Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Monday, 4 October 2010
To Live and Die in L.A.
At 15, Tupac also attended Baltimore School for the Arts where he studied ballet and acting.
To Live & Die in L.A.
Thursday, 30 September 2010
Wanna go get high?
The name marijuana comes from a Mexican slang term for cannabis and is believed to have derived from the Spanish pronunciation of the names Mary and Jane.
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Sunday, 26 September 2010
Square Trees
The "Valley of Square Trees" in Panama is the only known place in the world where trees have rectangular trunks.
ipod
The creator of the iPod first shopped his idea (without success) to Philips and RealNetworks before Apple agreed to market the device.
Friday, 24 September 2010
Coffee, anyone?
The world's largest coffee pot is located in Davidson, Saskatchewan. It measures 24 Feet(7.3 Meters) tall, is made of sheet metal and could hold 150,000 8 ounce cups of coffee.
Thursday, 23 September 2010
NBA
Earl Lloyd was the first black ever to play in an NBA game when he took the floor for the Washington Capitols on October 31, 1950 in Rochester, New York. Lloyd was one of three blacks to become NBA players in the 1950 season. The other two were Nat “Sweetwater” Clifton, who was signed by the New York Knicks, and Chuck Cooper, who was drafted by the Boston Celtics. Cooper debuted the night after Lloyd.
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Yabadaba-yabadadoo
The Flintstones was sponsored by a cigarette company during the show’s first two seasons. The show was intended for adults, not kids, so few complained about the commercials that depicted the stone-age characters puffing away on Winstons.
Sunday, 19 September 2010
Unlucky
It Pays To Be A Righty
Right-handed people live, on average; nine years longer than left handed people.
Useless Fact
A lawyer defending a man accused of burglary tried this creative defense: "My client merely inserted his arm into the window and removed a few trifling articles. His arm is not himself, and I fail to see how you can punish the whole individual for an offense committed by his limb." "Well put," the judge replied. "Using your logic, I sentence the defendant's arm to one year's imprisonment. He can accompany it or not, as he chooses." The defendant smiled. With his lawyer's assistance he detached his artificial limb, laid it on the bench, and walked out.
Saturday, 18 September 2010
Bubble wrap turned 50 years this week.
Originally bubble wrap was conceived as a wallpaper. Since that did not work out, it was used as a wrapping material. Every year enough bubble wrap is made to stretch it all the way to moon and back.
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