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Believe it or not, a "butt" was actually a measurement unit for wine in Medieval times. A buttload of wine, just in case you are wondering is roughly 475 liters/126 gallons.

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Every day is a gift- cherish it!

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A Philadelphia micro brewery is now brewing and selling 'Dock Street Walker'.

It is a red-hued beer made with real goat brains as an ingredient.

Must remember to tell Krabo.

Dear Krabo,

Did you Google that beer?

I agree, by the way, ' '.

I googled goat brains. Definitely a mistake.

Dear Krabo,

Google 'Dock Street Walker'.

Do NOT Google Dock Streetwalker.

I shall not accept responsibility if you do.

I just did. YÖHH!

To pronounce yöhh correctly, please note the following:

Y is a vowel, similar to the French U
Ö is the vowel sound in 'girl'
HH is the German/Scottish style hard 'kh'

See!

The Finns and their exotic comestibles have given other people some 'creative' ideas!

Is that an obscure fact?

I certainly hope so.

Obscure fact:

John Wayne's name was actually 'Marion'.

Obscure fact:

The country code for Russia is 0-0-7.

Light always travels at the speed of light. Oh, they'll try to tell you that it slows down when passing through different substances, but they LIE! The photons always travel at the same speed, but the atoms and molecules absorb some, then release others. The time taken by that process reduces the average speed with which light appears to travel through a crystal, but different photons leave than the ones that entered.

I actually want to know more about this, because some parts of it still confuse me. Light: confusing physicists and physics students for as long as they have studied it. I wish that I had time to read QED...

Obscure fact:

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Chaplin look-alike contest.

Charlie Chaplin's body was stolen and held for ransom.

Obscure fact:

There is a small town in Oregon called Boring!

One of Hitler's favorite actresses was Shirley Temple.