December 2011
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Ferris Wheel
The first ferris wheel was built by a man named George Ferris in 1893 for the Chicago Worlds Fair or the Columbian Exposition; It was intended to upstage the Eiffel Tower which was the main attraction from the 1889 Paris Exhibition; The Ferris Wheel was 264 feet and carried 2,160 people in 36 cars.
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“Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music”
– George Carlin
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TV
Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of television, was inspired by a farmer’s plowing of a field – the parallel rows giving him the idea of ’scanning’ a picture.
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Space Invaders
The arcade game Space Invaders was so popular in Japan that it actually created a coin shortage for a while.
“When your heart speaks, take good notes.”
– Judith Campbell
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10th Symphony
Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak, and Mahler all died before completing a tenth symphony.
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Heroin
For years, the pharmaceutical company Bayer held the trademark for the word “heroin” and sold the drug as a cough and headache remedy.
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“One reason we struggle with insecurity: we’re comparing our behind the scenes to...”
– Steven Furtick
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130m
Trees do not grow higher than 130m as it is physically impossible for the water to rise higher.
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The Birth Of The DJ
The birth of the DJ occurred in 1953, when 24-year-old Regine Zylberberg, manager of Paris’ famous Whisky a Go-Go, undertook an experiment to replace the club’s jukebox with two turntables and a microphone; In no time, DJs were pumping up the jam at parties the world over; By the 1970s, Zylberberg was running 25 clubs across Europe and the Americas.
“Life isn’t fair, it’s just fairer than death, that’s all.”
– William Goldman
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Bad Advice
Talk about bad advice: In 1557, European doctors recommended smoking to combat bad breath and cancer.
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Leptin
Habitual singing causes the lungs to release leptin, a protein manufactured by the body’s fat cells that is involved in the regulation of appetite; This may partially explain why opera stars tend to lean toward the heavy end of the scale.