JulieHowlin

JulieHowlin, 21 days ago to Starwars

In Italian versions of Star Wars, Darth Vader is called Lord Fener, because "Vader" sounds too similar to the Italian word for "toilet."

Happy Star Wars Day! 10 fascinating facts about Star Wars:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2014/05/may-fourth-star-wars-day.html

#StarWars #StarWarsDay

JulieHowlin, 27 days ago to Writers

Terry Pratchett owned a greenhouse full of carnivorous plants. He described them as "not as interesting as people think".

On his birthday, 10 things you might not know about Terry Pratchett:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2024/04/28-april-terry-pratchett.html

#BirthAnniversary #terrypratchett #Writers #Facts

JulieHowlin, 3 months ago to knitting

Slow TV in Norway once broadcast a knitting marathon lasting 13 hours, which was watched by 1.3 million viewers.

10 things you didn't know about knitting:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2024/02/3-february-knitting.html

#Knitting #Crafts

JulieHowlin, 4 months ago to food

In 2012, there was a Marmite shortage in New Zealand when the one Marmite factory there had to close after the 2011 earthquake made its cooling tower unsafe. There was panic buying in supermarkets and Marmite became known as "Black gold." The crisis itself was nicknamed "Marmageddon".

10 things you might not know about Marmite:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2016/01/3rd-january-marmite.html

#Marmite #Facts #Food

JulieHowlin, 4 months ago to random

The worst ever English avalanche killed 8 people in Lewes, Sussex on this date in 1836. A pub was later built on the site. It is called The Snow Drop Inn.

10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 27 December:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2022/12/27-december.html

#ThisDayInHistory #onthisday #OnThisDate #otd #27December #December27

JulieHowlin, 5 months ago to random

Some Christmas art. Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it!

Watercolour painting. In the foreground a Christmas tree decorated with baubles and pine cones, in the background, the exterior of a chapel.
Watercolour. A misty pine forest in which the evergreen trees are festooned with baubles, lights and star on top.
A partridge sits on a branch in front of another branch on which pears are growing.

JulieHowlin, 5 months ago to random

Fingerpost in Cheddar, Somerset, England:
#FingerpostFriday

JulieHowlin, 5 months ago to Iceland

Yule lads, or trolls, originate in Icelandic folklore. While legends abound about them, the official number is thirteen, and they come to town, one per day, between today and Christmas Eve.

10 facts about Yule Lads:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2014/12/12th-december-yule-lads-icelandic.html

#YuleLads #Christmas #ChristmasTradidions #Iceland #Trolls

JulieHowlin, 6 months ago to Fashion

Designer Louis Réard declared that a swimsuit could not be a true bikini unless you could pull it through a Wedding ring.

10 things you might not know about bikinis:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2019/11/november-21-wild-bikini-day.html

#Bikini #Swimwear #Fashion #Clothing #Facts

JulieHowlin, 6 months ago to chess

The folding chess board was invented by a priest. Clergy were forbidden by the church to play chess, but one sneaky priest still wanted to play, so he invented a board that would fold up so it would appear that he was carrying books.

10 things you might not know about chess:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2019/10/1-november-play-game-of-chess-day.html

#Chess #Facts #PlayAGameOfChessDay #Games

JulieHowlin, 6 months ago to Halloween

Today is Great Pumpkin Carve, presumably because people will be carving their Jack O' Lanterns today in readiness for Halloween tomorrow.

Here are 10 things you might not know about pumpkins:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2015/10/30th-october-great-pumpkin-carve.html

#Pumpkins #Facts #Halloween

JulieHowlin, 6 months ago to random

You are taller in the morning than in the evening. This is because of the discs between your vertebrae. They absorb fluid at night when your body is horizontal, and shed it as you move about during the day.

Ten facts about the spine.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2023/10/27-october-spine.html

#Spine #facts #SpinalHealthMonth

JulieHowlin, 7 months ago to animals

Sloths are usually 50 to 60 cm long. The prehistoric sloth Megatherium, however, was as big as an Elephant - about six or seven metres tall and weighed between four and seven tonnes. There were also aquatic sloths – no doubt the reason they swim so well – and sloths which walked on two legs.

10 things you might not know about sloths:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2017/10/20-october-international-sloth-day.html

#sloths #internationalslothday #facts #animals

JulieHowlin, 7 months ago to random

There are two words for the fear of Friday the 13th: friggatriskaidekaphobia (from Frigga, the Norse goddess for whom "Friday" is named in English and triskaidekaphobia meaning fear of the number thirteen), or paraskevidekatriaphobia (from the Greek words Paraskeví meaning "Friday"), and dekatreís meaning "thirteen").

10 facts about Friday 13th:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2014/06/13th-june-friday-thirteenth.html

#fridaythe13th #Friday13

JulieHowlin, 7 months ago to random

#ThickTrunkTuesday An ancient tree in Glastonbury. England.

JulieHowlin, 7 months ago to london

Despite being visible from anywhere in central London, and being open to the public, the BT tower was designated an official secret and as such could not appear on Ordnance Survey maps. We weren't officially supposed to know about it until 1993!

10 things you might not know about the BT Tower in London:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2015/10/8th-october-bt-tower.html

#BTTower #London #Towers #Facts

JulieHowlin, 7 months ago to folklore

According to English folklore, it was on this day that the Devil fell from Heaven, landed on a blackberry bush, and cursed the berries. Therefore, it is unlucky to pick Blackberries after Michaelmas.

10 Michaelmas traditions from around the world:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2021/09/29-september-michaelmas.html

#Michaelmas #Today #Traditions #Folklore

JulieHowlin, 10 months ago to detroit

On this date in 1701, French explorer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac landed at the present site of Detroit and founded Fort Detroit. 10 facts about Detroit:

http://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2021/07/24-july-detroit.html

#Detroit

JulieHowlin, 10 months ago to space

Columbia was heavier than the rest of the space shuttles. It was the first spacegoing one, and by the time the rest were built, they had found lighter materials to build them from. It weighed as much, we are told, as 13 African Elephants.

10 things you might not know about space shuttles:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2015/07/21-july-space-shuttles.html

#SpaceShuttle #Space #NASA #Facts

JulieHowlin, 11 months ago to random

A litre of modern tonic water contains 83mg of quinine. To effectively prevent malaria you need at least 2100mg daily. That's about 25 litres of gin and tonic a day.

10 facts about tonic water:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2014/05/may-28th-tonic-water.html

#Tonic #TonicWater #facts

JulieHowlin, 1 year ago to random

#WorldGothDay
The original, historical Goths for which the modern sub-culture is named, were a Germanic tribe, probably from Scandinavia, best known for sacking Rome in 410 CE.

10 things you might not know about Goth culture:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2018/05/22-may-world-goth-day.html

#Goth #Facts #Today

JulieHowlin, 1 year ago to random

According to legend, tea was discovered when some leaves from tea bushes accidentally blew into a pot of Water being boiled for Emperor Shen Nong to drink, back in 2737BC. He drank it anyway, and liked it.

10 things you might not know about tea:

http://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2016/12/15-december-international-tea-day.html

#InternationalTeaDay #Tea #Drinks #Facts

JulieHowlin, 1 year ago to random

The oldest ever human being, Jeanne Louise Calment, lived to the age of 122.

On the 122nd day of the year, 10 things you might not know about the number 122:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2023/05/2-may-122.html

#Numbers #Today #122ndDay #122 #facts #Trivia

JulieHowlin, 1 year ago to science

A single gram of DNA is capable of holding 700 terabytes of data, which means if you wanted to store all the digital information that exists in the world in DNA format, you'd only need two grams of it.

10 things you might not know about DNA:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2017/04/25th-april-dna-day.html

#DNADay #DNA #Facts #Science

JulieHowlin, 1 year ago to photography

Very pleased with this photo taken on one of my recent walks.

#Blossom #Spring #SpringFlowers #Flowers #Nature #photography