Does that total include the ones with lumps?
Post up facts and things that hardly anyone knows...... (for entertainment purposes only. NO need to fact check)
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Did you know that a horse has more than one horsepower? In fact, in some breeds, like bigass cold bloods, it's closer to 15 hp (when calculated in WATTs)
So, my math says... if my engine has 500hp and each horse is worth 15, well then... 7500hp it is.
So, my math says... if my engine has 500hp and each horse is worth 15, well then... 7500hp it is.
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The ancient Egyptians used a pee sample to test for pregnancy, much like our modern methods - only their tests relied on barley and wheat seeds. Details of the method were found on a papyrus scroll dating to around 1350 BCE. Potential mothers were advised to pee on bags containing wheat and barley, and according to the theory, if the grains sprouted shortly after, it indicated pregnancy. A 1963 study reproduced the test and found it successfully diagnosed pregnancy in about 70% of expectant mothers...
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Banned Pinball, 1942 (New York City)
New York City banned pinball in 1942, with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia famously ordering police to raid arcades and smash pinball machines with sledgehammers.
New York City banned pinball in 1942, with Mayor Fiorello La Guardia famously ordering police to raid arcades and smash pinball machines with sledgehammers.
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Clorox began in 1913 as the Electro-Alkaline Company in Oakland, California, with a liquid bleach product. The company was founded by five entrepreneurs who invested $100 each to start America's first commercial liquid bleach factory...
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Your brain generates enough electricity to power a lightbulb.
Neurons communicate through electrical impulses that together could produce about 20 watts of energy. Even when you’re asleep, your brain stays active and buzzing.
Neurons communicate through electrical impulses that together could produce about 20 watts of energy. Even when you’re asleep, your brain stays active and buzzing.
There has to be a twist?
There's nobody home and the lights are off.
I'm conserving energy in retirement...I'm down to one candle power.
The most successful bleach brand in New Zealand is called Janola. Named after the two founders - housewives Jan and Nola created the product some 60 years ago in New Zealand and has become a household name ever since.
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At 60, I measured the same a few months ago as I've been since I was in my 20s.
Fixed.
Still short huh?
There are times when I envy you guys who are short ....you know.... 5'6" etc .... the number of times I have banged my head on doorways and crawling through people's houses for work.... hate being tall sometimes.
Then there's the little old ladies in the supermarket asking if I can reach them a can of something off the shelf....
Then there's the little old ladies in the supermarket asking if I can reach them a can of something off the shelf....
.....some are so old they smell of dust....the little old ladies that are younger than me.
The little old ladies that can't reach their favorite brand of cat food....the little old ladies that are younger than me.
