I follow Mental Floss on FB. Sometimes they are sane and sometimes they are right over the edge. I think that I need your opinion today, because I need to remind myself which side of the line I’m on. Today’s feed from Mental Floss is from their store for Foodies. Now, I know that they
With the screening of TIFF”s The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby this year (2013), I am reminded of the song Eleanor Rigby, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded by the Beatles. A quick Google search brought me to an amazing article published in the Daily Mail about a person who might have been
The other day I posted about a new phobia, Trypophobia and I linked to the site phobialist.com that features a list of 621 phobias, in case you needed one. Well, I couldn’t help myself. I just had to spend sometime reading what some people are afraid of. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is the irrational fear of long words – go
Most phobias are irrational fears that some people are born with or have developed over time. A classic is Claustrophobia – fear of enclosed spaces. I have a fear of heights which, I presume, a lot of people have because there are 5 names for it – Acrophobia, Altophobia, Batophobia, Hypsiphobia or Hyposophobia. Trypophobia is the fear of
Well, I’m on a roll here. I’m not sure if the hits have increased, but definitely the requests for info have!! So, still on the theme of Orange, here are some other fun facts about the fruit and the colour 🙂 1. According to wikipedia there are over 50 types of oranges including varieties, such
Since so many popular blogs organize their posts with a number and a list, as in “10 ways to pretend that Monday doesn’t exist.” I decided to try a post or two using the same format. I’ll let you know, if it generates more hits. So here is – 10 Reasons To Love Carrots. 1. Carrots
I mentioned in an earlier post that there was a story behind the paper clip, well, one paper clip in particular. It was a giant red paper clip which Kyle McDonald used to trade up to a house in Saskatchewan. Here is the story from Wikipedia. MacDonald made his first trade, a red paper clip
Mental Floss just shared a post about 8 back to school items with a story. One of these products is Elmer’s Glue. Apparently when the glue was first introduced in 1947, it didn’t sell very well. However, once the company added the face of a bull to the product, sales took off. Here is the
Tomorrow is National Skyscraper day. I just thought that I would give you a heads up (no pun intended) about this. I am not a great fan of Skyscrapers; however, in Toronto, and other large cities they are unavoidable. In fact, my area of mid-town Toronto has been declared a skyscraper rejuvenation zone. That is,
