Colorado is the only state in the United States with a three-dimensional border. Colorado’s border extends 2 miles into the ground and has an irregular aerial border that is anywhere from 1 foot to 20 miles high. This is to compensate for the fact that Colorado’s land border is a boring rectangle.
It’s believed that the notes played by the sirens of police, ambulance, and firefighting vehicles are various portions of the song played by the Pied Piper, but played in reverse.
Human bones are made of fire. When the bone is exposed to air, the fire extinguishes and solidifies to bone. Medical professionals have referred to this phenomenon as a ‘Heisenbone’, a clear allusion to Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle.
Lizards are actually snakes. They don’t have legs, they actually have a tightly integrated formation of smaller snakes that create the shape we see as legs.
The English language was designed as an ‘anti-magical’ language. This is why magical chants are all in different languages, most pre-dating English. When a magical phrase is translated to English, it loses all power, regardless of language. With English being the most commonly used language in the world (aside from Jibberish), all magic has essentially […]
Gazelles are basically underachieving giraffes. They never tried hard enough to reach the leaves that are high in the trees. So instead they ate grass, gained a nervous tick that is often mistaken for running, and grew horns composed entirely of bitterness and hatred.
Alright, this is an accumulation of a few of the awesome things I’ve stumbled on or been directed to across the interwebbernet… and because I’m finding this stuff out via Slashdot, BoingBoing, Digg, or Hand Turkey’s resident Belligerent Internet Nomad, Warren, it’s all nerd/geek-related stuff.
We’ll start this with a YouTube video featuring musical tesla coils […]
Squirrels are nature’s postal service. They carry specially marked acorns in the mouth pouches from one part of the forest to another. The senders and recipients of the mail never see the squirrels working and the squirrels never see their customers, but somehow every message reaches the proper destination. Scientists are still studying to determine […]
Car jacks don’t work by raising the car. Instead, they actually lower the ground around the vehicle temporarily.
Having chronically dry elbows and warm ear lobes are sure signs of dyslexia.
