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I’m sure you know someone that loves throwing out sports statistics or fun facts. Somebody that loves trivia. A friend that starts sentences with “did you know…” Or the family member that everyone just humors with forced smiles and confused looks when they start reciting movie lines. Yep, me.
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Fun Fact of the Week
French Fries are not French. Sliced and fried potatoes were invented in Belgium. They are only called French fries because the potatoes were sliced into a French cut.
In 2007, a conservation team from New Zealand was making repairs to a small building in Antarctica that was built by Sir Ernest Shackleton in 1907 during his expedition to the South Pole. They discovered a crate of Scotch Whiskey under the floorboards. Several bottles of Scotch were still intact and unopened. These bottles of Mackinlay’s Rare Old Highland Malt were part of a special order Shackleton had requested from the distillery specifically for his expedition and dated back to a vintage from 1896. As this brand of Scotch is no longer made, a few bottles were carefully thawed and sent to Scotland for analysis. From the small samples taken, master distillers were able to recreate the original recipe from over 100 years ago.
Previous Week’s Fun Fact
Hákarl is the national dish of Iceland. It’s shark. Shark left out in the sun. Shark left out in the sun for several months. Shark left out in the sun for several months until it rots and begins to decay. If you can get past the overwhelming smell of ammonia, some say this dish is delicious. Some say.
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise?
I thought not. It’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. It’s a Sith legend. Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith, so powerful and so wise he could use the Force to influence the midichlorians to create life. He had such a knowledge of the Dark Side that he could even keep the ones he cared about from dying. The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. He became so powerful that the only thing he was afraid of was losing his power, which eventually, of course, he did. Unfortunately, he taught his apprentice everything he knew, then his apprentice killed him in his sleep. Ironic. He could save others from death, but not himself.
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