Useless Knowledge Time
February 05, 2002
Did you know that a class package I bought contained 2 copies of pages 186 to 260? I sure hope I didn’t pay for those repeat pages. Did you know that Sunglass Hut is a subsidiary of Luxottica SPA? I found this out because Lux owns Lenscrafters and I used to work there. I got curious as to how their financials look and there I found that Sunglass Hut dealy. Lux has the most vertically integrated structure in the eyewear industry - from drawing on paper any frame design all the way to selling little disposable napkins in which to wipe the lenses. But their margins aren’t that great (consolidated that is, the margins on lenses is incredibly high). Did you know that while most scientists agree that arctic ice sheets have been melting for the past X years, one sheet was found to be actually thickening? Did you know that animals can ‘predict’ earthquake via changes in charged ions, subsonic vibrations, or that the animal God tells them in advance? Did you know that Punxsutawney Phil says there will be 6 more weeks of winter? Did you know on average, people eat 4-6 spiders in their sleep? Did you know this?
That’s all.
