On the EH List: October 2011

I finally jailbroke my iPod Touch 4G yesterday.
And yes, I ventured down that path even though jailbreaking with iOS 5 is tethered (what a drag!).

So far, the entire day today has been spent trying out WinterBoard- which allows you to install themes and virtually change any and every image file that of course Apple doesn't let you touch otherwise.

Well I'm having issues. First of all Cydia keeps crashing, something tells me it's not iOS 5 compatible just yet...Not fully anyways.

Next, themes install, but without certain parts that are supposed to be parceled in with the actual theme pack.

All in all, I'm happy I'm jailbroken, but the rest appears to be a mystery to me thus far...And all I wanted was a Bullet Bill slider for my lock screen!

Those who know me, know that I am always on the search for knowledge... This is a collection of knowledge gems that have wowed me (warning: it doesn't take a lot to impress me)

If you feed a seagull Alka-Seltzer, its stomach will explode.

When a female ferret goes into heat and can't find a mate, she will die.

More than one million dollars belonging to Adolf Hitler and other Nazis is still unclaimed in American banks.

The fastest animal on earth is the peregrine falcon clocked at over 180 mph (290 km/hr)

The most dangerous animal in the world is the common housefly. Because of their habits of visiting animal waste, they transmit more diseases than any other animal.

A chance of a woman having twins is increased after the age of 35. About 1 in 27 women will give birth to twins after this age. After 50 the chances of having twins is 1 in 9.

A colony of bees have to fly almost fifty-five thousand miles and tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey.

Statistics show that people with high, medium and low income groups spend about the same amount on Christmas gifts.

Nearly 50% of the world’s scientists are assigned to military projects.

Up to the age of six or seven months a child can breathe and swallow at the same time. An adult cannot do this.

The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders.

53% of women will not leave the house without makeup on.

The human foot has approximately 20,000 sweat glands and can produce as much as four ounces of sweat per day.

Sharks are immune to all known diseases, including cancer.

Spheno Palatine Gangleoneuralgia" is the technical term for an ice cream headache.

Actor John Ritter was the voice of Clifford, from "Clifford The Big Red Dog"

There are almost 8,000 child poisonings annually from children eating cigarette butts.

Airports that are at higher altitudes require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.

Scatologists are experts who study feces.

There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.

Amazingly, goalies in the National Hockey League played without masks until the year 1959.

Most arguments in the home take place in the kitchen.

Botanically speaking, the banana is a herb and the tomato is a fruit.

A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment.

The word Tips is actually an acronym standing for 'To Insure Prompt Service'.

The 'vintage date' on a bottle of wine indicates the year the grapes were picked, not the year of bottling.

There are more bacteria in your mouth than there are people in the world.

There are roughly 144,000 mosquitoes for every person on earth.

A survey reported that 12% of Americans think that Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.

A turtle can breathe through its butt.

Deer have no gall bladders.

Rhinotillexomania is the study of nose picking.

The original name for butterfly was flutterby.

A hamlet is a village without a church and a town is not a city until it has a cathedral.

The white part of an egg is the albumen.

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Bananas contain a natural chemical which can make a person happy. This same chemical is also found in Prozac.

The petrel, a giant bird of Antarctic, repels its enemies by regurgitating its food in their faces or by squirting a steam of viscous oil from its nostrils with great force.

Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.

Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.

The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent while looking at something pleasing.

Rain contains vitamin B12.

55.2% of us will let someone else come in the bathroom while they're using the toilet.

45.2% of people pee in the shower.

Both Hitler and Napoleon were missing one testicle.

The word 'News' is actually an acronym standing for the 4 cardinal compass points - North, East, West, and South.

The shortest war on record was fought between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.

The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terabytes.

Rabbits can't vomit.

A person will burn 7 percent more calories if they walk on hard dirt compared to pavement.

In every episode of "Seinfeld" there is a Superman somewhere.

Silly Putty was "discovered" as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced.

The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

The Spanish exclamation Ole!, commonly heard at bullfights and flamenco dances, comes from Allah, meaning “praise be to God”.

Any month that starts on a Sunday will have a Friday the 13th in it.

The tip of a bullwhip moves so fast that it breaks the sound barrier. The crack of the whip is actually a tiny sonic boom.

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

Hummingbirds consume the caloric equivalent of 228 milkshakes per day.

To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

An eagle can kill and carry away animals as large as young deers.

The brain is the last place in the body to be cleared of alcohol.

The only part of the human body that cannot develop cancer is the lens of the eye.

Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed.

The Germans tried to copy Coca-Cola and came up with the drink Fanta.

The crust around your eyes in the morning is made of the same stuff as boogers in your nose.

A fetus that is four months old, will become startled and turn away if a light is flashed on the mother's stomach.

The Statue of Liberty is a lighthouse.

111,111,111 multiplied by 111,111,111 equals 12,345,678,987,654,321

Children who are breast fed tend to have an IQ seven points higher than children who are not.

The “natural alarm clock” which enables some people to wake up more or less when they want to is caused by a burst of the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin.

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David; Clubs - Alexander the Great; Hearts - Charlemagne; Diamonds - Julius Caesar

Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.

Arabic numerals are not really Arabic; they were created in India.

National Pi Day is March 14, at 1:59. (3/14 1:59)

Everything weighs one percent less at the equator.