Due to the astounding popularity of the article ‘How to determine bra size’, I’ve written this explanation of how to figure out your shoe size. Shoes sizes are hardly globally standardized and there’s quite a bit ambiguity to be confused by. However, I’ll outline the standard procedure for finding shoe sizes in America and the [...]
Archive for July, 2009
If there ever was a topic that men knew nothing about then surely it’s the different models of bras. Here’s a bit of explanation to help you get a handle on the different measurements and categories of bras. Your new-found knowledge should definitely make your life easier the next time you go to buy fancy [...]
Contrary to their name, it wasn’t the Arabs that came up with these numbers. Rather, it was the Indians! In Europe, Roman numerals were used until up to the Middles Ages. So to write 138, you essentially had to write 100+10+10+10+5+1+1+1, i.e. CXXXVIII. With this system, arithmatic operations were inevitably extremely complicated. At the same [...]
Where do the holes in cheese come from? Children’s tales will tell you that they’re there because of little mice that come to nibble on the cheese at night, but the reality is a bit less fantastical. In fact, the holes are simply carbon dioxide gas formed during the ripening of cheese. The gas is [...]