October 2010
10 posts
“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones...”
– Jack Kerouac (via quote-book)
Oh Yeah Facts: Regarding Blood Donations... →
ohyeahfacts:
Every two seconds someone in the US needs a blood transfusion.
More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day.
Red blood cells need to be used within 42 days of collection.
One donation can help save the lives of 3 people.
Less than 38% of the US population is eligible to donate blood.
May 2010
8 posts
The brain is 70% fat.
ohyeahfacts:
(The Essential Book of Useless Information)
April 2010
4 posts
The first First Nations bible was printed in...
ohyeahfacts:
(The Amazing Book of Useless Information)
EDIT: We originally said Eskimo. Anon informed us that was politically incorrect. So don’t say Eskimo anymore, it’s Inuit. So now you know.
EDIT’S EDIT: Alright so thanks to comeflyaway we found out that Eskimo means “flesh eater,” so that’s probably why it’s politically incorrect, but Inuit also is apparently incorrect,...
During World War II, bakers in the United States...
ohyeahfacts:
(The Amazing Book of Useless Information)
Monkeys seem to enjoy the sounds of hard rock.
ohyeahfacts:
Researchers played a group of cotton-top tamarin monkeys a variety of musical types, such as jazz and classical, and found that they only reacted when they heard the loud, fast-paced sounds of a band like Metallica. Instead of banging their heads, however, the heavy metal made the simians appear calm and content.
March 2010
12 posts
My bathroom cabinet connects to Narnia.
lolztobehad:
Open the cabinet, a mouse.
Remove the mouse, close the cabinet.
Open the cabinet, another mouse.
Repeat all week.
February 2010
10 posts
great quote
“I’m black, I’m blind and I’m still alive. How much better do they want me to be?”
quote Governor David Patterson
Cliché →
bobulate:
Seth Godin on clichés:
In printing, a cliché was a printing plate cast from movable type. This is also called a stereotype. When letters were set one at a time, it made sense to cast a phrase used repeatedly as a single slug of metal. “Cliché” came to mean such a ready-made phrase. The French word “cliché” comes from the sound made when the matrix is dropped into molten metal to make a...
any number can be four
six is three and three is five and five is four
seventeen is nine and nine is four
thirty five is ten and ten is three and three is five and five is four
*don’t let Lisa run out of things to knit or she gets bored*
My dog has a boo boo so I made her breakfast
She got a small scoop of her normal dog food and I nuked her an egg mixed with some roasted chicken and watered it down with some homemade veg soup with carrots, turnip greens, green beans and a 1/4 cup scoop of oatmeal. This was her reward for taking her pill like a good girl.
protein x 2
fiber x 3
carbs x 1
Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13....
ohyeahfacts:
In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.
(source)
I met the man who would become my husband on a Friday the 13th. <3
December 2009
10 posts
How did the letters “xo” come to be used as a...
ohyeahfacts:
The first mention in literature of XXX for kisses at the bottom of a letter was in 1901, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The X itself is very old.
The custom goes back to the early Christian era, when a cross mark or “X” was the same as a sworn oath. The cross referred to the cross of Calvary and the first letter of the Greek word for Christ, Xristos.
Even as little as...
:x youth
Emily: I'm making you something for christmas. And i might get you something for your birthday, too. What would you like?
Matt: Aw thanks, you can surprise me because i will be happy with anything. What would you like for christmas?
Emily: I'm going to be a dork and say i would like to be your girlfriend.
Matt: That sounds like an easy gift, i can do that.
According to greek mythology, humans were...
pseudolibrarian:
bunnysuit:
owltreethree:pawnshopheart:insidethelion:pinkrose:wellnowmardybum
Thought this was appropriate for my first anniversary!
