interesting weird facts
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Gary Starkweather is a woman? Does he know that? Also, did Rovere actually create the bulletproof vest or did she merely commission someone else to? Maybe when e-mails were simply text based they couldn't, but today a computer can certainly become infected with a virus from opening an e-mail.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"Man who follows car will be exhausted." - Confucius
It was a woman who invented Kevlar while working for Dupont. It was a man who invented the bulletproof vest and started a company to do it - particularly because he realised by making it so reasonable protection was provided they would be affordable and practical enough to wear. That realisation alone is what made the bulletproof vest a success.
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It was a woman who invented Kevlar while working for Dupont. It was a man who invented the bulletproof vest and started a company to do it - particularly because he realised by making it so reasonable protection was provided they would be affordable and practical enough to wear. That realisation alone is what made the bulletproof vest a success.
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Trollslayer wrote:
That realisation alone is what made the bulletproof vest a success.
I'd say actually stopping the bullets made it successful. :)
I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt
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Close to 60% of the radiation that comes from a mobile phone goes directly to the users head. As we were we talking about ... I mean last week ... the contract ... ahh, erased by radiation ...
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others have covered email viruses, bulletproof vests, and laser printers. So, here's one for scissors: "It is most likely that scissors were invented around 1500 BC in ancient Egypt." (Wikipedia:Scissors[^]). I didn't know that DaVinci was alive back then! Seriously...do you believe everything you see on the web?!
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It was a woman who invented Kevlar while working for Dupont. It was a man who invented the bulletproof vest and started a company to do it - particularly because he realised by making it so reasonable protection was provided they would be affordable and practical enough to wear. That realisation alone is what made the bulletproof vest a success.
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Trollslayer wrote:
It was a man who invented the bulletproof vest and started a company to do it - particularly because he...
had a wife.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Trollslayer wrote:
It was a man who invented the bulletproof vest and started a company to do it - particularly because he...
had a wife.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I wonder who voted a five there? :rolleyes:
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It was a man that invented the toilet seat. A woman invented the hole in the middle.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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It was a woman who invented Kevlar while working for Dupont. It was a man who invented the bulletproof vest and started a company to do it - particularly because he realised by making it so reasonable protection was provided they would be affordable and practical enough to wear. That realisation alone is what made the bulletproof vest a success.
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Yes, yes, but he was born by a woman! Ha! There!
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Close to 60% of the radiation that comes from a mobile phone goes directly to the users head. As we were we talking about ... I mean last week ... the contract ... ahh, erased by radiation ...
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Well if you stopped using the touchscreen with your tongue...
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
Only the nose, only the nose ...