Useless fact of the day!

[Hoowil]

The expression, "cup of joe", referring to a cup of coffee, originated with Josephus Daniels (1862-1948), who was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913.  Among his reforms in the U.S. Navy was abolishing the officers' wine mess; so, from then on, the strongest drink aboard ship could only be coffee, and over the years, a serving of coffee became known as "a cup of joe".

I heard that the americano is called that because of American GIs in Europe during and after WWII. The local coffee was too strong and bitter for their tastes, especially espresso, so they would ask to have it mixed with hot water. So if you drink americanos, you drink your espresso like an American, watered down.

[LadyFae]

Skunks can spray up to 20 feet, but they are only accurate up to 5 feet.

[RenStarr]

Because of the rotation of the earth, an object can be thrown farther if it is thrown west.

[Jack Daw at Work]

The expression, "cup of joe", referring to a cup of coffee, originated with Josephus Daniels (1862-1948), who was appointed Secretary of the Navy by President Woodrow Wilson in 1913.  Among his reforms in the U.S. Navy was abolishing the officers' wine mess; so, from then on, the strongest drink aboard ship could only be coffee, and over the years, a serving of coffee became known as "a cup of joe".

I heard that the americano is called that because of American GIs in Europe during and after WWII. The local coffee was too strong and bitter for their tastes, especially espresso, so they would ask to have it mixed with hot water. So if you drink americanos, you drink your espresso like an American, watered down.

The important coffee is that coffee is my favorite coffee, do you coffee that?

[LadyFae]

5% of all women surveyed say they never wear underwear.

[Rowan MacD]

  Time to resurrect this amusing thread!

   My entry for October 28th 2014:
 
     When possums are playing 'possum', they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.

[Hoowil]

And fainting goats are really having a seizure, not fainting.

[Rowan MacD]

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

About twenty-five percent of the population sneeze when they are exposed to light (the 'sun-sneeze' is genetic).

[Rowan MacD]

The fingerprints of koala bears are virtually indistinguishable from those of humans, so much so that they can be easily confused at a crime scene.

[Toua Taru]

Vikings would give their injured men onion soup. If you could smell the soup through the abdomen after it was eaten, it meant that man was beyond treatment.

[RenStarr]

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order

[Merlin the Elder]

Correction: According to Guinness: AEGILOPS

[RenStarr]

The dot over a "j" or an "i" is called a "tittle".

[Rowan MacD]

The dot over a "j" or an "i" is called a "tittle".

Is that where we get the word "titillation'? 

It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska.  (Apparently farts are still OK)

[Gauwyn of Bracknell]

The dot over a "j" or an "i" is called a "tittle".

Is that where we get the word "titillation'? 

It's against the law to burp, or sneeze in a church in Nebraska.  (Apparently farts are still OK)

I'm guessing there are a lot of old farts in church in Nebraska (remember Confusious says "he who farts in church, sits in own pew "