Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
By Mr. Smarty Pants, Fri., April 17, 2015
According to writer Ben Blatt at Salon.com, the hardest shot in bowling is not the 7-10 split, but the 4-6-7-9-10 split, known in Professional Bowlers Association bowling lingo as the "Greek Church" because its pattern is supposedly reminiscent of "an old cathedral-type church with spires."
Pitcher Duster Mails (1894-1974) would give an autographed photo to any woman who would bake him a chocolate cake.
The copper sheeting on the Statue of Liberty is 3/32-inch thick.
Horses can sleep standing up, and their unique system of interlocking leg ligaments and bones ensures they don't have to exert any energy doing so.
Dresses have "memory" and never lose the imprint of the body that once wore them. Chemical reactions between the materials and the wearer's body are ongoing – perspiration may continue to oxidize metallic thread, even 100 years later.
