Unrelated facts learned today
Air Canada makes you pay for heavy bags, unless they are filled with hockey equipment.
Nikolai Tesla was obsessed with communication with aliens (odd fact one). When he died he left behind what appeared to be a molted skin, like he literally shuffled off his mortal coil (odd fact two), which leads people to believe maybe he was an alien or time traveler (odd fact three). The FBI kept tabs on Nikolai, and his file is still sealed (odd fact four), further bolstering the aforementioned belief that he is an alien.
3 Comments so far
1. Vanessa wrote on August 11th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Oooh, no wonder DAVID BOWIE was picked to play Tesla in The Prestige! How appropriate!
Nikolai played giiiiiii-taaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrr!
2. Miss E wrote on August 19th, 2008 at 5:26 am
You should definitely read The Invention of Everything Else.
3. Sarah wrote on September 1st, 2008 at 7:16 pm
That is pretty neat . . . I should put it in my store of odd science facts to pull out when the teenagers don’t care