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This is a weekly wrap of our popular Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

\"Binette-typo\"<\/a>Who Invented the Emoticon?<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cEmoticons,\u201d short for \u201cemotive Icons,\u201d (emotive meaning \u201cappealing to or expression emotion\u201d hence \u201cicons that express emotions\u201d) have been around in vertical form for some time. However, sideways emoticons seem to be a surprisingly recent invention, going back just about three decades. \u201cB4\u2033 the days of LOL and apps to aid parents in understanding their teenager\u2019s \u201ctextspeak\u201d, a man named Scott E. Fahlman wanted his colleagues and students to understand the difference between a sarcastic joke and a nasty barb when typed. Fahlman was part of a group of scientists and students at… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"bald\"<\/a>What Causes Baldness<\/a><\/p>\n

Have you ever looked at the shiny dome of your grandfather and wondered, \u201cShould I start stocking up on head wax soon?\u201d Statistically at age 30 you will have a 30% chance of going bald. This increases by 10% every 10 years. So someone 50 years old will have a 50% chance of being bald. Due to the genetic factors involved with baldness, it stands to reason, if your grandfather is bald, you too will have to face that demon. Fortunately, scientists have pinpointed the genes responsible and just might have a cure for baldness in the next few years. Hair loss is simply termed \u201calopecia\u201d. This refers to any type of hair loss no matter the cause. There are numerous things that can cause hair loss, from medical treatments like chemotherapy, to scalp infections and stress. Countless other disease processes can also result in hair loss. The type… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"sleeping-cow\"<\/a>Can You Really Tip a Cow?<\/a><\/p>\n

For the uninitiated, cow tipping is a prank where a person sneaks up on a sleeping cow and pushes the animal over onto its side. Ask around and you can probably hear about a friend of a friend who successfully tipped a cow while out in the country late one night. The story generally recounts participants having a few alcoholic drinks before driving to a cow pasture and setting upon a slumbering bovine. But is it really possible to tip a cow? Well, anything is possible and humans are quite inventive, but in the way that cow tipping is generally depicted- no, it is not possible to tip a sleeping cow. The first issue here is that cows don\u2019t actually sleep while standing up, at least not in the way we tend to think of sleep. Cows do sometimes enter a sort of restful state while standing up, but while in this state… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Casino-Monte-Carlo\"<\/a>The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo<\/a><\/p>\n

The Casino de Monte-Carlo is one of the most famous gambling establishments on Earth and as a result is often referenced in various forms of media. Perhaps the most well-known mention of the casino is the song, The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo. But who was this mysterious gambler and how exactly did he break the bank? To begin with, we should probably explain what \u201cbreaking the bank\u201d means, since there appears to be some confusion around what specifically it refers to in this context. Breaking the bank happens when a gambler wins more money than the table they\u2019re playing at currently has available. While breaking the bank can also technically refer to winning more money than the entire casino currently has available, this is virtually impossible (at least today) for a variety… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"jack-kirby1\"<\/a>WWII and the Creator of Captain America<\/a><\/p>\n

Jack Kirby was one of the principle minds and artists behind some of the best known comic characters in history, including, among many others, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, X-Men, and Captain America. Few people realise, though, that like his most patriotic creation, Kirby spent a good portion of WW2 fighting the Nazis as well, though never managing to duplicate Captain America\u2019s feat of punching Hitler in the face. Kirby was drafted into the army in June of 1943, just as his comic career was starting to gain some serious traction, and was initially assigned to be trained as a mechanic. However, according to Kirby\u2019s son, Neal, his father had absolutely no affinity for the finer points of mechanics and spent as much of his training as possible lying below a truck and… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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