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Author Topic: Useless Fact's Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 10-22-2004 08:46 AM                        Rated G Useless fact - What the heck is a "Sooner"? Here's what we learned from the links in our our Native Americans category: In the 1800s before Oklahoma was a state,it was officially designated Indian Territory and was settled by the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole tribes who had been forced to give up their lands and move west. Giving in to pressure from eager expansionists, the U.S. government opened up 2 million acres of the land to homesteaders in 1889. To claim a lot of land, prospective settlers had to participate in a land run. They lined up and waited for the blast of a shotgun to signal the beginning of the run, at which point they would race eagerly to claim a homestead. A "Sooner" was someone who snuck past the territory markers ahead of the gunshot to get an early start. Today Oklahoma is known as the Sooner State, and the various athletic teams of the University of Oklahoma are called the Sooners. The official mascot of the University of Oklahoma is the Sooner Schooner, a covered wagon drawn by two horses named Sooner and Boomer, and the school fight song is "Boomer Sooner." So what is a Boomer, you ask? According to the school's web site, "Boomers where those who by constant agitation tried to bring about the opening of Oklahoma to settlers before 1889." And with that we'll leave you with these inspirational words: I’m a Sooner-born and Sooner-bred and when I die, I’ll be Sooner-dead  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 10-24-2004 10:20 AM                        Rated G Useless Fact - What was the largest bank robbery in U.S. history? It was February 10, 1997, and the Lakewood, Washington, branch of the Seafirst bank had just closed. A well-dressed man in a trench coat and FBI cap used some excuse to get the teller to open the door. Once inside he put on sunglasses, pulled out a gun, and let in an accomplice, also wearing sunglasses and a trench coat. They were extremely polite as they ushered the three women tellers into the vault and bound their hands with plastic handcuffs. The men then began filling bags with money and taking the bags out to their car. Most of the bills they took were hundreds, fifties, and twenties. The loot probably weighed around 100 pounds because they made off with $4.5 million dollars. A few hours later the tellers managed to free themselves and call 911, but by then the men had vanished. The two, William Kirkpatrick of Hovland, Minnesota, and Ray Bowman of Kansas City, Missouri, might have gotten away with it if they had been as smart at handling money as they were at robbing banks. Although his share was over $2 million, Bowman forgot to pay the $30 rent on his storage locker. When the manager opened up the storage space, he found guns, silencers, police radio scanners, and materials for creating disguises. He quickly called the police. Just one month after the robbery, Kirkpatrick was stopped for speeding by a Nebraska state trooper. When the trooper searched the trunk of Kirkpatrick's car, he found guns and $1.8 million in cash. If Bowman had paid his storage bill and Kirkpatrick had driven just a little bit slower, they might have been successful in getting away with the largest bank robbery in U.S. history. In over 75 percent of bank robberies, no gun is shown, just a note. Even customers in the same line often don't realize the person in front of them has just robbed the bank. Nearly 50 percent of all bank robberies take place on Friday.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 10-27-2004 11:43 AM                        Rated G Useless fact - How fast does the Earth spin in miles per hour? Here's what we learned from the links in the Lukol Meteorology category. How fast the Earth spins depends on where on Earth you are standing. At the poles, the Earth hardly spins at all, but as you travel towards the equator, the rotational speed picks up. This makes sense -- as the circumference of a circle increases, a single point along it has to travel faster to complete a revolution in the same amount of time. The rotational speed of the Earth at the equator is about 1,038 miles per hour. The atmosphere at the equator is also slightly thicker due to rotation, and you weigh slightly less. At mid- latitudes, the speed of the Earth's rotation decreases to 700 to 900 miles per hour. If the Earth were to stop spinning suddenly, the atmosphere would still be zipping along nicely at around 1,000 miles an hour. As a result, everything not attached to bedrock would pretty much be scoured clean. But at the North and South poles all would be left pretty much intact, since the Earth hardly spins at all there. A good reason to live at one of the poles, just in case [ 10-28-2004, 11:00 AM: Message edited by: Bob Maar ]  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 10-28-2004 11:00 AM                        Rated G Useless fact - Characters in both "Angela's Ashes" and "Moulin Rouge" die of consumption. What is it? We’d seen the deadly disease, "consumption", mentioned in historical books or movies, but to tell the truth, we had no idea what it was. As always, we turned to the Lukol Directory to solve this medical mystery. It turns out that "consumption" is an old name for Tuberculosis (TB) that describes how the illness wastes away or consumes its victims. TB is "an ancient enemy" that has plagued humankind for more than five thousand years. The Greeks called it phthisis, and Hippocrates advised his medical students against treating it, because it was almost always deadly, and a dead patient was bad for business. Caused by a highly contagious bacterial infection, TB is blamed for 20% of the deaths in 17th-century London and 30% of those in 19th-century Paris (as depicted in Moulin Rouge). In those days, the disease proved deadly for about 80% of its victims. It's estimated that TB has killed over 1 billion people in the last two centuries. In the past, patients were usually sent to a sanatorium, where a healthy climate (fresh air) and good nutrition were believed to combat the infection. Later, pneumothorax was used, a treatment that collapses the lung then allows it to heal. In the 1940s, advances in science led to the development of several drugs that proved effective against TB. The incidence of the disease began to drop, and it was believed that TB would be extinct by 2010. Unfortunately, TB is far from being a disease of the past. An effective course of drug therapy lasts 6-8 months, and many patients discontinue the antibiotics before completing the whole regimen. To make matters worse, the TB strain continues to mutate and evolve, becoming more and more drug-resistant. And poverty and the AIDS epidemic, which weakens the immune system making it ripe for attack, have also helped lead to a resurgence of the disease. Every year, about 8 million people contract TB and 3 million die from it.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 10-29-2004 10:28 AM                        Rated G Useless fact - What happens to the stockholders of a company that files for bankruptcy? The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission link from our Securities Business Law category provided a web page devoted to corporate bankruptcy and what happens to all those involved, including the company and its stockholders. A bankrupt company can file Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to "reorganize" its business. According to the SEC, if a business files Chapter 11, "Management continues to run the day-to-day business operations but all significant business decisions must be approved by a bankruptcy court." During Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the U.S. Trustee, the bankruptcy arm of the Justice Department, will appoint one or more committees to represent the interests of creditors and stockholders. The committee works with the company to develop a plan of reorganization to get out of debt. The plan must be accepted by the creditors, bondholders, and stockholders, and confirmed by the court. Once the plan is confirmed, a more detailed report must be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K. The trustee may ask stockholders to send back the company's stock in exchange for new shares in the reorganized company. These new shares may be fewer in number and worth less. Stockholders will also stop receiving dividends. Under Chapter 11 reorganization, the company will explain investors' rights and what investors can expect to receive, if anything, from the company. Bondholders will stop receiving interest and principal payments, and in exchange for their bonds may receive new bonds, new stock, or a combination of stock and bonds. The site further explains that when a company files under Chapter 7, the company stops all operations and goes completely out of business. A trustee is "appointed to 'liquidate' (sell) the company's assets and the money is used to pay off the debt, which may include debts to creditors and investors." If the company files for Chapter 7, the stock is usually worthless and stockholders lose any money they've invested in the company. In bankruptcy, those who take the least risk are paid first. Unfortunately for most of us, the shareholders are at the end of the payment line. First to be paid are the secured creditors, usually a bank. Second are unsecured creditors, such as banks, suppliers, or bondholders. Finally, stockholders are paid out -- a tough place to be for the "owners of the company."  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-01-2004 09:19 AM                        Rated G Useless fact - How will the next Pope be chosen? According to the links in the Lukol Popes category, the next Pope will be chosen in the same time- honoured way that has been used for centuries. First, the death of the current Pope will be verified by the Camerlengo, the head of the Sacred College of Cardinals, who follows specific procedures, such as the breaking of the papal ring and seal. The Pope is buried and nine days of mourning follow. Fifteen to 20 days after the Pope's death, the Cardinals meet to elect the next Pontiff. The election, known as a conclave, is held in a sealed and secure part of the Sistine Chapel. Only cardinals under the age of 80 vote, and secret written ballots are used. The Camerlengo and three assistants count the ballots. Except in special circumstances, a papal candidate must receive two-thirds of the vote plus one to be elected the next Pontiff. Four ballots are taken each day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, until a vote is successful. The ballots are burned after each vote, and if the vote is unsuccessful, a substance is added to the fire to produce black smoke. Thus, black smoke indicates to the waiting crowd that the voting continues, while white smoke signals that a new Pope has been chosen. When a candidate has been chosen, the dean asks him if he accepts the papacy. If he does, he is appointed Bishop of Rome and is announced. Then he appears on the balcony of the Vatican. While any Roman Catholic adult male is technically papabile (i.e., able to be elected Pope), for centuries only Cardinals have been elected.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-02-2004 08:59 AM                        Rated G Useless fact - Does putting batteries in the freezer make them last longer? According the links in our Batteries category, storing batteries in the freezer (or refrigerator) will make them last longer, but it depends on what kind of battery you're using. And in the long run, it may not be worth the hassle. For alkaline batteries (the most common kind of household battery), putting them in the freezer will extend their shelf life by less than 5%. And cold batteries can't be used immediately -- you have to wait until they've warmed up to room temperature first. If you need those batteries for a flashlight in an emergency, this could prove problematic. When stored at room temperature, alkaline batteries retain 90% of their power, and the average shelf life of alkaline batteries is five to seven years. For NiMH and Nicad batteries (often used for electronics), storing them in the freezer might be more practical. These kinds of batteries lose their charge after a few days when kept at room temperature. But they'll retain a 90% charge for months if you store them in the freezer. Just like alkaline batteries, you'll need to wait until they've warmed up before using them. However, this isn't a problem when you need new batteries for your digital camera or other electronic gadget. Battery manufacturers tend to agree. Kodak says "refrigeration is not necessary, nor is it recommended" and "freezing is not recommended" for its alkaline batteries. Duracell advises: "Do not refrigerate Duracell batteries. This will not make them last longer." Both recommend storing batteries in a cool, dry place  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-02-2004 10:27 AM                        Rated G Useless fact - What gender is Winnie-the-Pooh? According to the links in the Lukol Winnie the Pooh category, every character in "Winnie-the- Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner" are boys except Kanga (a mother kangaroo). There are references to other female characters, namely some of Rabbit's friends and relations, but none of them have any speaking parts." Interestingly enough, the original bear that inspired the fictional character was female. During World War I, a Canadian lieutenant named Harry Colebourne was on his way to Europe when he bought a female black bear cub whose mother had been killed by a hunter. He named her Winnipeg (Winnie for short), after his hometown. The cub accompanied the unit to Britain and became the brigade's mascot. When Colebourne was sent to France, he gave Winnie to the London Zoo. It was here that Christopher Robin Milne, son of author A.A. Milne, met and fell in love with the bear. He visited her often at the zoo and renamed his teddy bear (a male originally named Edward Bear) Winnie-the-Pooh. (The "Pooh" part was the name of a real swan). Inspired by his son's beloved stuffed animals, A.A. Milne wrote Winnie-the-Pooh, which was published in 1926. Walt Disney later bought the rights to the book and made several animated short films. The first chapter of the book clearly establishes Pooh's gender. Milne wrote: When I first heard his name, I said, just as you are going to say, "But I thought he was a boy?" "So did I," said Christopher Robin. "Then you can't call him Winnie?" "I don't." "But you said---" "He's Winnie-ther-Pooh. Don't you know what 'ther' means?" "Ah, yes, now I do," I said quickly; and I hope you do too, because it is all the explanation you are going to get. And that is all the explanation we have to give.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-04-2004 02:49 PM                        Rated G Useless fact - What are the five most popular names for pets? We began our quest for top pet monikers by paying a visit to the Lukol Pets category. We sniffed around the links, convinced we were barking up the right tree. BowWowMeow.com offers a list of the 20 most popular pet names based on orders they receive for their pet identification tags. The list is divided into four categories (male dogs, female dogs, male cats, and female cats), which makes it difficult to come up with an overall top five. And since it only includes cats and dogs, the list leaves a wide array of pet species out in the cold. But if you need to name the new stray that has adopted you, this is the place to look. Lostdogs.com also offers a list of popular pet names, but it, too, is limited to the usual furry, four-legged varieties -- cats and dogs. Undaunted, we headed to iVillage's Pet Name Finder. We clicked on the link titled favorite names and dug up a list of the top 10 pet names. We can't vouch for the methodology, but according to this list, the top five are: 1. Rocky 2. Amber 3. Jasper 4. Cinnamon 5. Max Next, we decided headed to the study page by the ASPCA. They surveyed veterinarians around the country to compile their list. Their top five were: 1. Max 2. Sam 3. Lady 4. Bear 5. Smoky Sadly, old standbys like Fido, Rover, and (our personal favorite) Rex were nowhere to be found. Apparently, there is no consensus when it comes to the top five names, but you can't go wrong with Max (although you may summon every pet on the block next time you call for yours!).  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-05-2004 10:24 AM                        Rated G Useless fact - How high are communication satellites? As we learned from the links in our Satellite category, like weather satellites, communication satellites (radio, telephone, and television) orbit the planet at an altitude of 22,223 miles (35,786 km) above the Earth. This orbit is referred to as geostationary or geosynchronous because at this altitude a satellite orbits the earth at the same speed as the Earth's own rotation, roughly once every 24 hours. Being synchronized, a satellite appears to be stationary above the same Earth-based location. The article titled "How Satellites Work," explains that "communications satellites are essentially radio relay stations in space," sharing a congested area directly over the equator and about one-tenth of the way to the moon with hundreds of television, weather, and communications satellites. Geosynchronous satellites must maintain speeds of approximately 7000 mph (11,300 km/per hour) in order to stay in their fixed positions overhead. The tricky part of launching and keeping a satellite in orbit is to achieve just the right orbital velocity so there is a balance between gravity's pull on the satellite (causing it to fall back towards Earth) and the inertia of a satellite in motion (causing it to keep heading out into space). The geosynchronous, or geostationary ring, is sometimes called the Clarke Orbit, after the noted 2001: A Space Odyssey author, Arthur C. Clarke, who first described the principles of geosynchronous communications satellites in the 1940s.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-05-2004 12:56 PM                        Rated G Useless fact - How can I prolong the life of cut flowers in a vase? We turned to the links in the Lukol Arranging Flowers category and harvested a bushel of tips and tricks to keep a bouquet looking fresh longer. First, before you put the flowers in a vase, cut the stems. Hold the stems underwater, and use a sharp knife to cut them on the diagonal. Don't use dull scissors because they can crush the stem and prevent the flowers from soaking up as much water as they need. Make sure to remove all the leaves and thorns that will be underwater in the vase. Leaves under the water line can cause bacteria and algae to form. Next, prepare the water. Most flowers prefer lukewarm water, although spring flowers (such as tulips, irises, and daffodils) survive best in ice-cold water. A floral preservative can help the flowers last longer. You can use a store-bought preservative or make your own. Some recipes mix lemon with a little bleach, while others recommend a teaspoon of sugar and a few drops of bleach. However, some experts advise against any home concoctions because they don't provide the complex mixture of nutrients and preservatives that cut flowers need to survive. Once your bouquet is in the vase, keep it out of direct sunlight and place it in a cool spot. Remove flowers as they wilt so they don't contaminate the rest of the bouquet. Change the water at least every two or three days, if not daily. Make sure to add more preservative to the water every time, and you can re-cut the stems to allow the flowers to absorb more water. Some types of flowers benefit from special care. When lilies open, they show their pollen-covered anthers. To make cut lilies last longer (and prevent staining), remove these anthers. You can keep cut roses from drooping by poking a pinhole in the stem right below the blossom. Don't mix daffodils and narcissi with other flowers because their cut stems emit a slime that's toxic to other flowers. And don't mix flowers and fruit in the same arrangement -- the fruit will make the flowers wilt faster. If you follow these suggestions, most cut flowers will last about a week. Gladiolus, statice, liatris, and lisianthus will last up to 10 days, and carnations have been known to last 21 days with proper care.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-05-2004 04:22 PM                        Rated G Useless fact - What is Vioxx and what's the recent buzz about it? Vioxx is a painkiller known under the chemical name rofecoxib and produced by Merck. On November 2 2004, providing details from a report it had described broadly in August, the Food and Drug Administration published a memorandum that indicated Merck's Vioxx painkiller might have contributed to 27,785 heart attacks and deaths from 1999 through 2003. At least 105 million U.S. prescriptions were written for Vioxx since its launch in 1999 through August 2004. On September 30, 2004, Merck (Vioxx producer) officially announced a voluntary withdraw of Vioxx from all markets worldwide in light of unequivocal results from a clinical trial demonstrating that Vioxx almost triples the risk of heart attack and stroke for those who take the product long term. The company’s decision is based on three-year data from a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial, the APPROVe (Adenomatous Polyp Prevention on VIOXX) trial. The APPROVe study followed the 1999 VIGOR (Vioxx Gastrointestinal Outcomes Research Study) study. In the VIGOR study, analysis of the cardiovascular data by the Safety Monitoring Board focused on “the excess deaths and cardiovascular adverse experiences in [the Vioxx group] compared to [the Naproxen group]. Previously, in 2001, the Food & Drug Administration sent a warning letter to the company asserting that Merck continues to minimize potentially serious cardiovascular risks, omit crucial risk information to patients and physicians, minimize certain harmful drug interactions and promote unapproved uses. Thousands of people have been injured by the drug and are not aware of their injuries. According to the recent clinical studies, a person is susceptible to a Vioxx injury beginning from the initial dosage, up to and including a week after discontinuing use of the drug. We hope that you (or your loved one) have NOT taken Vioxx, but if you did you may be entitled to monetary compensation. Please advise all the patients who have been using the drug to consult their doctors immediately.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-06-2004 07:09 PM                        Rated G Useless fact - What is Ozzy Osbourne's real name? How many kids does he have? We're big fans of MTV's reality-comedy show The Osbournes,which made us curious about Papa Ozzy's history too.The sites listed in the Lukol Osbournes category led to answers faster than you can bite the head off a bat. Ozzy's real name is John Michael Osbourne.He was born on December 3, 1948,in Birmingham,England.Kids gave him the nickname "Ozzy" in grammar school -- they were simply shortening his last name. His family was poor, and his career outlook was bleak. By age 20, he'd already served time in prison for petty theft. It was in the slammer that Ozzy got the "O-Z-Z-Y" tattoos across his knuckles as well as the smiley face tattoos on his knees. Music saved Osbourne's soul, and soon after prison, he met the musicians with whom he would form the seminal heavy metal band, Black Sabbath. As the group began to take off, Ozzy met and married his first wife, Thelma Mayfair, in 1971. Thelma had a five-year-old son, Elliot Kingsley, from a previous marriage, and Ozzy adopted the boy. Together, Ozzy and Thelma had a daughter, Jessica Starshine, in 1973, and a son, Louis Jon, in 1975. Reportedly, Louis is the little boy pictured on the cover of Ozzy's 1981 solo album, Diary of a Madman. These days, Louis is a deep house/techno DJ in the U.K. In 1976, Black Sabbath hired a new manager, Don Arden. His daughter was Sharon Arden -- this was how Ozzy met his second wife. In 1978, Black Sabbath kicked Ozzy out of the band because of his uncontrolled drug and alcohol abuse. Sharon encouraged Ozzy to strike out as a solo musician, and her father continued as Ozzy's manager during his first few solo albums. Around this time, Ozzy divorced his first wife, and on July 4, 1982, he married Sharon, who then bought out her father's management contract with Ozzy and became his manager. Ozzy and Sharon have three children together.They are Aimee Rachel(born in 1983),Kelly (born in 1984),and Jack (born in 1985). Kelly and Jack were featured prominently in The Osbournes,while Aimee chose to remain off-camera.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-12-2004 09:41 AM                        Rated G Useless fact - Why does Swiss cheese have holes in it? According to the links in the Lukol Cheese Making category, gassy bacteria are behind all that holey cheese.In order to make cheese, you need the help of bacteria.Starter cultures containing bacteria are added to milk,where they create lactic acid,essential for producing cheese.Various types of bacteria can be used to make cheese, and some cheeses require several different bacteria to give them a particular flavor."Propionibacter shermani" is one of the three types of bacteria used to make Swiss cheese,and it's responsible for the cheese's distinctive holes. Once P. shermani is added to the cheese mixture and warmed, bubbles of carbon dioxide form. These bubbles become holes in the final product.Cheesemakers can control the size of the holes by changing the acidity, temperature, and curing time of the mixture.Incidentally,those holes are technically called "eyes," and the proper Swiss name for the cheese is Emmentaler (also spelled Emmental or Emmenthaler). Swiss cheese has been in the news recently because the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) created new guidelines that regulate the hole size of domestically produced Swiss cheese. The USDA reduced the standard size of the holes by half because new cheese-slicing machinery got caught on larger holes. The Swiss weren't pleased by the revised guidelines and insist that Emmentaler must have large holes. Considering how iconic those eyes are, we think they have a good point.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 11-15-2004 01:33 PM                        Rated G Useless fact - Who was the character in Greek mythology forced to push a rock up a hill for eternity? According to the links in the links in the Lukol Greek Mythology category, Sisyphus was a very crafty king who defied the gods and tried to elude death. His punishment in Hades was to endlessly roll a huge stone up a hill -- as soon as it reached the top, it would fall back to the bottom. The poor king spawned his own adjective, Sisyphean, meaning an impossible task. First, Sisyphus angered the gods by telling Asopus that Zeus had carried off his daughter, Aegina. Then when Death came for Sisyphus, the king chained Death up, thus temporarily granting immortality to all of humanity (until the god Ares freed Death). Before Sisyphus was finally brought down to the underworld, he instructed his wife to leave his body unburied. This served as a good excuse to travel back up (in order to punish his wife), and he lived for a long time before dying again. By that time, however, he had run out of delay tactics and had built up a lot of bad blood down in Hades. This resulted in a cruel and unusual sentence. Homer describes Sisyphus: And I saw Sisyphus at his endless task raising his prodigious stone with both his hands. With hands and feet he tried to roll it up to the top of the hill, but always, just before he could roll it over on to the other side, its weight would be too much for him, and the pitiless stone would come thundering down again on to the plain. Talk about a fate worse than death.  |  IP: Logged

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