"Medieval European cuisine used to be more complex and flavorful. However, once spice became cheap and readily available to the poor, the elites started taking spices out of European cooking as they didn't want to be associated with the poor. This trend had lasting effects on European cuisine."
"Polio is one of only two diseases currently the subject of a global eradication program, the other being Guinea worm disease. So far, the only diseases completely eradicated by humankind are smallpox, declared eradicated in 1980, and rinderpest, declared eradicated in 2011."
"After a lawyer complained that Cleveland Browns fans were throwing paper airplanes, their lawyer responded "Attached is a letter that we received on November 19, 1974. I feel that you should be aware that some @$$hole is signing your name to stupid letters.""
"Matt Damon wanted The Bourne Conspiracy video game to be a puzzle game, and refused to lend his voice talent to the game when it was turned into a shooter."
"The first Sony Walkman had two headphone jacks so you could share it with someone else as they thought it would be considered rude to listen by yourself. This feature was removed as no one used it."
I now understand why I have to keep repeating 'Hey Bixby' before my Samsung watch finally listens
Had a friend with such a TV. Rattling your keychain would mess his tv up:)
#21 is not iceberg lettuce
This fella didn't build a prison in his yard. Actually, he moved to a monastery for a couple of years. That's it.
Please... Stop spreading these stories without a background check! It's so easy these days. Just ask AI, Wiki or even fu****g google.
Is the writer of this caption that ignorant. He posted a sign pointing the way to an exit - ya think maybe he did know what egress meant?
re: Bruce Lee: it's called 'hypernatraemia', not 'hypo'. Hyper means too much; hypo means not enough. 'Nat' is from Latin; in English, it survives in words such as 'natatorium', which is a place for swimming. ...Deaths from hypernatraemia are not as uncommon as one might supposed. And persons who drink obsessive amounts of water become much less healthy than they think they are. I've seen it in athletes I've coached, where was able to measure it in their performance, also in persons following extreme diets. if you pee clear once a day, you're getting plenty of water; if it's much more often than that, you're getting too much.
I now understand why I have to keep repeating 'Hey Bixby' before my Samsung watch finally listens
Had a friend with such a TV. Rattling your keychain would mess his tv up:)
#21 is not iceberg lettuce
This fella didn't build a prison in his yard. Actually, he moved to a monastery for a couple of years. That's it.
Please... Stop spreading these stories without a background check! It's so easy these days. Just ask AI, Wiki or even fu****g google.
Is the writer of this caption that ignorant. He posted a sign pointing the way to an exit - ya think maybe he did know what egress meant?
re: Bruce Lee: it's called 'hypernatraemia', not 'hypo'. Hyper means too much; hypo means not enough. 'Nat' is from Latin; in English, it survives in words such as 'natatorium', which is a place for swimming. ...Deaths from hypernatraemia are not as uncommon as one might supposed. And persons who drink obsessive amounts of water become much less healthy than they think they are. I've seen it in athletes I've coached, where was able to measure it in their performance, also in persons following extreme diets. if you pee clear once a day, you're getting plenty of water; if it's much more often than that, you're getting too much.