Valhalla's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Valhalla2000-08-08T13:14:43ZWright Brothers (person)http://m.everything2.com/user/Valhalla/writeups/Wright+BrothersValhallahttp://m.everything2.com/user/Valhalla2000-08-08T13:14:43Z2000-08-08T13:14:43Z<a href="/title/Orville">Orville</a> and <a href="/title/Wilbur+Wright">Wilbur Wright</a> are credited with in December 1903 launching the first aircraft off the ground on the beach of <a href="/title/Kitty+Hawk">Kitty Hawk</a>, <a href="/title/North+Carolina">North Carolina</a>.<br>
It is not so widely known that their uncle, a <a href="/title/protestant">protestant</a> <a href="/title/bishop">bishop</a>, (their father was one, too, by the way) only a short time before, in a statement that swept <a href="/title/America">America</a>, had publicly announced that "of course" man would never fly.<br>
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Some other interesting <a href="/title/factoids">factoids</a>:<br>
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<li>The Wright brothers were actually from <a href="/title/Dayton">Dayton</a>, <a href="/title/Ohio">Ohio</a>, where they ran a <a href="/title/bicycle">bicycle</a> shop. Their first plane was called the "<a href="/title/Wright+Flyer">Wright Flyer</a>", named, bizarrely enough, after one of their bicycles.
<li>During their final 84 days of constant work at <a href="/title/Kill+Devil+Hills">Kill Devil Hills</a> near <a href="/title/Kitty+Hawk">Kitty Hawk</a> to get their plane working, they mostly lived off <a href="/title/beans">beans</a>.
<li>Neither of the <a href="/title/Wright+bothers">Wright bothers</a> was married.
<li>They never called their invention "<a href="/title/airplane">airplane</a>", they called it "<a href="/title/flying+machine">flying machine</a>"
<li>Dayton, the brother's hometown, showed so little interest in their invention that<!-- close unclosed tag --></li><!-- close unclosed tag --></li><!-- close unclosed tag --></li><!-- close unclosed tag --></li><!-- close unclosed tag --></li><!-- close unclosed tag --></ul>…Rerum Causas Cognoscere (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/Valhalla/writeups/Rerum+Causas+CognoscereValhallahttp://m.everything2.com/user/Valhalla2000-08-08T02:35:23Z2000-08-08T02:35:23ZMotto of the <a href="/title/London+School+of+Economics">London School of Economics</a>. <a href="/title/Latin">Latin</a>. Translates to: "To find out the reasons for things."<br>
Appears on the logo in conjunction with <a href="/title/The+Beaver">a beaver</a>, the LSE's furry symbol.How is it that Mexicans know neither Chili con Carne nor Toilet Paper? (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/Valhalla/writeups/How+is+it+that+Mexicans+know+neither+Chili+con+Carne+nor+Toilet+Paper%253FValhallahttp://m.everything2.com/user/Valhalla2000-08-08T01:31:48Z2000-08-08T01:31:48ZI've just spent 3 weeks in <a href="/title/Mexico">Mexico</a>. You would think they eat a lot of <a href="/title/really">really</a> <a href="/title/hot">hot</a> <a href="/title/stuff">stuff</a>, hold <a href="/title/siesta">siesta</a> with their <a href="/title/sombreros">sombreros</a> on their faces, reclining back against some creaky tree, only to spring to life in the evening when the <a href="/title/fiesta">fiesta</a> gets going. Then it's time for <a href="/title/Tequila">Tequila</a> and <a href="/title/campfires">campfires</a>, <a href="/title/rodeo">rodeo</a>s on small <a href="/title/horse">horse</a>s, and maybe the odd game involving a small <a href="/title/cactus">cactus</a> (<a href="/title/adults+only">adults only</a>).<br>
Now, this picture is totally wrong.<br>
For some reason, I felt I was hard pressed to find much that was <a href="/title/Mexican">Mexican</a> in <a href="/title/Mexico">Mexico</a>. <a href="/title/food+that+is+not+from+the+country+people+think+it+is+from">Chili con Carne apparently is American</a>, the <a href="/title/beans">beans</a> they eat are of the <a href="/title/black+beans">black variety</a> which is really not someting foreigners enjoy very much, and above all, all activity in the entire country is stifled by the most <a href="/title/mystifying">mystifying</a> <a href="/title/toilet+paper">toilet paper</a> problem: hardly any toilet at all has toilet paper. You have to bring your own. Just in case: the word is "<a href="/title/papel+sanitario">papel sanitario</a>". Most toilets are dismally dirty. ... And to…Nemo me impune lacessit (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/Valhalla/writeups/Nemo+me+impune+lacessitValhallahttp://m.everything2.com/user/Valhalla2000-08-08T01:14:06Z2000-08-08T01:14:06Z<a href="/title/Latin">Latin</a> proverb. Translates to "<a href="/title/Nobody+ridicules+me+unpunished">Nobody ridicules me unpunished</a>". According to <a href="/title/Edgar+Allan+Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a> the <a href="/title/motto">motto</a> of a rich <a href="/title/aristocratic">aristocratic</a> family in <a href="/title/Venice">Venice</a> during the <a href="/title/Renaissance">Renaissance</a>.<br>
<a href="/title/Poe">Poe</a> describes how a young member of said family is jokingly insulted by his best friend during <a href="/title/Carnival">Carnival</a>. Acting according to his ancient family motto, he lures his friend into the <a href="/title/wine+cellar">wine cellar</a>, gets him <a href="/title/drunk">drunk</a>, and then locks the door from the outside and erects a wall in front of it.<br>
The motto is also found on the side of a third of all <a href="/title/British">British</a> One <a href="/title/Pound">Pound</a> coins.Pecunia non olet (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/Valhalla/writeups/Pecunia+non+oletValhallahttp://m.everything2.com/user/Valhalla2000-08-08T01:13:03Z2000-08-08T01:13:03ZFamous <a href="/title/Latin">Latin</a> proverb: "Money doesn't stink"<br>
Originally used by a <a href="/title/Roman">Roman</a> <a href="/title/senator">senator</a> in response to the complaint that it would be <a href="/title/immoral">immoral</a> and <a href="/title/dirty">dirty</a> to introduce toilet taxes.Klobesen (person)http://m.everything2.com/user/Valhalla/writeups/KlobesenValhallahttp://m.everything2.com/user/Valhalla2000-08-08T01:02:38Z2000-08-08T01:02:38Z<p><a href="/title/Austrian">Austrian</a> term for <a href="/title/toilet+brush">toilet brush</a>. Often used in <a href="/title/reference">reference</a> to <a href="/title/women">women</a> with <a href="/title/spiky">spiky</a> <a href="/title/hair">hair</a>, <a href="/title/disagreeable">disagreeable</a> <a href="/title/character">character</a>, or <a href="/title/bad">bad</a> <a href="/title/smell">smell</a>.</p>