"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party."
If you've taken a typing class,
you know that little ditty. It came from Charles Weller who created it as a drill. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't
carry every letter on the keyboard (no Z or Q). In later typing manuals the line was changed to: "Now is the time for
all good men to come to the aid of their country." The reason
for the change was because in this form it fills out a perfect
70-letter line if you put the period at the end.
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a
year's supply of footballs.
"Commercialitis" is a nasty problem in the ad world whereby a
commercial is so entertaining that people remember the commercial but not the product, or even if they remember the
product, they don't buy it. According the Entertainment Weekly,
one of the best cases of commercialitis was the famous Wendy's
"Where's the Beef" campaign. The whole world was quoting Clara
Peller, but no one went out to buy more hamburgers.
According to the page "Pirates: Fact or Fiction," the famous "walking the plank" punishment didn't happen. In fact, the site
specifically came out against the myth. Those who committed crimes
against the pirate code were simply thrown overboard. No plank was
involved.
Plants in the mint family have been used for centuries
by people as anti-spasmodics. Current studies suggest that
ingesting peppermint oil (available in capsule form) helps
relieve internal gas and bloating.
"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party."
If you've taken a typing class,
you know that little ditty. It came from Charles Weller who created it as a drill. Contrary to popular belief, it doesn't
carry every letter on the keyboard (no Z or Q). In later typing manuals the line was changed to: "Now is the time for
all good men to come to the aid of their country." The reason
for the change was because in this form it fills out a perfect
70-letter line if you put the period at the end.
It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a
year's supply of footballs. 
According to the page "Pirates: Fact or Fiction," the famous "walking the plank" punishment didn't happen. In fact, the site
specifically came out against the myth. Those who committed crimes
against the pirate code were simply thrown overboard. No plank was
involved.
