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 Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:44 pm
Cats can feel things without coming into contact with them. They have pressure sensors under their skin which can detect changes in temperature and pressure. Don't believe me~? Those of you with cats can test it out for yourselves.
While your cat is napping, sneak up on the little creature. The results will be inconclusive if your cat wakes up at this point. Hold your hand a little bit over your feline and make gentle stroking motions. Your cat should wake up and start purring.
Some sources say that cats can detect these changes up to a good thirty-six feet away. Others say only thirty-three. I just think it's kinda fun to mess with my cat's unique instincts in a harmless manner.
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Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 10:54 pm
I've always noticed cat's being super . . . aware. Of everything.
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 1:12 pm
Porcelain Lusus Naturae I've always noticed cat's being super . . . aware. Of everything. That's their secret. It gives them an omniscience that can almost rival my own.
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Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 1:36 pm
Useless Fact Two: Oyfn Pripitchik
Back when some major recording stars sang in Yiddish, few of the ones who did failed to record the song "Oyfn Pripitchik" (By the Fireplace). Some left it short and diabetes-inducing, like Aunt Rivke's strudel. Others sang its longer form, which is slightly morose like zeyde's tales of shtetl life. In either case, the excessive use of diminutives in the song makes me picture "der Rebbele" drinking vodka out of a thimble. Here's what I mean:
"Oyfn pripitchik (by the little fireplace) brent a fayrl (burned a little fire), un in shtub is heys (and the room is warm), un der Rebbele lernd kleyne kinderlakh dem alef-beys (and the beloved Rabbi taught the dear little children the Hebrew letters)."
Yeah, I'll bet the beloved Rebbe has to be drinking schnapps out of an acorn. However, Leo Fuld sang it. If it's good enough for Leo Fuld, who kept Yiddish on the radio after the Barry Sisters and before Chava Alberstein, it's good enough for me. Then again, isn't kitsch a Yiddish word~?
Edit: Just to make this more uselessly factual, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that "pripit" is Serbo-Croatian for buzzed, tipsy or slightly drunk. "-Tchik", or however you spell it in the system you're using, is a diminutive which exists in many Slavic languages, including Yiddish and Serb--Croatian.
Another interesting point about the song is that it uses largely Slavic vocabulary, though the rhyme scheme is Germanic.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 6:11 pm
Random pointless facts for you -
Of the 206 bones in the average human adult's body, 106 are in the hands and feet. (54 in the hands and 52 in the feet)
In 1977, a 13 year old child found a tooth growing out of his left foot.
During his or her lifetime, the average human will grow 590 miles of hair.
The substance that human blood resembles most closely in terms of chemical composition is sea water.
The Average American/Canadian drinks about 600 soda’s per year.
More People use blue toothbrushes then red ones.
Your statistical chance of being murdered is one in twenty thousand.
Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
Paranormal experts say people reach the peak of their ability to see ghosts when they're 7 years old.
As many as nine out of ten people are right-handed, and the word for that side, "right," is derived from a variety of sources, all of which suggest strength. Left, on the other hand, comes from the Old English, lyft, for useless, weak.
As much as six percent of the world's population may experience sleep paralysis, the inability to move and speak for several minutes after awakening.
A NUKE InterNETWORK poll found that 52 percent of Internet users have cut back on watching TV in order to spend more time online; 12 percent have cut back on seeing friends.
Approximately sixty circus performers have been shot from cannons. At last report, thirty-one of these have been killed.
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
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Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 10:59 pm
Now that last one is a shocker, considering Israel's kosher taxes.
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:34 pm
I figured you would find that interesting
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