Fact Of The Day

[Rainbowmum]

^ Thank the Gods ,I knew it was not just me.

Mata Hari the most desired woman in the world was cheated on by her husband in fact both her children were born with syphilis and eventually died from mercury poisoning.

[monk]

Ronald Reagan once appeared on an ad for Chesterfield Cigarettes welcoming people to have the "Merriest Christmas any smoker can have! :eek:

[Spades]

Fred and Wilma Flintstone were the first couple (cartoon or otherwise) to be shown in bed together on a prime time television show, during the cartoon’s original run between 1960 and 1966.

[Rainbowmum]

Before Pixar settled on Toy Story, other names suggested include Made in Taiwan, Moving Buddies, and Toyz in the Hood.

The last one has my vote LOL

[monk]

American actor Barry Nelson was the first person to play James Bond, in a television version of Casino Royale - broadcast 21st October 1954.

[Rainbowmum]

Al Capone's WWI draft card stated his occupation as "paper cutter.":biggrin:


*Hangs head in shame* I didn't know that ,and I call myself a James Bond fan.

[monk]

. . . And the second person to play Bond was Bob Holness (known here in later years as a game-show host) in a radio adaptation of Moonraker in South Africa in 1957. Sadly, it was broadcast "live" and no recording was ever made. :frown:

[megumidesu]

the first animal to be cloned was a sea urchin in 1885.
the second was a salamander , cloned in 1902 by a German scientist who used a noose made from a human baby's hair to separate the cells of an embryo .

[Lalo]

The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

[Rainbowmum]

^Is that what is called ? I always referred to it as a brain fart.

Testing the Infinite Monkey Theorem
According to the laws of probability, if an infinitely large group of monkeys is given an infinite number of typewriters and infinite time, eventually they’ll create the entire works of Shakespeare. This is known as the Infinite Monkey Theorem.

Completely misunderstanding the theory, a group of researchers in England gave six monkeys one typewriter, which inspired them to create one broken typewriter covered with poop. It started out well: “The lead male got a stone and started bashing the hell out of it,” according to one of the researchers. “Another thing they were interested in was in defecating and urinating all over the keyboard.”

Eventually though, the monkeys got the hang of it and at the end of the experiment they had created five pages of the letter “S.” But, after a week or two the monkeys would get excited when a letter appeared in response to something they had typed, which shows that they might have had some very basic understanding of the cause and effect of what they were doing. And that’s actually pretty cool.