...

That explains why Cleopatra was able to drink her pearls!

Bloggers said...

I did not know the Sly was an artist. How cool. You learn something new everyday.

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Unknown said...

That's a lot of olives!

Carrie Lofty said...

I thought chihuahuas could get sunburned too. Hmmm....

Anonymous said...

Tongue print? Who knew?

Anonymous said...

I blinked a bit at number 1. Who knew they ol Sly could paint...and people buy them?!

Anonymous said...

pearls melt in vinegar???

Anonymous said...

I wonder when Stallone will move from being a neo-expressionist to a full-blown one! Not bad for a man who seems to have only one expression.

Not only were English muffins not invented in England, but you can't get them there! I had never heard of them until I first travelled from England to the US.