Monthly Archives: October 2021
WTF Fun Fact – A Crash Of Rhinos
5 Things You Should Know – Part 437
Here are 5 things you should know. 1. All 1500W heaters put out the exact same amount of heat, and consume the exact same amount of electricity, regardless of physical size, or the properties of the heating element. If you’re buying a new space heater, consider that the small, inexpensive, 1500W heater with the wire…… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact – How Many Cows Does It Take To Make A Burger
25 Interesting Shower Thoughts – Part 282
Here are this week’s shower thoughts. 1-5 Shower Thoughts 1. When you’re saying “I love you” to your parents as a kid, you hardly realize how much it really feels to hear until your own kids tell them to you. 2. The thermal shock of turning on a light is allegedly what wears it out,…… Read More »
Covid-19 can be fatal and tests for it aren’t rigged
A post on Facebook includes a number of false or misleading claims about Covid-19 deaths, tests, the vaccines, hand sanitisers and facemasks. It is not true to say that “Covid-19 is not killing people” According to data from the Office for National Statistics, between 4 January and 8 October 2021 alone over 57,000 people died… Read More »
Government hasn’t explained differing statements on lab accused of inaccurate Covid-19 results
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has failed to explain why it released two different statements about a Covid testing laboratory in Wolverhampton which may have sent inaccurate results to 43,000 people. On 15 October a government spokesperson was reported as saying the lab in question “was fully accredited by the UK’s independent… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact – Excel Paintings
The Flowtime Technique: A Pomodoro Alternative
Today, there are countless productivity techniques that claim to help you work at peak efficiency. Among them, few are more widely known and widely used than the Pomodoro Technique. It’s a time management system that suggests that you break down your work tasks into 25-minute chunks and take breaks in between them. The idea revolves… Read More »
30 Interesting Facts About Prisons
Here are 30 Interesting Facts About Prisons. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Prisons 1. Some prisons is Brazil offer their prisoners a chance to reduce their sentence by 4 days (up to 48 days/year) for every Book they read and write a report on. – Source 2. American Psychologist Timothy Leary, upon his arrival at prison…… Read More »
25 Interesting Facts About Salt
Here are 25 Interesting Facts About Salt. 1-5 Interesting Facts About Salt 1. In 2010, Taco Bell secretly reduced the sodium content of its food by 23% at 150 of its restaurants in the Dallas area. Without telling anyone, they replaced the salt with “other spices and other ingredients.” Two months later, they had received…… Read More »