Learn One Thing A Day

Yesterday evening I was discussing about movies with a friend and he told me something really interesting about the "The Thing" by John Carpenter . In the movie, only two guys survive and the spectator could remain with doubt on whom is carrying (inside his body) "the thing".  I have said "could" because actually the director left a clue! The two guys are alone and outside what remains of their antarctic base where clearly it's very cold, but wait ... while one of them clearly makes a lot of vapor when he speaks, the other one simple doesn't! So guess who is The Thing?! You can watch final of the movie on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA4Ozqt7338   GO TO THE HOME PAGE

Today I watched a new episode (5x14 - The Beta Test Initiation ) of my beloved TV-series The Big Bang Theory and I learnt the following curious fact. Only in the1936 Olympics (!!!) people realized that Haiti and Lichtenstein shared just the same flag! After that, since 1937 a crown has been added to the Lichtenstein flag. Interesting, since 1807, the Haitian flag has always had - in the center - the National Coat of Arms (COA). It is formed (see below) by a palmette, two cannons, six Haitian flags, a drum,  the motto "L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE" (French for In union there is strength ) and other elements. With this COA the two flags would have been different also in 1936, but unfortunately, it wasn't part of the Haiti civil flag but only the military one, therefore the inconvenient during the Olympics! National Coat of Arms of Haiti The flag of Haiti The flag of Lichtenstein  Interestingly, the case of the flags of Haiti and Lichtenstein is not u...

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former" Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)   Reference: http://www.quotationspage.com/