Sunday, May 30, 2010

Shrimp

A shrimp's heart is located in its head.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

ALCOHOL

Yea it is fun to drink. Yea it will kill you eventually.

Alcohol causes over 2,000,000 deaths a year. Drink up!!

Friday, May 21, 2010

Canadiens- Habs???

In honor of the Blackhawks and the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the fun fact is about hockey tonight.

Habs is an abbreviation of "les habitants," the informal name given to the original settlers of New France, dating back to the 17th Century. So it's a natural fit for the The Montreal Canadiens, established in 1909 and marketed as a French-Canadian hockey team.

Having said that, the nickname might have been the result of an error. According to NHL.com, the first man to refer to the team as "the Habs" was Tex Rickard, owner of Madison Square Garden, in 1924. Rickard apparently told a reporter that the "H" on the Canadiens' sweaters was for "Habitants." Not true. The distinctive C-wrapped-around-H logo stands for "Club de Hockey Canadien."

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Wenus

No matter how hard you pinch your's (or someone else's) wenus, it won't hurt!!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

NASA and dyslexia

Fact: Over 50% of all NASA employees are dyslexic.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Vodka Stinger with a Whiskey Back

Fact of the day...this is how you make a vodka stinger with a whiskey back. Try it next time you are at the bar!

Vodka 2 oz
Peppermint schnapps 1 oz
Fresh mint sprig
Whiskey 1 oz

Preparation:
Vigorously shake the vodka and schnapps with lots of ice. Strain into a cocktail glass or serve on the rocks. Garnish with mint and serve with a shot of whiskey on the side.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

WIND!!!

Why do we always seem to have it in Milwaukee? No matter rain, snow, or sun, it always seems to be windy here. So I looked it up and I knew it. People keep complaining about how windy their cities are. My sister insisted Omaha was windy. Chicago is called the windy city (yes I know, it's because of their politics, but whatever). However, Milwaukee is windier than both of those cities. The wind here averages 11.5 miles/hour a day.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The incredible edible egg

Woke up bright and early at 630 am. What did I eat for breakfast? Scrambled eggs. In appreciation of their loveliness, here are some fun facts about eggs.

-Can’t remember if an egg is fresh or hard boiled? Just spin the egg. If it wobbles, it’s raw. If it spins easily, it’s hard boiled. A fresh egg will sink in water, a stale one will float.

-White shelled eggs are produced by hens with white feathers and white ear lobes. Brown shelled eggs are produced by hens with red feathers and red ear lobes.

-China produces the most eggs, at about 160 billion per year. In the US, about 280 million hens produce more than 65 billion eggs per year. A hen can lay about 250 eggs per year.

-There are about 70 calories in an uncooked egg and 77 calories in a cooked egg.

Monday, May 10, 2010

Animals

So, I often refer to many of my friends as animals. Saying dumb things, looking like drunken idiots, and eating like animals, you would say the same thing. In honor of all of my good friends out there, here are some fun facts about animals.

-Panda bears often abandon their babies because they are afraid of them
-Horses cannot puke
-Camels have three eye lids
-Elephants can’t jump
-A goldfish has the memory span of 3 seconds
-Giraffes sleep only 5-30 minutes per day but eat from 16-20 hours per day
-An elephant can smell water from a distance of three miles

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Happy Mother's Day!!!!

Mother's Day as a holiday was created by Anna Jarvis in Grafton, West Virginia, in 1908 as a day to honor one's mother. Jarvis wanted to accomplish her mother's dream of making a celebration for all mothers, although the idea didn't take off until she enlisted the services of wealthy Philadelphia merchant John Wanamaker. She kept promoting the holiday until President Woodrow Wilson made it an official national holiday in 1914. The holiday eventually became so highly commercialized that many, including its founder, Anna Jarvis, considered it a "Hallmark Holiday", i.e. one with an overwhelming commercial purpose. Jarvis eventually ended up opposing the holiday she had helped to create. She died in 1948, regretting what had become of her holiday.In the United States, Mother's Day remains one of the biggest days for sales of flowers, greeting cards, and the like; it is also the biggest holiday for long-distance telephone calls.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

The Salute

The most widely accepted theory of the origin of the salute is that it evolved from the practice of men raising their hats in the presence of officers. Tipping ones hat on meeting a social superior was the normal civilian sign of respect at the time. Repeated hat-raising was impractical if heavy helmets were worn, so the gesture was stylised to a mere hand movement. It was also common for individuals who did not wear hats to "tug their forelock" in imitation of the gesture of tipping the hat.