May 24, 2018
Recently a tanker truck hauling melted milk chocolate toppled over on a highway in Poland, coating six lanes of traffic in delicious sugary goo. The chocolate was so thick that first responders left footprints in the muck, and heavy machinery had to be brought in to scrape it off the roads. Some drivers continued on...
May 19, 2018
While most Australians speak English, people from the land down under have invented some unusual words and phrases all their own. Aussies are down to earth people and speak with colorful expressions such as “His teeth are so crooked he could eat an apple through a tennis racquet .” That may sound a little mean,...
May 17, 2018
A randomtocracyis a society that lives by a system of laws and rules that seem to have been thought up by wackadoos! Did you know that in New Zealand, it’s illegal to fly in a hot air balloon with a rooster? In Finland, traffic violation fines are calculated as a percentage of the offender’s income. In 2002, the...
May 15, 2018
Every culture has a unique way of greeting people. Romantic cultures such as Latin America and the French share the custom of greeting people with a kiss whether they know them or not. What’s another word for kissing? Osculating! In Tibet, sticking out your tongue is a perfectly acceptable greeting. This custom is...
May 10, 2018
I’m having a little trouble getting my brain in gear today, so I thought you might like to know some interesting facts about the human brain. The average human brain is the size of 2 clenched fists and weighs about 3 pounds! According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world’s heaviest adult human brain...