I was taking a break from the massive amounts of schoolwork I have to do, and started thinking... P.S. I'm not crazy...I'm just in brain overload right now! :)
1. Who thought of the term potluck? Where'd it come from? What'd it originally mean?
2. Why are they called jelly beans? Is there jelly in them? Was there ever jelly in them?
3. How do they decide how many different kinds of nuts to put in mixed nuts? Is there a certain percentage of each nut?
4. Why are Greenland and Iceland named what they are? Greenland is covered with ice and Iceland's covered with green. Go figure.
5. Why do we say we're "writing" a paper, when in reality, we're "typing" it?
The answer to no. 3 is found in the book, "How Does Aspirin Find a Headache," by David Feldman. A copy used to be in the on-campus girls' dorm, but I'm not sure if they still have it.
ReplyDeleteSee also http://www.cockeyed.com/inside/nuts/nuts.html
See also the Wikipedia entry on Mixed Nuts.
More than you probably really wanted to know, but it just shows that it wasn't really a random question, great minds have considered these things, lol!
How funny! I looked at the links you posted. That's interesting.
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