The most absurd laws
The Most Absurd Laws from Around the World It’s illegal to call or address a pig as Napoleon in France. It is against the law to sell a doll with a face that’s not human in France. It is illegal to...
View ArticleHumuhumunukunukuāpua’a – Hawaii state fish
Haa! Just realized that Humuhumunukunukuāpua’a is the state fish of Hawaii. It’s reef triggerfish. On April 17, 2006, bill HB1982 was presented to the Governor of Hawai’i which permanently...
View ArticleFive common misconceptions
Okay apparently the article exists. I was feeling kinda bored today so I start my bad habit of reading trivia on the internet. There’re tons of them and I’m probably completed 0.01% of it. Here’re some...
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For every girl… There is a boy…
This little passage got me thinking: For every girl there is a boy For every girl who is tired of acting weak when she is strong, there is a boy tired of appearing strong when he feel vulnerable. For...
View ArticleDid you know today is lantern festival?
Well, today is Yuan Xiao Jie (元宵节) also known as Lantern Festival. It’s something that China celebrates and Singapore doesn’t because we combined them and celebrate it on this mid-autumn festival...
View ArticleWhat KahWee tweeted on 2009-03-30
Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #developer #thinker #blogger # Check this video out — Did You Know http://tinyurl.com/cutb3p # Did You Know
View ArticleHow does a gas pump at a petrol station know when the tank is full
How Stuff Works explains how a gasoline pump at a filling station know when the tank is full. How does a gasoline pump at a filling station know when the tank is full? Near the tip of the nozzle is a...
View ArticleUbuntu’s bug #1: Microsoft has a majority market share
Ubuntu’s bug number 1 is reported by Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical Ltd. and as of 2009, provides leadership for the Ubuntu operating system. Bug #1 in Ubuntu: “Microsoft has a majority market...
View ArticleDid you know the ‘Referer’ in HTTP is spelt wrongly?
Well it is. Here is what’s written in the RFC 2616 – Hypertext Transfer Protocol — HTTP/1.1: The Referer[sic] request-header field allows the client to specify, for the server’s benefit, the address...
View ArticleDid you know there’s an ISO for sex?
Turns out that there is an ISO standard for sex. Man is 1 and woman is 2. But why man precedes woman? The standard explicitly states that no significance is to be placed on the fact that male is...
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