Dreadlocks get their name because supposedly people with the hairstyle feel “dread.” But not in a bad way apparently; Rastafarian “dread” has a positive sense as in a “fear of the Lord.”

Which doesn’t sound very positive.

In addition to striped fur, tigers also have striped skin.

This was the hardest fact of the year for me.

Have you ever tried to shave a tiger?

The mullet is undoubtedly one of the most painfully enchanting haircuts of all time.  There are hundreds of epithets for the mullet: “Business in the front, party in the back,” “The Tennessee Top Hat,” “The Kentucky Waterfall,” and my favorite “The Missouri Compromise,” to name just a few.  But the Oxford English Dictionary credits the term “mullet” to the Beastie Boys, and their 1994 song “Mullet Head.”  Just recently, in attempt to thwart westernization, the Iranian government issued a catalog of acceptable male haircuts.  The mullet has officially been banned.  Hmm… Iran actually got that one right.  Maybe we should try to thwart westernization too… 

NOT! 

The mullet is proof of the duality of the human soul. 

The fast-food restaurant Wendy’s is named after the fourth child of the restaurant’s founder Dave Thomas.  A drawing of her is also used as the chain’s mascot.  He must have really liked Wendy a lot more than his other kids.  Also, this is the second famous redhead fact in two days.  Thomas Jefferson and Wendy.  Equally influential to American culture.

Although President Obama shatters the stereotypical presidential image of an old, white guy, he still perpetuates the phenotypic trend of Presidents having dark hair.  Allegedly, there has only been one redheaded President in U.S. history: Thomas Jefferson (though his hair was starting to turn white by the time he took office).  With society becoming a little more and more diverse with time, I don’t doubt that we will have another ginger President.  I just can’t wait for the day when we have a redheaded, black President.

I was just reading a book. I got distracted by the author’s use of “jerry-rigging.”  It should actually be spelled jury rigging.  Jury rig is originally a nautical term; on large ships, a jury rig is a quick-fix replacement of the mast and yard.  The yard is the beam that intersects the mast where sails are set…or to some, the big wooden thing that Peter Pan and Captain Hook had a sword fight on.  People also incorrectly use the word jerry when they talk about Jheri curls.  The little hairdo, made famous by Michael Jackson, was named after the hairdresser Jheri Redding.  Now to tie these facts together:  Michael Jackson had a Jheri curl.  He also wanted to be Peter Pan.  Peter Pan had a sword fight on a yard, which is often replaced by jury rigging.  So people, stop giving this Jerry guy all this undeserved credit.