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Phineas Gage was a construction foreman for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad. On the morning of September 13, 1848, this 25 year old railroad man survived one of the most bizarre and brutal accidents ever recorded in medical history.

Phineas was packing a load of explosives into the earth, when the charge accidentally exploded. An iron tamping rod that he was using was propelled like a rocket and hit him in the head. The rod was 3 feet 7 inches long and weighed 13 pounds! It hit Phineas in the left cheek, went straight through his skull and brain and came out the top of his head.

His co-workers loaded him into an oxcart and took him to a hotel where there were two doctors. They cleaned out the terrible wound, and all the time Phineas never lost consciousness. Over the next couple of weeks, he bled severely, became quite confused, and lost the sight in his left eye. However, he lived for 13 more years which astounded all those who treated him.

The most amazing thing about what happened here is that the head is usually very sensitive to injury, especially injuries that damage the brain. The main problem with head injuries is the bleeding and swelling that usually occur. However, Phineas suffered a massive injury and survived. It was noted, at the time, that the injury did cause a change in personality. This was the result of destruction of some of the areas of the brain that are responsible for personality.

The skull of Phineas Gage and the metal rod that injured him are currently on display at the Warren Anatomical Museum (Boston, MA).

Ok, that’s a bit strange… now what about some trivial facts? or they call it so…

Green was Coca Cola’s original color…?

its really something, to think that it’s been part of many articles and blogs…

for example: http://www.purpleslinky.com/Trivia/Random/Trivial-Facts-You-Might-Want-To-Know.81209

Many rumors abound, like the following: 

Coca Cola was first produced in 1843, the original ingredients were leaves from the coca and cola plant. One unfortunate side effect of using the leaves of these species, which have particularly high levels of chloroplasts such as zytamin and carytonin, is that the resulting drink was green. This was then rectified with the introduction of root extracts which changed the colour to what you are used to seeing today.

However, according to the Coca Cola site itself  

(http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/contactus/myths_rumors/packaging_green.html), 

“This is indeed just a rumor. Although the famous contour bottle is green, Coca-Cola has always been brown in color, since its start in 1886.”

This is just a reminder, that we should believe in everything we learn… that has been proven, got it?

Facts and rumors are similar in some-ways, but never they came equal at the conclusion. Infact rumors itself starts but never it moved forward for a second step. It may provide assumptions… but, unless proven, it cannot be called “a fact”.