Knowledge Sharing - Day 7
1. Bruce Lee was so fast that they had to slow the film down so you could see his moves.2. The largest amount of money you can have without having change for a dollar is $1.19 (3 quarters, 4 dimes, and 4 pennies cannot be divided into a dollar).
3. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".
4. IBM's motto is "Think". Apple later made their motto "Think different".
5. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Halloween" was actually a Captain Kirk mask painted white, due to low budget.
6. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
7. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
8. One in fourteen women in America is a natural blonde. Only one in sixteen men is.
9. The Olympic was the sister ship of the Titanic, and she provided twenty-five years of service.
10. When the Titanic sank, 2228 people were on it. Only 706 survived.