When Archimedes discovered the theory of buoyancy he went better than just shouting "oh buoy". He ran through the streets of Syracuse naked buoyantly shouting "Eureka, eureka!".
Simeon Stylites was a 5th century saint who spent 36 years living on top of a pillar in modern day Syria. He stood upright from dawn to dusk shouting sermons to the crowds below.
Since 1405 until the present day without interruption, the Swiss city of Lausanne has maintained a lookout in the Cathedral bell tower. The lookout announces the time by yelling the hour from 10 pm to 2 am, 365 days a year. The lookout cries the hour to each cardinal direction.
The drum-major's staff in military bands is an old institution, which controls the starting, halting and stopping, and the rhythm and volume of the music. Its introduction dates back to the 18th century when the loud music made it impossible for the men to hear any shouted command. A shouted "right wheel," for instance, would go unheard and unheeded. Therefore, the staff's purpose was to convey all marching orders visually.
Touching wood is a common superstition. The most likely explanation for the practice is a popular 19th century children's game, Tig-Touch-Wood, in which touching wood makes you safe from being tagged: shouting out the phrase "touch wood" was even a part of the game itself.
The custom of yelling Geronimo's name before doing a courageous act originated in a 1939 movie about the Apache leader. A number of American Indians in the paratroop units coined and popularized the phrase, shouting "Geronimo" to show they have no fear of jumping out of an airplane.
Not only did Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone but he also invented the device that makes a telephone ring. Previously anyone making a call had to shout down the line to alert the people at the other end to pick up the receiver.
The actress Charlize Theron was discovered when she got into a shouting match with a bank teller and a talent agent in line behind her was impressed.
Human shouting registers under 90 decibels. The loudest land animal is the Howler monkey whose deep growl registers about 128.
Annalisa Flanagan, a primary school teacher in Finaghy, south Belfast is listed in the Guinness Book Of Records for the loudest shout. Ironically it happened when she yelled the word “quiet” at a Citybus shouting contest in 1994, reaching an impressive 121.7 decibels.
Borussia Dortmund supporter Christian Kinner has impressive lung capacity! The football fan yelled “Tor” – which is the German word for “goal” – for 43.56 seconds in 2016, breaking the Guinness World Record for longest shout.
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
The British shout "Say cheese!" when taking a photo, but in Spain, the phrase is "Diga treinta y tres", which means "Say 33"
Technically it is illegal in the UK to shout “Taxi!” to hail a taxi as it may distract the driver.
Source Europress Enyclopedia
Simeon Stylites was a 5th century saint who spent 36 years living on top of a pillar in modern day Syria. He stood upright from dawn to dusk shouting sermons to the crowds below.
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Since 1405 until the present day without interruption, the Swiss city of Lausanne has maintained a lookout in the Cathedral bell tower. The lookout announces the time by yelling the hour from 10 pm to 2 am, 365 days a year. The lookout cries the hour to each cardinal direction.
The drum-major's staff in military bands is an old institution, which controls the starting, halting and stopping, and the rhythm and volume of the music. Its introduction dates back to the 18th century when the loud music made it impossible for the men to hear any shouted command. A shouted "right wheel," for instance, would go unheard and unheeded. Therefore, the staff's purpose was to convey all marching orders visually.
Touching wood is a common superstition. The most likely explanation for the practice is a popular 19th century children's game, Tig-Touch-Wood, in which touching wood makes you safe from being tagged: shouting out the phrase "touch wood" was even a part of the game itself.
The custom of yelling Geronimo's name before doing a courageous act originated in a 1939 movie about the Apache leader. A number of American Indians in the paratroop units coined and popularized the phrase, shouting "Geronimo" to show they have no fear of jumping out of an airplane.
Not only did Alexander Graham Bell invent the telephone but he also invented the device that makes a telephone ring. Previously anyone making a call had to shout down the line to alert the people at the other end to pick up the receiver.
The actress Charlize Theron was discovered when she got into a shouting match with a bank teller and a talent agent in line behind her was impressed.
Human shouting registers under 90 decibels. The loudest land animal is the Howler monkey whose deep growl registers about 128.
Annalisa Flanagan, a primary school teacher in Finaghy, south Belfast is listed in the Guinness Book Of Records for the loudest shout. Ironically it happened when she yelled the word “quiet” at a Citybus shouting contest in 1994, reaching an impressive 121.7 decibels.
Borussia Dortmund supporter Christian Kinner has impressive lung capacity! The football fan yelled “Tor” – which is the German word for “goal” – for 43.56 seconds in 2016, breaking the Guinness World Record for longest shout.
If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
The British shout "Say cheese!" when taking a photo, but in Spain, the phrase is "Diga treinta y tres", which means "Say 33"
Technically it is illegal in the UK to shout “Taxi!” to hail a taxi as it may distract the driver.
Source Europress Enyclopedia
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