Random Thursday

I always wonder where people learn the information that's in That's a Fact Jack: A Collection of Utterly Useless Information [Updated] by Harry Bright and Jakob Anser. It kind of reminds me of my youngest cousin who always seems to know some obscure fact about anything! It's like a Sheldon thing! LOL!

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"A fundamental characteristic of nanotechnology is that nanodevices--structures at a size scale below 100 nanometers--self-assemble."

Whoa! And I had to LOL at my own picture, as soon as I saw "nano", I was reminded of my old Nano Baby! Like a Tamagotchi, but different brand obviously and clearly you're taking care of a baby instead of a little alien dude!

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"You can put out a fire with sound waves."

No. Way!

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"On March 15, 1985, Symbolic.com became the first registered Internet domain. Science-fiction writer William Gibson had coined the term 'cyberspace' in his novel Neuromancer only the year before."

Never did know what was the first website! 

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"The first item sold on eBay (then called AuctionWeb) was a broken laser pointer that sold for $14--at the time, more than the cost of a new one."

Did some semi-famous scientist cough on it or something? LOL!

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"Fifty Barbie dolls are sold on eBay every hour."

Seriously?! That's insane! LOL!

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"The Canturi Barbie is the most expensive Barbie ever made. Featuring a pink diamond necklace and a sleeveless black dress, the Canturi Barbie sold at auction for $302,500." 

I don't think this is the Barbie the book was talking about, but then again maybe it is? Not really sure, but from browsing the pics I learned that her diamond necklace is real! Which makes sense due to that price! Holy cow that's a lot!