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Day 142 / 365
Between the pages of a book is a lovely place to be.
Interesting Fact: The most expensive printed book in the world is the 1640 Bay Psalm book from America. It sold in November 2013 for $14.2 million. ( http://interestingliterature.com/2015/03/05/30-interesting-facts-about-books/ )
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Day 139 / 365
Headphones on! World off! 🙂
Interesting Fact: In 1910, the first working headphones were created by Nathaniel Baldwin, a professor, among other things, but he didn’t patent his invention. ( http://tenrandomfacts.com/headphone/ )
F/7.1, 1/60, ISO 250, Photoshop CS6.
Day 138 / 365
Sunglasses allowing you to stare at people without getting caught. It’s like Facebook in real life. 🙂
Interesting Fact: It is said that the Roman emperor Nero liked to watch gladiator fights with emeralds. These, however, appear to have worked rather like mirrors.[5] Sunglasses made from flat panes of smoky quartz, which offered no corrective powers but did protect the eyes from glare were used in China in the 12th century or possibly earlier. Ancient documents describe the use of such crystal sunglasses by judges in ancient Chinese courts to conceal their facial expressions while questioning witnesses. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunglasses )
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Day 136 / 365
Let’s take a trip somewhere. 🙂
Interesting Fact: The Volkswagen Van Samba, in the United States also known as Sunroof Deluxe, was the most luxurious version of the Volkswagen Transporter T1. Volkswagen started producing Sambas in 1951. In the sixties this version became popular as a hippie bus. Originally Volkswagen Vans were classified according to the number of windows they had. This particular model had 23 and later 21 windows including eight panoramic windows in the roof. To distinguish it from the normal 23 or 21-window Volkswagen van the name Samba was coined. Instead of a sliding door at the side the Samba had two pivot doors. In addition the Samba had a fabric sunroof. At that time Volkswagen advertised with the idea of using the Samba to make tourist trips through the Alps. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Samba )
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Day 129 / 365
I believe Colonel Mustard did it, in a dining room with a gun.
Interesting Fact: In 1944, Anthony E. Pratt, an English musician, applied for a patent of his invention of a murder/mystery-themed game, originally named “Murder!” The game was originally invented as a new game to play in bomb shelters.[citation needed] Shortly thereafter, Pratt and his wife presented the game to Waddingtons‘ executive, Norman Watson, who immediately purchased the game and provided its trademark name of “Cluedo” (a play on “clue” and “Ludo“; ludo is Latin for I play). Though the patent was granted in 1947, due to post-war shortages, the game was not officially launched until 1949, when the game was simultaneously licensed to Parker Brothers in the United States for publication, where it was renamed “Clue” along with other minor changes. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluedo#History )
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Day 125 /365
Shots shots shots shots shots Everybody!!! 🙂
Interesting Fact: Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of May) is celebrated to honor Mexico’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861-1867). Despite having a small band of fighters, the Mexicans were able to defeat the massive French army on May 5, 1862. People have this misconception that Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of Mexico’s Independence Day, but the fact remains that Mexicans celebrate their day of independence on September 16. ( http://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/smart-living/12-cinco-de-mayo-facts-you-didnt-know/ss-BBj1D9X#image=2 )
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Day 124 / 365
People used to believe that peonies protected them from demons. And what protects the demons from peonies? 🙂
Interesting Fact: Peonies are available in every color but blue. ( http://www.birdsandblooms.com/blog/flower-garden-little-known-facts-peonies/ )
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Day 122 / 365
Big fight tonight Mayweather vs Pacquiao. I wonder who will be the winner?
Interesting Fact: Boxing has been around for centuries; in fact it was one of the sports in the ancient Olympic games of Greece. There is evidence that the sport of boxing was around as early as 688 B.C., although it differed somewhat from the sport we see today. Here are a few interesting facts about boxing and professional boxers that you might not know. ( http://www.thearenamma.com/interesting-facts-boxing/ )
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Day 121 / 365
What if you would be able to play with what you draw…
Interesting Fact: John Barnes Linnett patented the first flip book in 1868 as the kineograph. A flip book is a small book with relatively springy pages, each having one in a series of animation images located near its unbound edge. The user bends all of the pages back, normally with the thumb, then by a gradual motion of the hand allows them to spring free one at a time. As with the phenakistoscope, zoetrope and praxinoscope, the illusion of motion is created by the apparent sudden replacement of each image by the next in the series, but unlike those other inventions no view-interrupting shutter or assembly of mirrors is required and no viewing device other than the user’s hand is absolutely necessary. Early film animators cited flip books as their inspiration more often than the earlier devices, which did not reach as wide an audience. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_animation )
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Day 114 / 365
What did you wish for?
Who cleans all the coins out of fountain?
Interesting Fact: Ancient civilizations built stone basins to capture and hold precious drinking water. A carved stone basin, dating to around 2000 BC, was discovered in the ruins of the ancient Sumerian city of Lagash in modern Iraq. The ancient Assyrians constructed a series of basins in the gorge of the Comel River, carved in solid rock, connected by small channels, descending to a stream. The lowest basin was decorated with carved reliefs of two lions.[3] The ancient Egyptians had ingenious systems for hoisting water up from the Nile for drinking and irrigation, but without a higher source of water it was not possible to make water flow by gravity, and no Egyptian fountains or pictures of fountains have been found. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain )
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