Friday

Black clothing has thinning properties

Industrial designers and aesthetics experts report that human perception of shapes and surfaces depends on minute shadows and patterns on the surface. They say that this means that black clothing can be worn to make a person’s behind appear smaller than its actual size.

“Esther” is the only book of the Bible in which the name of God is never mentioned.

Bailey Bridge, which spans a length of 98 feet above India’s Ladakh Valley, is the world’s highest bridge at 18,379 feet above sea level.

Because snakes can’t chew, they must paralyze or kill their victims before they start to swallow. As a result of this practice, some experts have described snakes as basically one stretchy stomach with a head at one end and a tail at the other.

Skeptics question the old claim that “all roads lead to Rome.” But geographers point to the fact that there is at least one city named Rome on every continent.

Ralph Edwards, producer of the popular game show “Truth or Consequences,” wondered during a 1950 broadcast if a town would change its name in order to honor the show. On March 31, 1950, Hot Springs, New Mexico, changed its name to Truth or Consequences.

3 comments:

Patricia Gorla said...

That's just odd. Why would a town change its name to fulfill the whim of some producer?

Anonymous said...

For money. Duh.

Hooray for the HomeSlice!

Eric Muhr said...

Agreed.