Our monetary system and most of the world's economy are based on tiny pieces of green paper with dead presidents on them. amazing.

If you're serious, this is excellent randomness.

He wrote a bunch of them. I know he wrote the theme to "Growing Pains" as well.

I'm pretty sure he wrote Facts of Life and Who's the Boss (and maybe Growing Pains) as well.

I was at a wedding a few years ago, and the photographer looked just like Alan Thicke, so me and my homeboy Bird would sing "Show me that smile again" every time he came around.

I know he wrote the Facts of Life theme with his ex-wife Gloria Loring. There's one other though, can't think of it, possibly Different Strokes, that he wrote- and I think he sang on one of those songs too.

Didn't he have some affiliation with Full House too?

The Facts of Life (1979) - Music
Whew! (1979) - Music
Diff'rent Strokes (1978) - Music
Diamond Head Game (1975) - Music
Wheel of Fortune (1975) - Music (Original theme song from 1975-83)
The Wizard of Odds (1973) - Music (Sung the theme song)
Animal Crack-Ups - Music (theme)

As well, any tender ever legal for use in purchasing, etc., within the confines of the United States of America* is valid for purchasing, etc., today, at its face value. So, a one dollar note from 1793, as gainful as any other, from any year.

* This excludes dollars from the Confederate States of America, which were only valid outside the bounds of the USA as those states in the Confederacy at the time were not considered and did not themselves consider them part of the USA; also excluded, British (and other colonialist currencies; Spanish in Florida, Texas, California; French in Louisiana; etc) currency used in the 13 colonies prior to 1781 or 1776 or 1775, depending on one's perspective.

Rather appropriately, Charles Lindberg's surname would have been Charles Manson, if not for a customs and immigration officer logging Lindberg's grandfather (?) incorrectly when he shipped over from Sweden.

Thanks to Paul Harvey, from whose "The Rest of the Story..." I learned this.

It's true. For instance, I do.

you don't really lose 30% of your body heat from your head. the percentage is actually more proportional to your head/body ratio, something like 10-15%.

I have not shopped in a Wal-Mart since 2000.

I have never bought ANYTHING from a Wal-Mart, nor have I ever been to one.

Dogs and Bees Can Smell Fear.

There are no rivers or streams in the whole of Libya. Not one. And Libya's a big country.

No wonder Colonel Quaddaffi is mad as a loon.

Way to intentionally discriminate against the lower class workers.

The largest pig on record weighed one ton.

Fuck you. You knew I was going for that one.

Joe Montana didn't have ONE interception in his four Super Bowl victories.

i have a semi-boner here at work for no apparent reason.

it just happened.

Freshly roasted coffee beans have over 400 chemical compounds.

These degrade quickly, so by the time you get say, a cup of freshly ground Starbucks, there's about 10-15% left. Which is a bummer, because the 85-90% that you're missing out on taste really fucking good.

Freshly roasted black coffee actually tastes sweet. It's pretty amazing. I highly recommend having a coffee nerd friend who roasts their own beans.

Hardly a fair assessment - I shop local mom & pops whenever possible.

But this is about random interesting things . . .



I am on the lookout for a vintage Westbin Poppery II so I can do exactly this!

Jesus Jones!

And another winky goes unnoticed.

Random fact: India Pale Ale (IPA) is called such because, when beer was first exported from Britain to colonists in India, it kept spoiling on the journey, so brewers added extra hops to counter this effect, and IPA was born.

Yeah, I'm drinking Pedialite and trying to keep down some wonton soup.

Me and Bloor took down almost a half gallon of Vitamin V and some of the most S grade chemicals you can imagine (worse than our usual)

So when you said you were watching Empire Records what you really meant was you imagined it was on. Oh, and you had to take the Krylon cans off of the coffee table in order to see the television.
Or maybe that was the last thing you saw on television before you dropped it into the tub with you...and the cans of Kryoln.