I need a less dorky hobby
Okay, I have a bad habit of taking notes about things that I find interesting. Now in England they have this show called QI (Quite Interesting) hosted by Stephen Fry (You know how I feel about him) where you get points for all the interesting things you say even if they are not correct and Stephen must correct you. Anyway I found my notes and I want to have a "hard" copy of them so I'm typing them up for your amusment.
The country with the highest suicide rate? Lithuania 13 times higher than the US and 16 times higher than England.
Saddest song was voted to be gloomy sunday by Billie Holiday citing the fact that many people have killed themselves after hearing it.
Since 1580 when records began the total number of attacks on humans by sharks has been logged at about 2200 only. This is equivalent to just 5% of Americans injured by toilets in the year 1996.
800 Americans die in a McDonalds every year.
22 pounds of chocolate is fatal.
The dog fish is actually a shark.
35,000 people in 1994 insured themselves against alien abduction. (Ya know just in case.)
Dogs used to detect lung cancer by smelling it out are 99% accurate.
The word karate means empty hands.
The United States is made up of only 46 states because Kentucky, Virginia, Pennslyvania and Massachusetts are common wealths.
The only state that's state lines contains no straight lines? Come on you'll feel stupid if you don't think for a mintue....Hawaii.
Henry the 8th had 6 weddings but really only 3 or 4 legal wives depending on your definition of "legal".
Graphite pencils last for 35 miles.
The Earth has four moons. One is named Cruithne and only passes us every 770 years. (Crew-ith-knee) The other three are all numbers and letters and less interesting so it doesn't matter.
(I don't know how to do postscript so just imagine that every number after a letter is small and dropped down like in chemistry). C6 H12 O6 (S) + 6O2(g) -> 6CO2(g) + 6H2O(g) describes the explosion of custard.
One I learned from a book: Abalones are a type of snail with 5 assholes. (Your welcome)
Now three interesting stories; the first two being from QI the third from The Know It All.
(Talking about the manic and depressive stages of Bipolar disorder.) There was one person who took apart a car, bit by bit, laid out a sheet, took apart the engine, did outlines around each part, numbered them, named them, everything was fantastic - then, of course, he got the mood swing and was depressed, so he kicked it all out! The whole thing went to pieces and so there was no car.
(Following discussion of most depressing song ect.) There was a couple who had just gotten married and were fighting constantly. Ya know, yelling and throwing things; the whole bit. Well, she storms off and the man decides he just cannot live with himself anymore and decides to throw himself out of their third story window. He does so but at that exact moment his new bride is walking out of the building in a rage and he lands on her, killing her instantly. He survived the fall.
Francis Bacon was riding in his horse and carriage when he suddenly decided he needed to know if snow delays putrefaction. So he hops out of the carriage buys a hen and stuffs it with snow to see how quickly it'll go bad. Unfortunately, he catches a chill, which brought on bronchitis and he dies soon after at a friend's house. (I'm kinda impressed that his curiosity was so great that it killed him. I guess him didn't hear about that cat thing.)
Now I know I have another two pages of notes somewhere but I have so many notebooks that it's a daunting task so I'll leave it for later. Entertaining or stupid? I;d like feedback.
The country with the highest suicide rate? Lithuania 13 times higher than the US and 16 times higher than England.
Saddest song was voted to be gloomy sunday by Billie Holiday citing the fact that many people have killed themselves after hearing it.
Since 1580 when records began the total number of attacks on humans by sharks has been logged at about 2200 only. This is equivalent to just 5% of Americans injured by toilets in the year 1996.
800 Americans die in a McDonalds every year.
22 pounds of chocolate is fatal.
The dog fish is actually a shark.
35,000 people in 1994 insured themselves against alien abduction. (Ya know just in case.)
Dogs used to detect lung cancer by smelling it out are 99% accurate.
The word karate means empty hands.
The United States is made up of only 46 states because Kentucky, Virginia, Pennslyvania and Massachusetts are common wealths.
The only state that's state lines contains no straight lines? Come on you'll feel stupid if you don't think for a mintue....Hawaii.
Henry the 8th had 6 weddings but really only 3 or 4 legal wives depending on your definition of "legal".
Graphite pencils last for 35 miles.
The Earth has four moons. One is named Cruithne and only passes us every 770 years. (Crew-ith-knee) The other three are all numbers and letters and less interesting so it doesn't matter.
(I don't know how to do postscript so just imagine that every number after a letter is small and dropped down like in chemistry). C6 H12 O6 (S) + 6O2(g) -> 6CO2(g) + 6H2O(g) describes the explosion of custard.
One I learned from a book: Abalones are a type of snail with 5 assholes. (Your welcome)
Now three interesting stories; the first two being from QI the third from The Know It All.
(Talking about the manic and depressive stages of Bipolar disorder.) There was one person who took apart a car, bit by bit, laid out a sheet, took apart the engine, did outlines around each part, numbered them, named them, everything was fantastic - then, of course, he got the mood swing and was depressed, so he kicked it all out! The whole thing went to pieces and so there was no car.
(Following discussion of most depressing song ect.) There was a couple who had just gotten married and were fighting constantly. Ya know, yelling and throwing things; the whole bit. Well, she storms off and the man decides he just cannot live with himself anymore and decides to throw himself out of their third story window. He does so but at that exact moment his new bride is walking out of the building in a rage and he lands on her, killing her instantly. He survived the fall.
Francis Bacon was riding in his horse and carriage when he suddenly decided he needed to know if snow delays putrefaction. So he hops out of the carriage buys a hen and stuffs it with snow to see how quickly it'll go bad. Unfortunately, he catches a chill, which brought on bronchitis and he dies soon after at a friend's house. (I'm kinda impressed that his curiosity was so great that it killed him. I guess him didn't hear about that cat thing.)
Now I know I have another two pages of notes somewhere but I have so many notebooks that it's a daunting task so I'll leave it for later. Entertaining or stupid? I;d like feedback.