Sunday, February 5, 2012

F. Y. I.

Still on the Books
In Nebraska, it is illegal for a mother to give her daughter a perm without a state license.

Did You Know?
The term "brain freeze" was invented by 7-Eleven to explain the pain one feels when drinking a Slurpee too fast.

Growth Spurt
Humans become a little taller in space because there is no gravity pulling down on them.

Nose For Food
Kiwi birds are blind and hunt by smell.

Quotable
by  Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet (1875-1926)
"A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them; they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship."

That's a No
An advertising company once approached Johnny Cash's estate asking to use "Ring Of Fire" in an ad for hemorrhoid cream.  The request was refused.

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