Yearly Archives: 2022
WTF Fun Fact 13163 – The Goodyear Blimp Redondo Beach Connection
New Year’s Eve superstitions
Traditionally, New Year’s Eve is a time for superstitions and rituals believed to bring good luck in the coming year. Some people believe that eating certain foods, such as beans, lentils, or pork, can bring prosperity and good fortune. Others believe that performing certain actions, such as wearing red underwear or jumping over waves at… Read More »
First footing
New Year’s Eve is usually celebrated with parties, fireworks, and other festive activities. In many cultures, it is also a time for making resolutions for the coming year, and for looking back on the past year. One somewhat unusual tradition that takes place on New Year’s Eve in some parts of the world is the… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact 13162 – Viking Burials and Board Games
WTF Fun Fact 13161 – Bats Give Birth Upside Down
25 Interesting Shower Thoughts – Part 314
Here are this week’s shower thoughts. 1-5 Shower Thoughts 1. Arguing with dumb people actually makes you smarter because you have to figure out ways to explain things in a way a dumb person can understand. 2. It’s really awesome that fire burns in the visible light spectrum. 3. Surgery replaces an injury that is…… Read More »
25 Kickass Random Facts List #797
WTF Fun Fact 13160 – The Niels Bohr Beer Supply
WTF Fun Fact 13159 – You Can Be Right-Eared or Left-Eared
Incitatus
During the reign of the Roman Emperor Caligula (AD 37-41), he is said to have appointed his favorite horse, Incitatus, to the position of Consul, which was one of the highest offices in the Roman Republic. Caligula is also said to have planned to build a palace for Incitatus and to have given the horse… Read More »