Today I learned that when Ulysses S. Grant was dying of throat cancer, the press constantly hounded him and his family for updates as the disease slowly progressed. And it was a painful disease, making swallowing, even talking practically impossible toward the end of his life. And they would make up tales like him screaming in the night, saying, 'I can't stand this! I am dying!' Sheesh. Yet another reason why I never want to be super big and famous. Like, he's dying, my dudes. Let a man die in peace!
A 25-year-old Steven Spielberg directed the first non-pilot episode of Columbo "Murder by the Book" in 1971 for NBC.
Are all modern day camera batteries lithium ion? I’ve just bought a couple of replacements for my Sony a6000, which also comes with a little battery charging dock, but they were considerably cheaper than the rest and it didn’t specify ‘lithium ion’ like the others did.
Er, I may have learned a AAVE slang by accident. Was browsing Twitter when I stumbled upon the phrase ‘I don’t fight’ from a follower (who is black) who shared a video of two black folks in an argument and one of them used that phrase. She was going, ‘Damn, white folks, what you think it means isn’t what it means.’ Because the white commentators were thinking he was being a pacifist. So if my white ass is in town and I hear that phrase, I’d better scram ‘cause it basically means, ‘The person I’m talking to is about to get destroyed in a very literal, painful way.” Well, good to know.
Interesting. I've heard people say things like "I don't play," but this one is new to me. It sounds like a more serious version of one of the old Chuck Norris jokes from around 2010 or so. "Chuck Norris doesn't go hunting, as that implies the possibility of failure. Chuck Norris goes killing."
We can’t taste stuff on our tongue alone. Open you mouth and pop something, anything on your tongue and keep your mouth open while it sits there, and you won’t be able to detect the taste. You may be able to identify it if doing it blind, but that’s because you’re smelling it. It’s only when the ‘food’ touches the roof of the mouth that we can taste.
Moose can swim 6 miles per hour which is the highest swimming speed attained by Mark Phelps during competition.
Modern Harley engines develop more than twice the horsepower of the 4.5l engines originally installed in the Renault FT tank. I'm seeing a business opportunity here.
Conspiracy theorists have a very strange combination of utter credulity (their gurus and anything official that superficially supports their theories) and utter scepticism (anything that contradicts their theory). What's really fascinating when you talk to these people is 1) how it doesn't matter what the particular theory is, they all follow the same patterns and even use a lot of the same phrases, and b) how their minds paper over inconsistencies and how they're avoiding questions without admitting they're doing that. It's exactly like talking to someone who got suckered into a cult, and that's not a coincidence.
Aside from the more fanciful ones, conspiracy theories usually arise when people are denied the information they deserve about a subject.
But the earth really is flat, and there is a giant hole in the South Pole! The face on Mars told me so telepathically. And Bigfoot confirmed it! How can you not see it—it's clearly spelled out in all the crop circles!
If you're interested in moose, send me a message and I'll sign you up for the next wildlife newsletter; main articles cover moose and turkey vultures. A large moose can weigh 1400 pounds. You might need to kick up your daily calorie count if you want to compete, big soft moose.
