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Archive for June, 2009

A Picture Paints a Single Word

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

The Chinese ideogram for ‘trouble’ depicts two women living under one roof.

I wonder why.

Seriously though, I was roommates with my sister for years, and we didn’t really have trouble. Maybe the ideogram doesn’t work for blood relations?

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Knock on Wood

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Pinocchio was made of pine."Pinocchio" itself is a Tuscan word that means "pine nut".

I’ve always wondered why he isn’t called Oakopio.

 

R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Friday, June 26th, 2009

You were a legend in so many ways.

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Long Way to Go

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

The typical pencil can draw a line 35 miles long.

Imagine how much mileage a box of pencils can do.

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That’s News to Me

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Apparently, the origin of the word "NEWS" is that it came from the first letters of the words North, East, West and South. This was because information was being gathered from all different directions.

Wonder why they didn’t choose to call it WENS. Or SNEW. Or EWNS.

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