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Entries in nerd trivia (150)

Monday
Feb222010

Weird Al Says: WTF?!

In 1958, Business Week published the following quote, "with over 50 foreign cars already on sale here, the Japanese auto industry isn't likely to carve out a big slice of the U.S. market."

 

 

 

This has been a moment of ... WTF?!

 

 

Sunday
Feb212010

Weird Al Says: WTF?!

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz." 

 

This has been a moment of ... WTF?!

Saturday
Feb202010

Weird Al Says: WTF?!

In India, a 9-year-old girl was "married" to a stray dog, which tribal custom requires in order to protect a child whose first tooth appears on the upper gum.

 

This has been a moment of ... WTF?!

Friday
Feb192010

Weird Al Says: WTF?!

Paul McCartney's song 'Yesterday', which was recently voted the most popular song of the century by a BBC poll, had music written before the lyrics. Paul used the working words 'scrambled eggs' before coming up with 'yesterday' while composing this song.

 

This has been a moment of ... WTF?!

Wednesday
Feb172010

Nerdy Blog War: @dkruythoff responds!!!

 

 

 

Yeahhhh ... "I'm going to bed." That's such a load of bologna. Who needs sleep when we can yell and use the same amount of energy it would take to heat up a cup of coffee? (Thanks Weird Al Says: WTF?!)

 

Very cool dude, I dig the feedback. Again - I'm not the ruler of the world. I don't judge what is considered "right" and "wrong." I'll just tell you to consider up as being down - and then send you off on a scavenger hunt!

 

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