The Nobel Prize resulted form a late change in the will of Alfred Nobel, who did not want to be remembered after his death as a propagator of violence – he invented dynamite.
Urine was once used to wash clothes.
In parts of Malaya, the women keep harems of men.
Ancient drinkers warded off the devil by clinking their cups.
The two highest IQ’s ever recorded (on a standard test) both belong to women.
In 1911 3 men were hung for the murder of Sir Edmund Berry at Greenbury Hill, their last names were Green, Berry , and Hill.
I felt smarter after reading these, did you?
(They all come from “Human World.”)
wow.. I’m smarter now.
Thanks!
Now I can add those things to all the random facts that I know….useful when you want to sound intelligent!!
so, what you’re sayin’ is…when i run outta detergent, an economical way to continue the clothes washin’ is to pee on them?
That’s EXACTLY what I’m saying. Way to read between the lines, JR!
I KNEW i always loved Malaya. just didn’t know why until today
Wow, I do feel smarter. My dog must be really smart. He often washes visitor’s pants legs with urine.
Here’s another random fact: Did you know that Benjamin Franklin wanted the national bird to be the turkey? I wonder what bald eagle tastes like with giblet gravy.
sadly, i’ll never remember any of these. the vault of my brain seems to be closed off to storing any new information.
suck.
I wish I was smart.
Anybody can memorize information-I was able to fool a lot of people into thinking I am smart that way-but it’s what we DO with what we know that counts.
So maybe that makes me an idiot…?
Nor: Uh oh. Epiphany?
No more glass chinking for me…sheesh
I don’t feel smarter, but it did make me think.