When you look at someone

Posted by ashley @ 1:08 am on August 30th

When you look at someone you love your pupils dilate. They do the same when you look at someone you hate.

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European tickle torture

Posted by ashley @ 1:03 am on August 25th

Early European tickle torture punishments included a method in which salt water was applied to the feet of victims and goats were mad to lick it, the method was repeated until the victims died of laughter.

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Wrigley’s Gum

Posted by ashley @ 2:17 am on August 20th

The first product with a bar code was Wrigley’s Gum.

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Goodnight sleep tight

Posted by ashley @ 1:45 am on August 10th

In Shakespeare’s time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase……… “goodnight, sleep tight.”

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Cockroaches

Posted by ashley @ 1:26 am on August 5th

Cockroaches can flatten themselves almost to the thinness of a piece of paper in order to slide into tiny cracks, can be frozen for weeks and then thawed with no ill effects, and can also withstand 126 g’s of pressure with no problem (people get squished at 18 g’s).

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