I never knew that!

[Jimbuna]

Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.

[Catfish]

Never knew that UK's Nigel Farage has french and german immigrant ancestors.

[Platapus]

Only one President of the United States served as an enlisted man in the military and did not go on to become an officer.

That was James Buchanan

[Aktungbby]

Bearing in mind that Austin, Minnesota is the home of Spam!:yeah: Law Passed in 2016:
343.36 GREASED PIG CONTESTS AND TURKEY SCRAMBLES.


No person shall operate, run or participate in a contest, game, or other like activity, in which a pig, greased, oiled or otherwise, is released and wherein the object is the capture of the pig, or in which a chicken or turkey is released or thrown into the air and wherein the object is the capture of the chicken or turkey. Any violation of this section is a misdemeanor.

[Jimbuna]

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson".

[Platapus]

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson".


Never in the books, but many times in the movies and radio programs.

[Sailor Steve]

Never in the books, but many times in the movies and radio programs.
Ah, but only the books have the "real" Holmes. :O:

[Catfish]

Ah, but only the books have the "real" Holmes. :O:


But who was the "real" Holmes in the films.. B. Cumberbatch or .. Hans Albers :hmmm:

Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Was_Sherlock_Holmes


Film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDeprgsG2AI


Best-known sound track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjUih0otG5Q&list=PL8B2CDE6292E8EB23

:haha:

[Jimbuna]

An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.

[Jimbuna]

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

[Platapus]

The Canary Islands were named after a type of animal.

Dogs actually. From the Latin Canariae

[Jimbuna]

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

[Platapus]

Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?

Technically no one is. Grant and his wife are entombed as their bodies are above ground level

[Von Due]

Apparently, if one for one reason or the other wants to type in Vietnamese on a computer, one can use a Finnish multilingual keyboard.

[Jimbuna]

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages the suit and the much lower air pressure in a space capsule causes intestinal gas to expand to 3 times normal volume, insuring a major local "environmental impact".

[Platapus]

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages the suit and the much lower air pressure in a space capsule causes intestinal gas to expand to 3 times normal volume, insuring a major local "environmental impact".

Having farted at 4 atm, I can attest to how gases react to changing pressures. :D

However, evidently eating beans is a tradition with the ground controllers

https://www.nasa.gov/content/beans-a-launch-tradition/

Nothing like celebrating one blast with another. :03:

[Platapus]

India Ink was first manufactured in China, where it is called China Ink.

[Jimbuna]

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

[Catfish]

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages the suit and the much lower air pressure in a space capsule causes intestinal gas to expand to 3 times normal volume, insuring a major local "environmental impact".
I knew that :know:


Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.
:o Prove that.

[Aktungbby]

I knew that :know:



:o Prove that.

IT IS IN FACT A MYTH A common myth is that bats always turn left when exiting caves. This is one of those fun "facts" that shows up in trivia books Web sites, but nobody seems to be certain where this batty story got started. Nothing in the literature of chiropterology (the study of bats) seems to verify it.
Instead, it would appear that bats turn in whichever direction provides the most open space. Bats use a sophisticated sonar system that enables them to navigate their way in the dark. This system, known as echolocation, entails emitting high-pitched sounds and listening to the echo to determine the size, shape and location of objects in the vicinity.

[Mr Quatro]

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

Your making some of this up aren't you Jum :haha:

I'm not smart enough to catch you, but the other readers are :yep:

Were watching you :o

[Jimbuna]

A snail can sleep for three years.

[Platapus]

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

Perhaps the reason you did not know this is for the same reason no one knows this, as simple observation of bat colonies show bats leaving in multiple directions in all three dimensions. :D

As a replacement, I would offer the Honduran White Bat is snow white with a yellow nose and ears, which is not surprising for a bat called a White Bat. But what is interesting is that White Bats will cut large leaves to make a "tent" to keep the young in the colony dry from jungle rains.
T

[Aktungbby]

As a replacement, I would offer the Honduran White Bat is snow white with a yellow nose and ears, which is not surprising for a bat called a White Bat. But what is interesting is that White Bats will cut large leaves to make a "tent" to keep the young in the colony dry from jungle rains.
T How interesting Indeed!:D They only make the tent from the leaf of a https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Heliconia_latispatha_%28Starwiz%29.jpg/800px-Heliconia_latispatha_%28Starwiz%29.jpg (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Heliconia_latispatha_%28Starwiz%29.jpg)Heliconia plant. (it's all Greek 2 me!http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/flags/flag-of-greece.gif) When the sun shines through the leaves of their tent, it makes the bats' white coat appear green, making them hard to spot! However, their tent is not home sweet home for long. The bats rarely return to the same tent for more than a day. http://www.batcon.org/images/stories/BATSmagOld/v12n1e.jpg http://www.factzoo.com/sites/all/img/mammals/bats/adult-white-tent-bats-central-america.jpg

[Jimbuna]

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

[Aktungbby]

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.

destroying the domiciles of the white bats horribly!:D

[fireftr18]

Law enforcement officers prefer chocolate donuts over plain glazed.
:Kaleun_Goofy:

[Jimbuna]

Turtles can breathe through their butts.

[Platapus]

The smallest mammal by size is the Bumblebee Bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai) at just over an inch long. It was discovered only in 1973.

The smallest by weight is Etruscan Shrew (Suncus etruscus) at just under 2 grams.

[Eichhörnchen]

I never knew about this:

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/whotube-2/fw190-found-in-forest.html?src=fba&type=int&page=who

http://i.imgur.com/YXD1Qyj.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Pearls melt in vinegar.

[fireftr18]

Pearls melt in vinegar.

I dare you to try it.
:Kaleun_Cheers:

[Aktungbby]

And on the sixth day: MUSH! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fyhYi5vsng (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fyhYi5vsng) After the fiasco of lefthanded bats HONOR if not complete faith:O: RESTORED!:Kaleun_Salute:

[Jimbuna]

I dare you to try it.
:Kaleun_Cheers:

LOL I doubt the wife would be overly impressed :)

[Jimbuna]

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

[Tango589]

Walt Disney was responsible for the myth that rabbits eat carrots as part of their daily diet.

[Aktungbby]

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/rabbits-eating-carrots-5427310.jpg http://www.justrabbits.com/images/rabbit-shopping.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWYMpuQ6Thc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWYMpuQ6Thc)

[Platapus]

Walt Disney first became interested in drawing animals after he mortally injured an owl, when as a child he threw a stone at it.

He was so distraught about the death that he started drawing the owl over and over again.

[Jimbuna]

You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching television.

[Jimbuna]

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

[Aktungbby]

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.




Rats destroy an estimated 1/3 of the world's food supply each year!:k_confused: https://media.giphy.com/media/THqwUO0UPqz8A/giphy.gifhttps://media4.giphy.com/media/kweLXXfswOCtO/200.gif#20

[Mr Quatro]

Alaska pollock has a milder taste, whiter color and lower oil content.
High-quality, single-frozen whole Alaska pollock fillets may be layered into a block mold
and deep-frozen to produce fish blocks that are used throughout Europe and North America
as the raw material for high-quality breaded and battered fish products.

Lower-quality, double-frozen fillets or minced trim pieces may also be frozen in block forms
and used as raw material for lower-quality, low-cost breaded and battered fish sticks and portions.

Single-frozen Alaska pollock is considered to be the premier raw material for surimi;
the most common use of surimi in the United States is imitation crabmeat (also known as crab stick).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_pollock

[mapuc]

(If already mentioned in this thread remove my post)

Trump had a little Supporting Actor in Home Alone 2

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Thomas Edison designed a helicopter that would work with gunpowder. It ended up blowing up and also blew up his factory.

[Eichhörnchen]

There's a subtle irony here, in that people having a bright idea are often shown with a light bulb above their heads :haha:

[McBeck]

Strawberry is not a berry

[Jimbuna]

McDonalds calls frequent buyers of their food 'heavy users'.

[Aktungbby]

McDonalds calls frequent buyers of their food 'heavy users'. Talk about a little on the 'heavy user side' http://www.eater.com/2016/4/21/11477448/mcdonalds-arrest-soda-water-cup (http://www.eater.com/2016/4/21/11477448/mcdonalds-arrest-soda-water-cup) :doh: Secret FOR MACAttack fanatics:If you want a big mac for a fraction of the cost order a mcdouble with no mustard or ketchup, add shredded lettuce and mac sauce. The only difference is the bun, which is negligible. A sandwich that normally costs $4.20 after tax is less than $2. :yeah:

[Tango589]

One variety of Durian smells like warm dog arse, but tastes delicious!

[Jimbuna]

The USA has more personal computers than the next 7 countries combined.

[Jimbuna]

Members of the armed forces and the police cannot vote in the Dominican Republic.

[Jimbuna]

The Mall in Washington, D.C. is 1.4 times larger than Vatican City.

[Von Due]

Asbestos, sand and mostly anything will burn just fine when it comes in contact with chlorine trifluoride.

[Jimbuna]

72% of people in Mali earn less than $1 per day.

[McBeck]

Denmark is about 1/3 the size of Kansas, but Danish companies produces about 60% of the worlds hearing aids.

[Aktungbby]

Denmark is about 1/3 the size of Kansas, but Danish companies produces about 60% of the worlds hearing aids.And I'm wearing them:O: !(widex)

[Catfish]

"Denmark is about 1/3 the size of Kansas,..."

What? lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark,_Kansas

But then you should know that Greenland belongs to Denmark politically, should be a bit bigger than Kansas then. :)

[McBeck]

"Denmark is about 1/3 the size of Kansas,..."

What? lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark,_Kansas

But then you should know that Greenland belongs to Denmark politically, should be a bit bigger than Kansas then. :)

I dont count Greenland in that comparison (or the faroes islands for that matter) :D

[McBeck]

And I'm wearing them:O: !(widex)
And I started working there in November last year :D
http://glamox.com/upload/2012/06/19/widex_08.jpg

[Catfish]

And I'm wearing them:O: !(widex)


What !?
Buy american goods, don't buy from foreigners, make America great again!
:03:

[McBeck]

What !?
Buy american goods, don't buy from foreigners, make America great again!
:03:Its OK as long as his choices are supporting Subsim members.

[Jimbuna]

The top 8 most developed countries all speak Germanic languages. Every such country is in the top 20.

[Jimbuna]

The average criminal sentence length is 137 years in Colombia.

[Platapus]

President Woodrow Wilson's first name was Thomas.

[Aktungbby]

What !?
Buy american goods, don't buy from foreigners, make America great again!
:03:

Its OK as long as his choices are supporting Subsim members.Too late! I'm also having a 'Danish' with my morning coffee & paper... I like to think an Dane ancestor, Hrólf the Ganger, would B stolt! :O: http://www.thelocal.no/20160302/was-viking-ruler-rollo-danish-or-norwegian (http://www.thelocal.no/20160302/was-viking-ruler-rollo-danish-or-norwegian)

[Mr Quatro]

And I started working there in November last year :D
http://glamox.com/upload/2012/06/19/widex_08.jpg

Nice building .. why no solar panels, no green roof ... that is one big wind turbine though.
You would need a hearing aid after that thing lights off :yep:

[Aktungbby]

Nice building .. why no solar panels, no green roof ... that is one big wind turbine though.
You would need a hearing aid after that thing lights off :yep:

The design of Widex headquarters utilises a combination of old and new technology to provide a truly unique building. These include a geothermal system that uses groundwater as a heat reservoir to store an entire years’ worth of heating and cooling, the first of its kind in Denmark, as well as the use of solar cells and recycling of rainwater. Solar energy from 20,000 silicon-based solar cells on 600m2 of the building's facade http://www.balslev.com/fileadmin/_migrated/pics/project5_01.jpg
But the most visible contribution is the windmill which delivers more power annually than Widex uses. The windmill also means that Widex is a WindMade™ certified company - the first global consumer label for companies that use wind energy.
http://www.buildup.eu/en/practices/cases/widex-new-headquarters (http://www.buildup.eu/en/practices/cases/widex-new-headquarters)

[Mr Quatro]

http://www.buildup.eu/en/practices/cases/widex-new-headquarters (http://www.buildup.eu/en/practices/cases/widex-new-headquarters)

Cool! Then this building picture belongs in cool pic's, uh? :up:

[McBeck]

http://www.buildup.eu/en/practices/cases/widex-new-headquarters (http://www.buildup.eu/en/practices/cases/widex-new-headquarters)
:)

All of this means that 95% of the needed energy for the building comes from renewable/green sources. That pretty cool considering the building also houses a large production facility :)

[mapuc]

Some weeks ago I got information about something I never knew existed, was planning on writing about it here in this thread but I didn't cause it is related to conspiracy stuff.

Markus

[fireftr18]

You best be careful Markus, they're watching you.
:Kaleun_Binocular:

Remember, just because you're paranoid, it doesn't necessarily mean no one is after you.
:Kaleun_Salivating:

[Eichhörnchen]

Just so long as it's not about me....

[McBeck]

Cool! Then this building picture belongs in cool pic's, uh? :up:
I take pictures on a regular basis :)

[Jimbuna]

America puts more of its citizens in prison than any other nation.

[Von Due]

Depth charges saw use as anti torpedo mines (reading a up bit on John Walker). That is one gutsy move.

[Platapus]

Ants stretch when they wake up in the morning.

[Catfish]

America puts more of its citizens in prison than any other nation.

prisons in the US are mostly privatized, it is a big industry.
So they have an urge to fill them up..:03:

[mapuc]

You best be careful Markus, they're watching you.
:Kaleun_Binocular:

Remember, just because you're paranoid, it doesn't necessarily mean no one is after you.
:Kaleun_Salivating:

I'm not suffering from paranoia and I don't think that the info I got about this huge thing in USA would affect a persons paranoia.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Two-thirds of the world's executions occur in China.

[Mr Quatro]

http://www.buildup.eu/en/practices/cases/widex-new-headquarters (http://www.buildup.eu/en/practices/cases/widex-new-headquarters)

Thanks for the closer look ... now I can see the solar panels. Nice building for anywhere in the world.


Did you know that everyone's tongue is different and that it is the strongest muscle in the body?
http://www.dentistryiq.com/articles/2014/01/new-oral-features-can-be-considered-unique-as-a-fingerprint.html

As well as being one of the strongest muscles in the human body, the tongue has another interesting quality. Just like unique fingerprints, humans also possess a unique tongue print. Everyone has a unique tongue print, and while it may be some time before your local police station will start taking tongue and fingerprints, research on a 3-D imaging machine is being developed and tested.

[fireftr18]

I'm not suffering from paranoia and I don't think that the info I got about this huge thing in USA would affect a persons paranoia.

Markus

I understand now. You're one of them. I need to hide. Where's my tin-foil hat?
:k_confused:

[Jimbuna]

Sex is the safest tranquilizer in the world. It is 10 times more effective than valium!

[mapuc]

I understand now. You're one of them. I need to hide. Where's my tin-foil hat?
:k_confused:

The info I heard and saw on this program, was that the American military(NAVY, Air force and ground forces) have together build a complete railway tracks from east to west, from north to south with hundreds of connection-All this is placed several hundreds of meter below ground. And they are travelling at very high speed, using MagLev.

So as a big fan of conspiracy story this was new to me=I never knew that.

Markus

[Schroeder]

Sex is the safest tranquilizer in the world. It is 10 times more effective than valium!
But Valium lasts longer than 10 seco...erm...I mean good to know.:salute:

:D

[Catfish]

^ :doh: :haha:

[Catfish]

I bet you didn't know that:

"tja"
A German reaction to the apocalypse, dawn of the gods, nuclear war, an alien attack or no bread in the house.

[mapuc]

I bet you didn't know that:

"tja"
A German reaction to the apocalypse, dawn of the gods, nuclear war, an alien attack or no bread in the house.

The Danes use it too.

Here it is used when a person doesn't know the answer

Tja, det ved jeg ikke = I don't know

Markus

[Von Due]

The Danes use it too.

Here it is used when a person doesn't know the answer

Tja, det ved jeg ikke = I don't know

Markus

Only because you stole it from the Norwegians :arrgh!:

Tja, slik kunne det vel ha skjedd.

:haha:

[Platapus]

prisons in the US are mostly privatized, it is a big industry.
So they have an urge to fill them up..:03:

I wonder if they are like the airlines and work with the courts to deliberately double book spaces?

An empty cell is lost revenue.

[Platapus]

The Pentagon has twice the expected number of restrooms. The reason is that when it was built, Virginia still had segregation laws mandating separate restrooms for Whites and "Coloreds". The problem is that FDR signed EO 8802 in June 1941 eliminating discrimination in the Executive Branch.

What to do, what to do? The building, while under construction was governed under Virginia labour laws.

As the building was built in Virginia, the plans included separate (but equal?) restrooms. However, when the building opened and fell under the Federal control, the bathrooms were opened but never designated as restricted. For a short time, the Pentagon was the only government building in Virginia that had non segregated bathrooms.

[Mr Quatro]

The Pentagon has twice the expected number of restrooms. The reason is that when it was built, Virginia still had segregation laws mandating separate restrooms for Whites and "Coloreds". The problem is that FDR signed EO 8802 in June 1941 eliminating discrimination in the Executive Branch.

What to do, what to do? The building, while under construction was governed under Virginia labour laws.

As the building was built in Virginia, the plans included separate (but equal?) restrooms. However, when the building opened and fell under the Federal control, the bathrooms were opened but never designated as restricted. For a short time, the Pentagon was the only government building in Virginia that had non segregated bathrooms.

I didn't know that ... this would make great cocktail talk, uh? They could use the extra restrooms for the transgenders now couldn't they?

Just kidding ... :D

Thanks for this unusual topic being shared ... but how did you come by this information Platapus?

[Jimbuna]

Handshakes were originally meant to make sure that the person you were meeting wasn’t carrying a concealed weapon. The hand clasp proved that your hand was empty and shaking was meant to dislodge any weapons hiding up the sleeve.

[Platapus]

Thanks for this unusual topic being shared ... but how did you come by this information Platapus?

If there is a piece of information of no value that can do me absolutely no good, I know it. I can't remember a trig function to save my life, but I remember that...


The Pentagon didn't have to be in the shape it is.

The original location for the Pentagon was along side Arlington Cemetery wedged in between two other streets. That is why the original design was a lopsided pentagon.

When it was decided to move the location of the Pentagon to its current location, it was decided that there was not enough time (nor any particular reason) to re-do the layout. So all they did was even out the sides to make it a neater Pentagon.

https://s16-us2.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbeyonddc.com%2Flog%2Fw p-content%2Fuploads%2F2007%2F05%2Fpentagonmap.jpg&sp=0686a3a21c9661264e19724206bf2041

[Catfish]

^ I would like to see the wrench with which this nut was screwed home :hmmm:

[Platapus]

^ I would like to see the wrench with which this nut was screwed home :hmmm:

In the US, it is the Pentagon that does the screwing.

[Jimbuna]

The boomslang snake’s venom causes you to bleed from all holes of your body.

[Platapus]

The beeping heard during communications during the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space missions is called a Quindar Tone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM_2XqjUb08

It was developed by the Quindar Electronics company (hence the name) and was used to trigger remote transmitters around the world to transmit after the first tone and to stop transmitting after the second tone.

That is why conversations made by mission control started and ended with the Quindar Tone (if you listen carefully you can hear the different tone) but conversations made by the astronauts, did not have the tones. Why, well the astronauts only had a local transmitter -- the spacecraft!

[fireftr18]

John Thompson, the inventor of the Thompson Sub-machine Gun, lived was born and lived in Newport, Kentucky. Newport is in Northern Kentucky, the part I grew up in and lived most my life.

http://www.thompsonhousenewport.com/index.php/history

[Jimbuna]

By law, a pregnant woman can pee anywhere she wants to in Britain, even if she chooses, in a police officer’s helmets.

[Jimbuna]

The butterflies you get in your stomach when you see someone you like is actually a stress response caused by adrenaline.

[Schroeder]

By law, a pregnant woman can pee anywhere she wants to in Britain, even if she chooses, in a police officer’s helmets.
Now we know why you retired from the force...:doh:


:O:

[Jimbuna]

Now we know why you retired from the force...:doh:


:O:

That was a bit of a 'stinker' :):03:

[Platapus]

By law, a pregnant woman can pee anywhere she wants to in Britain, even if she chooses, in a police officer’s helmets.

Wow, in the US things are a lot different. Here you have to go to "special clubs" and pay a lot to get that to happen.


uh, A friend of mine must have read about it on the Internets Tubes. :oops:

[Jimbuna]

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

[Aktungbby]

No, it is not true that the eyeballs are fully grown at birth. The eyes undergo considerable growth especially during the first two years of life, with a second growth spurt occurring around puberty. The length of the eye of a newborn is about 16.5 mm, while that of a full grown adult is about 24 mm.
According to the Chicago College of Medicine, eyes do continue to grow after birth. A newborn's eyes are about 75 percent the size they are going to be when fully grown well as growing larger. The optic nerve and internal eye structures are not fully formed at birth. Newborns do not respond much to visual stimulation, but they are able to track moving objects with their eyes within two months. In addition, a baby's ability to see clearly keeps increasing with age. At birth, a baby's eyesight is about 20/400, but it develops to 20/20 by 2 years.
The only human body part that does not grow after birth is the ossicular chain, which is composed of three small bones and is located in the middle ear. These bones are also the smallest lightest bones in the human body. Each bone is smaller than a grain of rice.

[Mr Quatro]

The butterflies you get in your stomach when you see someone you like is actually a stress response caused by adrenaline.

What is that feeling when you meet someone you owe money to? :o Adrenaline, right?

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

We have all seen the babies with big eyes and I was led to believe that the reason is due to that the eye's are already 90% of the size that they are going to be and that of course leads me to believe that human eye's grow very little from birth to adult hood.

However our resident researcher has decided that we are wrong ... do we need a second opinion? :D

No, it is not true that the eyeballs are fully grown at birth. The eyes undergo considerable growth especially during the first two years of life, with a second growth spurt occurring around puberty. The length of the eye of a newborn is about 16.5 mm, while that of a full grown adult is about 24 mm.
According to the Chicago College of Medicine, eyes do continue to grow after birth. A newborn's eyes are about 75 percent the size they are going to be when fully grown well as growing larger. The optic nerve and internal eye structures are not fully formed at birth. Newborns do not respond much to visual stimulation, but they are able to track moving objects with their eyes within two months. In addition, a baby's ability to see clearly keeps increasing with age. At birth, a baby's eyesight is about 20/400, but it develops to 20/20 by 2 years.
The only human body part that does not grow after birth is the ossicular chain, which is composed of three small bones and is located in the middle ear. These bones are also the smallest lightest bones in the human body. Each bone is smaller than a grain of rice.

[Platapus]

The very first scanning of a UPC code was on a pack of Wrigley’s chewing gum. In the summer of 1974 a UPC code was scanned for the first time at a grocery market in Ohio. At Marsh supermarket, a 10-pack of Wrigley’s Juicy Fruit gum slid down the conveyer belt to mark the first ever grocery item to be scanned.

[Aktungbby]

However our resident researcher has decided that we are wrong ... do we need a second opinion? :D NO! NO! considering my multiple personalities it's a third opinion and besides: I don't take Jimbuna's factual assertions at 'face' value...in this thread!:D

[Jimbuna]

However our resident researcher has decided that we are wrong ... do we need a second opinion? :D

Spectemur agendo :):03:

[Jimbuna]

Russia didn’t consider beer to be alcohol until 2011. It was previously classified as a soft drink.

[Platapus]

How many fingers in a hand?

Well, it could be between 10 and 20.... if you are looking at bananas.

A bunch of bananas still on the plant are called a Hand and there can be between 10 and 20 bananas per hand and yes, they are called fingers.

[Catfish]

How many fingers in a hand?
Well, it could be between 10 and 20.... if you are looking at bananas. [...]
.

Depends on blood alcohol? :hmmm:

okok i did not know this :03:

[Platapus]

India is the worlds largest producer of Bananas by far. India produces more than 10,000,000 tonnes of bananas MORE than the number two country which is Brazil. India produces almost 20 million tonnes of bananas per year.

Although Bananas are only grown sparingly in the Continental United States, Washington State has a Banana Museum.

[Jimbuna]

To have your photo taken with the first ever camera, you would have to sit still for 8 hours.

[Platapus]

To have your photo taken with the first ever camera, you would have to sit still for 8 hours.

Just ask this guy

https://s15-us2.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft1.gstatic.com%2Fimage s%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcTLa5WmttqC5NTPDOIjZiSxAKVtbnQP 5wGPUQF4vOZf69WtTDWszQ&sp=3fed1ac94695a3e7829fad4437a2e3aa&anticache=932634

Man getting a shoeshine was the first person successfully photographed.

1838 by Louis Daguerre

In a little over two years after this photograph was taken, the first nude photographs were being made.

Surprised it took that long.

[Sailor Steve]

To have your photo taken with the first ever camera, you would have to sit still for 8 hours.
Not even close. The first Daguerreotypes took between 60 and 90 seconds to expose. Still a long time, but hardly eight hours.
http://mentalfloss.com/article/16677/daguerreotype-qa

[fireftr18]

Russia didn’t consider beer to be alcohol until 2011. It was previously classified as a soft drink.

Their beer must be like American mass produced beer.

[Rockstar]

The Larson Ice shelf is expected to collapse before 2020.

[Kaptlt.Endrass]

Dreamt (A past participle) and its various forms (undreamt, redreamt) are the only words in the English language to end in -mt.

[Jimbuna]

Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.

[fireftr18]

Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill.

I knew that. :Kaleun_Salute:

[Sailor Steve]

I didn't "know" it, but since hot air rises it makes perfect sense.

[Aktungbby]

Forest fires move faster uphill than downhill. Not if they're caused by a pyroclastic surge on the slopes of a volcano!:O:
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/05/the-eruption-of-mount-st-helens-35/s02_AP534784844640_41/main_1200.jpg?1431975719<B 4 Aftyr>https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/05/the-eruption-of-mount-st-helens-35/s15_AP800523029_7/main_1200.jpg?1431982938

[Jimbuna]

Anything a duckling meets 10 minutes after its born becomes its parent.

[Jimbuna]

Honey is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including enzymes, minerals, water and vitamins.

[Catfish]

^ After what i read from Roald Dahl, with Gélée royale you can even become a queen. :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

The Facebook Like button was originally planned to be named the Awesome button.

[Eichhörnchen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLc9Aw8CS-c

(Reece, this is what the inside of your head looks like when you're doing some extra hard thinking)

[Jimbuna]

Two-thirds of the people on earth have never seen snow.

[Aktungbby]

Two-thirds of the people on earth have never seen snow.

Lucky Them http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2015_16/981801/150416-wyoming-pileup_1670b7d60e5fe32934d0ad1189991245.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpgI still remember the blizzard of '77... as seen from my Freightliner! http://s3.amazonaws.com/bncore/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/redo-1006852083-Blizzard-of-712-copy-1100x733.jpg

[mapuc]

Two-thirds of the people on earth have never seen snow.

A very good friend to our family was witness to three young men from some African country going into full panic-They thought it was the end of the world-They had arrived to Rødby(guess they had arrived from Puttgarden) in the middle of a massive snowstorm(One of the worst in the history of Denmark) This three African men had never seen snow in their life.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.

[Jimbuna]

Earth is the only planet in our solar system not named after a god.

[Jimbuna]

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

[mapuc]

Earth is the only planet in our solar system not named after a god.

I knew I had heard something from roman mythology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terra_(mythology)

Markus

[Aktungbby]

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

Turns out: A man's roving eyehttps://media.giphy.com/media/6xO8e4wTbNvKo/giphy.gif (http://www.animatedimages.org/img-animated-eye-image-0221-40267.htm#linkit) is bigger than his brain !:O:

[Jimbuna]

The king of hearts is the only king in the standard deck of cards, without a mustache.

[Jimbuna]

Spiked dog collars were invented in Ancient Greece to protect dogs throats from wolves!

[Dowly]

Earth is the only planet in our solar system not named after a god.How did you not know that? :doh:

[Jimbuna]

How did you not know that? :doh:

I failed astrology at kindergarten :O:

[Platapus]

I never knew that if you put a bunch of egg shells into a garbage disposal unit, it gets grumpy... and constipated. :oops::oops:

[Aktungbby]

YEAH THAT! Having just installed a new InsinkErator InSinkErator’s disposal (http://www.amazon.com/InSinkErator-Badger-Food-Waste-Disposer/dp/B00004U9JO/mypull-20) instruction manual specifically states, “Don’t grind large amounts of egg shells or fibrous materials like corn husks, artichokes, etc, to avoid possible drain blockage....my friend whose dad is a plumber says people who do that keep him in busine$$. It can result in you needing to dig up the yard to get to the pipes, because the shells get compacted with fat and create huge blockages.” Fortunately, what used to go down the disposal, now goes in a small counter-top plastic compost container; thence to for the larger yard-waste can.

[Jimbuna]

Horses cannot breathe out their mouths, only their nostrils.

[Platapus]

The movie "Airplane!, while containing scenes similar to ones in the various Airport movies, is actually a more direct parody of the movie "Zero Hour!"

Notice the use of the exclamation point in both titles. Since the studio that made Airplane! held the rights to Zero Hour!, ZAZ was able to copy characters and a lot of the dialogue directly into their own movie.

The movie Zero Hour! was novelized in the US as "Runway Zero Eight".

[Jimbuna]

Camel’s milk does not curdle.

[Tango589]

The Hudson River in New York was named after the English explorer Henry Hudson, who was sent West by the Dutch East Indies Trading Co. to find a route to China. He landed quite a long way from China...

[Jimbuna]

Giraffes have no vocal chords.

[Platapus]

During portions of WWII, the British government forbid radios playing "Deep in the Heart of Texas".

Why?

The song was an huge (yuge?) hit in Britain, especially the clapping portion. The Brits really got into it. The clapping became so popular that there were worries that war factory workers could make mistakes or get injured if they clapped while hearing that song on the radio.

So for a period of just over a year, that song was not allowed to be played over the radio.

[Mr Quatro]

I never knew that if you put a bunch of egg shells into a garbage disposal unit, it gets grumpy... and constipated. :oops::oops:

Same with banna peels :yep:

Put everything in your garden

[Jimbuna]

If two pieces of the same type of metal touch in outer space, they will bond together permanently.

[Catfish]

^ I knew that :yeah:

(Auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Korn)

[Jimbuna]

Flamingos can only eat with their heads upside down.

[Jimbuna]

Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to fresh water.