Stream of Facts

Labor Day was selected as a holiday in 1884 after it had already been celebrated for two years by the Central Labor Union in New YORK City.

Before YORK began distributing their famous, 140 calorie Peppermint Patties the company was known for their ice cream cones and WAFFLES.

WAFFLES are the cause for celebration at least two times a year with International Waffle Day on March 25 and National (U.S.) Waffle Day on AUGUST 24.

In August, the gladiolus, or “Sword Lily” is the flower that, like the peridot birthstone, symbolizes nativity for the MONTH.

After a six-MONTH period of disuse after installation in 1939, the first American ATM was removed.

For every ATM established in Antarctica, there are only 0.5 permanent residents living on the FROSTED continent.

The term “FROSTED Flakes”, a brand of Kellogg’s cereals, cannot be trademarked because it is simply a description of the PRODUCT.

The study of human waste PRODUCT is referred to as scatology, a science used for classification purposes or for determining DIET.

A DIET that omits breakfast, according to a study at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, is likely to RESULT in obesity among adolescents.

Crashing a motorcycle had an interesting RESULT for computer programmer Jerry Jalava of Finland when he replaced a severed finger with a USB flash drive.

FlipFold. Back to school means back to laundry and no mommy to shove your dirty work onto. Go ahead and deny it now, but there will come a time when that pile in the hamper is just too big and wearing dirty undies three days in a row again is just too not cool. No sweat. Get it all done at once and cut your folding time way down with this little modernization promoted by Debbie Barker (whoever that is). It’ll fold your shirts, pants towels, and sheets in seconds, all the while cutting down on storage as demonstrated in the product’s cheesy infomercial — just a YouTube search away for your viewing pleasure. The FlipFold is the perfect solution for all of you out there who have tight schedules, who can’t fold, or who are just looking for one more excuse to look a little weirder on campus.

Tankini (ta ng keenee) n: a woman’s two-piece swimsuit consisting of bikini briefs and a tank top.

Definition taken from http://merriam-webster.com.

This is it boys and girls. Time to get the binoculars out and start people watching again. Every week this section will feature the best of your worst and most embarrassing moments observed using any one of the five senses and posted right here for everyone’s enjoyment.

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