Mental Floss Flashcards
How have some crematoriums become a resource that contributes to a healthy planet.
By harnessing the heat produced in their fires.
- Swedish city,
- 1997,
- Local crematoriums supplied 10% of homes with heat.
What is a ghost marriage?
A ceremony that honored dead sons by giving them living brides
What invention was inspired by bats?
The Ultracane
What is an Ultracane?
- A walking stick for the blind
- Vibrates as it approaches objects.
How does the Ultracane work?
Echolocation.
Gives off 60,000 ultrasonic pulses per second and than listens for them to bounce back.
What use for old tires has NASA discovered and implemented?
- Freeze the tires to below -200F so they crumble
- Separate out the rubber
- This waste is recycled into several new products including an ingredient used to pave highways.
What is wrong with Marie Curies notebooks?
Even now, they’re are too radioactive to be picked up by hand.
What is the name of the thing you use to dot the lower case i?
Tittle.
Before his music career took off what was one of Rod Stewarts creepiest job?
Grave digger.
Before becoming a leading author of horror novels, what work did Stephen King do?
Industrial laundromat.
Thousand Island dressing origins
- Chain of Islands of different sizes
- An Archipelago that sits in the Saint Lawrence River
Pringles chips origins
- Cincinnati phone book.
- The founders liked the name Pringle Drive.
Why are bananas considered a good aid in the treatment of morning sickness and hangovers?
Major source of potassium, vitamin C, and other nutrients.
What do you call a bunch of bananas?
A Hand.
What do you call an individual banana?
A finger.
