Interesting Tidbits

Jim Morrison named "The Doors" after the title of Aldous Huxley's book "The Doors of Perception", which is about the use of hallucinogenic drugs

The first product to have a bar code was Wrigley's gum.

Most people (including a great many Icelanders) claim Reykjavik is, probably on the ground that being bigger parts of it are more northely than Nuuk.

It's certainly close, and the winner depends on the source:

Nuuk = 64°10'48"N
Reykjavik = 64°08'24"N

It's certainly close!!

But Greenland is strictly part of Denmark so as contender most northerly national capital it loses on a technicality.

I've not been to Nuuk but Reykjavik is great.

I believe, that the highest national football stadium in the world is in Ladakh.

I can't be sure, but that's what they told me....I have a photo somewhere....

The bark of a redwood tree is fireproof. Fires that occur in a redwood forest take place inside the trees.


damnit. I keep thinking of stuff....

In Hitler's Germania, the city set to replace Berlin, there were plans for a megalomaniacal Great Hall with a dome reaching over 1000', with 16 times the volume of the dome in St. Peter's Rome. The dome was so vast that upon inspection after the German defeat in 1945 US military engineers determined that if the dome were built, and filled with crowds of Nazi faithful, clouds would form and it would rain inside the building itself.

Ashkhabad is one of my hometown's Sister Cities. That's little-known, I'm sure, but it interests me.

Also, Santa Fe, the capital of my state, is the highest in elevation, and the oldest, capital city in the United States.

The only words usable in Scrabble that end in the letter "q" are:

suq
tranq
umiaq

True, this may be useful in a scrabble tournament.

Hitler had only one testicle.

For the burning of Atlanta scene is Gone With The Wind they used sets from older movies, including the "Great Gates" from the movie King Kong.

I love King Kong. I hate Gone With The Wind.

ketchup was created in 300 BC

Egyptians may have preceded da Vinci in creating the 1st aircraft as a recent glider from egyptian times was discovered in hieroglyphics.

Adam of the bible story "Adam and Eve" had a first wife, Lilith. Lilith and Adam were created at the same time out of dirt, unlike Eve who was created from Adam's rib (showing Adam's dominance). Lilith vanished when Adam refused to let her be on top during sex, claiming that missionary was the only way. Lilith then became a demon, and Eve was created. Lilith turned into a succubus, seducing men in their sleep and spreading disease, and killing infants. Any crib death used to be blamed on Lilith, hence the song "Lulaby" translating into "Lilith be gone." Adam and Eve was also a pre-existing Sumarian legend, where mankind was created by a snake god, which explains the snake. No, the snake does not represent the devil in Adam and Eve, it is common that gods of previous religions get portrayed as demons and tempters in the new religion.

There are no Inuits who are members of LPSG.

To cure a bee sting, pull out the stinger and hold a penny on it for 15 minutes!