Thursday, November 24, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Grenades are named after pomegranates
The name of the explosive armament actually comes from the french word for the fruit, grenade. This came from the old french word pomegrenate or pomme-grenade. The name for the grenade reflects the similarity in shape between it and the pomegranate. Pomegranates also can explode when overripe in order to spread its seeds over a wide perimeter.
Friday, November 18, 2011
The length of your foot is the same as the length of your forearm
Go ahead and measure ! From heel to toe should be the same as from elbow to wrist. The study of these ratios in body sizing is called Anthropometry. This science has been extremely useful over the years in such areas as clothing design, forensics, and studies of human migration patterns over time.
Elephants are afraid of mice !
...or at least they are very careful to avoid them. The guys on "Myth-busters" proved that this myth to be plausible - Check it out in the video below !
Wi-Fi detecting t-shirt
This t-shirt helps you to find WiFi hot-spots as well as their signal strength. Cool eh ? :D
But the downside of wearing this is that, everybody gets to know that you have some sought of a valuable laptop or phone with you. So be aware. ;)
If you want to, you can buy it here -
For real !
Amazing lake
In Italy there is an artificial lake made by submerging several villages. This lake is 5 meters deep and can hold up to 120 million cubic meters of water. In total 163 homes and 523 hectares (1290 acres) of cultivated land were submerged. This was built in 1920. Kinda amazing isn't it ? :D
Crows can talk, for real !!!
There are plenty more videos like this on YouTube. Just search for talking crows or ravens.
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