Stream of Facts

Thanks to an expanding wing on his back fixed with kerosene engines, skydiver Yves Rossy is the first person at 500 feet to literally FLY.

Pigeons can FLY at speeds upwards of 100 miles per hour. That is just 68 miles per hour less than the peregrine falcon, known as the fastest living BIRD.

BIRD in Hand, a yo-yo store located in Chico, California, is home to a 50 inch tall, 258 pound yo-yo. In 1984, it won the honor of World’s Largest YO-YO.

The word YO-YO was a registered trademark under the Duncan Company up until the year 1965, when the Federal Court of Appeals ruled the term too UNIVERSAL.

UNIVERSAL Pictures was originally known as the Independent Motion Picture Company. It was founded by Carl Laemmle, a German immigrant who moved to Chicago and opened up a chain of NICKELODEONS.

Aside from being a popular children’s network, NICKELODEON is a name for 1920s and 30s movie theaters with the admission price of one NICKEL. The term is also used to describe coin-accepting jukeboxes.

In history, the sight of a wooden NICKEL was usually the sign of a shortage in coined money. The first recorded occurrence in the U.S. happened in Tenino, WASHINGTON on December 5, 1931.

Unlike the exorbitant nature of campaigns today, George WASHINGTON had to borrow money in order to attend his own inauguration, at which he only had one natural tooth.*

*Contrary to common belief, Washington’s dentures were never made from wood.

The VOX AmPlug. This headphone amp is a necessity for every guitar player or college student out there, especially the dorm dwellers. Built to fit any headphone jack, with just two AAAs of battery power, you’ll be good for up to 15 hours of jamming without waking the neighbors. The amp is smaller than a cell phone, permitting easy travel, and perfect for those short RIT breaks when you can’t be away from your guitar, but don’t have room in the car for your 100 watter. The AmPlug comes in five flavors — Lead, Bass, AC30, Classic Rock, and Metal — depending on your interest. It even comes with the ability to wire in your favorite track to play along with. For 40 bucks, it’s worth having around.

BRACHIATE (bra-ke-at) v. to progress by swinging from branch to branch using only one’s arms.

Definition provided by http://merriam-webster.com.

“I wouldn’t go here if the gender ratio was opposite. I couldn’t handle it.”
- Male Student on the Quarter Mile

“They’re not smart enough to think male, female. Just ‘I need to have a baby.’”
- Female student talking about monkeys

“It’s just really annoying to have to fake being intimate and stuff.”
- Business student during class