Infinitely CRAZY: January 2008

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

WW - Crazy Cars - 2

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

Thursday Thirteen - Mercury Quick Facts

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

The World’s Biggest Chocolate Fountain - 1

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Geeks Christmas Tree - 1

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Friday, January 11, 2008

TT - Even More Alcohol Trivia

The Chagga people of Tanganyika believe that a liar will be poisoned if he or she consumes beer mixed with the blood of a recently sacrificed goat.
Beer is mixed with saliva and blood for a drink that is shared when two Chagga men become blood brothers.
The national anthem of the US, the "Star-Spangled Banner," was written to the tune of a drinking song.
The shallow champagne glass originated with Marie Antoinette. It was first formed from wax molds made of her breasts.
Beer was not sold in bottles until 1850; it was not sold in cans until 1935.
In the 1600's thermometers were filled with brandy instead of mercury.
A raisin dropped into a glass of champagne will repeatedly bounce up and down between the top and the bottom of the glass.
As late as the mid-17th century, the French wine makers did not use corks. Instead, they used oil-soaked rags stuffed into the necks of bottles.
The corkscrew was invented in 1860.
The longest recorded champagne cork flight was 177 feet and 9 inches, four feet from level ground at Woodbury Vineyards in New York State.
In the 1800's, rum was considered excellent for cleaning hair and keeping it healthy. Brandy was believed to strengthen hair roots.
The purpose of the indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle is to strengthen the structure of the bottle.
In the U.S., a barrel of beer contains 31 gallons, which is equivalent to about 330 twelve-ounce bottles or cans.

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