A pharaoh once lathered his slaves in honey to keep bugs away from him.

Green iguanas have a third eye on the top of their heads. It’s not a normal eye, but it does carry some anatomical characteristics of their normal eyes.

This third eye is called the pineal gland or parietal eye. While it doesn’t help them see images, it can sense movement, alerting iguanas of predators who may be lurking above.

Unfortunatly? It don't help them when hunted by Air Gunners.
:haha:
And they DO taste somewhat like Chicken!
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From 1862 to 1876, the United States chose to print even small amounts on banknotes, as there was a shortage of coins, which people hoarded for the metal.
Congress chose the third 5 cent bill to honor William Clark, who was an explorer.
But when the message arrived, the instructions simply said "Clark", so an overseer named Spencer Clark seized the opportunity to arrange for the US currency to be printed with Stephen Clark's own face on it

Markus

Pringles aren't actually potato chips.

More people died in manufacturing the V2 missile than were killed when it was employed.

Abraham Lincoln's bodyguard left his post at Ford's Theatre to go for a drink.

During and just after WWII, the US military was claiming that Flame Throwers were actually a humane and merciful weapon.


Bostick O. Mercy killer: instant death from the flame thrower. Chem Warfare Bull. 1944;30(1):16–7.


The problem was that no one ever bothered to study the effects of flame throwers. Near the end of WWII, the Chemical Warfare Service (CWS), the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC), the Medical Corps, and a host of other private companies and universities conducted experiments on the toxicology and physiology of flamethrower attacks that better assessed the military utility and killing power of this terrifying weapon. These studies helped end the notion of flamethrowers as mercy weapons



CWS studies flame deaths. Chem Warfare Bull. 1944;30(2):31–2.



https://media.springernature.com/lw6...ML.png?as=webp

Flame throwers as mercy weapons. :doh::doh: Wow.


For an interesting read on the history of this


https://mmrjournal.biomedcentral.com...79-020-00237-9

Is there ANY Weapon used in War that is actually Merciful?
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Playing the accordion was once required for teachers in North Korea.

Litotes is a form of Meiosis.


Which is not too bad. :)


But confusing it with Auxesis would be the worst mistake you could make.


:)

Children's medicine once contained morphine.

Union doctors, during the Civil War, over administered Opium to the point where hundreds of soldiers became addicts.



When these soldiers either died or tried to get help/pension, it was frequently denied on the grounds that they were an addict. :doh:



https://www.timelinesmagazine.com/pu...1c2334e05.html

So business as usual for the VA.

Water makes different pouring sounds depending on its temperature.