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.
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.
Wrigley’s Gum
Posted by ashley @ 2:17 am on August 20th
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.”
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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The first product with a bar code was Wrigley’s Gum.