Who Knew? Some Fun Facts

[OldFeller]

How handwriting benefits your brain | Neuropsychologist Dr. Audrey van der Meer

 

[RadishRose]

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[ChiroDoc]

This was what I was remembering. Armed-robber Ned Kelly designed bulletproof armor like this for himself and his outlaw gang, in the later days of a sort of war they engaged in, during the 1870s, with the Australian police. Apparently, they used plow-moldboard steel as the raw material, which they heated in a forge and beat into the needed shapes.

Did the armor work?

 

[JBR]

Did the armor work?

Up to a point... wasn't a total failure. I believe one member of the gang was killed when a bullet strayed through some cranny or another.

 

[Paco Dennis]

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[OldFeller]

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Not exactly what you call "a special mental condition". Its a psychophysiological response to rewarding stimuli (including music, films, stories, people, photos, and rituals).
So there.

Read all about Frisson if you care to...

Frisson - Wikipedia

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[Dr.Colosso]

 

[RadishRose]

What 5 megabytes of computer data looked like in 1966:
62,500 punched cards, taking four days to load.

 

[RadishRose]

Amphicar model 770s on the water 1964

 

[Paco Dennis]

 

[Lewkat]

 

[MrPants]

In keeping with the season; Snag, a small village in Canada's Yukon Territory once recorded a temperature of -63 celsius on February 3, 1947 (that's -81.4 Fahrenheit)

 

[gruntlabor]

I've experienced -61F in Tok Junction, Alaska in the sixties. We didn't dare turn our vehicles off for fear they wouldn't start again.

 

[Dr.Colosso]

 

[Paco Dennis]

 

[MrPants]

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Yep! I'm deterred

 

[gruntlabor]

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Any excuse will do to drive a Lamborghini.

 

[StarSong]

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Jay really threw that kid a solid. Good for him!

 

[Pink Biz]

 

[MrPants]

World's most expensive hotel is a place called 'Lovers Deep' in St Lucia. It's a luxury submarine hotel. You choose which direction the submarine goes while you're aboard and you'll also enjoy 5-star amenities that rival the best possible in any land accomodation. A night under the sea will cost you $150,000.00 per night!

 

[DebraMae]

 

[Paco Dennis]

 

[Babs2u]

How handwriting benefits your brain | Neuropsychologist Dr. Audrey van der Meer

As one who does a lot of drawing I found this fascinating.