505 Glass Tank Contests Continued Multiple Winners

[Debra_oh]

A strawberry is not an actual berry, but a banana is.

By technical definition, a berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single seed. The strawberry, however has its dry, yellow "seeds" on the outside (each of which is actually considered a separate fruit). True berries, such as blueberries and cranberries have seeds inside. However, the banana fruit is a berry for the same reason strawberries are not.

There is a theory that strawberries were named by 19th century children who picked the fruit, strung them on grass straws, and sold them as "Straws of berries".

 

[Maile]

"Scissors cuts paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes lizard, lizard poisons Spock, Spock smashes scissors, scissors decapitates lizard, lizard eats paper, paper disproves Spock, Spock vaporizes rock, and as it always has, rock crushes scissors."
--Sheldon

 

[Lynzy]

“Just because a path never existed, doesn't mean that it isn't there...”~~~Lionel Suggs

 

[Debra_oh]

As a punishment for misbehavior, Thai cops have to wear pink Hello Kitty armbands.



A police chief in Bangkok, Thailand instituted a new policy for Bangkok cops in 2007. They have to wear pink Hello Kitty armbands with hearts on them as punishment for misbehaving. This punishment could be for just about anything: breaking the law, littering, showing up late to work, parking in the wrong place.

"This new twist is expected to make them feel guilt and shame and prevent them from repeating the offense, no matter how minor. Kitty is a cute icon for young girls. It's not something macho police officers want covering their biceps.

In early experiments, the unconventional punishment hasn't worked. Instead of feeling shame, the officers just took them home as souvenirs.

 

[Lynzy]

“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”~~~Mark Twain

 

[DocTonyNYC]

The popularization of the drive-thru led car manufacturers in the 1990s to install cup holders in the dashboards. As fast food drinks became larger, so did the cup holders.

 

[Debra_oh]

Sealand claims to be the smallest "country" in the world. It's not even made out of land.

The Principality of Sealand is officially a "micronation", which is "an entity that resembles a nation or a state, but which for the most part exists only on paper, on the Internet, or in the mind of its creator". Sealand earns the dubious title of smallest country, with only 550 square meters of area. It's really just an old WWII anti-aircraft platform 7 miles off the English coast.

The Principality of Sealand was founded in 1976 when British Army Major Paddy Roy Bates occupied the old platform and formally declared independence. The independent status of Sealand has never been recognized by any other nation, and it has only been consistently inhabited by Bates and his family. Bates and his wife go by Prince Roy and Princess Joan.

Despite the small size of Sealand, it has gone through a civil war in 1978. It also once burned down in 2006. Also, BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay once tried to buy Sealand in 2007.

 

[Lynzy]

“Do not pray when it is raining if you do not pray when the sun is shining.”~~~ Native American Proverb

 

[Reddhott]

" I promise this smile is genuine. It's here to reveal the gratitude, in my heart, that I can't explain in words. It is here for your benefit, to heal any discomfort or insecurity you have within you."

 

[Debra_oh]

Dr. Suess coined the word "nerd."



The term originated in the 1950 book "If I Ran the Zoo". From the book:
"And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo. And Bring Back an IT-KUTCH, a PREEP and a PROO, a NERKLE, a NERD, and a SEERSUCKER, too!"

 

[Reddhott]

 

[skydragon]

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
William Shakespeare

 

[Debra_oh]

Light doesn't always travel at the speed of light. The speed of light is only constant in a vacuum. When it passes through matter it can slow down. Photons (light particles) pass through water at 3/4ths the regular speed of light. Light has been stopped for a minute and then restarted.

 

[DocTonyNYC]

Burger King’s Double Whopper with cheese contains 923 calories. A man would need to walk for about nine miles to burn it off. Adding french fries and a large cola brings the total calories to an amazing 1,500 calories (2/3 of an adult man’s recommended daily caloric intake).

 

[papajeep]

Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, common sense is knowing not to put it in fruit salad.

 

[Ding]

happiness is a warm gun

 

[Reddhott]

 

[liblue1]

The citrus soda 7-UP was created in 1929; "7" was selected because the original containers were 7 ounces. "UP" indicated the direction of the bubbles.

 

[Debra_oh]

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died from battle wounds; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

 

[Reddhott]

The Holland and Lincoln Tunnels under the Hudson River connecting New Jersey and New York are an engineering feat. The air circulators in the tunnels circulate fresh air completely every ninety seconds