Interesting Trivia?! & Matt's Notes - StumbleUpon When you’re finished reading, check out the new trivial posts: More Interesting Trivia and Even More Interesting Trivia. Mum sent me this so it has to be true – right? Here are some ‘facts’ about the 1500s: They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery…….if you had to do this to survive you were “Piss Poor” But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn’t even afford to buy a pot, they “didn’t have a pot to piss in” and were the lowest of the low. Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good byJune. Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. The floor was dirt. (Getting quite an education, aren’t you?) Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special. Like this:
Top 10 Clever Hacks for Things You Thought Were Trash One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, and we’ve always been fond of finding MacGyver-like uses for anything and everything—right down to dryer lint and used candy wrappers.. Here are our top 10 favorite hacks for things you thought were headed to the garbage. 10. Make a Waterproof Fire Starter Out of Dryer Lint For all the laundry we do in a week, we accumulate a massive amount of dryer lint. 9. Steve Jobs may not approve of stylus usage, but sometimes you just need to let your inner artist out and a finger doesn’t cut it. 8. I dread the days when I have to reach behind my desk to move some cables around, since I can never figure out which one is which. 7. While we recommend investing in a reusable water bottle, sometimes you just have to buy it bottled, and then you have one more piece of trash lying around. 6. 5. Once you’ve used up that gift card from Aunt Petunia, you don’t have to toss it—with a few cuts here and there, it can make a great cable wrapper for your headphones. 4.
Brotherhood Winery | America's Oldest Winery Est. 1839 | Brotherhood Winery Tours Experience the enigmatic atmosphere of Brotherhood Winery by taking a leisurely stroll through our vast network of underground cellars. Excavated by hand in the late 19th Century, the dimly lit cellars house over two hundred oak barrels and feature a crested vault containing some of the oldest vintages in America. Our team of knowledgeable guides will reveal the secrets of these mysterious vaults and keep you amused with tall tales of folly and tragedy. The tour will get you well acquainted with the complete wine making process and you will feel like an expert in the field. The difference between a merlot, pinot noir, and cabernet sauvignon will no longer seem perplexing and a finer palatte will be acquired. Test your wine tasting skills in our modern showroom and enjoy the many flavors and textures Brotherhood has to offer the budding and discerning wine lover. Hours April-December:
Fireball Instructions - Make Fireballs You Can Hold in Your Hand One secret of success is to hold the fireball in the palm of your hands, moving it from one hand to another to keep from getting burned. The flame of the fireball is much hotter than its base. Henrik Sorensen, Getty Images You can produce a flame cool enough to hold in your hand. This is a close-up of a fireball. Anne Helmenstine Fire is made up of light and heated gases from combustion. Materials Needed to Make Fireballs 2" x 5" strip of cotton cloth (like from a t-shirt) 100% cotton thread needle naphtha lighter fluid (e.g., Ronsonol™) match or lighterHow to Make a FireballThread the needle with cotton thread. Fireballs are great fun to make, but like all fire projects, use proper safety precautions and common sense. Try Another Fire Project
November 2011 Here is a fresh update of conferences, events and/or competitions scheduled for the coming months, which may be of interest to teachers in and around Australasia. The list is a bit lean from here through December as you might expect, so if you have anything you’d like to add, PD meetings or other get-togethers, just let us know. For events further out a comprehensive listing is available here. NovemberInduction and Mentoring Workshops The New Zealand Teachers Council is hosting this series of workshops throughout the country starting in Auckland on 2 November – and finishing in Invercargill on 1 December.Wednesday 2 November – Wednesday 1 DecemberThroughout New Zealand Australia's National Recycling Week Reduce, reuse and recycle! The Schools Recycle Right Challenge offers a wide range of recycling-themed activities, lesson plans and events ideas that have been developed specifically for Australian schools. Hamilton, New Zealand Ho ain, Vietnam
How to Quit Shampoo Without Becoming Disgusting Are you cheap? Lazy? Vaguely and perhaps unjustifiably paranoid about slathering your body with chemicals on a daily basis? Why would you want to quit shampoo? So, let’s review: quitting shampoo will clear up your complexion and make your hair look awesome, plus it will save you time and money. Here’s how you do it: Step 1: Switch from shampoo to baking soda and vinegar -To make your new “shampoo,” slowly add water to baking soda until it’s just slightly gooey. -Next, make the “conditioner.” -Now it’s time to implement your new hair-washing routine. -Use the baking soda and vinegar in place of shampoo and conditioner for at least two weeks. Step 2: Switch from baking soda and vinegar to just water At this point, all you need do is massage your scalp under running water in the shower. Your hair will become quite greasy, but only for a little while. After the first week, you'll still have a little more waiting it out to do. Step 3: Add the baking soda and vinegar back in, once a week