Dietribes: Yogurt Made Me Cultured
• Believe it or not, the Bible mentions yogurt in Genesis, where Abraham fed it to his guests. The history of yogurt is a long one – Assyrians ate it for health, and John Harvey Kellogg encouraged yogurt enemas at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan (though the less said about that the better).
• But yogurt has [...]
The Original Plan Was for Yoda to Be Played by a Monkey
J.W. Rinzler, the author of the book The Making of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, notes that George Lucas wasn’t sure how the character Yoda could be portrayed on screen. One idea was to put a monkey in a Yoda costume:
At the time, animatronic technology wasn’t thought to be advanced enough to pull off [...]
An Idiot Abroad: Karl Pilkington Visits China
From his comedy series “An Idiot Abroad,” here’s Karl Pilkington’s experience in China, in which he learned Chinese pronunciation, kung fu, fire massage (yes, you read that right – he got set on fire).
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I dare say that Karl has probably got the best job on TV.
