Issue 17 - InJoy Magazine

InspireInteresting Trivia • • •triv·i·a : a collection of insignificant or obscureitems, details, or information• If you are right handed, you willtend to chew your food on the rightside of your mouth. If you are lefthanded, you will tend to chew yourfood on the left side of your mouth.• To make half a kilo of honey beesmust collect nectar from over twomillion individual flowers• Heroin is the brand name ofmorphine once marketed by ‘Bayer’.• Tourists visiting Iceland shouldknow that tipping at a restaurant isconsidered an insult!• People in nudist colonies playvolleyball more than any other sport.• Albert Einstein was offered thepresidency of Israel in 1952,but he declined.• Astronauts can’t belch - there is nogravity to separate liquid from gas intheir stomachs.• Ancient Roman, Chinese andGerman societies often used urineas mouthwash.• The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. Inthe Renaissance era it was fashionto shave them off!• Because of the speed at whichthe Earth moves around the Sun it isimpossible for a solar eclipse to lastmore than 7 minutes and 58 seconds.• The night of January 20 is SaintAgnes’s Eve, which is regarded as atime when a young woman dreamsof her future husband.• Google is actually the commonname for a number witha million zeros.• It takes glass one million years todecompose, which means it neverwears out and can be recycled aninfinite amount of times!• Gold is the only metal that doesn’trust, even if it’s buried in the groundfor thousands of years.DVDreviews• • • • Leslie’s choiceOutstanding TV Series to watch on DVD . . .• TremeThis series is from the producers of The Wire. Set in New Orleans3 months after hurricane Katrina as people and the area try tore-build their lives. A story of survival and the pursuit of pleasure.A rewarding series that is full of humor and love. It will have youtapping your feet to the rhythms of the city with great guest starmusicians for added flavour.• DeadwoodGritty old west drama which pulls no punches when it comes to thebrutality of life in this outlawed settlement. Outstanding writing andperformances drives the complex characterisations of the frontiertown’s many colour inhabitants. Set in the time of one of Americanhistory’s richest gold strikes... a hell of a place to make a fortune.• Mad MenA character driven show set in Madison Avenue advertising agency‘Sterling Cooper’ where the executives call themselves Mad Men.Set in the 1960’s this series is full of appeal... drinking, smoking,adultery, sexism and fabulous fashion. It looks stunningly, incrediblystylish and seriously cool .• John Adamsstarring Paul Giamatti and Laura LinneyThis is a biopic of John Adams and the story of the first fifty yearsof the United States and the extraordinary path to independence.Based on David McCullough’s bestselling biography this series haswon more Emmy awards then any other miniseries. Very moving andbelievable, wonderful character portrayals with a beautiful love story.Other favouites . . .Tudors, Dexter and Breaking Badseemorereviewsin store . . .62 Stuart StreetMullumbimby66841 377injoy20art & culture • • • •