1. Consuming asparagus affects the smell of urine, but only 22% of the population have the gene to smell it. – Source 2. Numerous survival instructors and guides, including the US Army Field Manual, advise against drinking urine for survival. – Source 3. In ancient India, Diabetes was called “madhumeha” or “honey urine” as the…… Read More »
1. The creator of Peter Pan gave the rights to a children’s hospital so they would always collect the royalties and fund the hospital. – Source 2. Some hospitals keep a supply of beer for alcoholics in case they go through withdrawal (which can be fatal). Some hospitals even have beer cans with prescription labels.…… Read More »
1. The English Dennis the Menace and the American Dennis the Menace were developed completely independently of each other and were coincidentally published on the same day on opposite sides of the Atlantic on 12 March 1951 – Source 2. John Wilkes Booth’s brother, Edwin Booth, saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son, Robert Lincoln…… Read More »
1. A soft drink company made a soda containing lithium called “Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda”. Later, the company changed the name to the much simpler “7up” after Lithium’s atomic mass. – Source 2. Soda is fizzier in cans (vs plastic bottles) because CO2 cannot escape an aluminum can. CO2 escapes sealed PET bottles quite readily. –…… Read More »
I always wondered if somehow the sun disappeared in one instant (I know impossible). Would we notice the disappearing light first, or the shift in gravity? I know light takes about 8 minutes 20 seconds to reach Earth, and is a theoretical limit to speed but gravity being a force is it faster or slower?…… Read More »
Here are 25 interesting facts about milk. 1. An 80-year-old woman was killed in a Brazilian clinic when a student nurse accidentally administered coffee and milk through her IV line. – Source 2. 28 US states have an official state beverage. 21 of those 28 chose milk. Alabama chose whiskey. – Source 3. Lactase Persistence, the…… Read More »
Here is a list of Last Words of 25 Executed Criminals. 01. George Appel Crime: Murder Executed: By electric chair in 19280 Last Words: “Well folks, you’ll soon see a baked apple.” 02. George Engel Crime: Accessory to murder (Haymarket Affair) Executed: By hanging on November 11, 1887 Last Words: “Hurrah for anarchy! This is…… Read More »
