I have marveled many times lately at how fast the universe presents me with something I asked for or the answer to a question. All I have to do is pay attention.
Just today I was wondering how the name for the Star Wars character R2D2 came about. Tonight I bumped into a fun facts web site. There it was…
When George Lucas was mixing the American Graffiti soundtrack, he numbered the reels of film starting with an R and numbered the dialog starting with a D. Sound designer Walter Murch asked George for Reel 2, Dialog 2 by saying "R2D2". George liked the way that sounded so much he integrated that into another project he was working on.
A few other fun facts that caught my attention:
Comments about our major institutions...
Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike each year than all the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.
At General Motors, the cost of health care for employees now exceeds the cost of steel.
The United States has five percent of the world's population, but twenty-five percent of the world's prison population.
Comments about our nutrition...
In 1991, the average bra size in the United States was 34B. Today it's 36C.
In 1985, the most popular waist size for men's pants was 32. In 2003, it's 36.
In 2004, one in six girls in the United States enter puberty at age 8. A hundred years ago, only one in a hundred entered puberty that early.
The average North Korean 7-year-old is almost three inches shorter than the average South Korean 7-year-old.
Who is the dominant species?
For every person on earth, there are an estimated 200 million insects.
Time to outlaw those wild teddys...
Each year, more people are killed by teddy bears than by grizzly bears
Ever have that feeling?
A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
Dolly Parton once lost a Dolly Parton Look-Alike contest.
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Wow! My head is going in every direction with this posting! And delightfully so!
If humans are like ferrets, then perhaps you have found the cause for those cases of spontaneous combustion.
On the way to the community Festival of Lights parade through downtown streets last nite, a friend said much the same thing about paying attention. Answers come.
Thank you, Paul.
Killer teddy bears? How do they do it? A mystery to be researched! And ferrets? Another item that begs more reading.
How did we ever survive without the Internet with it speedy access to information and misinformation? What was that old entertainment invention -- television? Do people still use them?
Killer teddy bears are easy to figure out. Little babies get to close to them and can't breathe or push away. -sad but true also couches and beds can kill babies that get caught in the cushions.
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