“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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A curious mixture of facts today, or maybe they’re always hat way?
Anyway, I’ll leave it up to you to decide.
But whatever conclusion you come to I hope you enjoy.
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As with many things, Penicillin was discovered accidently
when Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming came back from vacation
and noticed that his bacteria were all being killed off by a strange fungus.
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Every two minutes, we take as many photos
as all of humanity took during the 1800s.
Smile please!
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If you think no one cares if you’re alive,
try leaving some debts unpaid.
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In 1942 Dr. Harry Coover found that a substance he created,
cyanoacrylate, was a failure.
It stuck to everything it touched just a little too well.
So he invented Super Glue.
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When Warner Brothers formed,
the Ottoman Empire was still in being.
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John Pemberton didn’t start out wanting to be a successful businessman.
He just wanted to cure headaches.
His recipes consisted of two things – coca leaves and cola nuts.
When his lab assistant accidentally mixed the two with carbonated water
Coke was born.
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The oldest living person’s birth
is closer to the signing of the US Constitution
than present day.
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John Tyler, America’s 10th President,
has two living grandchildren.
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The last time the Chicago Cubs won a World Series,
women were not allowed to vote.
(Sorry for reminding you Cubs fans.)
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If it weren’t for the last minute
nothing would ever get done.
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While building an ocillator to record heart beat sounds in animals
at Cornell University Wilson Greatbatch accidentally grabbed the wrong transistor.
After switching on the device he found it to have
a very familiar rhythmic pulsing sound, very similar to a human heart.
So now we have Pacemakers!
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Basque, a language spoken in the
mountains between France and Spain
is the only European language
not related to any other known language.
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President Kennedy was the fastest
random speaker in the world
with upwards of 350 words per minute.
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Sometimes your mouth is like a zipper,
by the time you realize it’s open
it has already embarrassed you.
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The bagpipe was originally made
from the whole skin of a dead sheep.
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