Interesting random facts.

The facial expressions on the left side of the face is controlled by the right hemisphere of the brain and is more pronounced than the right.

Originally Posted by bscottskangum

Rene Descartes came up with the gems "cogito ergo sum" - I think therefore I am, the Cartesian Coordinate plane (x axis, y axis and use it to graph), the idea to use superscripts to represent exponents, and numerous other things.

The interesting part, he did all this but refused to get out of bed until after 11 am. And he adhered to this until the year he died.

Descartes was originally a monist and later adopted dualism due to pressure from the church. The interesting thing is he was beheaded, which literally separated his "mind" from his body. When his head was finally reconnected to his body later, his "mind" and body were one again.

[pektel]

More than 5,000 years ago, the Chinese discovered how to make silk from silkworm cocoons. For about 3,000 years, the Chinese kept this discovery a secret. Because poor people could not afford real silk, they tried to make other cloth look silky. Women would beat on cotton with sticks to soften the fibers. Then they rubbed it against a big stone to make it shiny. The shiny cotton was called "chintz." Because chintz was a cheaper copy of silk, calling something "chintzy" means it is cheap and not of good quality.

[pektel]

The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful plough man strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

[Lumpold]

Originally Posted by pektel

The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful plough man strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

And this is why the English language is so hard to learn...
Similarly, the following sentence will often confuse people who are learning English, both young native speakers, and those learning English as a second language:

He strung his bow, carved from the bough of a tree, while stood on the bow of the ship.

[kaisersozei]

The Mayflower was originally set to sail for Virginia, but stopped at Plymouth Rock because the pilgrims had run out of beer.

[pektel]

People never grow up. We only learn how to act in public.

[MurphysLaw]

The creators of Adidas and Puma were brothers, and Nazis.

Laid that one on a waitress a few weeks ago while having a cigar with a buddy, he was wearing Adidas, I had a pair of Pumas on.

[MajorCaptSilly]

When he was a boy, David Bowie took art lessons from Peter Frampton's father, Owen.


MCS

[chippewastud79]

The Nike 'swoosh', one of the worlds most recognizable, logos was created by a graphic design student, Carolyn Davidson. Total cost: $35.

[landhoney]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Yeah, one of the guys on my old hockey team stole mine.

Interesting fact? This man has never been seen again.....one way or the other if you know what I mean.

[CasaDooley]

Originally Posted by pektel

The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful plough man strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

I twiyed swaying dat, now I hab to unthy my thounge!

[CasaDooley]

Originally Posted by Lumpold

And this is why the English language is so hard to learn...
Similarly, the following sentence will often confuse people who are learning English, both young native speakers, and those learning English as a second language:

He strung his bow, carved from the bough of a tree, while stood on the bow of the ship.

Oh Thno, Noth aginth!

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by landhoney

Interesting fact? This man has never been seen again.....one way or the other if you know what I mean.

I didn't punch no doggies.

[BlackDog]

9 Lives cat food and Starkist tuna are processed in the same factory in Kankakee, IL.

[BlackDog]

No matter how large or small it is, the commerical chicken you buy in the supermarket was 44 days old when it was butchered. The chicken companies manipulate how fast the chickens grow by the amount of feed and "daylight" that the chickens receive, but they are always 44 days old when they're butchered.


The turkey you buy in the supermarket for your Thanksgiving dinner may have been butchered as early as April. The farmers cannot grow, and the processing plants cannot process, enough turkeys in a shorter amount of time for hundreds of millions of people to consume in one day.

[shilala]

Originally Posted by BlackDog

No matter how large or small it is, the commerical chicken you buy in the supermarket was 44 days old when it was butchered. The chicken companies manipulate how fast the chickens grow by the amount of feed and "daylight" that the chickens receive, but they are always 44 days old when they're butchered.


The turkey you buy in the supermarket for your Thanksgiving dinner may have been butchered as early as April. The farmers cannot grow, and the processing plants cannot process, enough turkeys in a shorter amount of time for hundreds of millions of people to consume in one day.

Them are broilers, Warren. The seven poundish chickens you buy. We used to grow them. They grow so fast that you have to dress them at six weeks, otherwise they "flip" on you. That means their little hearts explode in their chest and when they die, they flip over on their back.
If you're real careful and adjust their diet, you can keep some of them alive a little longer and they'll get huge. Turkey huge.
On the turkeys...
Commercial birds are broad breasted whites. They're all born via artificial insemination because the size of the birds makes mating impossible. They're not so dainty as broilers, you can raise them out till they dress out at 40 pounds or more. You literally can't fit one in the oven, you have to quarter them. That's some big turkey.

[htown]

If you spell illuminati backwards and add .com it takes you to the NSA's website.

[NeuRon]

Farts have a taste...

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by BigRonS

Farts have a taste...

I don't even wanna know how you know that Ron....