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[CCaprice]

Magical info...

The word magic is derived from the Persian word "magus" which designated a priestly class.

The Bullet Catch is the most dangerous trick in magic. This feat, in which a marked bullet is fired at the performer who catches it on a plate or sometimes in his teeth, has taken the lives of well over a dozen magicians.

 

[CCaprice]

Famous magicians:

Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 and is still the world's best known magician. This marvelous showman and escape artist took his name from the French magician Robert-Houdin and on March 16, 1919, became the first man to fly an airplane in Australia.

Eliaser Bamberg, the 18th-century Dutch magician, was known as "The Crippled Devil." He had lost one of his legs in an explosion and wore a wooden leg. The story goes that Eliase) had hollowed out his wooden leg and used it as a secret hiding place for his magic props.

Orson Welles, the actor and great film director, had a lifelong interest in magic. During World War II he had his own evening magic show that he presented for members of the U.S. armed forces. It was performed in a large circus tent and his assistants at times included such stars as Rita Hayworth and Marlene Dietrich.

 

[CCaprice]

Unstoppable!

Matthew Buchinger, one of the premier Cups and Balls performers of the 18th century. He was born without arms or legs and was known as "The Little Man of Nuremberg." Despite Despite having small, finlike appendages for hands, he was a master magician, a calligrapher and a musician who played the flute, trumpet, bagpipes and dulcimer. He married four times and fathered at least 14 children.

 

[smotherman]

If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.

 

[smotherman]

Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

 

[smotherman]

Every day 200 million couples make love, 400,000 babies are born, and 140,000 people die.

 

[smotherman]

Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.

 

[ratman2]

The Morris Worm, or Great Worm, spread though the Internet in 1988. Taking over 5000 computers offline. It was released by Robert Morris Jr. Son of then NSA Chief Scientist Robert Morris. The Media called Morris a hacker. It was this single event that destroyed the once proud hacker name

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The Morris Worm, or Great Worm, spread though the Internet in 1988. Taking over 5000 computers offline. It was released by Robert Morris Jr. Son of then NSA Chief Scientist Robert Morris. The Media called Morris a hacker. It was this single event that destroyed the once proud hacker name

'Chien' predicts that by next year, the "blended" threat of computer worms could be enough to cause a serious Internet slowdown. Antivirus experts at Symantec have already developed an algorithm to prove that by removing human interaction from the virus equation, every PC connected to the Internet could be affected by a single worm within 20 minutes.

But the trend towards blended virus attacks is blurring the lines of responsibility for computer worms. On Wednesday, Microsoft launched a verbal attack on security firms and hackers who release what it calls virus "blueprints". A study done by Microsoft on recent attacks by worms such as Code Red and Nimda found that each had been prefaced by the release of so-called exploit code -- sample programs created by security firms and hackers to exploit software flaws.

"Responsibility lies with the people who release the worm, not necessarily the people who wrote it," said 'Chein.'

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Famous magicians:

Harry Houdini died on Halloween in 1926 and is still the world's best known magician. This marvelous showman and escape artist took his name from the French magician Robert-Houdin and on March 16, 1919, became the first man to fly an airplane in Australia.

Eliaser Bamberg, the 18th-century Dutch magician, was known as "The Crippled Devil." He had lost one of his legs in an explosion and wore a wooden leg. The story goes that Eliase) had hollowed out his wooden leg and used it as a secret hiding place for his magic props.

Orson Welles, the actor and great film director, had a lifelong interest in magic. During World War II he had his own evening magic show that he presented for members of the U.S. armed forces. It was performed in a large circus tent and his assistants at times included such stars as Rita Hayworth and Marlene Dietrich.

Houdini was born Ehrich Weiss in 1874, in Budapest, Hungary. His family moved to Appleton when he was four, when his father became the town rabbi. They stayed for four years.

He embarked on a career in magic and later focused on escapes. He died of peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix in Detroit on Halloween 1926.

 

[ratman2]

'Chien' predicts that by next year, the "blended" threat of computer worms could be enough to cause a serious Internet slowdown. Antivirus experts at Symantec have already developed an algorithm to prove that by removing human interaction from the virus equation, every PC connected to the Internet could be affected by a single worm within 20 minutes.

This is known as a Warhol Worm. The MSSQL Slammer Worm was pretty close to being one.

"Responsibility lies with the people who release the worm, not necessarily the people who wrote it," said 'Chein.'

He's right There are useful uses for such technologies as long as they are kept under proper control. It is NOT illegal to write such code, only to release it without authorization (such authorized release does occur but only governments do so).

 

[mrtnmoon]

it takes 40 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup.

 

[fire_breeze]

Some more Houdini facts

There are debates as to how he wrote his name before changing it to Harry Houdini. As he was born in Hungary, he would have been known as "Weisz Erik" (Family name first, then given name, and which incidentally was on his birth certificate). Once he emigrated to America, he, as many immigrants at the time, anglicised his name to Ehrich Weiss. Whether it was done intentionally by his family or Immigration did, we will never know, but from that day he used the more familiar Weiss.

 

[fire_breeze]

Houdini is the invited guest at seances held every Halloween, the anniversary of his death.
He has yet to show up

 

[smotherman]

27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras.

 

[smotherman]

Houdini is the invited guest at seances held every Halloween, the anniversary of his death.
He has yet to show up

LOL! I'd be truly impressed if he can pull that off.




53% of women in America would dump their boyfriend if they did not get them anything for Valentine's Day.

 

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3% of pet owners give Valentine's gifts to their pets on Valentine's Day

 

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An average driver spends approximately 2 hours and 14 minutes kissing in their car in a lifetime.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

27% of female lottery winners hid their winning ticket in their bras.

You'd be surprised what we keep down there

 

[RozieMozie]

human children do not learn to walk until they are tall enough to hold an adults hand

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Song titles with female mames

-------- H --------

Hi Hi Hazel : Troggs : 1967
Hooray For Hazel : Tommy Roe : 1966
Helen Wheels : Wings : 1973
Henrietta : Jimmy Dee : 1957


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Irene : Photos : 1980
Goodnight Irene : Jerry Reed : 1962
Sister Isabelle : Del Shannon : 1969
Izabella : Jimi Hendrix : 1971

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

human children do not learn to walk until they are tall enough to hold an adults hand

Wily little devils aren't they?
Welcome to Total Trivia RozieMozie

 

[RozieMozie]

Wily little devils aren't they?
Welcome to Total Trivia RozieMozie

yes thy r ... mine was 9mns when she started to walk ... and ty for the welcome!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

yes thy r ... mine was 9mns when she started to walk ... and ty for the welcome!

My eldest son discovered how to do a controlled descent on the stairs on his belly at 6 months, amazingly he negotiated the dog-leg too

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The gaps between children's mental ages and their chronological ages widen as children get older. A 6-year-old with the mental age of 8 has a mental age of 12 by the time he/she is 9 and a mental age of 16 by the time he/she is 12.
Similarly, a 6-year-old with a mental age of 4 has a mental age of 6 when he/she is 9 and a mental age of 8 when 12.