You Should Know...

This is a list of assorted things - things You Should Know about. The list is updated on a sporadic basis, with the newest items at the top.

• 214-748-3647 is the most common phone number in the United States. Wait, "most common"? Yes, because of a programming error.
• Cats have whiskers on their face and on their forelegs
• Cow magnets help against hardware disease
• How many people are in space right now? http://www.howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com/
• BED ("Banana equivalent dose"): The radiation exposure received by eating a single banana. Bananas contain enough radioactivity to trip radiation sensors. As does cat litter.
• Mussles which remain closed after cooking are ok to eat.
• "Cheese" in latin is "caseus", and it has survived in the German "Käse", the Spanish "queso" and the Italian "caseificio".
• At cruising altitude in an airplane you will not be able to get a signal on your cellphone from a ground based tower: the towers employ directional antennas and have the job to cover the territory, not outer space.