Verity vs. Verisimilitude

A blog dedicated to bringing up interesting facts from history as well as the modern era. Some facts will be general research on a specific subject but others will be based on the proving or disproving of obscure facts.

Friday, December 21, 2007

Where did Rednecks Come From?

Believe it or not the origins of the term 'Redneck' are Scottish. This term was used in refrence to the supporters of the National C...

Can Plasma TVs Freeze?

Well, as stated with LCD screens, anything can freeze, it simply is a matter of getting it cold enough. The question here should be, is it p...

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Hanukkah, Chanukah, Hanukah, Khanukah, and Ckanukka.... Which one is right?

Quite simply put Hanukkah, Chanukah, Hanukah, Khanukah, and Ckanukka... and several others are correct. There is not one spelling that has b...

Did Santa Really Get his Red Suit from Coca Cola?

Dear old Santa Clause. He can almost always be found in shopping malls taking pictures with children or on signs advertising toys around the...

Can LCD screens really freeze in the cold?

At some point everything freezes, it's simply a matter of dropping the temperature low enough for the molecules to almost stop moving. L...

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Introduction

Every now and then someone hears a fact from a friend that heard from a friend that heard from a.... Well you get the picture.... The proble...

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