Useful Useless Facts: Kosher Red Record Players
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The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, “Elementary, my dear Watson.”
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
You know what’s interesting about posting “facts” online? You will almost always end up posting something that isn’t true.
I recently learned that you do not burn more calories chewing celery than celery has. Now if only could remember where I learned that (since I’m sure I’ll get flamed).
I also highly doubt that Motorola was trying to develop an actual record player for cars. Even Wikipedia says they were trying to develop a car radio (which makes far more sense). Moreover, Motorola’s first product was a battery eliminator (although this was technically before the company was called Motorola).
Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
False, the saving comes form the fact that there is less room for other food so it tides you over.
Eating the celery uses about 5 cal an hour, the stalk itself has 10, does it take you 2 hours to eat once peice?
Now there is a possible so called negative when you digest it, but not when you eat it.