Mind Blowing Random Thoughts

Sept. 19th mind blowing random thought of the day: “Macaroni” originated as a slang term in the 18th century to describe a fashionable man who spoke and dressed outlandishly in an effeminate manner. This eventually coined the mocking phrase, “…stuck a feather in his hat and called it macaroni.”

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Sept. 20th mind blowing random thought of the day: During his 1st year in office, President Franklin Pierce was arrested for running over an elderly woman with his horse, but charges were eventually dropped.

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Grandma got run over by a Reindeer?

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In the Super Mario Bros. video games. Mario and Luigi’s last name is Mario. They are the Super Mario Brothers making their last name Mario. Mario Mario and Luigi Mario. #mindblown

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True. We learned it from the movie, a pathetic rendition of Super Mario Brothers.

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Sept. 21st mind blowing random thought of the day: The term “third world country” that is today linked to poverty or an otherwise developing nation, originally referred to a country that did not align with either the U.S. nor the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

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Sept. 22nd mind blowing random thought of the day: September 22nd is National Hug a Vegetarian Day.

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Sept. 23rd mind blowing random thought of the day: The urine of a diabetic contains enough sugar to be successfully purified and turned into whiskey.

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Ahh, that’s how they make Seagrams 7 and Black Velvet…that explains a lot! Lol

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Sept. 24th mind blowing random thought of the day: The world’s first pro-LGBT organization was founded in 1897 in Germany seeking to repeal a law that criminalized same-sex attraction. Known as the Wissenschaftlich-humanitäres Komitee, or Scientific-Humanitarian Committee, Albert Einstein was among those who signed their petition.

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Sept. 25th mind blowing random thought of the day: To avoid being detected by predators, marine iguanas can temporarily stop their own hearts.

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Sept. 26th mind blowing random thought of the day: When their serotonin levels increase, grasshoppers can transform into locusts.

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Add-on thought. Most of the serotonin in the human body is actually in the gut, and regulates intestinal movements.

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Sept. 27th mind blowing random thought of the day: A shot glass filled with neutron star matter would weigh as much as Mount Everest.

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Though I’m scared of what would happen if said neutron star material actually depressurized at the top of Mt Everest :joy:

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Make mine a double, would ya?

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I feel like there’s a ‘yo momma so fat’ joke in there somewhere…:thinking:

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Lol, totally should be!

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Sept. 28th mind blowing random thought of the day: Austro-Hungarian Adam Rainer is the only person in recorded medical history to have been classified as both a dwarf and a giant during his lifetime. At 18 years old, he was only 4 feet 0.25 inches tall, but by the time he died at age 51, Rainer had reached a height of 7 feet 8 inches tall.

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