Stay thirsty, my friends.
Thanks and another round to The Accordion Guy for the original post.
Archive for Trivia
The Most Interesting Red Shirt in the World
The 32 Greatest Unscripted Movie Scenes.
It may come as a surprise, but often a movie’s most memorable line/scene is the result of an ad-lib. Paul Young at Screen Rant presents The 32 Greatest Unscripted Movie Scenes.
20 Things You Might Not Know about American Pie
Here are 20 Things You Might Not Know about American Pie by Don McLean. Just one piece of advice, do not search out the cover of American Pie performed by The Brady Bunch. Seriously. Don’t do it.
10 Bests You Will Always Win
Here’s a fun video featuring 10 Bests You Will Always Win… unless, of course, you’re betting against someone who reads my blog or Neatorama.com.
15 Ways the Internet is Changing Our Brains
More often than not, when you hear about research on how internet use and computers are changing our lives, there’s a negative spin. Well, here’s a positive piece about 15 Ways the Internet is Changing Our Brains.
Thanks and a tip o’ the mouse pad to Bill Crider for the link.
Beat the Carnies
So the carnival is coming to town and you’re planning to take your wife, girlfriend or significant other to the midway. Before you go, especially if you’re planning to win some prizes, you should take a couple of minutes to read Beat the Carnies: How to Win 5 Popular State Fair Games.
Moon Return: Forms, Zombies and Memories
Did you know that when the first men to land on the moon returned to Earth that they completed a report for customs? That’s right, NASA astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins completed a customs form upon their return. A spokesman for NASA has confirmed the authenticity of the document and you can see a full-moonsized version at Space.com.
I was ten years old when we first landed on the moon. I can remember watching black and white images beamed to us from 240,000 miles away as all of the adults in the room and Walter Cronkite on the tube got giddy. It was is pretty cool stuff.
We were on the moon! How long w0uld it be until we had flying cars like Nick Fury? How long until astronauts were going to Mars and beyond? Perhaps even a five year mission to go where no man had gone before was in order.
But getting back to the custom’s report, I never knew about it before a few days ago. I do remember that when Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins returned to Earth that they had to wear special biological containment suits and were kept in quarantine for three weeks to be sure that they didn’t bring back a virus or germ that could start a zombie-apocalypse.
Ok. I made up the zombie-apocalypse part, but the astronauts were kept in quarantine and did have to wear the biological containment suits. Even at ten years old, I remember thinking that the end of the human race would be like a cool episode of The Twilight Zone if the astronauts accidentally brought back a virus or germ that killed us all.
Think about it, our greatest human triumph leads to our extinction. Now that would be a cool episode for The Twilight Zone, except it really wouldn’t be so cool in real life, would it?
The McGurk Effect
Seeing is believing, right? Not so, especially if you know about the McGurk Effect.
[Via Bits and Pieces]
Breaking Bad by the Numbers
Yesterday I gave you Breaking Bad paper dolls. Today, I give you, thanks to NursingSchools.net, Breaking Bad by the Numbers.
10 Famous Fictional Characters Based on Real People
Buzzfeed.com posted a piece about 10 Famous Fictional Characters You Didn’t Know Were Based on Real People. It’s a fun read.
Fake Shemps
We probably all know a “Fake Shemp” when we see one, but did you know that there’s an actual term “fake Shamp” and that it was created by Sam Raimi during the filming of The Evil Dead?
Oh, the things, the important things that you can learn by swinging by here.
[Via Miss Cellania]
Paul McCartney Died At Roswell Faking a Moon Landing
I guess I’ve always had an interest in conspiracy theories. You know, the conspiracy theories about Area 51, The Roswell Incident, The Kennedy Assassination, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination, The Moon Landing, Paul McCartney is Dead and so on.
Now don’t get me wrong, having an interest in conspiracy theories doesn’t equate to believing them to be true. With that said, here is a site that lays out the Paul McCartney is Dead conspiracy theory in simple concise bits.
The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor
On September 27, 2011, the first prose Walking Dead novel, The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor will be available. You can actually pre-order it now through Amazon.com. I did. Of course I am a major fan of the comic and tv series.
What’s that? You are too? Then what are you waiting for?
America’s Weirdest State
When we moved down from Indiana in 1973, Florida was known as The Sunshine State. Families flocked to Florida to spend time in Daytona Beach aka “The World’s Most Famous Beach,” Disney World aka “The Magic Kingdom” & “The Happiest Place on Earth,” Marineland in our nation’s oldest city, St. Augustine, etc. etc. etc. Florida was considered such a family-friendly location that it was often the destination of high school students’ senior trips.
But those days seem to be long gone. Maybe it’s because Florida: “The Sunshine State” motto has been replaced with Florida: “America’s Weirdest State.”
[Via Bill Crider]
