Just Plain Fun Archives - Page 18 of 25

Would you enjoy ‘hanging out’ for a while in one of these hammocks?

Posted on August 12, 2022

Looking for a nice relaxing way to spend your summer vacation?

Well, you can do what these folks are doing and enjoy a few days (and nights) “hanging out” in a nice, comfy hammock.

The thing is, these hammocks aren’t suspended between two trees. They’re actually suspended between two extremely high cliffs! [Read more…]

Guess what? The ‘twinkling’ stars you see in the night sky aren’t really twinkling at all.

Posted on July 15, 2022

Living (and loving) Life

If you’ve ever had the opportunity to view the night sky out in country where there’s no light pollution you probably noticed how the stars seemed to be twinkling.

The thousands of twinkling stars that shine down from the heavens have been fascinating and mesmerizing us humans all throughout our long history.

But there’s a strange truth about those twinkling stars: They don’t really twinkle at all.

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The Firefox browser was named after an animal (but it isn’t a fox)!

Posted on July 3, 2022

If you’re an experienced Internet user you probably use the Firefox web browser at times.

I’ve had several people ask me how Firefox got its name, and the answer is actually quite interesting.

In the early days Mozilla referred to their new browser as Firebird, and they used that name for a good while.

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Did you know ‘TV Dinners’ were invented to fix a colossal mistake?

Posted on June 19, 2022

Chances are you’re familiar with the frozen meals sold in grocery stores.

You know the ones I’m talking about. They usually come in a tray that includes some sort of meat entrée (Salisbury steak, anyone?) along with a couple of vegetables and/or a dessert item.

When I was growing up those frozen meals were referred to as “TV dinners”.

Busy moms seemed to love them but most everyone else preferred enjoying a home-cooked meal.

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