Category: Omnibit

Obaysch the Hippopotamus arrived at the London Zoo on May 25, 1850. He was the first zoo hippo in modern history. He attracted 10,000 daily visitors and inspired the Hippopotamus Polka, which was a hit back then.

Here is what it sounds like:

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-25-16 Hippopotamus Polka

That jar lid keeps sliding and you can’t get a grip? Wrap some rubber bands around it. The slipping stops and the jar gets open.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-24-16

Who was Ivan IV Vasilyevich? He was the first Russian czar. He is better known to Russians as Ivan Grozny which means Ivan the Formidable. He is better known to us as Ivan the Terrible. It’s a bad translation thing.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-23-16

Shrews are poisonous. The southern short-tail shrew has enough venom in its bite to kill 50 mice.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-21-16

The human body has 60,000 miles of blood vessels.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-20-16

Are frozen vegetables more nutritious than fresh? Usually. The freezing happens shortly after they are picked which means they don’t sit around and lose vitamins before hitting the market.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-19-16

The Sahara Desert only became a desert when the Earth’s axis shifted about 1,600 B.C., which is about 200 years before Moses.  Before that, it was a pretty wet place.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-18-16

Why does the British call their unit of currency “the pound”? Because a pound was how much 240 silver pennies weighed. The pound was 240 pennies from Anglo-Saxon times up until 1971 when it became 100 pennies —  which aren’t silver.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-17-16

The average temperature on the dark side of the moon is -299.2 F. On the light side it is 213.8 F.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-18-16

Bees have two eyes on the front of their head just like us. But they have three on top.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 5-14-16