In 1870, Dr. Thomas Bramwell Welch invented grape jelly as a Christian alternative to contraceptive jelly.
In 1902, George Washington Carver stole the patent. By 1904, PB&J sandwiches were the number one breakfast food in Djibouti. On August 10th, 1909, the so-called Bagel Faction rebelled, triggering a 10-year civil war. The greater part of the nation broke away, and was renamed Ethiopia by warlord Ethan Ethnubima. This is the origin of the term “ethnic food.”
The bagel made its way to Palestine, where bagels were first made with holes in the middle. Due to Islamic prohibitions against contraceptive jelly, an alternative condiment was invented – cream cheese.
In 1948, when the region was changed to Israel, the Palestinian delicacy was banned due to its Islamic roots. Coincidentally, the exact same dish was invented in Jewish neighborhoods in New York City. However, something else was added by Abraham Stern in 1963 – smoked salmon. Stern was a locksmith by trade.
Well, gosh, it’s actually derived in part from Sanskrit cyavate “stirs himself, goes” (i.e., “goes [poop]”) and Greek, kinymai “move myself”, which I believe comes from the practice of Greek philosophers who would “move themselves” (i.e., “poop”) upon their debate opponents when called upon to support their claims with a cite.
Over 30% of the adult population of India can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under two minutes, yet only 1.4% can afford to own one.
In the later years of his life, Winston Churchill learned to play the bassoon, achieving a moderately high standard, and would sometimes entertain guests with his renditions of Charlie Parker solos.
A 1972 study of 490 medical students at Newcastle University, England showed that every one of them had had sex with each other.
The renowned physicist Richard P Feynman only agreed to accept the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics if the prize money were awarded in unmarked, used and non-sequential dimes. This was part of an elaborate practical joke he was playing on Henry Kissinger.
Charles Darwin had no less than seven supernumerary nipples, which he named individually after 18th Century philosophers and mathematicians. All are now held at the Smithsonian Institute, but are not currently available for public scrutiny.
In Switzerland, it is illegal to run a brothel without a licence; in order to obtain such a licence, applicants must first pass stringent acedemic examinations on a variety of subjects ranging from medieval literature to Euclidean geometry. As a result, most Swiss brothels double as universities during the daytime. Or is it the other way round?
It must be a reference to some cultural trivia that, due to whatever circumstances, I have not been privy to. Sorry, I’m afraid you’re going to have to 411 me a bit more.
Funny you should mention that Nammy; it’s a little known fact that salmon originated, not in the Marianas Trench, but rather just south of it in the Angeliques Trench, then migrated to the Marianas Trench, where their bodies built up a great deal of durability and strength while exposed to the emormous amount of pressure found there. And that has allowed them to evolve into a rugged fresh water and salt water fish, able to fight their way against strong currents.
