Interesting Tidbits

Bit geeky, but still: Early (possibly all) versions of Windows 3.1 had encrypted code that would cause Windows to crash if run on the main MS-DOS competitor, DR-DOS.

The character of Lara Croft in TOMB RAIDER was originally designed as a man.

The largest wasp nest ever recorded had a circumference of 8ft. and weighed 17lbs. 8 oz. Thats a bigass wasp nest.

An ooometer(oo-o-mita)is a device for measuring eggs and has nothing to do with Frankie Howerd(Google him you whipersnappers)

The only word to end in the letters "mt" is:












dreamt (or other forms - redreamt and undreamt)

The word "facetiously" has all six vowels in alphabetical order.

The title of ENTER THE DRAGON was orginally intended to be BLOOD OF STEEL, but was scrapped.

Only 28% of Africa is wilderness, while 38% of North America is wilderness.

The Hanson brothers were considered Oprah Winfrey's most demanding guest(s) and were told to never come back again.

The Inverse Square Law:

The intensity (or illuminance or irradiance) of light or other linear waves radiating from a point source (energy per unit of area perpendicular to the source) is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source so an object (of the same size) twice as far away, receives only ¼ the energy (in the same time period).

I stole the definition from wiki. In photo it's an important rule of thumb to keep in mind because it describes the falloff of the light as you move the source from the object it's illuminating.

strangely enough, I knew that!

Before it was edited, the Communist Manifesto contained numerous references to the Dewey Decimal System.
















Sorry, just kidding.

The first iPod could only hold ten songs and had a battery life of four hours.

Sounds like mine ;) (well at least the battery part)

The alters in gothic cathedrals are intentionally slightly off center. This "mistake" represents their belief that only God is perfect, and mankind is inherently flawed.

The average size of the erect male penis is...

Wait, I think I won't go there!