Random Thursday

Now we shall return to the strange and obscure facts from That's a Fact Jack: A Collection of Utterly Useless Information [Updated] by Harry Bright and Jakob Anser!

(image borrowed from Walmart.com)

"Levi Hutchins made the first modern alarm clock, in 1787. Fastidious by nature, Hutchins fashioned a mechanical ringing-bell clock so that he could arrive punctually at work each morning. He never bothered to patent or mass-produce his invention, which only went off at 4:00 a.m."

Weird! I mean the only going off at 4am!

(image borrowed from Youtube.com)

"Leonardo da Vinci invented and used an alarm clock in which water flowed in a thin stream from one receptacle to another. When the second receptacle was full, a system of gears and levers raised Leonardo's feet into the air." 

I don't know if that would actually wake me up. Unless it's possible because the mysteries of the body and gravity and whatnot! Lol!

(image borrowed from Wikipedia)

"Greek mathematician and scientist Heron of Alexandria invented a water clock during Alexander the Great's reign. Its purpose was to limit the time a lawyer could speak in court."

Omg. For some reason, I am finding this hilarious!

(image borrowed from Nature)

"The Tyrolean Iceman--the 5,300-year-old mummy of a Late Neolithic man found in 1991--was carrying a bark container with a charcoal ember in it. Scientists believe he used the charcoal ember to start a fire. DNA analysis shows that the Tyrolean Iceman had brown eyes, had type O blood, and was lactose intolerant."

DNA analysis is sooo weird, I mean it's amazing but weird that it can know SO much! Lol! I was never a science kid, so the little things amaze me! ;)

(image borrowed from All About Vision)

 "All blue-eyed people have a single common ancestor who lived near the Black Sea six to ten thousand years ago."

That's interesting! My eyes are more gray-blue, so I guess I was a second cousin to this guy? Lol!

(image borrowed from IFLScience)

"Eyes appear to be blue not because of blue pigment in the iris, but because of a lack of melanin. People with no melanin at all are albinos."

Wait, what?