Fairy Tales No More

Disney has elected to not produce any future fairy tale movies, saying that young girls no longer wish to become princesses or, for that matter, even get married when they grow up.

Tangled to be Last Disney Fairy Tale Movie

What does this mean for the future of the . . . → Read More: Fairy Tales No More

IKEA versus Apple | Ingvar Kamprad versus Steve Jobs

Ikea vs Apple Infographic - Ingvar Kamprad vs Steve Jobs

Billionaire Ranking…

Ingvar Kamprad – 11th (worth $23 Billion)
Steve Jobs – 136 (worth $5.5 Billion)

Interesting Fact…

IKEA – Hatched the flat-package idea in the 1950s when an employee could not fit a table in the trunk of a car. The worker decided to take the legs off . . . → Read More: IKEA versus Apple | Ingvar Kamprad versus Steve Jobs

Worst Places to Try to Meet Women

Worst PLaces to Meet Women Infographic

The good folks at OnlineDating Blog have produced an infographic to help us men better understand when NOT to try to pick them up…

Click Here to See the Top 5 Places You Should Not Try to . . . → Read More: Worst Places to Try to Meet Women

Asteroid Field’s Are Not Dangerous to Fly Through

Asteroid Fields Are Not Dangerous to Fly Through

The reality is that the asteroids in asteroid fields are incredibly far apart and most of the objects in these fields are very tiny.  There’s generally hundreds of thousands of miles between the objects and most of these objects are no bigger than a tennis ball and are called . . . → Read More: Asteroid Field’s Are Not Dangerous to Fly Through

10 Thanksgiving Myths [Infographic]

10 Thanksgiving Myths Dispelled

10 Thanksgiving Myths Dispelled

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50% of the Ownership of Domino’s Pizza Was Once Traded for a Used Volkswagen Beetle

50% of the Ownership of Domino’s Pizza Was Once Traded for a Used Volkswagen Beetle

Today I found out fifty percent of the ownership of Domino’s Pizza was once traded for a used Volkswagen Beetle.

The year was 1961, just a little under one year after brothers Tom and James Monaghan had purchased a pizza restaurant, DomiNick’s, for . . . → Read More: 50% of the Ownership of Domino’s Pizza Was Once Traded for a Used Volkswagen Beetle

Why Fingers Wrinkle When They Get Wet

Why Fingers Wrinkle In Water

oday I found out why fingers wrinkle in water. For the quick answer, water washes away an oily substance that protects your skin.  When that happens, a certain type of dead cell on your skin will absorb the water causing the cells to swell up, but the layer underneath does not.  So . . . → Read More: Why Fingers Wrinkle When They Get Wet

Did You Know (Fun Random Facts)

Did . . . → Read More: Did You Know (Fun Random Facts)

Gun Silencers Don’t Make Guns Very Quiet

Gun “Silencers” Don’t Make Them Anywhere Near Silent

“Silencers”, also known as “suppressors”, on guns don’t make them anywhere near silent.  Silencers primarily only suppress the noise due to the pressure wave from the rapidly expanding propellant gases.  This is only a portion of what makes a gunshot loud.  The primary other source . . . → Read More: Gun Silencers Don’t Make Guns Very Quiet

How Turkeys Got Their Name

Why Turkeys Are Called Turkeys

In the 16th century, when North American turkeys were first introduced in-mass to Europe, there was another bird that was popularly imported throughout Europe and, most relevant to this article, England, called a guinea fowl.  This guinea fowl was imported from Madagascar via the Ottoman Empire.  The merchants . . . → Read More: How Turkeys Got Their Name