No, Lady Godiva wasn't & an apple didn't fall on Newton's head... some historical myths revealed

DailyMail.uk ^ | 30th May 2008 | Daily Mail Reporter

[martin_fierro]

Aw heck yeah.

Always loved that Collier rendition.

[SunkenCiv]

:’D

[SunkenCiv]

I heard he was a cereal killer.

[colorado tanker]

Of course the Godiva legend is true - or a lot of models and actresses took their clothes off for nothing, in which case we’d have to make the legend up anyway.

[Monkey Face]

Since there is a notation in my genealogy next to Lady Godiva’s info, I have to believe she really did make that ride. But I also thought she rode bareback, not just bare. (Wonder where I got THAT idea?)

[pgkdan]

George Washington was not the first of America's 43 presidents. During the American War of Independence, the Continental Congress sitting in Pennsylvania chose Peyton Randolph as their first President.

I see this pop up from time to time...Peyton Randolph and John Hancock were both President of the Continental Congress...they were not President of the United States. There were no United States to be President of.

Washington only became the first popularly elected President of the United States.

As if being elected meant nothing.

[pgkdan]

George Washington was not the first of America's 43 presidents. During the American War of Independence, the Continental Congress sitting in Pennsylvania chose Peyton Randolph as their first President.

I see this pop up from time to time...Peyton Randolph and John Hancock were both President of the Continental Congress...they were not President of the United States. There were no United States to be President of.

Washington only became the first popularly elected President of the United States.

As if being elected meant nothing.

[jaydubya2]

I am proud to say that my Great Uncle, along with another inventor, were responsible for the tipless lighbulb, commonly used today. They invented it when they were employed at GE.

[colorado tanker]

Most of the depictions I’ve seen show her riding bareback, too. Hey, why not be consistent?

[Monkey Face]

See? Of course, I think the long hair was stretching the modesty factor. Nakedidity aside, if that’s all that was between her and the bridle, then...well...then...she was NEKKID!

Now THERE’s a freedom....

;o])

[MozarkDawg]

Protest of taxes, fiddlesticks. She exhausted her clothing budget on the horse.

Not to mention her chocolate-weakness ... a good ol' Hershey bar just as satisfying, and don't break the bank!

[Monkey Face]

Candy is dandy, and liquor is quicker, but sex won’t rot your teeth. ;o]

[null and void]

HEY! That's MY line!

[Monkey Face]

LOL!

I know! Isn’t that what you told me, the first time you offered me chocolate?

[null and void]

Edison invented the first successful electric lightbulb after trying and testing over 1500 different filament materials.

A bit of clever misdirection on Edison's part.

The "secret sauce" wasn't the filament. It was the vacuum!

[null and void]

Awwwwwwwwww! You remembered!

I’m touched!

[tet68]

Lady Godiva....some how I always pictured her covered in
chocolate...

[Monkey Face]

...I’m touched!

So was I!

[Swordmaker]

A bit of clever misdirection on Edison's part.
The "secret sauce" wasn't the filament. It was the vacuum!

While the vacuum was essential, finding a filament that would give sufficient light while not burning out in a short time was the real problem. Edison started with using a vacuum. Many materials contained enough impurities that passing an electrical current through them caused destructive failures... some lasted longer than others but Edison was looking for a practical, economical light that would be manufacturable. The carbon filament was the answer.

It was pretty practical. The longest burning bulb in history is still lit in a Livermore, California, Fire House—for 107 years.