Friday, November 15, 2013

Daily Factoid

Head to Head 

The heaviest human brain on record weighed 5 pounds.
The average adult brain weighs 3 pounds.
Albert Einstein's brain weighed 2.6 pounds.

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Sat/Sun 9/10 Nov 2013



The Wall
In 1981, Yale University undergraduate Maya Lin won a national competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, beating out 1,420 other entrants. To help her visualize the concept, Maya had sculpted an early version using mashed potatoes.
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Mon 11 Nov 2013

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