By curtisrx | Published:
December 16, 2009
Did you know that the phrase “Rule Of Thumb” was derived from an archaic English law that stated you could not beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb?
By curtisrx | Published:
August 22, 2009
Did you know that in English gambling dens during the eighteenth century there was always an employee whose sole job was to swallow the dice in the event of a police raid?
By curtisrx | Published:
August 13, 2009
Did you know that in Turkey during the 16th and 17th centuries anyone caught drinking coffee was put to death?
~Curtis Rx
Did you know that raw unshelled cashews are poisonous and must be processed before than can be safely consumed?
~Curtis Rx
Did you know that the very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II resulted in just one death, the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo?
~Curtis Rx
Did you know that in Paraguay it is legal to participate in a duel as long as both parties are registered blood donors?
Sporting,
~Curtis Rx
Did you know that Charlie Chaplin’s body was stolen by grave robbers and eventually recovered eleven weeks later?
Perishable,
~Curtis Rx
Did you know that in 1994, electromagnetic interference from a nearby cell phone caused a motorized wheelchair and its passenger to fall off a cliff in Colorado.
Exhilarating,
~Curtis Rx
Did you know that the mummified remains of philosopher Jeremy Bentham, sans head, is on display in the lobby of the University College London?
Persevering,
~Curtis Rx
Did you know that Albert Einstein’s brain was removed seven hours after his death and spent the next twenty five years hidden away inside a cardboard box in a basement?
Cerebral,
~Curtis Rx
Did you know that Beethoven used to count out exactly 60 beans for every cup of coffee he drank?
Wired,
~Curtis Rx
Did you know that all the numbers on a roulette wheel add up to 666?
Devilish,
~Curtis Rx
Did you know that the Harvard library contains at least four different books bound in human flesh?
Page turning,
~Curtis Rx
Did you know that the toothpick is the most frequent object choked on by Americans?
Verklempt,
~Curtis Rx
Did you know that there are over ninety known cases of nuclear bombs lost at sea?
Extreme fishing,
~Curtis Rx
