“The head of a Pike, served at supper, is said to have caused the death from terror of Theodoric the Goth, who imagined the fish's features to be those of Symmachus, a man he had just killed. But for this story, we of today would have no idea what Symmachus looked like.” MenSaidIdeasStoriesTodayFishesTerrorNo IdeaFeaturesSupperGothFootnotes Author:Will Cuppy
“Galvani was mistaken about the amount of electricity in frogs, but he had some good ideas, too, for the galvanometer is named in his honor, and you don't have galvanometers named after you merely for making a mistake about a frog.” IdeasMistakeAmountHonorMaking MistakesGood IdeasElectricityMistakenFrogs Book:How to Get from January to December Source: How to Get from January to December
“As Darwin puts it in The Descent of Man, 'Male snakes, though appearing so sluggish, are amorous.' Isn't that just like Darwin? It was one of his main ideas, you know, that the males of almost all animals have stronger passions than the females. Since then we've learned a thing or two. At any rate, the female snake is right there when spring arrives in the woods.” KnowsMenTwoIdeasPassionAnimalSpringFemaleStrongerMalesRateWoodsSexualitySnakesAppearingDescentSluggishAmorous Book:The Great Bustard and Other People: Containing: How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes and How to Become Extinct Source: The Great Bustard and Other People: Containing: How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes and How to Become Extinct
“I do not travel. I am not much of an extrovert, and I'm not much interested in extroverted objects. I do not care for the 'ideas' of novelists. Novels are wonderful, of course, but I prefer newspapers.” IdeasCareCoursesNovelWonderfulObjectsNewspapersNovelistsExtroverts Author:Will Cuppy
