Thursday, June 12, 2008

You Learn Something New Everyday

The term "the Big Apple" came into common usage in the 1930s when touring jazz musicians referred to a town or city as an apple, making New York the Big Apple.

The phrase "Often a bridesmaid, but never a bride," actually originates from an advertisement for Listerine mouthwash from 1924.

TIME magazine's Man of the Year for 1982 was the computer

Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.

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