Chief's Mind-Boggler - 003

PUZZLE
Which president is missing from the following list and why??

• Ulysses Grant
• Rutherford Hayes
• James Garfield
• Benjamin Harrison
• William McKinley
• William Taft

(source: Joshua Felsher)
Click on comments below for answer.

Elephants in the White House

Today's Fun Fact:
The elephant, as a symbol of the US Republican Party, was originated by cartoonist Thomas Nast and first presented in 1874.

Let it Snow!

So, this year I'm spending some time back in Cleveland after three years in Washington, D.C. While the nation's capitol gets comparably little snow over the year, the entire city and federal government shuts down with even the mention of snow. In Cleveland, however, we've already had 3 major snow storms (with over 6 inches with each one) and the city just keeps on going. Things don't shut down as often as they did in D.C. Within a couple hours the major roads are cleaned and salted. All this makes the winter much more enjoyable in Cleveland than in D.C.

Check out the link above... it's all about snow flakes! Seems like there is tons of research being done on the subject. Who knew??

I just love this internet thing... with a simple "Google" search you can become a near expert on almost any topic!

Chief's Mind-Boggler - 002

PUZZLE
Which European capital city name contains the name of a different country?

(source: Joshua Felsher)
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Perfect Killer

Today's Fun Fact:
Sharks apparently are the only animals that never get sick. As far as is known, they are immune to every known disease including cancer.

1 in 10 Left Alive

Today's Fun Fact:
10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.

O.K.

One of the guys that does research with me, Massimiliano Spaliviero, found on the internet something about the origin of the common term OK. He does not have the source anymore but claims that O.K. originally came from a war in which soldiers wrote 0 (zero) K on the doors of their barraks every night. This was meant to tell others in their camp that there were zero killed in their group that day and that every thing was alright. This definition was not listed in the link above but it's the one I like the most...

Max, this was an OK blog idea!!

Chief's Mind-Boggler - 001

PUZZLE
There are six words in the English language which have the letter combination of "UU". One of the words is 'Vacuum', what are the other five?

(source: Joshua Felsher)
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Free Mobile Wallpapers

So just got a new phone... the Motorola E398... not yet available in the USA. It's my first with Bluetooth so I have been playing around a lot with it and trading wallpapers and ringtones with one of the other fellows here.

Anyways, the above link has some cool wallpapers for cell phones and they're all free!

Bloody Facts

Today's Fun Fact:
The blood of mammals is red, the blood of insects is yellow, and the blood of lobsters is blue.

Swedish Fish

K and Jason were having a discussion about different foods and the following is the result which K e-mailed me...

Q. Why are they called swedish fish??

A. These candies are made by a swedish company called Malacoleaf. The company was originally known as Malaco and was founded in 1905 in Copenhagen, Sweden. They started making licorice in the 1920's, and swedish fish in the 1950's. At that time the fish were imported from Sweden. Recently (1990's) the production of Swedish fish was begun in Canada, where it remains to this day. Interestingly, Malacoleaf also makes Sour patch kids.

Thought you may appreciate the history.

Khashayar Vaziri

Who are you?

Today's Fun Fact:
Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute.

Not My Fault

Today's Fun Fact:
More than 99.9% of all the animal species that have ever lived on earth were extinct before the coming of man.

Back in a Jiffy

Today's Fun Fact:
A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.