http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: More interesting random knowledge... en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:17:25 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/22682#post-467587 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:48:14 +0000 Dee 467587@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>bumping for others who enjoy these... </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/22682#post-467068 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:50:48 +0000 Moonshadow_NZ 467068@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Mmmmmmm, sharp bouquet but sweet on the tongue. I detect an oakyness with a hint of blackberries.! Yuk! ! ! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/22682#post-466926 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:54:19 +0000 jeankit 466926@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Wow, I always wanted to cook like Betty too/darn!<br /> I didn't know Josephine Baker wore undies...at least not always in her shows!<br /> Ligers...that is one big cat!<br /> And I thought I knew most of the Polka Bands...hmmm.<br /> (Thanks Dee...I'm just in an off the wall mood/you made my day...ha ha!) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/22682#post-466823 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:22:58 +0000 Dee 466823@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>In 2007, Indonesian President Yudhoyono put out My Longing For You, an album of love songs he'd written, performed by various artists.</p> <p>Famous people who have a twin: Gisele Bundchen (sister Patricia), Alanis Morissette (brother Wade), Scarlett Johansson (brother Hunter).</p> <p>Betty Crocker wasn't a real person, but Duncan Hines was. He was a popular restaurant critic who also wrote a book of hotel recommendations.</p> <p>During WWII, Josephine Baker smuggled photos of German military installations out of enemy territory by pinning them to her underwear.</p> <p>New York Yankees announcer Michael Kay claims he's never eaten a condiment (except a ketchup packet he ate after losing a bet).</p> <p>A liger is a real animal -- the offspring of a female tiger &amp; male lion. Ligers are the world's largest cats, and they can weigh up to 900 lbs.</p> <p>On February 15, 1921 Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane performed an appendectomy on himself in order to prove the usefulness of local anesthesia for surgery.</p> <p>Before modern diagnostic techniques were developed, doctors would diagnose diabetes in their patients by actually tasting a small urine sample to see if it tasted "sweet" due to excess glucose.</p> <p>Only one person has ever survived rabies without being vaccinated first: Jeanna Giese, a 15-year-old Wisconsin girl, who lived by being put in a coma and given antivirals. </p> <p>Ozzy Osborne's metal band Black Sabbath was formerly known as The Polka Turk Blues Company. </p>