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In today's modern world, knowing what to eat and what is inedible is pretty darn complicated. Pink slime? Iceberg lettuce? Girl Scout Cookies? All three blended up in a smoothie? Now more than ever we need someone to tell us what to eat and what to feel bad about when we eat it instead of what we are supposed to eat.
Fortunately, our Comparative Nutrition team here at Very Little Known Facts has done the research and crunched the numbers for you to compare today's hottest diet fads.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><b>Atkins Diet</b></u><br />
Also known as:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Carnivore Diet</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Coronary Diet</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">T. Rex Diet</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Predicated on the belief that people can get so sick of meat that they stop eating entirely, the Atkins diet chemically tricks your body into thinking that you are about to die and therefore you have no need for storing fat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>BREAKFAST:</b> Eat meat and nothing else.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>LUNCH:</b> Eat more meat and nothing else.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>DINNER:</b> Have breakfast for dinner! (In the sense that you are eating meat and nothing else. No pancakes.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>ADVANTAGES:</b> Bacon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>DISADVANTAGES:</b> Eating a hamburger without a bun is silly looking. Eating a hot dog without a bun is lewd.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>HOW IT WORKS:</b> This diet doesn't work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><u><b>Caveman Diet</b></u><br />
Also known as:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Paleolithic Diet</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">T. Rex Diet</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Intelligent Design Diet</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Everyone knows that our caveman ancestors were fit, healthy, and lived for hundreds of years. (It's in the Bible!) This diet attempts to replicate the "natural" foods that mankind evolved over millennia to eat--or, if you don't believe in evolution, the foods that mankind was cursed to consume due to the wrath of a vengeful deity that wanted to keep all the Twinkies and pizza for himself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>BREAKFAST:</b> Eat grubs, bugs, other things you find on the ground.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>LUNCH:</b> Eat wild berries and fruit you gather along with fish you catch using your bare hands. Failing that, more grubs and bugs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>DINNER:</b> A feast of venison marinated in honey and coconut water then stuffed with herbs, wild mushrooms, truffles, feral garlic, and free-range mastodon blubber. If you are unable to hunt and kill your own venison and/or mastodons using large rocks and pointy sticks, then more grubs for you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>ADVANTAGES:</b> Five-second rule is moot.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>DISADVANTAGES:</b> Life becomes nasty, brutish, and short.</span><b><br />
</b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>HOW IT WORKS:</b> This diet doesn't work.</span><b></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Sugarbusters Diet</u></b><br />
Also known as:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ghostbusters Diet</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Adbusters Diet</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Buster Browns Diet</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For centuries mankind avoided all food containing sugar until the powerful Candy Barons of the 19th century bribed their way into powerful positions at the top of the Illuminati Food Pyramid. Now we are all junkies waiting for our Sugar Daddies to bring us the next fructose high.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>BREAKFAST:</b> Eat whole grain toast and fruit OH WAIT FRUIT HAS SUGAR DO NOT EAT THAT.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>LUNCH</b>: Eat whole grain toast with lean meat and some low-fat chips HOLD ON POTATOES HAVE STARCH WHICH IS KINDA LIKE SUGAR NONE OF THAT FOR YOU.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>DINNER:</b> A balanced meal healthy stuff like white rice or whole grain organic corn on the cob, beets, some pasta maybe EXCEPT NONE OF THAT MISTER IT'S MORE WHOLE GRAIN TOAST FOR YOU.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>ADVANTAGES:</b> Only one serving--no seconds on the whole grain toast.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>DISADVANTAGES:</b> Life not worth living.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>HOW IT WORKS:</b> This diet doesn't work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>Feeding Tube Diet</u></b><br />
Also known as:</span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bridezilla Diet</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Terry Schiavo Diet</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When your impending nuptials call for surgical intervention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>BREAKFAST:</b> You are fed through a tube going through your nose and down your throat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>LUNCH</b>: You are fed through a tube going through your nose and down your throat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>DINNER:</b> You are fed through a tube going through your nose and down your throat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>ADVANTAGES:</b> If your fiancee still wants to marry you when you have a tube going through your nose and down your throat, it must be love.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>DISADVANTAGES:</b> You are fed through a tube going through your nose and down your throat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>HOW IT WORKS:</b> Please don't do this. Seriously.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><u>VLKF Diet</u></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We here at VLKF are proud to introduce our own fad diet based on cutting-edge biochemical nutritional research!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>BREAKFAST:</b> Eat less and exercise more.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>LUNCH</b>: Eat less and exercise more.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>DINNER:</b> Eat less and exercise more.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>ADVANTAGES:</b> That great feeling you get from self-control. Natural high from physical activity.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>DISADVANTAGES:</b> Eating less. Exercising.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>HOW IT WORKS:</b> We have tried it ourselves, and we can say from experience that this diet doesn't work.</span><br />
</span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-31050554512012102982011-12-30T12:18:00.003-05:002011-12-30T12:51:08.407-05:002011: The Year We'd Rather Forget in Review<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_twNUMA3vUHMbx8Shu8-2LYpM44i-oxpvnR_X6LFS9oDH1fFV6XqB8UifyHsHlwB5p17NqRlD3Zbew5pgRIzz14Av4Q_TVdbqefMQ9uWTcwucvZ63L18Wg1gYGOVsyQIYqcwg/s1600/2011_wedding_Kim.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:15pt 10pt 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 323px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_twNUMA3vUHMbx8Shu8-2LYpM44i-oxpvnR_X6LFS9oDH1fFV6XqB8UifyHsHlwB5p17NqRlD3Zbew5pgRIzz14Av4Q_TVdbqefMQ9uWTcwucvZ63L18Wg1gYGOVsyQIYqcwg/s400/2011_wedding_Kim.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691972589414609266" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >JANUARY:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Ongoing protests bring down the authoritarian president of Tunisia; Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak offers to step in and rule Tunisia as interim despot. Presaging a rough year to come, Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs takes a leave of absence from being the last, best hope for economic recovery in America.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >FEBRUARY: </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Hosni Mubarak resigns; Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin offers to step in as interim Egyptian despot and institute draconian measures intended to punish his enemies. Sarah Palin announces that she is definitely considering whether or not to announce plans for convening a press conference regarding the likelihood of her forming an exploratory committee to raise funds for possible future plans in regards to her theoretical candidacy. Fox News viewers voice their fear and distrust of the Arab Spring movement because it has the word "Arab" in it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >MARCH: </span><span style="font-family:arial;">In a very precedented move, warplanes from the U.S. and allied countries impose a no-fly zone over an Arab country. An earthquake and tsunami cause massive devastation in Japan along with explosions and core meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Elsewhere, petroleum industry executives close the conference room door and draw the shades before quietly popping the corks on their champagne bottles. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >APRIL:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> The entire world is glued to their screens watching the British Royal Wedding of Prince William to his mother Princess Diana. Intense negotiations between rival factions of millionaires manage to prevent a government shutdown. In other news, intense negotiations between rival factions of millionaires fail to yield a new NFL contract. Presidential candidate Michelle Bachman denies homosexuality rumors regarding her husband, teletubby Tinky Winky.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >MAY:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Closing a sad chapter in American history and finally silencing a vocal proponent of intolerance and hate, commandos storm a hidden compound and kill Glenn Beck. After learning of the scandal in which a member of the Kennedy clan is actually the victim, stunned and dismayed Californians begin the search for another bodybuilder-actor-politician to provide them moral leadership. At the start of his corruption trial, Former Illinois governor Rod "Blogger" Blagojevich points out that he deserves some credit for not knocking up the maid.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >JUNE: </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Mitt Romney officially announces his candidacy for president, revealing that his election strategy is to let all 37 other candidates spout bat-dung-crazy nonsense until Republican voters realize they have no choice but to grudingly support him. After losing the NBA finals to the Dallas Mavericks, Lebron James packs his belongings in a small suitcase and takes a Greyhound back to Cleveland where, after a tense moment, the city hugs him and promises to let him sleep on the couch "until he gets back on his feet."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >JULY:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Many Conservatives express dismay as New York state legalizes gay marriage, pointing out that this blow to family values could doom the impending marriage of Kim Kardashian to that guy she got engaged to as a subplot on her reality TV show. New regulations from the National Weather Service go into effect that force all forecasters, reporters, pundits, and man-on-the-street interviewees to compare any current weather conditions to Global Warming as soon as a microphone appears in front of their face. The grand jury investigating former senator John Edwards finds octomom Casey Anthony not guilty of murdering Amy Winehouse. Televised Republican presidential debates initially get excellent ratings until viewers realize that they aren't watching <span style="font-style:italic;">The Walking Dead</span>.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >AUGUST:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Admitting that budget negotiations have reached a complete impasse, Congress votes to pick twelve members, six from each party, to continue refusing to compromise in a smaller room. This so-called "Supercommittee" has been given power to waste exponentially more time than ordinary committees. Despite this last-minute compromise, Bank of America forecloses on the White House, prompting President Obama to go on television reading a very cogent and even-tempered speech on the issue. The British public is shocked, absolutely shocked, to learn that Rupert Murdoch is not an icon of moral rectitude.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >SEPTEMBER:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> A round of spontaneous applause breaks out at the Joint Chiefs of Staff meeting following the news that Libyan rebels have seized Gaddafi's headquarters in Tripoli. This is followed by an awkward silence and much nervous paper-shuffling when President Obama asks if anyone thinks it is a good idea to enforce a no-fly zone over Syria. Facebook declares bankruptcy after being replaced by Google +. Texas Governor Rick Perry becomes the GOP frontrunner after announcing his three-part plan to fix America: lower taxes and imprison all immigrants. Intense negotiations between rival factions of millionaires break down, leading to an NBA strike. Lebron James considers applying for unemployment benefits.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >OCTOBER:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> President Obama commends the Congressional debt "Supercommittee" on finally reaching a unanimous decision on one issue: their utter and complete failure. In a desperate move, the European Union sells the country of Greece to corporate raider Carl Icahn for $86,000; Icahn announces plans to break Greece up into several city-states to sell separately. Media outlets go into panic mode after failing to sum up the complex socio-economic and political motivations of the Occupy Wall Street protesters into a 5-second sound bite. Rival factions of millionaires join together to remind "the 99%" that they should support lower taxes on the wealthy because "one day you'll win the lottery and be rich too."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >NOVEMBER:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Herman Cain loses his near-guaranteed shot at the Republican nomination after claiming that groping every female job applicant at Godfather's Pizza was simply company policy of "checking out their qualifications." As a result, staunch family man Newt Gingrich surges ahead in the polls. The nation is shocked, just shocked, just absolutely shocked to learn that some people think winning college football games is more important than protecting children from child molesters.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >DECEMBER:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> After realizing that previous frontrunner Newt Gingrich is actually that same Newt Gingrich from like the 90's, increasingly desperate Republicans, looking for anyone who isn't Mitt Romney, pointedly ignore the politely raised hand of John Huntsman and flock to Ron Paul in a bid for cross-over appeal between secessionist Libertarians and hardcore stoners. Christopher Hitchens is welcomed at the Pearly Gates of Valhalla by the Lord Ganesh who tells him, "You were way off, man." The last American troops withdraw from Iraq, finally bringing peace to the Middle East and fulfilling Obama's pledge to end America's wars.* And after the death of Dear Leader Kim Jung Il, Dick Cheney offers to step in as interim comically evil tyrant for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">*Not counting the War in Afghanistan, the War on Terrorism, the continuation of the Cold War along the DMZ between North and South Korea since the Korean War never officially ended, the War on Drugs, and the War on Christmas.</span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-66953693315436248402011-08-20T11:39:00.010-04:002011-08-20T13:13:37.233-04:00The Triumphant Return of Actual Facts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUsa_U3oEAgYtC_9R_PP6Q9Hrr7WR-hjeuMb4ApYFLShRRIUzwzkXwREII1-jG6wwJXAzDSawB7SYkGBX0iDNNjSIANDJ6f1paiavUdMwuQkBKZ_j8EdfyEd4dinWQVBBxbll/s1600/spanish_flamengo_dancer_castanets.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:15pt 10pt 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnUsa_U3oEAgYtC_9R_PP6Q9Hrr7WR-hjeuMb4ApYFLShRRIUzwzkXwREII1-jG6wwJXAzDSawB7SYkGBX0iDNNjSIANDJ6f1paiavUdMwuQkBKZ_j8EdfyEd4dinWQVBBxbll/s320/spanish_flamengo_dancer_castanets.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642985497030300114" border="0" /></a>
<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">After a short vacation, Very Little Known Facts is back--this time with even less known facts than ever!</span></span>
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<br /><li><span style=";font-size:130%;" >THE ETERNAL CYCLE OF LIFE: The last letter of the Japanese alphabet is also the first letter.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family:times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">If you invested $1000 in stock in the newly formed Apple Computers company in 1974, that investment would be worth <span style="font-style:italic;">over $1500</span> today.</span>
<br /></li></ul><ul style="font-family:times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">IT TAKES ALL KINDS: It is considered rude to drive on the right side of the road in England.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family:times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">People who were born in the last three months of the year are twice as likely to find out that they were separated at birth.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family:times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">CLICK THEM CLICKERS: Castanets, now a staple of exotic Spanish flamengo dancing, were originally intended as a dog training tool.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family:times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Some have said that the Statue of Liberty in New Jersey harbor is the largest representation of the human form except for the Great Wall of China.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family:times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">THINK OF THE CHILDREN: Some so-called "progressive" families practice the so-called "free-range kids" style of parenting which demonizes any punishment for misbehaving kids, encourages children to read banned books, and allows kids to run free with no parental supervision after the age of 4. If that still sounds like a good idea to you, perhaps you would like to hear the name of the most famous free-range kid who is now all grown up? Well, that kid was named JOHN F. HINCKLEY JR.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family:times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Michelle Bachman's husband was once engaged to the lead singer of Bachman Turner Overdrive.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family:times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">HE LIKES IT! HE LIKES IT! Famed stand-up comedian and director Bobcat Goldthwait got his start playing the reluctant Mikey in the famed Life Cereal commercials from the Seventies.</span></li></ul>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-18400633477232863242010-05-17T17:48:00.032-04:002010-05-17T23:15:30.330-04:00Happy 4th Birthday VLKF!People say May is the cruelest month, but we here at VLKF think it is the <span style="font-style: italic;">coolest </span>month. We just turned four years old! Here is the freshest retrospective on VLKF available on the open market.<div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b>2006</b></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZCJ18-2Wuw4_xPcxIFGPN4n75BBNF5Sk5msfVc6_GkQWxQorWNaBwSnZY4TlHFU4ahSENut0NctNVJsz6fruX2XhONAqwI0xEq85HBWyhqxi0yUasgCVqJMd8ZvKoTLmd9a2/s1600/pingpong.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZCJ18-2Wuw4_xPcxIFGPN4n75BBNF5Sk5msfVc6_GkQWxQorWNaBwSnZY4TlHFU4ahSENut0NctNVJsz6fruX2XhONAqwI0xEq85HBWyhqxi0yUasgCVqJMd8ZvKoTLmd9a2/s200/pingpong.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472408967599500562" border="0" /></a></div> </div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br />A Brief History Of Ping Pong</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">A Fascinating Subject<br /><br /></span></div><div>How many millions of people in this world would list ping pong as their favorite sport? Due to the current state of affairs in many parts of the globe, there is no way to know for certain, but you can be sure that it would be many, many millions indeed! Americans often relegate the sport of ping pong to the category of "past time," but in reality ping pong has much more to offer. A few hours of research at your local library could very well lead to a lifelong interest in this fascinating subject.<br /><br /></div><div><b>The Beginning</b></div><div>Our story begins in the vast continent of Eurasia, in the empire of China, which was once called Indochina. Imperial courtiers of the fifteenth century Han dynasty were quite partial to a parlor game in which a small "ball" fashioned from a hen's bladder was bounced back and forth over a "net" made from a section of fishing net. In this early incarnation of the sport, players did not keep score because it was considered improper to compete against someone of different social standing. You don't want to beat the boss in Beijing!<br /><br /></div><div>Ping pong was actually named hundreds of years later by the world-famous Siamese twins Chang and Eng.* Due to language barriers, the name "Chang" was garbled into the word "Ping," but scholars disagree about the origin of the word "Pong." Some say it is a bastardization of the Mandarin dialect phrase Pon-gu, loosely translated as "table tennis." Say them ten times fast, and chances are you will discover that even the words "ping pong" sound Chinese! </div><div><a href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2006/05/brief-history-of-ping-pong.html">Read More...</a></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><br />2007<br /></span></b><div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoucQykYW00kWdhyCSrLFkcaItnxIJgbPBY4Ent2g-OY4VaEXUeemF-Cfh5BnMNYoe4j3ap8zJq5E9ww2j2ym49OZIvZtOPM-W9I6dZCBYqhmCzZ9fzhFQSXqBQvS8htA9sfzV/s400/horse-steamboat.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoucQykYW00kWdhyCSrLFkcaItnxIJgbPBY4Ent2g-OY4VaEXUeemF-Cfh5BnMNYoe4j3ap8zJq5E9ww2j2ym49OZIvZtOPM-W9I6dZCBYqhmCzZ9fzhFQSXqBQvS8htA9sfzV/s400/horse-steamboat.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div> </div><br /><div> </div> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Horses: Man's Best Friend or Man's Best Fuel?</b></span><div> </div> <div> </div></div><div> </div><div>Recently our friends over at the Submarine World Network (long-time devotees of VLKF) have posted a Very Little Known thread in their forums. The original fact at issue: The word "horsepower" originally referred to the amount of energy released by burning the carcass of one dead horse, the primary source of fuel for early American steamboats.<br /><br />And here was the post from Submarine enthusiast Donmac: I only checked out "Horsepower" as I know the above is wrong. So I must assume that since the above highlighted words in quote are false, so then the whole article (posting) may not be true...."Horsepower is defined as work done over time. The exact definition of one horsepower is 33,000 lb.ft./minute. Put another way, if you were to lift 33,000 pounds one foot over a period of one minute, you would have been working at the rate of one horsepower. In this case, you'd have expended one horsepower-minute of energy."<br /><br /></div><div><div> </div></div><div>Of course, we here at Very Little Known Facts always encourage our readers to verify everything for themselves, since we are inevitably vindicated. In this case, it is obvious that no human being could possibly lift 33,000 pounds one foot over a period of one minute (or even an hour!) because this is why steamboats were invented in the first place.</div><div><a href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/08/horses-mans-best-friend-or-mans-best.html">Read More...</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">2008</span></b><div> <div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5ag_LU-6njniQ85UDplxI1-nY-9R3bWtapckfw6U9BFdzqjUM_pyXmoXQAa9-X8o4_Ai4eylbZzWgWt8QjQOmEEVYlfDy1Ab971r99vSqeYuwO3LFxlhUaerfGlWKnPpJggv/s400/st-louis-arch-mississippi-river.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5ag_LU-6njniQ85UDplxI1-nY-9R3bWtapckfw6U9BFdzqjUM_pyXmoXQAa9-X8o4_Ai4eylbZzWgWt8QjQOmEEVYlfDy1Ab971r99vSqeYuwO3LFxlhUaerfGlWKnPpJggv/s400/st-louis-arch-mississippi-river.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></div> </div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Superfan!</b></span><div> </div> </div><div>A big Very Little Known Facts welcome to our newest faithful reader, Walrus1960! Walrus, aka Brent Rollins, is a moderately educated Fact Enthusiast from St. Louis, Missouri—big props to the Granite State! Brent spends a lot of time on our site because "education is precious." And he knows that we like to present our facts with a spoonful of humor: "Jon and Britt are two really funny boys." Brent has also sent in a lot of helpful comments including some new facts for us:</div><div><ul><li>A human cannot swallow his own foot if it is still attached to his body.</li><li>Dying from natural causes is not a tragedy.</li><li>Stephen Seagal’s father was a math teacher from Michigan.</li><li>Date rape drugs are completely natural since they are produced by the human body.</li></ul><div><a href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2008/02/superfan.html">Read More...</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">2009</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Turkey Time, Gobble Gobble!</b></span><div> <div> <div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnB8iJ3nZ4F0aSkwh5raNUV4N7R_DGt5ismXwlNuS5znZ8d7phu0WMXfuVCo9DfEe5rPG5nPW9Y3cOA-Qo5KPB2itbHM2GZuW5EweX1SuQGFkWKfYh5bsDxgdSU6pgJw5AoYke/s400/thanksgiving_turkey_vulture.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnB8iJ3nZ4F0aSkwh5raNUV4N7R_DGt5ismXwlNuS5znZ8d7phu0WMXfuVCo9DfEe5rPG5nPW9Y3cOA-Qo5KPB2itbHM2GZuW5EweX1SuQGFkWKfYh5bsDxgdSU6pgJw5AoYke/s400/thanksgiving_turkey_vulture.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div> </div> </div> </div><div><br /></div><div>Some helpful holiday hints from your friends at Very Little Known Facts.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>What Kind of Turkey Should I Buy?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>The best turkey is one that is still alive. This allows you to name your turkey and get to know it before butchering, beheading, and preparing the corpse for consumption.<br /><br /></div><div>The next best option, but just as good, is buying a fresh turkey from a supermarket or farmer’s market or from your neighborhood turkey vendor. (Quick tip: Ask for a "turkey vulture," which is the scientific name for a wild turkey.)<br /><br /></div><div>Another choice is frozen turkey, which leaves something to be desired but is virtually indistinguishable from the previous two options.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTE:</span> If you choose to serve a “frozen” turkey for Thanksgiving, you will need to unfreeze it prior to cooking. Do NOT attempt to cook a completely frozen turkey, as this is not recommended.<br /><br />Last but certainly not least, you can choose a “turkey loaf” or “tofurkey” which is processed turkey parts mixed with filler and chicken stock then chemically recombined and mashed into a turkey-shaped form for cooking. This option is preferable if you have vegetarian or vegan guests for Thanksgiving. </div><div><a href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2009/11/turkey-time-gobble-gobble.html">Read More...</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">2010</span></b><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QSZwdwd9Dxx2l3ZlKWr-i67cC_Ev9ZG62iRqvDoBb3WXi1gMuhJlGP6_U4cV5SRu52oZHT1V2Jd1jDO5ki3rWDnpffs-oKn4rPPzzTtdq43lR2ZH7txGqLL0vZqLXkvZ_4HC/s1600/milton-berle-endowment-cigar.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8QSZwdwd9Dxx2l3ZlKWr-i67cC_Ev9ZG62iRqvDoBb3WXi1gMuhJlGP6_U4cV5SRu52oZHT1V2Jd1jDO5ki3rWDnpffs-oKn4rPPzzTtdq43lR2ZH7txGqLL0vZqLXkvZ_4HC/s320/milton-berle-endowment-cigar.jpg" alt="" 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtDPDTngz5lAdTHN6iZm4ThtE_LamBRrOl2bJ_A2OWl6vRaYJvzebUruP9uUhzHFbK1RuEVXq0hOv0Y0tzHZHA-d0TrHhxKWleba8Rc75aGj8sJ5TArwC_spTfyAX7mZDAK5F/s1600/Campbells_Generic_Soup_Can_Andy_Warhol.jpg"><img style="float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAtDPDTngz5lAdTHN6iZm4ThtE_LamBRrOl2bJ_A2OWl6vRaYJvzebUruP9uUhzHFbK1RuEVXq0hOv0Y0tzHZHA-d0TrHhxKWleba8Rc75aGj8sJ5TArwC_spTfyAX7mZDAK5F/s400/Campbells_Generic_Soup_Can_Andy_Warhol.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463161801187067346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Just in time for April Fool's, here are a few classic and a few brand new pranks to play on your friends and loved ones. No particular reason.</span><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Replace someone’s favorite cereal with the generic version. Maybe they won’t even notice! Maybe they will even like it better! You can decide later if you want to tell them or keep it a secret to avoid repercussions.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Add food coloring to someone’s food. They might not eat food if they notice that the food is an unexpected color.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Here's a hilarious prank: Glue the salt and pepper to the table top. Ask someone to pass you the salt. What are they going to do when they can’t pick the salt up?</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Mow your neighbor’s lawn in the middle of the night. Nobody expects to have their lawn mowed at night. Prank city!</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Take a picture of your face. Print it. Now you can make a scary mask of you! Note: Do this in the kitchen for a “food-themed” prank.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Call a local pizzeria – Ask if they have a disc-o-dough to go! This will throw everyone for a loop. BONUS PRANK: Place a “real” order for a pizza during the call. Now you’ve got dinner covered as well!</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Offer your beloved dog a meaty bone! When he comes to “collect” - Trip him! This falls into the category of animal or pet pranks.<br /></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Buy some layered cookie bars. Open them up, hollow them out, and fill them with mayonnaise and grass! Serve immediately! (Editors note: some grass is edible.)</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">CLASSIC PRANK: Peel off all the Campbell’s soup can labels and replace them with Andy Warhol’s painted labels. Be sure to match up the label with the soup can; otherwise you may have difficulty properly identifying the type of soup in the can.</span></span></li></ul> <ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Call a friend up on the telephone and always say the opposite of what they say. If they say “hello” you say “goodbye!” If they say “Why are you doing this?” you say “Why aren’t YOU doing this?” They will become frustrated and probably hang up.</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pro Tip:</span> Everyone loves a funny prank, but be sure to get permission from your “victim” before tricking them. Otherwise you might cause offense. Be sure to select pranks that do not cause any harm or damage to the environment. Never perform a prank that could racially offend someone or cause excessive confusion. Always jump in and announce your prank as soon as it is discovered—that way everyone can enjoy the joke, and no one feels like a “victim.”</span><br /></span></span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-67918914685739480232010-01-01T19:45:00.001-05:002010-01-01T19:48:51.877-05:00Unforgettable Images of the Decade<span style="font-family: arial;">Very Little Known Facts proudly presents a look back at the most dramatic, most incredible, most unforgettable images of the previous decade. Unfortunately, due to budget constraints, we could only afford to use images in the public domain as well as music in the public domain.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Enjoy!</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7eRryd_H5zU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7eRryd_H5zU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-88013303305444753872009-12-10T22:33:00.004-05:002009-12-10T22:47:17.444-05:002009: A Look Back at the Year in Review<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsDtejisXiry9jZkl7ebB8dSH5fDh1X3sePKly1D90seisp1SLwSOm4C4DiJQgApt7nuxD-Fh308Go-QILUXSRNAgYx5nngBR_okStAxaY9864Z2BE892eubvvMLrsXDAbOu8/s1600-h/Hiking_the_Appalachian_Trial_with_Tiger_Woods.jpg"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmsDtejisXiry9jZkl7ebB8dSH5fDh1X3sePKly1D90seisp1SLwSOm4C4DiJQgApt7nuxD-Fh308Go-QILUXSRNAgYx5nngBR_okStAxaY9864Z2BE892eubvvMLrsXDAbOu8/s400/Hiking_the_Appalachian_Trial_with_Tiger_Woods.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413817065337667506" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >JANUARY:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Barack “Hussein in the Membrane” Obama is sworn in as the forty-fourth president of the United States. However, due to a misspeaking of the oath of office by Chief Justice John Roberts and some confusion regarding a birth certificate, George W. Bush technically remains president for an extra hour and a half, during which time he issues blanket pardons for Dick Cheney, Colonel Oliver North, Richard Nixon, and Dr. Richard Kimball as played by Harrison Ford in the movie <span style="font-style: italic;">The Fugitive</span>. During his inauguration speech Obama pledges to fix the economy, provide universal health care, balance the budget, achieve world peace and racial harmony, and reach across the aisle to work with Republicans. In a tragic twist, no Republicans actually hear this extended olive branch because Fox News was re-running an episode of <span style="font-style: italic;">Fox and Friends </span>during the inauguration. Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich puts Barack Obama’s vacant Senate seat up for auction on ebay with buyer’s protection and free shipping.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >FEBRUARY: </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Congress passes an economic stimulus package using some of the extra money the federal government has lying around. Record sales of ammunition are reported on rumors that President Obama has been sneaking into people’s homes at night to steal their guns. John McCain holds a press conference blaming the youth of America for his election loss. “I would have gotten away with the Presidency, too,” he says, “If it wasn't for those meddling kids.” Courageous voters in California solve the state’s budget crisis by banning gay marriage.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >MARCH: </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Fugitive financier Bernie Madoff is arrested by federal agents when he emerges from hiding to apply for a government bailout. He cashes his $65 million executive bonus check from a prison yacht in the Caribbean. Democrats in Congress promise a vigorous debate on healthcare including many town hall meetings where the public can participate in the process. Republicans giggle and whisper amongst themselves at this but, when asked what is so funny, they just smile and say, “Oh, nothing.” Reeling from the economic collapse, the nation finds solace in the heart-warming relationship of famed Octomom Kate Gosselin and her doting husband Jon. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >APRIL:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Liberals applaud Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as “the most politically correct choice imaginable” while Conservatives fume at the absurdity that a Latina woman could ever be wiser than a white male. South Carolina governor and white male Marc Sanford immediately sets off on an international fact-finding trip to investigate Latina women. Susan Boyle turns the media world upside down with the flabbergasting revelation that singing talent is not exclusive to nubile, spandex-wearing twenty-two-year-olds. After Navy Seals shoot three Somali pirates to rescue the captain of the Maersk Alabama; the Recording Industry Association of American asks the Navy to deploy the snipers against anyone downloading pirated movies from the internet.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >MAY:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hurts the feelings of the Central Intelligence Agency by having the nerve to suggest that the CIA would actually lie. Colleges and universities cancel their graduation ceremonies as almost all seniors skip their final exams—5% of them citing swine flu fears and 95% deliberating failing as a desperate ploy to stay in school and avoid the worst job market since the great depression. Vice President Joe Biden urges all Americans to panic; Washington D.C. legalizes gay marriage.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >JUNE: </span><span style="font-family:arial;">States begin setting up Death Panels in a pre-emptive, cost-cutting move to eliminate the sick, elderly, unborn, and anyone exercising their second amendment rights. The first victims: Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and pitchman Billy Mays. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a religious conservative exploiting the xenophobic nationalism of his rural followers, is declared the winner of Iran’s contested presidential election by an unelected body of officials; pundits chalk up another victory for Karl Rove. Marc Sanford admits tearily that he has been Hiking the Appalachian Trail with another woman. His wife announces that she has no plans to Hike the Appalachian Trail with Sanford at any point in the future again, ever.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >JULY:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Sarah Palin resigns as Governor of Alaska to spend more quality time with her family by loading them on a bus for her book tour. Conservatives blast former President Bill Clinton for securing the release of two journalists imprisoned by North Korea and demand that he produce his birth certificate before being allowed back in the country. The Death Panel body count continues to mount including Walter Cronkite, retired quarterback Steve McNair, and concept artist Christo. Glenn Beck’s head explodes on live television.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >AUGUST:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai dismisses reports of election fraud saying that his 110% share of the vote constitutes a clear mandate from the people. Former president Clinton googles “Hiking the Appalachian Trail Lady Gaga Megan Fox” but quickly switches to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet when Hillary enters his office. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is caught attempting to burn down the entire state of California to collect the insurance money. “It’s the only option left,” he claims. After <span style="font-style: italic;">60 Minutes</span> produces a piece investigating Death Panels, producer Don Hewitt is found with a poison dart in his jugular. Later that same week Senator Ted Kennedy dies in what some refer to as a “gangland-style revenge killing.”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >SEPTEMBER:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> President Obama appeals to Congress to pass comprehensive healthcare reform, urges America’s children to stay in school, and pushes for Chicago’s 2016 Olympics bid. Expressing their outrage at these socialist policies, millions of conservatives cancel their health insurance, pull their children out of school, and move to Rio de Janeiro. Ken Burns’ documentary <span style="font-style: italic;">The National Parks</span> achieves the highest ratings ever for PBS with the “Appalachian Trail” episode featuring David Letterman, Jon Gosselin, basketball coach Rick Pitino, Senator John Ensign, and Miss California Carrie Prejean. Sarah Palin shocks the world by announcing that she is resigning her judgeship on <span style="font-style: italic;">American Idol</span> to spend more quality time with her family. Death Panels claim Patrick Swayze and William Safire. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >OCTOBER:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> In an effort at compromise, the Senate proposes a healthcare bill that only includes “a strongly worded suggestion” that insurance companies “should probably not cancel the policies of orphaned children with cancer.” Rush Limbaugh decries this unwarranted government intrusion into the private sector. After minimal news coverage of its latest withdrawal from multi-party disarmament talks, North Korea breathlessly announces that fearless leader Kim Jong Il is trapped in a runaway weather balloon. Photographer Irving Penn and commentator Lou Dobbs fall victim to Death Panels. Jack Kevorkian is named Secretary of Health and Human Services.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >NOVEMBER:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> The House of Representatives passes a sweeping overhaul of the American healthcare system. Horrified, the Senate approves a resolution condemning this as an act of aggression. Mayor Michael Bloomberg wins re-election by writing a personal check to each New York City voter for $180. Sarah Palin resigns as honorary treasurer of the Wasilla Jaycees. The Department of the Interior awards Tiger Woods a special commendation for Hiking the Appalachian Trail more than any celebrity since Magic Johnson. Death Panels reap the lives of gameshow host Ken Ober and Uga VII, bulldog mascot of the University of Georgia.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >DECEMBER:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> During a very special episode of <span style="font-style: italic;">Holiday American Idol</span>, the secular media declare victory in the War on Christmas. Congressional Democrats announce triumphantly that they have a new, comprehensive healthcare bill that will empower roving Death Panels to solve the problems of homelessness, unemployment, poverty, the looming insolvency of Social Security, and the continued celebrity of Sarah Palin. In a long-expected move, the bank finally forecloses on the city of Detroit. In his acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace prize, President Obama announces the immediate closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, the end of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military policy, the revoking of the USA Patriot Act, and sweeping changes to U.S. environmental, public transit, energy, and agriculture policies to promote sustainability and fight the effects of global warming. “Sorry I didn’t get around to doing all that sooner,” he says. “I was on Facebook and I guess I lost track of time.”</span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-58450850844532373892009-12-05T10:14:00.004-05:002009-12-05T10:39:33.533-05:00An Impromptu Interview with Nipsey Russell<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkvR5dbvx4kWhca_9Cb4XEuKrh5PEdRk6uS1OtmoNq3_c3Qi6_65EHzCMmZkLSJQ0HuqsKQIpaseRK2sDriYj58svsx_MjqhPMtkfs0oWWKIVnDwcn09Jw87yQm59OJfDwpHE/s1600-h/nipsey_russell_host_of_family_feud.jpg"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 368px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMkvR5dbvx4kWhca_9Cb4XEuKrh5PEdRk6uS1OtmoNq3_c3Qi6_65EHzCMmZkLSJQ0HuqsKQIpaseRK2sDriYj58svsx_MjqhPMtkfs0oWWKIVnDwcn09Jw87yQm59OJfDwpHE/s400/nipsey_russell_host_of_family_feud.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411770961561058898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I was coming back from an extended Thanksgiving stay with my extended family in Miami, Florida when I thought I saw a familiar face at the Miami airport. As I got closer, it was a familiar face indeed…the famed game show host Mr. Nipsey Russell! Of course he was mobbed by adoring fans-including me!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Luckily I carry my press credentials from VLKF on me at all times. Once I whipped that out, Mr. Russell eagerly agreed to do an interview right then and there! Well, almost then and there…We quickly retired to the Delta Airlines Crown Room Club® where we were promptly admitted as I showed a second set of credentials: my international fax technician identification. Fixing faxes pays off in more ways than the obvious!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">So here it is: my impromptu interview with Nipsey Russell.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VLKF:</span> I used to fix the fax machines for this club. Have you ever fixed a fax machine?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Russell:</span> No.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VLKF:</span> How did you get your start hosting game shows?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Russell:</span> I started out back in ’65 hosting <span style="font-style: italic;">Here is Your Life</span> with Merv Griffin. After that I moved on to <span style="font-style: italic;">Family Feud</span> and a few other shows here and there. I was actually the first African-American host to appear in reruns on the Game Show Network.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VLKF:</span> Truly inspiring. You have often been described as the poet laureate of the United States of America. How does this make you feel, and how did this start?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Russell:</span> If you ever go out with a schoolteacher, you’re in for a sensational night; she’ll make you do it over and over again until you do it right.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VLKF:</span> That’s beautiful. Did you just make that up?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Russell:</span> No, of course not. That was Ezra Pound.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VLKF:</span> Ah, she was one of the greats.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Russell:</span> Indeed.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VLKF:</span> Your work as a serious actor was described by president Obama as “pivotal for the advancement of African American artists.” What was it like acting in such true classics as<span style="font-style: italic;"> In the Heat of the Night</span>? And do you think that <span style="font-style: italic;">In the Heat of the Night</span> will ever be shown on television?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Russell:</span> Don’t be ignorant. There is a time and a place for everything there is, but now is the time when I gotta take a whizz.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VLKF:</span> You are certainly no stranger to controversy, especially in the early nineties when you denounced your former friend Dick Clark as a fraud and a charlatan. Any regrets?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Russell:</span> I am a straight shooter. I calls ‘em like I sees ‘em, and I sees ‘em like I calls ‘em.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VLKF:</span> Can you tell us more about your son <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hampton">David Hampton</a> and his attempt to pass himself off as the son of Sidney Poitier?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Russell:</span> No comment.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VLKF: </span>How have the recent internet rumors concerning your death affected your career?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Russell:</span> I will survive. As long as I know how to love, I know I’ll stay alive. I’ve got all my life to live, I’ve got all my love to give, and I’ll survive.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VLKF:</span> Have you ever incorporated any of your poetry into your game show or acting work?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Russell:</span> No.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VLKF: </span>Oh, I see. Do you have anything else that you would like to share with our readers today, Nipsey?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Russell:</span> Playing Family Feud today are some talented women and men; lost their jobs giving money away, so now they're trying to win!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">VLKF:</span> Thank you. That was wonderful. Thank you.</span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-2054046704163825122009-12-01T18:33:00.003-05:002009-12-01T18:44:12.186-05:00Today Only: Cavalcade of Facts<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQCJ4dehTATcbVGNQ3ATgm6CI0K9PXYontXeS54Fl6tMlTpJHz6LSaHsKLJkGQgKVP2X9lBPtkApwB8p0rJmE3fy4B3ye12SjTy0DOG6mp3lcvqDQLbcwBKLGE2MS6qBUNvNH/s1600/tyler_perry_not_gay_just_wears_a_dress.jpg"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 363px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQCJ4dehTATcbVGNQ3ATgm6CI0K9PXYontXeS54Fl6tMlTpJHz6LSaHsKLJkGQgKVP2X9lBPtkApwB8p0rJmE3fy4B3ye12SjTy0DOG6mp3lcvqDQLbcwBKLGE2MS6qBUNvNH/s400/tyler_perry_not_gay_just_wears_a_dress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410415221095962770" border="0" /></a><br /><ul style="font-family: times new roman;"><li><span style=";font-size:130%;" >Birds do not sleep in their own nests. They must instead find a nest made by another bird or woodland creature to sleep in.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">DRY CLEAN ONLY: A company in Japan sells underwear made from toilet paper.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">The word "lamination" is derived from "lamentation" because funeral directors often covered their business cards in plastic so they would not be ruined by tears.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">According to one estimate, comedian Tyler Perry is the world’s richest transvestite.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Approximately 175 million cubic yards of earth was dug up or dredged from waterways to create the Panama Canal. This material was used to form the country of Ecuador.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">In 1982, a cactus in Phoenix, Arizona killed a man.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">THINK OF THE RACCOONS: Due to the possibility of animals nesting in your engine block, PETA recommends that you shout, beep the horn, and bang the car door before entering any car parked outdoors.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">The "Mexican Hat Dance" is the unofficial dance of Mexico.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">Leslie Easterbrook, who played Callahan in the "Police Academy" movies, sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl 17.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family: times new roman;"><li><span style="font-size:130%;">People who wear dentures are often afraid to eat.</span></li></ul>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-28233152831940688282009-11-15T12:03:00.003-05:002009-11-15T13:16:13.940-05:00Turkey Time, Gobble Gobble!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnB8iJ3nZ4F0aSkwh5raNUV4N7R_DGt5ismXwlNuS5znZ8d7phu0WMXfuVCo9DfEe5rPG5nPW9Y3cOA-Qo5KPB2itbHM2GZuW5EweX1SuQGFkWKfYh5bsDxgdSU6pgJw5AoYke/s1600-h/thanksgiving_turkey_vulture.jpg"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 338px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnB8iJ3nZ4F0aSkwh5raNUV4N7R_DGt5ismXwlNuS5znZ8d7phu0WMXfuVCo9DfEe5rPG5nPW9Y3cOA-Qo5KPB2itbHM2GZuW5EweX1SuQGFkWKfYh5bsDxgdSU6pgJw5AoYke/s400/thanksgiving_turkey_vulture.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404393169238459538" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Some helpful holiday hints from your friends at Very Little Known Facts.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">What Kind of Turkey Should I Buy?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The best turkey is one that is still alive. This allows you to name your turkey and get to know it before butchering, beheading, and preparing the corpse for consumption.<span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The next best option, but just as good, is buying a fresh turkey from a supermarket or farmer’s market or from your neighborhood turkey vendor. (</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Quick tip:</span> Ask for a "turkey vulture," which is the scientific name for a wild turkey.)</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />Another choice is frozen turkey, which leaves something to be desired but is virtually indistinguishable from the previous two options. NOTE: If you choose to serve a “frozen” turkey for Thanksgiving, you will need to unfreeze it prior to cooking. Do NOT attempt to cook a completely frozen turkey, as this is not recommended.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Last but certainly not least, you can choose a “turkey loaf” or “tofurkey” which is processed turkey parts mixed with filler and chicken stock then chemically recombined and mashed into a turkey-shaped form for cooking. This option is preferable if you have vegetarian or vegan guests for Thanksgiving.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">What Do I Do with This Thing?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">For live turkeys, be sure to wring the turkey’s neck, drain it’s blood, and de-feather before cooking. Failure to do so may yield undesirable results.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Fresh turkeys that are already dead require the least preparation. Adventurous eaters may even try the giblets “al dente” which is Italian for “sushi-style.” But be sure you are up-to-date on your salmonella shots! (Just kidding. Salmonella has been virtually eradicated in the First World.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Frozen turkeys need a little more preparation. Unfreezing is a process that takes two to three weeks, so plan ahead. You will need enough counter space to hold one turkey and several air fresheners as the turkey ripens and begins to emit it’s signature scent. Do not be alarmed if the turkey becomes “overripe” as this is the desired result; just like Kobe beef and fine wines, the best turkeys are aged to perfection.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Another option prior to cooking is brining. This involves soaking the turkey for up to one month in a salty solution. The simplest brining method is salt water which is available to our readers who have seaside access; simply tether your turkey carefully to a pier, rock, or anchor and then let it soak in the ocean. Note that this method requires vigilance as crabs, eels, and jellyfish may attempt to pilfer bits of raw turkey from the carcass. In fact, you may want to plan on losing up to 50% of the breast meat during this seasalt brining process (crustaceans prefer white meat to dark.) Be sure to check for jellyfish eggs after retrieving the turkey.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">How Do I Cook This Thing?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The classic way of preparing a turkey is roasting. Traditionally this is done via rigging a spit using two forked sticks in the fireplace and having a small child or neighborhood urchin rotate the spit slowly, slowly, slowly. This is how those delicious “rotisserie” turkeys you see in supermarkets are prepared. (Of course, due to child labor laws, midgets or other Small People are employed by the supermarket instead of urchins.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">If you do not have a fireplace, you may roast the turkey in a conventional or “convection” oven. For bigger birds, crank up the broiler to ensure the correct internal temperature. Below sea level, this should be at least 200 degrees Fahrenheit (232 degrees Celsius). For higher altitudes, adjust accordingly.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Another option is pan frying, a sure-fire crowd-pleaser that imparts some down-home Southern goodness. Simply coat your turkey breasts, legs, thighs, and wings in batter and dunk them in a stock pot filled to capacity with boiling oil. The results may surprise you—and as a bonus, you will have the lingering aroma of fry oil in your house throughout the winter months!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">A third option is smoking. Smoked turkey is considered a delicacy in some circles, while it is an unmentionable abomination in others. Do the research ahead of time to make sure you don’t horribly offend your guests, especially if they include any Azerbaijanis!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">To smoke a turkey, fire up your grill. Charcoal works best, but if you have a gas grill, just load it up with leaves or pine needles from the yard. Crank up that temperature—remember that you are cooking the turkey inside and out. Place the turkey on the grill and cover. After an hour turn the turkey. NEVER turn the turkey more than once or you will lose those coveted grill marks!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Serving Suggestions</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Carving a turkey is a lost art form—do not attempt it. Instead, simply serve the turkey “family style” by placing it in the middle of the table and allowing your guests, starting with the elders and moving down the line in order of importance, to pull the meat off by hand until the carcass is picked clean. Add dried parsley as a garnish.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">What Do I Do With All This Leftover Turkey?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">If you planned correctly, you will have exactly the amount of turkey desired by everyone present and no more. However, we are only human, and some people feel guilty about simply chucking that leftover meat in the back yard for the raccoons. Why not try putting pieces of turkey between two slices of white sandwich bread? Or maybe make your own turkey loaf using leftover turkey bits and freezing it for next year’s Thanksgiving feast? The possibilities are endless.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Bonus Fact: </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The country Turkey ironically does not have any live turkeys outside the national zoo in Damascus!</span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-17829054300231382532009-10-12T13:08:00.006-04:002009-10-12T13:31:42.643-04:00Facts Known Only by the Very Little<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-XqLAZpBWq9mkwudNNqZiaS7d8fMiQhWEhHyM9PD9H-dCMYGYJXr5O0XEbCcQaFomqYfmCQL7GYOzQDpjCnnMpM4sy_B1RiDrAFDBVw9QEv1qLPy2hYumlpnBHFdBPYN0H7g/s1600-h/goldfish_seasick_vomit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-XqLAZpBWq9mkwudNNqZiaS7d8fMiQhWEhHyM9PD9H-dCMYGYJXr5O0XEbCcQaFomqYfmCQL7GYOzQDpjCnnMpM4sy_B1RiDrAFDBVw9QEv1qLPy2hYumlpnBHFdBPYN0H7g/s400/goldfish_seasick_vomit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391761810191384914" border="0" /></a><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Some fish can actually get seasick.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Panama hats are primarily produced in Panama.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">SO MANY CHOICES...There are around 35 different ways a chess game can turn out, making it one of the hardest games in history.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Cleopatra was Abyssinian, not Egyptian.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Due to a translation error, the Korean War never technically ended.<br /></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Vesta is the brightest asteroid orbiting Mercury which has no moons or satellites.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">EVERYBODY'S WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND: It requires 4,500 silkworms to make just the knot in a man's silk necktie.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">In France, women could not legally vote until 1978.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">There are more than 500 feathers on the whistler swan's body, the most of any bird.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Women blink twice as many times as men.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Vatican employees are required to submit a bi-monthly blood test.</span></span></li></ul>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-77921113431668546722009-08-21T13:06:00.008-04:002009-08-21T14:28:02.009-04:00Today’s Freshmen Class<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7S3xl50WSA99ytBUgOrWrcGGwT0ij-NCAZMVfftuSuUbeWZKbNi4WFauZhAXlFa3rjFzqu6OuHldm0JBSh45oDme-cYdbta6KS-0pbfWH4Ax3_QgV88yLi6XgfT0ANS98Mu17/s1600-h/todays_teen_college_freshmen.jpg"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 351px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7S3xl50WSA99ytBUgOrWrcGGwT0ij-NCAZMVfftuSuUbeWZKbNi4WFauZhAXlFa3rjFzqu6OuHldm0JBSh45oDme-cYdbta6KS-0pbfWH4Ax3_QgV88yLi6XgfT0ANS98Mu17/s400/todays_teen_college_freshmen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372464622843902354" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The world of today’s youth is a far different place than any world you or I have ever known. Instead of calling their friends using old-fashioned rotary-dial and cellular mobile phones, they prefer to communicate via tweets and sexts. Instead of wearing flip-flops to class like we did, they wear flip-flops and sometimes Crocs. Instead of sexy vampires as imagined by Anne Rice, they only know sexy vampires from <span style="font-style: italic;">Twilight</span>. And instead of watching the evening news to learn what is going on in the world, they don’t watch any news at all because that is boring.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">To give you an idea of how the Class of 2013 thinks, we at VLKF have prepared a few facts about Generation Z.</span><br /><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">A freshmen just starting college in the fall of 2009 was probably born in 1991. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Simpsons</span> have been on TV for their entire life. Kurt Cobain has been dead for their entire life. The Soviet Union has never existed, and stockbrokers have always been cooler than astronauts.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They have never used typewriters or toaster ovens.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They will look at you blankly if you ask them “Where’s the beef?” over and over again.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Pluto has never been a planet, but Planet Hollywood has.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They have never drunk warm milk straight from a cow’s udder.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They never learned to duck and cover, leaving them woefully unprepared for nuclear attacks.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Will Smith, Johnny Depp, and Tom Hanks are considered serious actors because they have never seen <span style="font-style: italic;">The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, 21 Jump Street,</span> or <span style="font-style: italic;">The Da Vinci Code.</span></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They don’t like that music you listen to. What is that, like the Grateful Dead or something?</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">For these students, Captain Kangaroo, Alf Landon, Charles Manson, Buddy Ebsen, the Big Bopper, Michael Jackson, and punk rock have always been dead.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They don’t remember a time when a Bush or a Clinton was not representing America to the world in some capacity, and they don’t care.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They don’t like Vegamite or Tang. They prefer Britney Spears to Gina Lollobrigada.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">For them, libraries are places where homeless people update their Facebook status. Apothecaries are now pharmacies, except they call them “drug stores.” Marijuana has always been legal.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Books have always been read using a Kindle. </span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They have never read a magazine printed on paper, nor have they ever used a movable type block-letter press.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Under duress, they can lift several times their own body weight.</span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;"></span></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Vinyl records and compact discs are completely foreign totems representing mysterious ancient technology and cultural rituals that have something to do with Dixieland jazz.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They don’t even know about the Frost-Nixon interviews or the Spanish Civil War.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They can’t remember when the Brooklyn Dodgers became the Anaheim Angels.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Arnold Schwarzenegger has always been a politician, not an oiled-up, mostly-naked Austrian strongman.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They believe that all pain and suffering is merely an illusion because the world is spiritual rather than physical in nature, therefore accepting medical care is a sign that your faith is…wait, that’s Christian Scientists, not college freshmen.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The Segway changed everything for them--but then again, it changed everything for everybody.<br /></span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They have never felt the savage, primeval joy of killing an animal with their bare hands and plunging their teeth into its still-warm flesh.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">For the sole purpose of irritating old people like you, they dress up in stupid clothing from thrift stores, choose silly hairstyles, drink cheap beer, and pretend to like things ironically.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They can’t remember when the word “gay” meant “happy” instead of “gay.”</span></span></li></ul>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-1757062331086141862009-05-15T09:12:00.004-04:002009-05-15T09:40:29.433-04:00Today Is Not Opposite Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLM5g-_WIWkc0Z_7vGCRtAWXEmF0OJH14BF_BKQ5svs_9OOPtQRuKOhXqTAyUzlsk8ffzFQwMZmigsYwd64LoNTwQYaGITduPluUPWCrXCHlgc_d5rBRmAADjdoyEc_8M4IZZ_/s1600-h/you_cant_do_that_on_opposite_day.png"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 328px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLM5g-_WIWkc0Z_7vGCRtAWXEmF0OJH14BF_BKQ5svs_9OOPtQRuKOhXqTAyUzlsk8ffzFQwMZmigsYwd64LoNTwQYaGITduPluUPWCrXCHlgc_d5rBRmAADjdoyEc_8M4IZZ_/s400/you_cant_do_that_on_opposite_day.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336038243588773650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Happy Opposite Day! <span style="font-style: italic;">Sike!</span> Actually you should not celebrate Opposite Day because today is not Opposite Day. Because it is.</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Opposite Day originated in Canada for the television show <span style="font-style: italic;">You Can’t Do That On Television</span>, which was ironically broadcast on television. It is celebrated today, which is at the exact opposite end of the calendar year from Boxing Day. Interestingly, Boxing Day itself was first celebrated as the opposite of Christmas, the American holiday. On Boxing Day Canadian children are asked to put one of their Christmas presents back in a box to give to someone else.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">On land, fires move faster uphill than they do downhill. On water, the opposite is true.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Beach Adjacent:</span> Every single house in the state of Florida is within 80 miles of a beach. For cities along the coast, this distance is even shorter. The opposite is true of landlocked North Dakota.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">December is the most popular month in the Phillipines. What is the least popular month? Also December, for Namibians in any case. There is no February in the Cayman Islands. The Turkish calendar does not have Wednesdays due to the fact that this was a traditional holy day in the Eastern Orthodox church.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">If it's not Scottish...</span> Scottish boxes of crayons have three different shades of green, all of them named simply “Scottish Green.” The opposite is true in Belize, where there is no word corresponding to the color green in the local dialect—even though they speak English!</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">It is illegal to tip in Iceland. The opposite is true in Greenland, where tipping is mandatory but at the discretion of the patron.</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial;">Synonym is the opposite of antonym. Antonym is an antonym for synonym, which means synonym is an antonym for antonym. A synonym for synonym is analogue. Opposite is a synonym for antonym.</span></li></ul><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The following articles are not related to this subject in any capacity:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2006/06/ketchup-is-opposite-of-mustard.html">Ketchup Is the Opposite of Mustard</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2006/06/chocolate-is-opposite-of-vanilla.html">Chocolate Is the Opposite of Vanilla</a></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2006/08/beatles-are-opposite-of-rolling-stones.html">The Beatles Are the Opposite of the Rolling Stones</a></span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-90028491826351284492009-04-30T16:28:00.004-04:002009-04-30T16:57:17.107-04:00VLKF Offices Closed Due to Swine Flu Scare<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJxstJ7vcEBrWf_qaaFlfXq0wWmQwrMkNuL_YHGO2v4-ZTBGY4Xpua_cpn58hpu4VXLmopJEVhCEf0BYH3Dovla0VBd5G9ZLLE_zK32X7r_rI1Ukq5AUTEqqMJw6Jsio6htz9/s1600-h/swine_flue_office_closed.jpg"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJxstJ7vcEBrWf_qaaFlfXq0wWmQwrMkNuL_YHGO2v4-ZTBGY4Xpua_cpn58hpu4VXLmopJEVhCEf0BYH3Dovla0VBd5G9ZLLE_zK32X7r_rI1Ukq5AUTEqqMJw6Jsio6htz9/s400/swine_flue_office_closed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330584057831698242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />The Very Little Known Facts corporate offices will be closed until May 4 due to concerns arising from the H1N1 swine flu epidemic.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">As a side note, in the future VLKF employees should regularly clear out their lunch products from the break room fridge. It is especially important to remove expired foodstuffs such as deli-sliced Boars Head Black Forest Ham, which has a tendency to grow a distinctive green mold after several weeks, a mold completely unrelated to and not capable of infecting anyone with the H1N1 flu virus.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">For more information about influenza and common mythconceptions thereof, see our article </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/01/cold-and-flu-season-myths-facts-and.html">Cold and Flu Season: Myths, Facts, and Legends</a><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-16064104070475248452009-04-01T09:43:00.007-04:002009-04-01T10:05:24.480-04:00A New Year Brings New Danger<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5rGd8XxMFgeL9h34BPBMdwr2df_spJ-4BnN6t7OnTlR4WUz9S_mUwAM84r4tAZXTt8jmYc1DosKFmqDSOoymdFOXoW7PWol6LkiGbIG1BrrNeMNyOGREGOSuSvXG12s5N7Tt/s1600-h/nursing_home_man_sexually_transmitted_disease.JPG"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5rGd8XxMFgeL9h34BPBMdwr2df_spJ-4BnN6t7OnTlR4WUz9S_mUwAM84r4tAZXTt8jmYc1DosKFmqDSOoymdFOXoW7PWol6LkiGbIG1BrrNeMNyOGREGOSuSvXG12s5N7Tt/s400/nursing_home_man_sexually_transmitted_disease.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319718318701660946" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >Since April 1 is the first day of the vernal equinox, we at Very Little Known Facts thought it only fitting that we "spring" into the new year with some dire warnings.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:times new roman;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Watch out old timer! </span>Up to 90% of nursing home inhabitants have aids, gonorrhea, or herpes. This is due to the fact that people could not afford common antibiotics like bactine during the Great Depression.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:times new roman;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:130%;">If you hold your breath, no insect can sting or bite you.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:times new roman;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Are you chicken?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> The best way to deal with a snake bite: after bitten, immediately apply a fresh chicken breast as a poultice.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">That is where we get the English word poultry.</span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:times new roman;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:130%;">If you survive a snake bite to the toe, the bone in your toe will eventually wither and die.</span></li></ul><br /><ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:times new roman;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:130%;">Even non-poisonous snakes, although they are safe, have venom that can be transmitted via a snake bite. You can tell a non-poisonous (safe) snake from a poisonous (non-safe) snake by the markings.<br /></span></li></ul><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><ul style="margin-top: 0in;font-family:times new roman;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Sushi anyone?</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> Due to the global recession, shark attacks are down worldwide. Scientists and marine biologists tell us that this could ultimately lead to starving shark populations attacking in a "feeding frenzy" of feeding.</span><br /></span></li></ul>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-86549072262829385822008-06-10T14:49:00.003-04:002008-06-10T14:54:00.997-04:00Horoscope for Agoraphobes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUZf3LHbnlM8GFMmf7_W5TBNuGAEs5Jwc99sxqhyphenhyphendx_cjcfI2rfb4R7jpvbXutm3gCJCb2lRgZTTvT5fHTgTJt25_Zm2TBTvuicQEr0zzUDV4Ef_6n_SQmpLMTz6h53NW431c/s1600-h/horoscope_for_agoraphobia.jpg"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUZf3LHbnlM8GFMmf7_W5TBNuGAEs5Jwc99sxqhyphenhyphendx_cjcfI2rfb4R7jpvbXutm3gCJCb2lRgZTTvT5fHTgTJt25_Zm2TBTvuicQEr0zzUDV4Ef_6n_SQmpLMTz6h53NW431c/s400/horoscope_for_agoraphobia.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210327255634105442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Astronomers tell us that horoscopes are based on cosmic truths, that the perfectly circular orbits of planets, moons, and galaxies around the sun affect us in mysterious ways, ways that we are only beginning to understand, but ways that we are pretty sure have something to do with our birthdays. (Or, if you were adopted, the date of your legal adoption.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Certainly you have heard by now that Mercury is in retrograde. But what does that mean to you if you are a Pisces? What does that mean if you are a Pisces who just happens to be agoraphobic? Here at Very Little Known Facts, we could not help but notice that those suffering from agoraphobia are often completely overlooked in so-called “normal” astrological charts. So, without further ado, here are this week’s horoscopes for agoraphobes.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Aries </span>(March 21 to April 20) – Jupiter is in ascendency early in the week. Avoid large, open spaces.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Taurus </span>(April 21 to May 21) – Antares will be visible 10 degress above the horizon until moonrise. Stay indoors whenever possible.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gemini</span> (May 21 to June 21) – Neptune reaches apogee by Thursday. You may run out of meds. Just to be sure, call you phsychiatrist.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cancer</span> (June 22 to July 22) Don’t leave the house.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Leo</span> (July 23 to August 22) Mercury aligns with Venus. There are just too many people out there. Don’t chance it.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Virgo </span>(August 23 to August 24) – Seriously. Stay inside, or at least under a tree.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Libra</span> (September 24 to October 22) – You know that really small closet tucked underneath the stairs? That seems like a safe place.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Scorpio</span> (October 23 to November 22) – Impediments to work exist while Saturn is in your house; delay any new business ventures until late in the week. Your romantic endeavors will be smiled upon. Also, don’t leave the house.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sagittarius</span> (November 24 to December 21) – Challenges arise re: your agoraphobia. For instance, why didn’t you just pull the car all the way into the garage last night? What were you thinking?<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gemini</span> (December 22 to January 20) – Something is going on with asteroids or something. Maybe a wide-brimmed hat or dark sunglasses will help.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pisces</span> (February 20 to March 20) – Don’t leave the house.</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">*Note that some dates overlap. If your birthday falls on one of these overlapping dates, you can choose your sign as desired.</span></span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-68123998062282893362008-03-06T08:50:00.002-05:002008-03-06T08:57:29.648-05:00Superdelegates: Not So Super?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWARYTtK5yFIBfjS3ZNYNYqkB3rpdl7euC4VvRthds9lkzz109w2a6xO5e_UJUarAMhgVQwgyV_IqxBtQON9Mg8A128uBWR3ecBnRDHlvk1R6W5h6EUmWkI6hcH-0vZCUkfn8/s1600-h/superdelegates.jpg"><img style="margin: 15px 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWARYTtK5yFIBfjS3ZNYNYqkB3rpdl7euC4VvRthds9lkzz109w2a6xO5e_UJUarAMhgVQwgyV_IqxBtQON9Mg8A128uBWR3ecBnRDHlvk1R6W5h6EUmWkI6hcH-0vZCUkfn8/s400/superdelegates.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174626008788138226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">You have probably heard a lot of talk, or even banter being bandied about regarding the so-called “superdelegates” who may have the power to swing the Democratic nomination for president. If you are like some, you may well be wondering. Examples of the kinds of questions you may encounter within your wondering self are:</span><br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">What exactly are super-delegates?</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Where do they come from?</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">What do they want from us?</span></li></ul><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">To understand the phenomenon of Super Delegates, we must first return to the mainstay of American democracy, the Electoral College. The founding fathers included the Electoral College as the third, or “bicameral” branch of government as a check and/or balance against the power of the other branches, the Judiciary and the Bureaucracy. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The word “Electoral” itself comes from the Latin root <span style="font-style: italic;">Electra</span>, the mythological female assassin who stalks the streets preying on evil-doers. Just as you can take any course you want as an “elective” in regular college, the “electors” in the Electoral college can vote for anybody they want. This insulates the government from the so-called “tyranny of the majority” where the candidate with the most votes wins the election. (See <a href="http://elections.harpweek.com/09Ver2Controversy/Overview-1.htm">Hayes v. Tilden</a>, <a href="http://www.supremecourtus.gov/florida.html">Bush v. Gore</a>, etc.) </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Luckily, nowadays we have many sedimentary layers and substrata between voters and elected officials to limit access and prevent undue voter influence on government. The Supreme Court has consistently ruled that donating huge sums of money to forward a political agenda is a form of free speech, which is of course a self-evident truth since all men are created equal. Of course, all men do not have equal bank account balances and stock portfolios, because that would be Communism. And there are no super-delegates in Communism. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">So, in summation, only Communists are against superdelegates, and God Bless the Enlightened Voters of these United States of America. Except for those voters in Florida and Michigan which don’t count this year.*</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">*Superdelegates from Florida and Michigan still count.</span></span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-70954383736048514072008-02-27T08:57:00.004-05:002008-02-27T09:32:41.253-05:00Superfan!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5ag_LU-6njniQ85UDplxI1-nY-9R3bWtapckfw6U9BFdzqjUM_pyXmoXQAa9-X8o4_Ai4eylbZzWgWt8QjQOmEEVYlfDy1Ab971r99vSqeYuwO3LFxlhUaerfGlWKnPpJggv/s1600-h/st-louis-arch-mississippi-river.jpg"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq5ag_LU-6njniQ85UDplxI1-nY-9R3bWtapckfw6U9BFdzqjUM_pyXmoXQAa9-X8o4_Ai4eylbZzWgWt8QjQOmEEVYlfDy1Ab971r99vSqeYuwO3LFxlhUaerfGlWKnPpJggv/s400/st-louis-arch-mississippi-river.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171666534286885602" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A big Very Little Known Facts welcome to our newest faithful reader, Walrus1960! Walrus, aka Brent Rollins, is a </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/10/lowly-tomato-fruit-or-vegetable.html#comments">moderately educated</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Fact Enthusiast from St. Louis, Missouri—big props to the Granite State! Brent spends a lot of time on our site because "</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/10/health-info-on-internet-lethal.html#comments">education is precious.</a><span style="font-family:arial;">" And he knows that we like to present our facts with a spoonful of humor: "</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/10/fact-finding-mission-accomplished.html#comments">Jon and Britt are two really funny boys.</a><span style="font-family:arial;">"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Brent has also sent in a lot of helpful comments including some new facts for us:</span><br /><br /><ul><li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2008/01/start-new-year-off-with-facts.html#comments">A human cannot swallow his own foot</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> if it is still attached to his body.</span></li></ul><ul><li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/12/name-that-name.html#comments">Dying from natural causes</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> is not a tragedy.</span></li></ul><ul><li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/09/its-raining-facts-hallelujah.html#comments">Stephen Seagal’s father</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> was a math teacher from Michigan.</span></li></ul><ul><li><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/11/conspiracy-against-war-on-thanksgiving.html#comments">Date rape drugs are completely natural</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> since they are produced by the human body.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family:arial;">And he had one correction for us from our post entitled </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/11/line-everybody-says-from-that-movie.html">The Line Everybody Says from That Movie</a><span style="font-family:arial;">:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;">The line about badges was actually from Born in East L.A., Cheech Marin says "I don't need no stinkin' green card."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Thanks for the correction!<br /><br />As a final note, we want to join Brent in making 2008 the year that ignorance is ceased to spread. We want to urge all our readers to cease the spread of ignorance as soon as possible. As Brent says, “</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/10/rip-golden-age-of-television-1946-1992.html#comments">You can help.</a><span style="font-family:arial;">”</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Of course, Very Little Known Facts is committed to doing what we can. As Brent says, “<a href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/05/crystal-meth-pros-and-cons-part-four.html#comments">There are children and adults depending on credible resources out here.</a>” Well, from all of us here at VLKF: you are welcome.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Thanks for your comments, Brent! Keep up the good work!</span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-13111058394393132392008-01-11T13:01:00.000-05:002008-01-11T13:06:19.235-05:00Start the New Year Off with Facts!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1W32HIDrx1qoqnnuf1OMho5LZuBd8VD11pdDtP2X9CO4NRVCyGpJjmlM4yUlJYnqSczTYN-5nxi8K095ZYpbeqDPP5XYjfkBPjEdl2VwpO09sTQlPXp9AHv7RZwPZ4Yj3qHIE/s1600-h/marshmallow_plant_roots.png"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1W32HIDrx1qoqnnuf1OMho5LZuBd8VD11pdDtP2X9CO4NRVCyGpJjmlM4yUlJYnqSczTYN-5nxi8K095ZYpbeqDPP5XYjfkBPjEdl2VwpO09sTQlPXp9AHv7RZwPZ4Yj3qHIE/s400/marshmallow_plant_roots.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154280994469143746" border="0" /></a><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">Marshmallows are extracted from the mucilanginous roots of the <a href="http://www.nutrasanus.com/marsh-mallow.html">marshmallow plant</a>, which grows in swamps and other fetid areas.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">In industry terms, a “stewardess” can refer to a female or male flight attendant.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">The only new species of mammal that has appeared in the last 1,000 years is the <a href="http://images.google.com/images?q=labradoodle&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi">labradoodle</a>.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">The state of Alabama still accepts Confederate scrip as payment for state income taxes.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">A single apple seed contains enough arsenic to kill an adult horse—but not an adult human!</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">All the continents begin and end with the same letter. The only exceptions are North America, South America, and Eurasia.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">If you swallow your Adam’s apple, you will choke to death.</span></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;">The Viking explorer Leif Garrett discovered America centuries before Columbus or the <a href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2006/07/indians-first-native-americans.html">Native Americans</a>.</span></span></li></ul>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-22692384905273928992007-12-21T08:49:00.000-05:002007-12-21T09:20:03.528-05:002007: What a Year in Review<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7qRQeNm3i2UcyOZrbsFr97HYGHcJ2zsjqsuczyDLxyA0UF6x0It-9_q8GG5sDQOO6XVa8Gk9jF34hEQQLAxSLLw9OQRMLhhhtVzFe0XV6LszwnY0XI0WPklbR1QuawvjLf74/s1600-h/attorney_general_alberto_gonzales_recalls_2007.png"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7qRQeNm3i2UcyOZrbsFr97HYGHcJ2zsjqsuczyDLxyA0UF6x0It-9_q8GG5sDQOO6XVa8Gk9jF34hEQQLAxSLLw9OQRMLhhhtVzFe0XV6LszwnY0XI0WPklbR1QuawvjLf74/s400/attorney_general_alberto_gonzales_recalls_2007.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5146425586118214098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >January</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> – A Muslim (or <a href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/10/moslems-or-muslims-comparative-history.html">Moslem</a>) congressman is sworn in using a Quran (or Koran) once owned by Thomas Jefferson; the TSA immediately adds Thomas Jefferson to the No-Fly list. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announces that although he has no recollection of personally authorizing the firing of federal attorneys based on politics, he will definitely investigate himself. With 0% of the primary returns tallied, the press anoints Senator John McCain as Frontrunner and Foregone Conclusion with all other Republican contenders vying to be his running mate. Hogzilla’s reign of terror over South Georgia comes to a violent end; local residents describe the boar as huge, horrifying, and delicious.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >February</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> – President George W. Bush accuses Iran of destabilizing the security situation in Iraq; Iran responds by saying that the U.S. is doing a great job of destabilizing Iraq without their help. Footballer David Beckham arrives with great fanfare in Los Angeles only to discover that the city’s football team moved to St. Louis years ago. Astronaut Lisa Nowak is arrested after driving from Texas to Florida while wearing a diaper in a bizarre space-sex kidnapping plot. When asked if she planned on using the diaper during the trip or stopping for bathroom breaks, she replies, “Depends.” Anna Nicole Smith dies tragically of untreatable celebrity.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >March</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> – The Democratic Congress finally stands up to President Bush by funding the Iraq war with no timetable for troop withdrawal. They do include a caveat in the spending bill stating that the President can’t make them like it. An audit reveals that the FBI misused certain provisions of the USA Patriot Act to spy on the Facebook accounts of American citizens. Philosopher Jean Baudrillard dies—really. With 0% of the primary contests decided, TV talking heads unanimously declare former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani as the de-facto Republican nominee due to the events of 9/11.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >April</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> – In response to a subpoena for any e-mails from White House adviser Karl Rove, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says he has no recollection of anyone by that name. Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz loses his job as president of the World Bank—not for being one of the chief architects of the disastrous U.S. occupation of postwar Iraq, but for giving his girlfriend a raise. Radio personality Don Imus loses a game of horse against the Rutgers women’s basketball team; he only gets two letters. With 0% of the primary votes cast, political pundits tap Senator Barack Obama as a shoe-in for the Democratic nomination due to his unstoppable momentum and his natural African-Indonesian-Hawaiian-American charisma.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >May</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> – Mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney reveals that his favorite books are the Bible and <span style="font-style: italic;">Battlefield Earth</span>; John McCain says his favorite books are the Quran (Koran) and <span style="font-style: italic;">Atlas Shrugged</span>; Rudy Giuliani announces that his favorites are the Torah and whatever Christian Scientists read. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales claims he has no recollection of getting his job by visiting John Ashcroft in the hospital and tricking him into altering his will. As a direct result of Congress’s boycott of French fries in favor of Freedom fries, the conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy is elected president of France.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >June</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> – Inspired by America’s plan to bring democracy to the Middle East, the democratically elected terrorist organization Hamas takes over the Gaza Strip. Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) urges Congress to finance his proposed "Bridge to Nowhere" because Alaska has less bridges and more nowhere than any other U.S. state of equal size. Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse, Keith Urban, Robin Williams, Brigitte Nielsen, Richie Sambora, and David Hasselhoff make the news and ensure their continuing celebrity by checking into rehab. Always one step ahead of the curve, Paris Hilton goes to prison. President George W. Bush, facing flagging popularity, reminds the American people that he once went to rehab also.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >July</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> – An internet hacker discovers that the CIA has been editing wikipedia entries, but a quick wikipedia search finds no evidence of the existence of such an agency. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales denies having any recollection of the CIA or any other acronym. TV actor Fred Thompson announces that he just might consider declaring himself a theoretical contender for the presidency, possibly. Republican officials immediately enthrone him as the future of the party after carefully weighing the 0% of actual votes cast in the primaries. Bowing to FEC rules, NBC gives each candidate from both parties their own </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >Law & Order </span><span style="font-family:arial;">spin-off.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >August</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> – David Vitter, a Republican Senator from Louisiana, admits to having sex with a prostitute and apologizes for perpetuating the stereotype of the senator from Louisiana who has sex with prostitutes. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigns, saying that he has no recollection of ever being attorney general. With 0% of exit poll results from the primaries in, the nation’s media pronounce that Senator Hillary Clinton’s fundraising prowess will most definitely make her the first female to head the ticket of a major American political party. Former President Bill Clinton smiles and claps politely. Senator Larry S. Craig of Idaho is arrested for attempting to use the bathroom in a homosexual fashion.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >September</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> – In response to Turkey’s threats to attack Kurdish separatist camps inside Iraq, Washington reminds its NATO ally that large, complex, socio-political issues can’t be solved simply by invading another country. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the United States to deny the following: </span><ul style="font-family: arial;"><li>The support of terrorist organizations by Iran.</li><li>The existence of a secret nuclear weapons program in Iran.</li><li>The existence of homosexuals in Iran.</li><li>The existence of Israel.</li><li>The Holocaust.</li><li><span>That he is now or ever has been a member of the Communist Party.</span></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >October </span><span style="font-family:arial;">– When asked by Congress about the controversial practice of waterboarding, Michael Mukasey (the nominee for Attorney General) points out that anyone with a computer can look up “torture” on wikipedia and see that waterboarding does not qualify. Al Gore wins the Nobel Prize for inventing the internet. With exactly 0% of the American people having spoken at the voting booth, news outlets posit either Scientologist Mitt Romney or Arkansian Mike Huckabee as the single, solitary, inevitable choice for the Republican nomination due to the fact that they both believe in some kind of Supreme Being, unlike any other candidate of either party.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >November</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> – FEMA apologizes for orchestrating a fake press conference about its response to the San Diego wildfires; the agency goes on to say that the fake press conference was still more constructive than anything it did the first week after Hurricane Katrina. Home run champion Barry Bonds is indicted for perjury, quarterback Michael Vick is convicted for running a dog fighting ring, and runner Marion Jones loses her five Olympic gold medals after admitting to steroid use. Experts urge parents to buy more video games for their kids to keep them from developing a dangerous interest in sports.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >December</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> – The CIA divulges that it destroyed videotapes of prisoner interrogations by posting them to wikipedia. A new National Intelligence report reveals that Iran abandoned its secret nuclear weapons program in 2003. The report does not address the existence of homosexuals in Iran. President Bush sends Senator Larry S. Craig to investigate. Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says he has no recollection of going to the bathroom with Senator Craig. Since the beginning of primary season (and therefore the end of primary season) is right around the corner, Washington insiders, bloggers, wags, and other windbags proclaim that unlike any other election in history, this one is up for grabs.*</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">*Unless you are John Edwards, Ron Paul, Joe Biden, Alan Keyes, Chris Dodd, Dennis Kucinich, Tom Tancredo, Mike Gravel, Duncan Hunter, or Bill Richardson. Then you have absolutely no chance ever, ever. And don’t even think about mentioning a third party candidate. Are you kidding? Having more than two choices is NOT what democracy is all about. It’s in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence or something. Maybe the Gettysburg Address. In any case, you don’t want to throw away your vote, do you? Do you?</span></span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-67495660940112446052007-12-06T08:46:00.000-05:002007-12-06T09:19:59.051-05:00Cold and Flu Season Strikes Back!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eBb7wD0I3DWnFqVaVFCVlspoPC_HqyYocYl5fmV0PGqquZG7RFiJa2wVlv7EFfXAZ383XftwAo-45gqfqSQRVMZPM9nQBeV6oWObW1aMRAnjlROkXNBWCB73DFxY5rQM6yec/s1600-h/cold_flu_season_2007_remedies_myths_facts_germs_echinacea.png"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4eBb7wD0I3DWnFqVaVFCVlspoPC_HqyYocYl5fmV0PGqquZG7RFiJa2wVlv7EFfXAZ383XftwAo-45gqfqSQRVMZPM9nQBeV6oWObW1aMRAnjlROkXNBWCB73DFxY5rQM6yec/s400/cold_flu_season_2007_remedies_myths_facts_germs_echinacea.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140863865777233314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Ah yes, as Christmas and/or the Holiday Season approaches, so also lurks the sinister specter of Cold and Flu Season 2007-2008.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">But take heart! Scientists are beginning to understand the diabolical mechanisms of this potentially deadly or possibly just annoying duo of illnesses.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">As a supplement to our groundbreaking post for last year's </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/01/cold-and-flu-season-myths-facts-and.html">Cold and Flu Season</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, our crack researchers have found the following articles that pretty much tell you all you need to know about how to avoid getting sick:</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/126807/how_to_avoid_the_flu_when_you_work.html">Cold and Flu germs are spread indoors much more easily than outdoors.</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> Remember that you get sick from people, so always avoid other people at all cost. This article also tells you to bundle up since lowering your body's temperature do to cold hampers your immune response and makes you more susceptible to infection.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/health/research/05flu.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1196877670-WXnGeh5nX+NUis4KZJdoyQ&oref=slogin">Cold and Flu germs are spread outdoors much more easily than indoors.</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> This article highlights new research showing that germs hang in the cold air, so whatever you do don't leave your house. Additionally, a slate.com article about this article tells you that </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.slate.com/id/2179280/">dressing warmly is absolutely no protection against getting sick</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, so let's all party naked in the snow!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">For even more internet health information that is even more definitive than this internet health information, check out our previous article </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007/10/health-info-on-internet-lethal.html">Health Info on the Internet: Lethal?</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> If you don't read it, you might already have cancer.</span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-15683570998279329522007-12-03T09:31:00.000-05:002007-12-03T09:46:31.677-05:00Name That Name<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mH_d7F4LdnPd3B8YqxHiYJiIBU13qkd5-rvVF28eWZMGMjYUXh3poVUnX-E1fgowWFBzLv9W1wSJQRbYfoy4xyKKE_Na8jHTpit_ZH5uPINCcuJ1l6eL09dChsUYNk1PDi7Z/s1600-r/sheena_easton_sheila_e.png"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1C_cNdVAJU9wFPQFe9x6hXyNsqk3SS8UllLgZeUOjtCglvuZuziThK37XPbrfbJlpYRpZGY3H3FZroyJcKm4__7ngOOgG0rL56wUQRLL2i5mLc0zhwf7Ue-mmTDuKRBkmuMb/s400/sheena_easton_sheila_e.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139037044387552578" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Isn’t it inconvenient when famous people have similar names? I mean, how are you supposed to keep up with your favorite celebrities when you can’t remember the difference between Bruce Jenner and Bruce Jennings, Rod Serling and Rod Steiger, or Liv Tyler and Lili Taylor and Liz Taylor?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Well, we here at Very Little Known Facts have come up with some handy pneumatic devices to jog your memory about who’s who,what’s what, and which one is which!</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >Sheena Is a Punk Rocker…Or Was it Sheila?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Even the most rabid Prince fans have trouble distinguishing between Sheila E. and Sheena Easton. Here’s an easy way to keep them straight:</span> </span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Sheena E. actually had the last name Estefan—which meant she was the sister of Miami Vice Sound Machine singer Gloria Estefan.</span></span><br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Sheila Easton also went by the name Apollonia.</span></span></li></ul><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >Obama, Osama, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off</span> <span style="font-family:times new roman;"><br /><br />Much has been made of the fact that the Senator from Illinois and official candidate for President of the United States is named Barack Hussein Obama. Any relation to Osama Bin Laden or Saddam Hussein? Not that we know of—but then again, you never can tell.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIAXXu0FwruJOF5g4RS5TE0e5-41d8FkMPatC0HTArw1BaCE77MyjZsI3rH2NGGu9lAg4MB8QBP9VHvRhd_rj5L9IE1Ay1xpa9ZYQF7p_-hVmjmj1JUiNCJSwekfShY9i490HU/s1600-r/mary_and_mariah_carey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj34sMC7dNQ7uNVfD1wFQj3PRbMsD9ip-9Y4qlsh-VbsfBAY_UAskSmqS-WgIiTyHMTqjYCw9VF9pUgwd0iZmYave4zi4xvao6q1Ci9kXQEnXxQ9YBSU8ttH72MdaodDAlUoyT_/s400/mary_and_mariah_carey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139048713813695858" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >Mary Carey, Quite Contrary</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Although their names sound similar, there really is no confusing the porn star Mary Carey who ran for governor of California and the singer Mariah Carey. But that didn’t stop Mariah from suing Mary, who was forced to change her name to Brittany Speares.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >Simply Reds</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Many people get Red Skelton, Red Buttons, and Red Foxx mixed up. How can you keep track of these three redheads? Try this method:</span> </span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">There was a widespread rumor that actor Red Skelton was so named because he had a red skeleton due to a rare condition. To quell these rumors, in 1996 a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered his corpse exhumed, and a post-mortem autopsy revealed that he died tragically of natural causes.</span></span><br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Red Buttons was actually just a stage name. He died in 2003 and had no confirmed autopsy.</span></span><br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Red Foxx played the role of <span style="font-style: italic;">Sanford and Son </span>on the TV show with the same name. His real name was Red Fox, and foxes have red fur. Ironically, Red Foxx died of a heart attack, just like his TV character. He will be missed by some.</span></span></li></ul><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjINTibyzVmhQzCrftyQPc39GRwxrJFF3yJiBI2xCahmXvxTXcbopF0I13KgTpWNv43ZRDrEEfhb1wr6amNGEyAM05HhxR22IiMxcxnHrO2aw_7sgLdKccXXqDApfjzxAZMJDcl/s1600-r/rip_torn_rip_taylor.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQKMT02PcvxSElPkmosfIeusFCCcbJYnf6ux4q4UTN1uI2qAh_44eFLJecuwixwQoaJGgo-zgHdbZeNKdCi89ojcMVeHVCT_sE96RVZJYJz8ISoP5c6pTqJ-jhjFvwyRKVJeR9/s400/rip_torn_rip_taylor.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139050453275450754" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >Who Gives a Rip?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Could anyone really confuse the wacky antics of confetti-tossing Rip Taylor with the gravitas of actor Rip Torn? Perhaps. But one way to keep them “straight” is to think of R.I.P. which stands for Rest In Paradise, a homonym often seen on gravestones. You can apply this memory device to whichever one of the two Rips dies first. To make it more fun, perhaps you can start an office betting pool!</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >That’s a Fact, Jacks</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Many people get the popular actor Jack Nicholson and the popular golfer Jack Nicklaus confused because they have similar names. A good way to remember the difference is that Jack Nichol<span style="font-style: italic;">son</span> is the <span style="font-style: italic;">son</span> of Jack Nicklaus.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPpN5At2jzpy1WTdCvvi8aXdoLRdVPyEix_sNIyhdcQZ31egZ94ayOwko9iR92ygbK06xNkP09uNzc2VnJeUqcJJe_hmLkfZ2XosYn4bPdkVLfD_RgVxI_qvdYc69uA4prmt2/s1600-r/sidney_poitier_and_sydney_pollack.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQxqsW1VX6qbid_R5b9XGFvDpDuDdCQwjkOLBEdrEx2bEVbP-2x9I6c6xBhWkyM6uiANwe6d-7piwOgIuMZU6IhC6-L0Lo11gV7oJOnkWTnaOUd41Hq2Mpgun34rv50B3Ga-4/s400/sidney_poitier_and_sydney_pollack.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139053214939422098" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >They Call Me Mr. P.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Actor Sydney Poitier and director Sidney Pollack have both had distinguished careers in Hollywood, but sometimes it's hard to know which one is which. Sidney Poitier is the black one.</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" ><br /><br /><br />He Coulda Been Somebody</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Oftentimes moviegoers are often perplexed by the fit, attractive actor named Marlon Brando who starred in <span style="font-style: italic;">On the Waterfront</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">A Streetcar Named Desire</span> and the bald, overweight ham named Marlon Brando who starred in <span style="font-style: italic;">Superman 2</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">The Island of Dr. Moreau</span>. Bizarrely, these are the same person!<br /><br /><br /></span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL0-rAqeW-HlRCUmPHVMxum66_Yex051mHQHokGADokWcIT1LFIsipd2jE1XOL7gMOcjtKOI7OYvaGawR5oGIEFpFqN5E_rUjmBZfOtOyvyCvU8Yocck5YH2tCjVuxodeYBRM9/s1600-r/baldwin_brothers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEjZ_Pur8Z0ya18fBCGXEPhj2kqzIlCRHWSC1RGBEBoA6UAaqZL7aPKWeHj7yWmhyphenhyphen1Nq0COH7kF4_zpZFZV_96XvW4Q0n07blXO1S3-OpuKPsLXVkwwebKGBJkRX16Wi9DwtN/s400/baldwin_brothers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139046119653449058" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;" >The Fabulous Baldwin Brothers Boys</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">How many Baldwin brothers are there? Surprisingly, the answer is several. Here’s how you can keep them straight:</span> </span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Alec Baldwin is an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actor of screen and stage who was named by People magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world. His film credits include <span style="font-style: italic;">Beetlejuice</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hunt for Red October</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Glengarry Glen Ross</span>, and <span style="font-style: italic;">Pearl Harbor</span>. Alec currently plays the boss in the hit NBC sitcom <span style="font-style: italic;">30 Rock</span>.</span></span><br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Daniel Baldwin played a vampire in the movie <span style="font-style: italic;">Vampires</span>. He also played a homicide detective in the TV show <span style="font-style: italic;">Homicide</span>.</span></span><br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">William Baldwin is Alec’s brother. He changed his stage name to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000640/">Emilio Estevez</a> to make it on his own outside his big brother's shadow.</span></span><br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Adam Baldwin got his big break in Stanley Kubrick’s <span style="font-style: italic;">Full Metal Jacket</span> and now stars in the TV show <span style="font-style: italic;">Chuck</span>.</span></span><br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Stephen Baldwin followed up his role in <span style="font-style: italic;">The Usual Suspects</span> by co-starring with Pauly Shore in <span style="font-style: italic;">Bio-Dome</span>. Recently he was in that one episode of <span style="font-style: italic;">The Sopranos</span>.</span></span><br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Billy Baldwin was in that movie about firemen.</span></span></li></ul>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-32610435006273869532007-11-21T09:07:00.000-05:002007-11-21T10:00:05.074-05:00The Conspiracy against the War on Thanksgiving!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUtwBYcrWLdDkgMelJyBIO7cWNh7iqwzfiQuDDqsSObCuZ0yrVeTbrZycuY_w0ifgv6QZFQT3YPWk7z2tIt9a0DBCuB75aS57VIp_tYx6b9JMXkm7eHBNx14PhjVwYl1wV9JP/s1600-h/turkey_war_on_thanksgiving.JPG"><img style="margin: 15pt 10pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUtwBYcrWLdDkgMelJyBIO7cWNh7iqwzfiQuDDqsSObCuZ0yrVeTbrZycuY_w0ifgv6QZFQT3YPWk7z2tIt9a0DBCuB75aS57VIp_tYx6b9JMXkm7eHBNx14PhjVwYl1wV9JP/s400/turkey_war_on_thanksgiving.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135295363941032146" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Much has been made of the so-called "War on the Holidays" in which sinister, unnamed forces have manipulated their behind-the-scenes machinations toward unknown (and possibly unknowable) ends. But how much of this is true fact, and how much is conjecture?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The answer, shockingly, is BOTH!<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">MYTH:</span> President Harry S. Truman issued the first Presidential pardon to a White House turkey.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >TRUTH: </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/20/AR2007112002331.html">Truman never pardoned the turkey</a><span style="font-family:arial;">; in fact, he probably ate it.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE WHOLE TRUTH:</span> After dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagano, Truman felt that the "sins of a nation" were upon his shoulders. In the great Jewish tradition of the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scapegoat">scapegoat</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, President Truman transferred America's guilt to the unsuspecting fowl, which was then ritualistically sacrificed according to the ancient traditions of Yale University. Some say this dark rite led to his "surprise" re-election victory over Dewey, a vegan, while others maintain that this was chiefly due to the majority of Electors who voted for him 41 days after the general election of 1948, thus leading to his electoral college victory and subsequent second term.<br /><br /></span> <a style="font-family: arial;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYtltfZixqY9DJ7ASdT_DCNxjcl-uq3a5ko82gf2Ne8cXz5xoHefeuwu08NHLLoydgypU6O7RJr8kVST5scLikWVMVbuUIYwCDdBV6llWtrQg-gCDxYx9zHcOWIq_Y2lgHx-d/s1600-h/truman_dewey_turkey.PNG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYYtltfZixqY9DJ7ASdT_DCNxjcl-uq3a5ko82gf2Ne8cXz5xoHefeuwu08NHLLoydgypU6O7RJr8kVST5scLikWVMVbuUIYwCDdBV6llWtrQg-gCDxYx9zHcOWIq_Y2lgHx-d/s400/truman_dewey_turkey.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135300530786689250" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />MYTH: </span>The first Thanksgiving was a religious holiday created by the Pilgrims to give thanks to God for his blessings, peace with the </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2006/07/indians-first-native-americans.html">Native Americans</a><span style="font-family:arial;">, and their freedom of religion in America.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">TRUTH: </span>The Pilgrims were religious extremists who were themselves intolerant and disapproved of the natives for gambling and growing hemp.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE WHOLE TRUTH:</span> Nobody alive today knows the fate of the Lost Colony of Plymouth Rock, but controversy swirls around which group of European Caucasians was the first to exploit the resources and native peoples of North America. Italians and Italian-Americans proudly point to Christopher Columbus as the first white to enslave the indigenous peoples. Others contend that Viking settlers were murdering aboriginal Americans long before the Spanish or the English. In any case, we can all agree that the United States was made great despite the tragic sacrifices of Native Americans who, face it, never built any skyscrapers for themselves on the island of Manhattan.</span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdiZNhvVAyCj1sacIbV8qWCllNBTG7d294eYLOPNXyt-15TrrVHz3lVtT1bJH7GQfuGbCuKVbzWfd65HtIFuODBVh815O4X6m8UztPHtWrOUvN-J65xdaZq4mxGY93yQwvcU_v/s1600-h/native_americans.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdiZNhvVAyCj1sacIbV8qWCllNBTG7d294eYLOPNXyt-15TrrVHz3lVtT1bJH7GQfuGbCuKVbzWfd65HtIFuODBVh815O4X6m8UztPHtWrOUvN-J65xdaZq4mxGY93yQwvcU_v/s400/native_americans.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135307089201750258" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />MYTH: </span>Turkey makes you sleepy.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">TRUTH: </span>Tryptophan, aka triptophan or "trips" or GHB, is a central nervous system depressant that is used to relieve pain, particularly at the synapses of the nucleus accumbens. Scientists tell us that no other compound is as effective at pain relief as tryptophan; however, it's side effects (including drowsiness, loss of appetite, and lethargy) and it's highly addictive qualities make it a dangerous compound.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">THE WHOLE TRUTH:</span> Most Americans get sleepy on Thanksgiving after eating too much and sitting in front of the television.</span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-63967199924453648902007-11-06T13:09:00.000-05:002007-11-06T13:19:15.953-05:00The Line Everybody Says from That Movie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9UzadYMjSIlaSURLpSEPUVZuwFBmg8M0cN1Q88RCgxxNLXYo33berTNM8K72DcZEdt8PiYtA9rdKrkn9HpQYhMsvbxmBUEeGdgyo38pilXdGLm4-Hb7-50gZNEDTbhiVl8SA/s1600-h/A_Few_Good_Movie_Quotes.JPG"><img style="margin: 10pt 15pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9UzadYMjSIlaSURLpSEPUVZuwFBmg8M0cN1Q88RCgxxNLXYo33berTNM8K72DcZEdt8PiYtA9rdKrkn9HpQYhMsvbxmBUEeGdgyo38pilXdGLm4-Hb7-50gZNEDTbhiVl8SA/s400/A_Few_Good_Movie_Quotes.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129791366880170802" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Everybody loves the movies, and everybody loves hearing people quote lines from their favorite movies. Here at Very Little Known Facts, we have compiled the most popular lines quoted from the most popular movies. Check out these Hollywood quotes from your favorite celebrity actors and actresses, and see how many you can work into everyday conversation!</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Show me the money!” and “You had me at hello.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Jerry Maguire</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Love means never having to say sorry.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Love Story</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“I see dead people.” <span style="font-style: italic;">The Sixth Sense</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Houston, we have a problem.” <span style="font-style: italic;">The Right Stuff</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Nobody puts baby in a corner.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Dirty Dancing</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Hello, Vietnam!” <span style="font-style: italic;">Good Morning Vietnam</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Gone With the Wind</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth…”</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“You can’t handle the truth!” <span style="font-style: italic;">A Few Good Men</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“May the Force Be With You.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Wars, Episode 3: A New Hope</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Who ya gonna call?” <span style="font-style: italic;">Ghostbusters</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Today we declare our Independence Day!” <span style="font-style: italic;">Independence Day</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Play it again, Sam.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Casablanca</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Top of the world, ma!” <span style="font-style: italic;">Titanic</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Do you feel lucky, punk?” <span style="font-style: italic;">Every Which Way but Loose</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Gentlemen, the sky is falling.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Armageddon</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Make me an offer I can’t refuse.” <span style="font-style: italic;">The Godfather</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“I’m going to kill that gopher.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Caddyshack</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Hi, I’m Fletch.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Fletch</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“You can ride in my jet any time.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Top Gun</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“I coulda been a contender.”<span style="font-style: italic;"> Rocky 3</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“You go girl!” <span style="font-style: italic;">Tootsie</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“I’ll have what the woman with the orgasm was eating.” <span style="font-style: italic;">When Harry Met Sally</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“The first rule of Fight Club is that you don’t talk about Fight Club. The second rule is that there are no other rules.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Fight Club</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!” <span style="font-style: italic;">Cheech and Chong Go Bananas</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“You wanna look good in Mexico.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Pocket Money</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Yippee-ki-yay, Mr. Falcon.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Die Hard (<a href="http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=860371">overdub for broadcast television version</a>)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course, we had to give the oft-quoted governor of the California his own section. The most popular Arnold Schwarzenegger quotes:</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“I’ll be back.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Terminator</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“I’ll be back…AGAIN.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Terminator 2</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Get your ass to Mars.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Total Recall</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“The hunter becomes the hunted.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Predator</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Live by the sword, die by the sword.”<span style="font-style: italic;"> Conan the Destroyer</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">“Remind me not to have kids.” <span style="font-style: italic;">Kindergarten Cop</span></span>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877861.post-70392276180411029552007-10-30T09:42:00.000-04:002007-10-30T09:52:37.936-04:00RIP: The Golden Age of Television (1946-1992)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2Kr7qxx80cAKQppTmczjZB1yUc6cDcEjG83pm1hqI0-TrV4mqMEjLvnDL-TOI6rXBZdBPl6k0J2sPMnPWx3piRESGD3zhAPAiQgjDG55qAxDgj5CoU7FatwGZe32zvikBFP6/s1600-h/Remember_the_Golden_Age_of_Television.PNG"><img style="margin: 15px 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2Kr7qxx80cAKQppTmczjZB1yUc6cDcEjG83pm1hqI0-TrV4mqMEjLvnDL-TOI6rXBZdBPl6k0J2sPMnPWx3piRESGD3zhAPAiQgjDG55qAxDgj5CoU7FatwGZe32zvikBFP6/s400/Remember_the_Golden_Age_of_Television.PNG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127124222254125842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Andy Warhol once famously said, “In the future, everyone will be on TV for fifteen minutes.” Nowadays, of course, with the internet, that is finally possible. But back in the Golden Age of Television (1948-1992) we depended on the networks to keep us entertained—whether it was <a href="http://verylittleknownfacts.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html">Milton Berle’s</a> bold subversion of traditional sexual roles in society, Fonzie’s bathroom humor, or Bill Cosby’s non-threatening black family. See how many of these Very Little Known Facts about the old Boob Tube you knew!</span><br /><br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Televisions in the United States do not have channel 1. Neither do FM radios.</span></span></li></ul><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON: <span style="font-style: italic;">American Bandwagon</span>, which originally featured co-hosts Dick Clark and his wife Pet Clark, is the only television show from the 1950’s that is still being produced today.</span></span></li></ul><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The Anthropology department at Harvard recently released the results of a two-year study that attempted to answer the eponymous question <span style="font-style: italic;">Who’s the Boss? </span>Comparing the relative leadership roles of Tony Micelli, Angela Bower and Mona Robinson with their counterparts in archetypal societies, the study definitively concluded that Mona was the boss due to the fact that she was the elder.</span></span></li></ul><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">MASTER OF HIS DOMAIN: Every episode of<span style="font-style: italic;"> Seinfeld</span> contains at least one joke about Superman. This is a reference to the real-life Jerry Seinfeld, one of the show’s co-creators.</span></span></li></ul><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The nickname “Idiot Box” was given to TV by none other than President Richard S. Nixon. The idiot in question? Walter Cronkite.</span></span></li></ul><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT THE CATHODE RAY TUBE: Watching an hour of television subjects your eyes to more radiation than sticking your head in a microwave oven for an hour. Of course, this is only true because you can’t close the microwave door with your head in there, and microwaves don’t run when the door is open! But seriously, folks, use safety and common sense when operating any household appliance.</span></span></li></ul><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Smoking used to be common on television. Everybody remembers the episode of <span style="font-style: italic;">Leave It to Beaver</span> where Ward Cleaver catches the Beave sneaking one of June’s Virginia Slims and memorably makes him eat the entire pack. Nowadays smoking is banned on TV except for in documentaries about mental institutions and France.</span></span></li></ul><br /><ul><li><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">LITTLE BUDDY WASN’T SO LITTLE: Bob Denver, the first actor to play Gilligan on <span style="font-style: italic;">Gilligan’s Island</span>, was 62 when the last episode was filmed on location in 1970.</span></span></li></ul>Jon Black and Britt Bergmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01574772119367506517noreply@blogger.com7