Wednesday, January 20, 2010

F. Y. I.

Quotable
"Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain."
by Ralph Waldo Emerson

No Kidding
Thomas Edison, inventor of the light bulb, was afraid of the dark.

Say Ah!
A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4-foot -tall child inside.

Did You Know ?
Sliced bread was patented by a jeweler, Otto Rohwedder, in 1928, after he invented a machine to slice and wrap loaves for commercial sale.

Point Of Origin
The magic word "abracadabra" was originally intendend to cure or ward off disease.

Still on the Books
In Natoma, Kan., it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits.

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