useless facts - Page 21

Jimbuna · 02-01-21, 08:58 AM

More than two-thirds of millennials sleep nude.

Aktungbby · 02-01-21, 12:46 PM

that is altogether a fascinating fact,

Platapus · 02-02-21, 07:02 AM

When the group ABBA wore those outlandish outfits, it was because of the tax laws in their country. Performance costumes could only be deducted as business expenses if they could not be worn normally in public.

Jimbuna · 02-02-21, 09:27 AM

The average person has four to six dreams a night.

Texas Red · 02-02-21, 09:39 AM

Coca-cola has never been patented because to do that they would have to reveal the formula.

Platapus · 02-02-21, 10:00 AM

Dr. Ruth was trained as a sniper by the Israeli military.

Jimbuna · 02-02-21, 02:24 PM

Maryland tried to ban Randy Newman's song "Short People."

Platapus · 02-02-21, 03:14 PM

In WWII in some British war factories, the playing of the new song "deep in the heart of Texas" was not allowed because of fear that the workers would stop working and start clapping and might make a mistake.

vienna · 02-02-21, 03:58 PM

Just a harmless little song...

Louie, Louie: The frat-house/any other drunken reverie classic song song has a few unusual distinctions; in addition to being covered by hundreds of bands/singers over the decades since Richard Berry recorder his original in 1955, the song has been routinely banned, scrutinized, analyzed, and has been the source of some of the most ridiculous overreactions ever over a song/recording; the main target of the frenzy has been the 1963 recording of the song by The Kingsmen, done in one take for in a recording session that cost all of USD $50.00; allegedly, the band had been imbibing a bit before and during the session and that, coupled with the bargain-basement recording session, contributed to the muddled, almost indecipherable vocal on the song; an urban legend grew up about the lyrics and parents, government officials/agencies, educators, etc., were convinced, if they couldn't understand the song, it had to be really, really dirty, so a long and lingering effort was launched to suss out the filth and ban the song forever...

How bad did it get? Would you believe there were actual US Congressional hearings and that the FBI spent about two (2) years investigating the lyrics in an effort to defend common decency:

'Louie Louie': Indecipherable, Or Indecent? An FBI Investigation --

https://www.npr.org/2015/05/02/40362...-investigation

The above article not only describes the wildly extreme extents the FBI engaged in try to preserve 'Merican morality, it also includes a link to the actual FBI report on the song, complete with the FBI's analysis and text of the lyrics which are, to say the least, way far off from the actual lyrics of the song; it kind of makes one wonder if the FBI was engaging in a bit of imbibing while they were listening intently to those 'immoral' lyrics...

Oddly, if you listen to the original, unedited recording, the lead singer misses the cue after the middle guitar break and comes in too soon, catches his error, and stops to wait for the right cue; as he stops his mis-start, you can hear him, under his breath, swear, with a decidedly not clean word; oddly, the actual swear word in the recording is almost always missed by those commenting on the record...

An even weirder fact about Louie Louie is that the song was banned by a US university, the University of South Carolina, not because of the song's alleged racy lyrics, but because the song was seriously damaging the university's football stadium; the schools marching band would, like so many other school bands, play the song as part of their performances and the stadium crowd would join in singing the song, stomping their feet and swaying to the rhythm; so many people stomping and swaying at the same tome caused a resonance effect with the vibrations being at a near-perfect harmony with the structure's elements, cause alarming damage to the building; worries that continued renditions of Louie, Louie might bring the structure down caused the school's administration to ban any further performances; as far as I know, Louie, Louie is the only song ever to be banned for being structurally dangerous...

<O>

vienna · 02-02-21, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

In WWII in some British war factories, the playing of the new song "deep in the heart of Texas" was not allowed because of fear that the workers would stop working and start clapping and might make a mistake.

Well, that explains a lot about the way Texans are the way they are...

<O>

Platapus · 02-02-21, 04:06 PM

Asperger syndrome is named for Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger, who described it in 1944.

Von Due · 02-02-21, 04:18 PM

If none of the stars moved, and if you could somehow pull it off, it would take about 215-225 million years to walk to Proxima Centauri.

Platapus · 02-02-21, 04:47 PM

The term "lawn mullet" refers to a neatly manicured front yard with an unmowed mess in the back.

Aktungbby · 02-02-21, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vienna

Well, that explains a lot about the way Texans are the way they are...

<O>

R U implying they've all "got the clap !!??"

Platapus · 02-02-21, 05:35 PM

There was a long-lost fourth member of the Snap/Crackle/Pop gang. "Pow" represented Rice Krispies' explosive nutritional value.

02-01-21, 08:58 AM	#301
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	More than two-thirds of millennials sleep nude. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

02-01-21, 12:46 PM	#302
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,915 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	that is *altogether* a fascinating fact, __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

02-02-21, 07:02 AM	#303
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,976 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	When the group ABBA wore those outlandish outfits, it was because of the tax laws in their country. Performance costumes could only be deducted as business expenses if they could not be worn normally in public. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-02-21, 09:27 AM	#304
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The average person has four to six dreams a night. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

02-02-21, 09:39 AM	#305
Texas Red Fastest Gun Around Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Agua Fira, New Mexico Posts: 2,376 Downloads: 527 Uploads: 5	Coca-cola has never been patented because to do that they would have to reveal the formula. __________________ There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. — Colin Powell I'm not very active on the forums anymore. If you have a question, please DM me and I'll respond ASAP!

02-02-21, 10:00 AM	#306
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,976 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Dr. Ruth was trained as a sniper by the Israeli military. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-02-21, 02:24 PM	#307
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Maryland tried to ban Randy Newman's song "Short People." __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

02-02-21, 03:14 PM	#308
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,976 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	In WWII in some British war factories, the playing of the new song "deep in the heart of Texas" was not allowed because of fear that the workers would stop working and start clapping and might make a mistake. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-02-21, 03:58 PM	#309
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,510 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Just a harmless little song... Louie, Louie: The frat-house/any other drunken reverie classic song song has a few unusual distinctions; in addition to being covered by hundreds of bands/singers over the decades since Richard Berry recorder his original in 1955, the song has been routinely banned, scrutinized, analyzed, and has been the source of some of the most ridiculous overreactions ever over a song/recording; the main target of the frenzy has been the 1963 recording of the song by The Kingsmen, done in one take for in a recording session that cost all of USD $50.00; allegedly, the band had been imbibing a bit before and during the session and that, coupled with the bargain-basement recording session, contributed to the muddled, almost indecipherable vocal on the song; an urban legend grew up about the lyrics and parents, government officials/agencies, educators, etc., were convinced, if they couldn't understand the song, it had to be really, really dirty, so a long and lingering effort was launched to suss out the filth and ban the song forever... How bad did it get? Would you believe there were actual US Congressional hearings and that the FBI spent about two (2) years investigating the lyrics in an effort to defend common decency: 'Louie Louie': Indecipherable, Or Indecent? An FBI Investigation -- https://www.npr.org/2015/05/02/40362...-investigation The above article not only describes the wildly extreme extents the FBI engaged in try to preserve 'Merican morality, it also includes a link to the actual FBI report on the song, complete with the FBI's analysis and text of the lyrics which are, to say the least, way far off from the actual lyrics of the song; it kind of makes one wonder if the FBI was engaging in a bit of imbibing while they were listening intently to those 'immoral' lyrics... Oddly, if you listen to the original, unedited recording, the lead singer misses the cue after the middle guitar break and comes in too soon, catches his error, and stops to wait for the right cue; as he stops his mis-start, you can hear him, under his breath, swear, with a decidedly not clean word; oddly, the actual swear word in the recording is almost always missed by those commenting on the record... An even weirder fact about Louie Louie is that the song was banned by a US university, the University of South Carolina, not because of the song's alleged racy lyrics, but because the song was seriously damaging the university's football stadium; the schools marching band would, like so many other school bands, play the song as part of their performances and the stadium crowd would join in singing the song, stomping their feet and swaying to the rhythm; so many people stomping and swaying at the same tome caused a resonance effect with the vibrations being at a near-perfect harmony with the structure's elements, cause alarming damage to the building; worries that continued renditions of Louie, Louie might bring the structure down caused the school's administration to ban any further performances; as far as I know, Louie, Louie is the only song ever to be banned for being structurally dangerous... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

02-02-21, 04:06 PM	#311
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,976 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Asperger syndrome is named for Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger, who described it in 1944. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-02-21, 04:18 PM	#312
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,662 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	If none of the stars moved, and if you could somehow pull it off, it would take about 215-225 million years to walk to Proxima Centauri.

02-02-21, 04:47 PM	#313
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,976 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The term "lawn mullet" refers to a neatly manicured front yard with an unmowed mess in the back. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-02-21, 05:35 PM	#315
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,976 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	There was a long-lost fourth member of the Snap/Crackle/Pop gang. "Pow" represented Rice Krispies' explosive nutritional value. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.