Cracked Egg Trivia

1. Five out of six types of corn won't pop. There are six types of corn : dent, pod, flint, sweet, flour, and lastly popcorn (better known as Zea mays everta 😉). So as is obvious by the name popcorn will pop, but only when the pressure in the kernel reaches 135 pounds per square inch. If there is too little moisture in the kernel it won't pop at all, and if that happens the kernel becomes an "old maid". 2. Tornadoes can hit anywhere. It is true that in some places they are more likely to happen, but a tornado has hit every continent with an exception of Antarctica. Furthermore contrary to popular belief tornadoes can continue over things like valleys and mountains. They can also go over lakes and rivers in which case they become a waterspout. 3. Michelangelo fired his workers. IL Divino was one of the most famous things to come out of the Renaissance. In case you don't already know, it's a 1,000 square metered fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chap...

The Black Death is the name of the deadly spread of bubonic plague that killed an estimated 25 million Europeans in the 1300's, and was also a problem in Asia. We now think the plague was caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis. It is spread through the bites or stings of infected fleas and animals, and attacks the lymphatic system first before moving into the blood or lungs. Most people think that the plague was spread for the most part by rats, but researchers say that it spread too fast for rats to be responsible. And furthermore the lack of dead rats found as archaeological evidence helps to prove the point. The plague arrived in Europe along with "death ships" in October 1347. The 12 ships from the Black Sea were docked at a Sicilian port, and people waiting for the ship were shocked to find that almost everyone was dead. Those that were alive were covered in large black boils that oozed pus and blood, a telltale sign of the plague although they didn't kno...