Monthly Archives: August 2010 »
Why You Generally Shouldn’t Put Metals in the Microwave
Today I found out why you generally shouldn’t put metals in a microwave. First, it should be noted that it is not unsafe to put all metals in the microwave. Indeed, you often put
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When Adding a Second “PS” at the End of a Letter, It’s “PPS”, Not “PSS”
This, of course, is because “PS” stands for “postscript”. This comes from the Latin “post scriptum” (sometimes written “postscriptum”), which translates to “written after”, or more to the point, “what comes after the writing”.
Read More »Hampton Chain of Friends Sweepstakes
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Hampton Hotels. All opinions are 100% mine. Today I found out about the Hampton Chain of Friends Sweepstakes. This is obviously a sponsored
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Origin of the Word “Bacon”
Today I found out the origin of the word “bacon”. The word derives originally from the Old High German “bacho”, meaning “buttock”, which in turn derived from the Proto-Germanic “backoz”, meaning “back”. By the
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Muscle Does Not Turn to Fat if You Stop Exercising
Myth: Muscle turns to fat when you stop exercising. Muscles and fats are made up of very different types of cells that have completely different functions. Skeletal muscles get larger when a person exercises
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Why It is Nearly Impossible to Tickle Yourself
Today I found out why it is nearly impossible to tickle yourself. It turns out, it’s very hard to tickle yourself because your brain anticipates things going on around you in order to help
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A Strawberry is Not a Berry
Myth: Strawberrys are berrys. Strawberries are not berries. They actually are an example of an “aggregate fruit”, forming from a flower that has many ovaries; the ovary being the part of the flower that
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The Word ‘Man’ was Originally Gender Neutral
Today I found out that the word ‘man’ was originally gender neutral, meaning more or less the same as the modern day word “person”. It wasn’t until about a thousand years ago that the
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You Actually Use All of Your Brain, Not 10%
Myth: You only use 10% of your brain. Over the years, the myth that you only use about 10% of your brain has been widely spread with the source of this myth often falsely
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Launch of Today I Found Out’s New Companion Site: Misconception Junction
When doing research for interesting facts that would in turn make good fodder for articles on TodayIFoundOut.com, invariably I come across a lot of commonly held “facts” that really aren’t and various other myths
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