http://freespace.virgin.net/markr.rowe/fb-history/fb-history.htm
Have you ever had that friend who asks the weirdest questions, like what if George Washington had a Twitter? Well, apparently my friend wasn't the only one, as some bored Internet denizen made this comic showing famous events from history as if you were facebook friends with them. While light-hearted, it does cause some deeper questions. Would Abraham Lincoln have been too busy trying to become the mayor of the White House to give the Gettysburg Address? Would Thomas Jefferson be too distracted texting George Washington to write the Declaration of Independence? I'd hope not, but it does cause one to worry about how much productivity is lost by plugging into Facebook. I know I procrastinate, what about the rest of the world?
http://www.feng-shui-house.net/hunted-house/
Now this one is especially creepy because I happen to go to school near Albany. This abandoned girl's school would be especially spooky at night, but thankfully (or perhaps not so much) there is talk of demolishing the school for condominiums, but this raises another question. Who in God's name would want to live somewhere knowing that building used to stand there?
http://mentalfloss.com/amazingfactgenerator/
Thank god for something finally lighthearted! Even though I like to think of myself as open-minded, some of these facts suprised me. Did you know Albert Einstein, the great physicist, couldn't even drive a car? Or that Time magazine was supposed to originally be called Destiny? The greatest part is that you can submit your own facts and vote on others, so give it a whirl and learn some facts that may suprise you. I leave you with this random fact: before coffee, beer was the morning breakfast beverage of choice in America. Pretty sure that holds true for some college kids still...
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