The wooden mat used to make sushi is called Makisu

1. The wooden mat used to make sushi is called Makisu.

In Men's college basketball, a closely guarding violation is a floor-violation

1. In Men's college basketball a floor-violation is called if a defender closely (less than six feet) guards his man for more than five seconds. The count however resets if the person in possession of the ball changes from holding to dribbling or vice versa.

60 is a "superior highly composite number"

1. 60 is a "superior highly composite number" following the equation below:

Other example of superior highly composite numbers are: 2, 6, 12, 60, 120, 360, 2520, 5040.
2. 60 was a base used for the Babylonian number system. It is thought that it is possible that the Babylonian's obsession with this number was the bases for 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour. The reasons however there are not 60 hours in a day is thought to be the fact that it would make the second too short to measure. In fact if the Babylonian's wanted to have 60 hours in a day, the "second" would have to be 0.4 seconds long.
3. A "perfect" number is one that satisfies both of the following criterion:
1. The sum of its proper divisors equals the number
2. The sum of all it's divisors divided by two equals the number
E.G 28
proper divisors: 1, 2, 4, 7, 14
1+2+4+7+14=28
divisors: 1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28
(1+2+4+7+14+28)/2=28

Fyodor Dostoyevsky is the author of crime and punishment

1. Fyodor Dostoyevsky is the author of crime and punishment. He is thought by many to be the father of 20th-century existentialism.

Doug Jarvis holds the NHL record for consecutive games played with 964

1. Doug Jarvis holds the NHL record for consecutive games played with 964. He played in every game from October 08, 1975 to October 10, 1987.
2. Elizabeth Taylor was married 8 times to 7 different husbands.

Wuthering Heights, the only novel by Emily Brontë, was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell

1. Wuthering Heights, the only novel by Emily Brontë, was first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell.
2. The Brontë sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne initially published their literary works under the pseudonyms Currer Bell, Ellis Bell, and Acton Bell.

Chevy Tahoe, Cadillac Escalade, Ford Expedition, and Mercedes-Benz GL are some of the vehicles that qualify for Section 179 tax deduction

1. Section 179 of the tax code allows vehicles over 6,000lbs that are used for "business" to qualify for an extra tax deduction. Chevy Tahoe, Cadillac Escalade, Ford Expedition, and Mercedes-Benz GL are some of the vehicles that qualify for this deduction. The limit of deduction however was recently reduced from $250,000 to "only" $25,000.

Teddy Bear Restaurant was established in 1944

1. Teddy Bear Restaurant was established in 1944.
2. It's NOT called Teddy Bear Cafe...

There are 15.5 gallons in a typical Keg

1. There are 15.5 gallons in a typical Keg. This is half a "barrel".
2. There are 143 calories in every 12 ounce glass of Miller High life or about 23,642.619 in one Keg.

After only two days of tournament play, there are already no more perfect march madness brackets left on Facebook or ESPN

1. After only two days of tournament play, there are already no more perfect march madness brackets left on Facebook or ESPN.

Starting in 1962 the Chicago river has been dyed green each year for St. Patties day

1. Starting in 1962 the Chicago river has been dyed green each year for St. Patties day.

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Plyler v. Doe found that undocumented students have a constitutional right to attend public elementary and secondary school for free

1. The ruling in the 1982 Supreme Court case of Plyler v. Doe found that undocumented students have a constitutional right to attend public elementary and secondary school for free. However, this law is only applied to primary K-12 schooling. As a result of other rulings some states have been allowed to deny grants and scholarships or go as far as flat out denying undocumented students access to public colleges and universities.

The world's fastest mile was run at 3:43.13

1. The world's fastest mile was ran by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco who got a time of 3:43.13 on July 7, 1999 in Rome. In the same race Noah Ngeny finished just behind Guerrouj with the time of 3:43.40. Ngeny owns the second fastest time.
2. Since the mile is NOT an Olympic event, the most equivalent race, the 1500m (0.932056788miles), has its record also held by Guerrouj at 3:26.00 on a race he ran in July 14, 1998. This pace would have given Guerrouj a mile time of 3:41.02.

Race to 365 blog posts begins.

1. DEFINITELY starting to update this blog again. In a little more than one year I ended up having 134 posts. Not bad but not great. That is about one every 3 days. I will do better this time hopefully. March 14, 2011, race to 365 blog posts begins. There are 291 days left in 2011 and I need to update 231 of those days. I can. I will.
2. Nuclear meltdown is an informal term.