Teach me something new today, or random trivia......

[frankenbeemer]

Revolvers are actually pistols.

[MonkeyMadness]

Why does the school for the blind have lights and window?

Why is "re" used in the word "retarded" when talking about an individual who's only tarded once, and why is "dual" in the word "individual" when only refereeing to one person? And am I really "refereeing" or just "fereeing"....?

[MonkeyMadness]

Revolvers are actually pistols.

Revolvers where first known as wheel guns

[_username_]

According to scientists, one of the main ingredients in red wine, resveratrol, has the potential to prevent the negative effects that spaceflight has on astronauts.
The scientists have conducted several experiments with rats in which they have simulated the weightlessness of spaceflight. During these experiments scientists fed one group of rats with resveratrol and they discovered that the group that was fed with resveratrol did not develop insulin resistance or a loss of bone mineral density, as did those rats who were not fed with resveratrol.
These negative health conditions primarily occur as the result of inadequate physical activity, which in the case of astronauts is because their low gravity environment makes physical activity almost impossible.
Resveratrol found in red wine, though not a substitute for physical activity, is still an excellent ally in slowing the deterioration of astronaut's body.
So make sure to drink lots of red wine every time you step back from working on your E30 and are admiring your work 8) (and every other chance you get of course)

[_username_]

Men have 4% more brain cells than women, and about 100 grams more brain tissue.
A monkey's brain is around 95 grams.
I can only think of one thing that monkeys are good at....I guess that
pretty well correlates to how we use our extra. Woowho

[frankenbeemer]

Revolvers where first known as wheel guns

Where?

[MonkeyMadness]

Where?

History! ;-)

[nbio]

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

BS

http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/airstrip.asp

[Conki]

Where?

Haha I almost asked the same question.

Oh trivia:
The world's best-selling toy, the Rubik's cube was invented by Erno Rubik in 1974, a Hungarian inventor.

[z31maniac]

Teach me, R3V, teach me.

[Julien]

The typewriter was invented by an immigrant named Qwerty Yuiop who left his name on all keyboards

Qwert Yuiop is a bit of internet nonsense.


The 'QWERTY' keyboard layout we see on most keyboards was developed by Christopher Latham Scholes for typewriters.

[slammin.e28]

Qwert Yuiop is a bit of internet nonsense.


The 'QWERTY' keyboard layout we see on most keyboards was developed by Christopher Latham Scholes for typewriters.

It has something to do with keeping the most used letters in the same area to make it easier to type. QWERTY just happened to end up that way, and since it makes a pronounceable "word" that's what it's called, the QWERTY keyboard.

[Deltron Dirty30]

"Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you."

According to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction.

The most common name in the world is Mohammed.

A car that shifts manually gets 2 miles more per gallon of gas than a car with automatic shift.

[CincinnatiKid]

If you keep a goldfish in the dark, it will eventually turn white

[BrewCity11]

Will it turn back to gold after you put it back into light???