I never knew that!

[Cybermat47]

This is a thread were you just posted random interesting things you just found out about.
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I just found out that the city of Taranto was founded around 706 B.C. by Sparta (in those days it was called Taras).

The funny thing is, there's a RTS I play called Empire Earth, and in one scenario you can have Taras be your ally against Sparta.

[Betonov]

There's a blind cave beetle that lives in only 5 caves, all in Slovenia, that was named after adolf hitler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anophthalmus_hitleri

[Jimbuna]

I just found out this thread had started.

Oh, wait....you said 'interesting' :hmmm:

[Rockstar]

This is a thread were you just posted random interesting things you just found out about.
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I just found out that the city of Taranto was founded around 706 B.C. by Sparta (in those days it was called Taras).

The funny thing is, there's a RTS I play called Empire Earth, and in one scenario you can have Taras be your ally against Sparta.

I never knew that, I always thought Taranto was in Canada. Or is it pronounced Toronta?

[Schroeder]

I never knew that, I always thought Taranto was in Canada. Or is it pronounced Toronta?
I guess you mean Toronto.:know:

(or maybe I missed the joke but I'm German so that's to be expected...)

[Rockstar]

You had to be there :) I never knew this before but I was told by several English speakers living in Ontario that pronounciation of the city name is closer to Toronta than Toronto.

Which of course to the play on the word Taranto

[Rockstar]

(or maybe I missed the joke but I'm German so that's to be expected...)

hmmm, part of my family is German and we have a sense of humor. Could be something in the water over where you're at. :D.

[Tango589]

hmmm, part of my family is German and we have a sense of humor. Could be something in the water over where you're at. :D.
Nah, you get your sense of humour from the non-German part of your family!

[Schroeder]

Nah, you get your sense of humour from the non-German part of your family!
Maybe it's a firmware update that's installed when one becomes a naturalized US citizen.:hmm2:
Guess we don't use it as it just takes away hard drive space unnecessarily. You know...German efficiency and stuff....:hmph:

[u crank]

You had to be there :) I never knew this before but I was told by several English speakers living in Ontario that pronounciation of the city name is closer to Toronta than Toronto.

I was born in Toronta..... Ontario....Canada.:O:

[Red October1984]

I just found out about the Pruitt Igoe public housing project in St. Louis this week. I've lived less than two hours away from St. Louis all my life and not once have I ever heard this mentioned. You'd think that something as big a deal as that might be even briefly mentioned in some history class.

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruitt%E2%80%93Igoe)

And here's a link to a documentary on YouTube that I actually watched in my Sociology class this week. It's very very good and well worth the watch.

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4-ezSZhaJs)

[Stealhead]

I'm guessing that you did not hear about until now by because it was some what a failure and demolished. We in the US it seems collectively tend to avoid mention ing failures. Which is strange to me as you learn from failures and mistakes.

[Rockstar]

I just found out about the Pruitt Igoe public housing project in St. Louis this week. I've lived less than two hours away from St. Louis all my life and not once have I ever heard this mentioned. You'd think that something as big a deal as that might be even briefly mentioned in some history class.

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruitt%E2%80%93Igoe)

And here's a link to a documentary on YouTube that I actually watched in my Sociology class this week. It's very very good and well worth the watch.

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4-ezSZhaJs)

I watched the documentary awhile back when it was available on NetFlix. I thought another good documentary still up on NetFlix is Crips and Bloods: Made in America. I had a great many "I never knew that" moments watching that one too.

[Red October1984]

I'm guessing that you did not hear about until now by because it was some what a failure and demolished. We in the US it seems collectively tend to avoid mention ing failures. Which is strange to me as you learn from failures and mistakes.

I watched the documentary awhile back when it was available on NetFlix. I thought another good documentary still up on NetFlix is Crips and Bloods: Made in America. I had a great many "I never knew that" moments watching that one too.

What I don't understand about P-I...

They wanted to get rid of the slums....and they poured all this money into building P-I....

And they didn't work at keeping them maintained. They just raised rent for people that could barely live in the old slums. They didn't allow able-bodied men to even live in the buildings. Of course, once crime took over, that rule went out the window with all the other rules. But it's like they didn't even make any kind of effort. I get that it's a race thing....but c'mon. The project made a lot of people leave St. Louis....

[Stealhead]

In my experience its becoming more and more social-economic and less a race thing. If you look around in a "low rent" area you'll find that often anymore its not all one race. Just all part of the long term effect of "the rust belt". In the old day one could get a pretty good paying job at a factory today these jobs are much more rare the need for such a workforce is much smaller. As a result you have lots of people who can't find a good job even if they want one(in my mind good job in such that the person can work that one job and be able to meet living costs and have a little extra).

Basically there are more people than there are jobs good jobs I mean.

Lesson for today American kids is you had better work hard you had better be very studios in gaining skills pretty much you have to be the best because those really good jobs they are going to be harder and harder to get. And if your lazy there's going to be plenty if others ahead if you. In other words dog eats dog.

[Wolferz]

There's a blind cave beetle that lives in only 5 caves, all in Slovenia, that was named after adolf hitler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anophthalmus_hitleri

Volkswagon Beetle?:O:

[Schroeder]

Volkswagon Beetle?:O:
Volksawagen not Volkswagon.:hmph:

:O:

[Wolferz]

Volksawagen not Volkswagon.:hmph:

:O:
Apologies for the Americanized spelling.:D
Peoples car doesn't have the same ring as Beetle.

I won't mention that it's spelled Volkswagen over hyere:03:

[Cybermat47]

I won't mention that it's spelled Volkswagen over hyere:03:

Ees itt? Wot ay difurance wee hav enn ve waay wee sppel werds.

[Wolferz]

Ees itt? Wot ay difurance wee hav enn ve waay wee sppel werds.

I lerned mine with the Evelyn Wouldhead sped reedin corse.:up:
You didn't know that didja?:D

[Dowly]

I just learned that in the episode "Breaker of Chains" of Game of Thrones,
the champion is insulting Daenerys by citing the French guard's insults from
Monty Python & Holy Grail in low Valyrian. :)

Posted by the linguistic of the show:

Byjan vavi demble eva o, trezy eme verdje espo jimi! Oa mysa iles me nýnyghi, si oa kiba tuziles espo tomistos!
("I fart in your general direction, son of a window-dresser! Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!")

Já si hojgá oa gundja, trezy eme mero dovodedha!
(“Go and boil your bottom, son of a silly person!”)

Kiman nya másina orvorta va oi sodjistos!
(“I wave my private parts at your aunties!”)

Do eban av kimívagho dombo, o doru-borto pame espo gruzi evi havor espo begistos!
(“I don’t want to talk to you no more you empty-headed animal food trough wiper!”)

Ghorgan ji pungo va o, nynta Dare espo Zaldrizes, o si une oi dovodedhi, Vesterozi azzzzzantys.
(“I blow my nose at you, so-called Dragon Queen, you and all your silly Westerosi kaniggets!”)

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/FMX7kJ7.jpg

Ironically, before Caxton began the task of standardizing the English language, you could indeed spell words just about any way you wanted. Why did he have to go and bloody well interfere anyway?

[Schroeder]

http://i.imgur.com/FMX7kJ7.jpg

Ironically, before Caxton began the task of standardizing the English language, you could indeed spell words just about any way you wanted. Why did he have to go and bloody well interfere anyway?
Especially since he didn't standardize anything at all or why are so many English words written almost similar but pronounced very differently?:/\\!!

[Eichhörnchen]

Well we've got our problems and you've got yours, like the word "Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitan"! :)

(And I do often feel sorry for people trying to make sense of our language)

[Schroeder]

Well we've got our problems and you've got yours, like the word "Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitan"! :)

(And I do often feel sorry for people trying to make sense of our language)
In case I wasn't clear I'm always a bit frustrated that I don't know how to pronounce English words when I read them for the first time. For example there is the word "sign". When I now stumble across the military rank "Ensign" I would assume that the "sign" part in the word is pronounced like in "road sign" but it isn't. And stuff like that's driving me nuts sometimes that I never know how to spell a word if I only heard it and never now how to pronounce a word if I've only read it.:/\\!!

And yes, we love to put words together that you would spell apart.:D
And don't get me started on our three different randomly assigned noun markers and the difference between casual talk "du" and formal talk "sie". Must be confusing as hell for foreigners.:doh:

[Eichhörnchen]

I like the German language actually, and I remember having to get to grips with formal and informal address, and the fact that "Sie" can mean either a formal "You" or it can mean "She" or "They". We don't of course have masculine/feminine/neuter, which is an extra layer we have trouble remembering, never mind understanding.

[Schroeder]

never mind understanding.
You'd be the first person to actually understand it. It's completely arbitrary with no logic to it. One just has to learn which noun marker belongs to which word.:88)

[Eichhörnchen]

I'm glad to hear you say that; you do just have to memorise it all. As a bit of a fastidious person, I especially like the "umlaut" and the way it modifies sound. Some English people just cannot get this, even when it's read aloud to them. It could be that they just cannot physically say it (and we poke fun at foreigners pronunciation!)

I also like the special double "S" symbol you use (don't know what it's called) in words like "spass" and "flussig" (by the way, in your region, do you pronounce the "g" at the end of flussig as a "ch", as in "ich"?)

[Schroeder]

I'm glad to hear you say that; you do just have to memorise it all. As a bit of a fastidious person, I especially like the "umlaut" and the way it modifies sound. Some English people just cannot get this, even when it's read aloud to them. It could be that they just cannot physically say it (and we poke fun at foreigners pronunciation!)

I also like the special double "S" symbol you use (don't know what it's called) in words like "spass" and "flussig" (by the way, in your region, do you pronounce the "g" at the end of flussig as a "ch", as in "ich"?)
The sharp S sound is called a "SZ" (pronounced Ess Zett, Symbol ß). There were plans once to remove it and replace it with a double s but that wasn't done then in the end (though I'm sure the British papers were full of it. I can't imagine the daily fail could let a headline pass that could read: Germany finally admits it! They want more SS":O:).
In my area we pronounce an "ig" ending as the ch of "ich" (to non German speaking people it sounds a bit like a leakage in a steam pipe).

Most English people have a problem with the Umlauts because you don't have a sound similar to them in your language. Since talking is mostly done with muscle memory they'll find it hard to create sounds they've never made before. But we'rre not much better in zis az we donn't haff the "th" and haff to replace it wiz a s or z. So efferyboddy has a dinstinctive äczent wenn speeking a foreign lanquitsch.:O:

[Eichhörnchen]

:haha::rotfl2::haha:

I am glad to learn that you are a German who uses the "leaky steam pipe" "ich", as you so eloquently put it! Usually, German-speakers here (because they learned that way) will say "ish bin", which I think sounds a little coarser than your own, softer, pronunciation at the back of the palette. Which indeed was how I was taught at school (I presume it's a regional dialect thing).

Thanks for the other information, too: I didn't know any of that.

[Oberon]

For example there is the word "sign". When I now stumble across the military rank "Ensign" I would assume that the "sign" part in the word is pronounced like in "road sign" but it isn't.

Some do, my Dad always says it that why when he's talking about Ensign Bus (a London based Bus company). :hmmm:

[Schroeder]

Some do, my Dad always says it that why when he's talking about Ensign Bus (a London based Bus company). :hmmm:
Weren't you the guy who taught me on TeamSpeak that it's pronounced more like ensinn???:timeout:

[Eichhörnchen]

These things get shortened colloquially through laziness (especially by the British I expect) so in the Navy an "Ensine" soon would have become an "Ens'n". It's just the way our language develops, organically. Ensign Buses would not have been shortened at all because they were using the word in its intended form, to mean a flag or banner; a badge of office or excellence...

[Aktungbby]

Weren't you the guy who taught me on TeamSpeak that it's pronounced more like ensinn???:timeout:

And just to really mess you up on your:subsim: real Nav or eel firing exercise by manual means on a 90 degree to the target: Sine, Cosine ....and Tangent :har: Talk about Angles and Saxons here!:O:

[Jimbuna]

Weren't you the guy who taught me on TeamSpeak that it's pronounced more like ensinn???:timeout:

Hardly....those sarfeners find it difficult to even understand themselves :O:

[Aktungbby]

These things get shortened colloquially through laziness (especially by the British I expect) so in the Navy an "Ensine" soon would have become an "Ens'n". It's just the way our language develops, organically. Ensign Buses would not have been shortened at all because they were using the word in its intended form, to mean a flag or banner; a badge of office or excellence...

Hey it's the best rum label in the world BBY! Purser(ship's officer) got shortened to Pusser's... As in Nelson's Blood!:up: http://pussersrum.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/story1.jpg<a tot with the queen mum! Splice the mainbrace er oh damn...in 1970, the Admiralty Board decreed that there was no place for the daily issue of rum in a modern navy, and so ended the daily issue of Pusser’s Rum in the Royal Navy on July31st,1970. This date since then, is referred to “Black Tot Day”. Alas the pusser is now a now called a Logistics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistics) Officer. :shifty:

[Eichhörnchen]

For those of you who visit London as tourists, you may not know that those guardsmen you see are not all dressed the same.

There are five Regiments of Foot Guards and the way to tell them apart is by the spacing of their tunic buttons, their collar badges and their bearskin plumes:

The Grenadier Guards have evenly spaced buttons, grenade collar badges and a white plume worn on left side; The Coldstream Guards have buttons in pairs, garter star badge and red plume worn on right; The Scots Guards have buttons arranged in threes, thistle badge and no plume; The Irish Guards have buttons in fours, shamrock badge and a blue plume on the right, then finally The Welsh Guards have buttons in fives, a leek badge and a white-green-white plume on the left.

http://i.imgur.com/fSmBtMp.jpg Coldstream Guards


http://i.imgur.com/dSP3pIW.jpg An officer of The Grenadier Guards; his bearskin is taller and of finer manufacture. Also he has gold tunic facings.

[Aktungbby]

WE know all about guards in fuzzy hats http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/ozwikia/images/7/7d/IMG_20150111_163637.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/100?cb=20150111234758 U didn't wanna mess with these guys...and always rethink yer plan-If ya can't beat em join em!!:shucks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtie6r27JeU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jtie6r27JeU)

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/6yHk5yM.jpg

"Arrr! Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim-chim cheree, I'll keep on singin' til you're sick of me..."


I never knew until I heard on the radio today, that this much loved song won the 1964 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Can you believe that?

[Moonlight]

Yes I can, and I did know.
Have you been living under a rock Mr Squirrel, I thought everyone knew that. :doh:

[Eichhörnchen]

OK, clever... did you know that a cartoon Dick Van Dyke starred in a 1973 'Scoobie-Doo' movie called The Haunted Carnival?

In it, the gang discover that the carnival (owned by Dick Van Dyke) has been abandoned because of a horrible ghost. Why did they need a ghost for that, when they had Dick Van Dyke? :hmmm:

[Moonlight]

No I didn't know that Mr Squirrel, I'll also make pretty damn sure that I won't ever watch it either. :haha:

[Jimbuna]

Oh God.....'Dick' being the operable word :doh:

[fireftr18]

OK, clever... did you know that a cartoon Dick Van Dyke starred in a 1973 'Scoobie-Doo' movie called The Haunted Carnival?

In it, the gang discover that the carnival (owned by Dick Van Dyke) has been abandoned because of a horrible ghost. Why did they need a ghost for that, when they had Dick Van Dyke? :hmmm:

I didn't know that about the Chim-Chiminy song. I did know that about Scooby-Doo.

[Moonlight]

Hey Mr Squirrel, did you know that Julie Andrews played the part of Dudley Moore's girlfriend in the 1979 film 10, I suspect that you were too busy ogling that Bo Derek muppet to know that little fact. :O:

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/b28HXC2.jpg

I'd go for Julie Andrews every time; old Von Trapp knew what he was doing when he gave her the job.

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

"Oh, Von Trapp... is that your whistle in your pocket?"

[Moonlight]

Do you think Julie was a bit of a hussy Mr Squirrel, what with lotharios like Christopher Plummer, Dudley Moore, James Garner and probably Dick Van Dyke all sniffing around her hot little body its a wonder she had the time to do any acting at all. :haha:

[Sailor Steve]

Not to mention her infamous topless scene in the film S.O.B., directed by her husband Blake Edwards.

[Eichhörnchen]

S.O.B... that's topical...

[Moonlight]

Bloody hell! Julie Andrews got them out on the big screen, the bloody hussy. :o
Mind you if I remember right it was all a big celebrity shagathon in those days, they should have made a documentary about it all you know, they could have called it Pox on the Box, it would have been a big hit me thinks. :sunny:

[Eichhörnchen]

Maybe we better move on before I get corrupted...

[Catfish]

Julie showed her breasts, the men.

I hope i got that right, grammatically.
And if: yes i mean exactly that :O:

[Jimbuna]

Yes, Julies exposure was a big thing at the time because of her popularity in films such as Mary Poppins and The Sound Of Music but is no big deal if you Google the right sites and see what some of todays stars are exposing to audiences on the big screen.

[Mr Quatro]

but is no big deal if you Google the right sites and see what some of todays stars are exposing to audiences on the big screen.

Jim you very well know that if you click on anything besides subsim or your email that you will get spam. :o

wait a minute the phone is ringing ... :D

[Jimbuna]

Jim you very well know that if you click on anything besides subsim or your email that you will get spam. :o

wait a minute the phone is ringing ... :D

Perhaps your turn for an audition has arrived :)

[Eichhörnchen]

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

The same bacteria (brevibacterium linens) are responsible for the smell of both Limburger cheese and Reece's feet :)

[Von Due]

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

The same bacteria (brevibacterium linens) are responsible for the smell of both Limburger cheese and Reece's feet :)

Eichhörnchen smells other people's feet :o

[Eichhörnchen]

I can smell them from here to Australia :)

[Aktungbby]

Eichhörnchen smells other people's feet :o

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

The same bacteria (brevibacterium linens) are responsible for the smell of both Limburger cheese and Reece's feet :)

I can smell them from here to Australia :)
There is nuthin' lower or meaner than a turophile with a serious 'caseous' of foot-fetish.:O: Limberger cheese was expressly prohibited:nope: on U-boats as the bad feet and the big can in the motor room were nauseous enough...:Kaleun_Sick:http://www.uboataces.com/articles-life-uboat.shtml (http://www.uboataces.com/articles-life-uboat.shtml) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Eau_de_Cologne_1280470.JPG/170px-Eau_de_Cologne_1280470.JPG (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eau_de_Cologne_1280470.JPG)The 4711 Eau de Cologne (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eau_de_Cologne) by Mäurer & Wirtz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4urer_%26_Wirtz). could scarcely maintain the olfactory equilibrium aboard ship. During WWII the Kriegsmarine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsmarine) issued vast amounts of 4711 perfume to the submariners of the U-boat fleet. As there were limited facilities and few opportunities for bathing, the scent was to be used in an attempt to improve the odour aboard the vessel. Crew members typically didn't use much of it and would take home bottles as presents for mothers, wives or girlfriends.

[Eichhörnchen]

Hitler and Mussolini both had AILUROPHOBIA... a fear of cats



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

"Ach, mein Führer... vould you like to stroke my pussy?"

[Jimbuna]

On Good Friday in 1930, the BBC reported, "There is no news." Instead, they played piano music.

[Jimbuna]

Fredric Baur invented the Pringles can. When he passed away in 2008, his ashes were buried in one.

[Eichhörnchen]

The name Hitler means small holder (interchangeable also with Huttler, Hiedler and Hietler)... so I could have entitled my film club thread "Adolf's Gardening and Soft Fruit Growing Thread" instead.

http://i.imgur.com/DwYzzpy.jpg "Ach, mein lieber Gott... my bum-grapes are chafing!"

[Fubar2Niner]

About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in in the U.S. everyday.

[Jimbuna]

In the 1980s, Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel was spending $2,500 a month on rubber bands just to hold all their cash.

[Mr Quatro]

Just 2 weeks to cross to the other side :up:

USS Peleliu was commissioned on 3 May 1980, with Captain T. P. Scott in command.

The USS Peleliu immediately steamed southwards, and then she transited the Panama Canal to the Pacific Ocean.

She crossed the Equator for the first time on 27 May 1980, setting a new record for time between an American warship's commissioning and her crossing over into the Southern Hemisphere.

She was decommissioned March 31st 2015 and now rest next to the USS Tarawa in the Navy reserve fleet Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/USS_Peleliu_LHA5.jpg/600px-USS_Peleliu_LHA5.jpg

[Aktungbby]

^ funny u should mention USS PELELIU. Following the 17 October 1989 San Francisco earthquake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_San_Francisco_earthquake), USS Peleliu http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/51/35/16/10867625/3/920x920.jpgwas one of the 24 U.S. Navy and Military Sealift Command ships that rendered assistance; Peleliu provided shelter for 300 victims and provided helicopter support! Today's SF Chronicle article really caught my eye: http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Floating-homeless-shelter-could-be-game-changer-9206351.php (http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Floating-homeless-shelter-could-be-game-changer-9206351.php) The Peleliu worked beautifully as a temporary emergency earthquake homeless shelter, but we would need to test the idea on a long-term basis.For 35 years, the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu, a small aircraft carrier complete with sleeping quarters, kitchens, medical clinics, offices and recreation facilities, carried 2,200 Marines, 2,500 sailors and 262 officers, totaling almost 5,000 military personnel working and living aboard the ship for months at sea.
While this might be a game changer in San Francisco, our city would not be the first to try this approach:
• Auckland, New Zealand — A group of businessmen began looking into the purchase of an Italian cruise liner for use as a homeless shelter for their city, an expensive international housing market.
• Dortmund, Germany — The city has deployed two cruise ships on the Emscher River to temporarily house its overflow of refugees.
•Galveston, Texas, and Mobile, Ala. — In 2005, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (http://www.sfgate.com/search/?action=search&channel=news&inlineLink=1&searchindex=gsa&query=%22Federal+Emergency+Management+Agency%22) chartered three large cruise ships with a combined capacity of more than 4,400 beds to house Hurricane Katrina victims. Afterward, FEMA reported that “the use of cruise ships was an innovative and successful program.”
•New York — In 2002, then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg (http://www.sfgate.com/search/?action=search&channel=news&inlineLink=1&searchindex=gsa&query=%22Michael+Bloomberg%22) explored the use of cruise ships for the homeless, but the cost of retrofitting was deemed to be too high at that time.
Would this “game changer” have challenges such as costs ... availability ... logistics ... federal cooperation for a pilot program here? Having dealt with homeless persons for years on UN Plaza and Social Security offices myself, perhaps the great ship, now mothballed at Pearl, could be brought back for a repeat performance...a solution is sadly lacking and winter is coming on.:hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

When he appeared on Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!, Bill Clinton correctly answered three questions about My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

[Fubar2Niner]

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

[Jimbuna]

When the mummy of Ramses II was sent to France in the mid-1970s, it was issued a passport. Ramses' occupation? "King (deceased)."

[Mr Quatro]

I never knew this: http://www.radiationworks.com/sl1reactor.htm

"3 January 1961: A reactor explosion (attributed by a Nuclear Regulatory Commission source to sabotage) at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho Falls, Idaho, killed one navy technician and two army technicians, and released radioactivity "largely confined" (words of John A. McCone, Director of the Atomic Energy Commission) to the reactor building. The three men were killed as they moved fuel rods in a "routine" preparation for the reactor start-up. One technician was blown to the ceiling of the containment dome and impaled on a control rod. His body remained there until it was taken down six days later. The men were so heavily exposed to radiation that their hands had to be buried separately with other radioactive waste, and their bodies were interred in lead coffins.

[Aktungbby]

The catacombs of Paris hold over 6 million remains; one of them is Louis XXVI:/\\chop (yeah that one:O:) truly 'a man of the people' in repose!https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Catacombs-700px.jpgIn 2004, police discovered a fully equipped movie theater in one of the caverns. It was equipped with a giant cinema screen, seats for the audience, projection equipment, film reels of recent thrillers andfilm noir (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_noir) :k_confused: classics, a fully stocked bar, and a complete restaurant with tables and chairs. The source of its electrical power and the identity of those responsible remain unknown. https://media.giphy.com/media/cW3Ru9cvCTQsw/giphy.gif

[Jimbuna]

In 1939, Hitler's nephew wrote an article called "Why I Hate My Uncle." He came to the U.S., served in the Navy, and settled on Long Island.

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/570UPZs.jpg "Meh!"

[Moonlight]

When a male bee climaxes, their testicles explode then they die.

[Eichhörnchen]

Come off it... exploding plums? You made that up :har:

[Jimbuna]

In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.

[Eichhörnchen]

Did she have a boyfriend?

[Moonlight]

Come off it... exploding plums? You made that up :har:
Just for you Mr Squirrel.:up:
http://www.veterinaryhub.com/male-honey-bee-dies-during-sex/

[Jimbuna]

At Fatburger, you can order a "Hypocrite"—a veggie burger topped with crispy strips of bacon.

[fireftr18]

https://niume.com/pages/post/?postID=54705&utm_content=buffera0e3f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[Eichhörnchen]

STEED's place doesn't look so bad now :)

[Jimbuna]

In 1999, Furbies were banned from the National Security Agency's Maryland headquarters because it was feared the toys might repeat national security secrets.

[Gray Lensman]

I never knew this: http://www.radiationworks.com/sl1reactor.htm

Yes, It was part of Naval Nuclear Power School Training back in the '70s.

The accident was a result of too rapid a change of reactivity when the control rod came unstuck from being "yanked" loose, instantly causing it (the shutdown reactor) to go supercritical, and I emphasize "instantly". Hence the reason for the training was to emphasize NOT to withdraw control rods too fast.

If I'm not mistaken, it's the only nuclear accident (to date) in the U.S. that directly resulted in deaths.

[McBeck]

Yes, It was part of Naval Nuclear Power School Training back in the '70s.

The accident was a result of too rapid a change of reactivity when the control rod came unstuck from being "yanked" loose, instantly causing it (the shutdown reactor) to go supercritical, and I emphasize "instantly". Hence the reason for the training was to emphasize NOT to withdraw control rods too fast.

If I'm not mistaken, it's the only nuclear accident (to date) in the U.S. that directly resulted in deaths.
Yes, its a little known fact. Most people remember Three Mile Island.
However, during the Manhatten project, a few people died due to a core and cover of fisile material accidential getting too close during an experiment.
They used a screwdriver to keep them appart and it slipped. (Thats how I remember it and may very well be mistaken). One quickly pushed the materials appart, but depending on how close you were, you got a certain dose. I think they called it "tickling the dragons tail"...

I think its this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin

[Jimbuna]

Bear Bryant was once asked to contribute $10 to help pay for a sportswriter's funeral. According to legend, he said, "Here's a twenty, bury two."

[Eichhörnchen]

The Tuberous Bush Cricket has plums which make up a whopping 14 per cent of its body mass:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101109191752.htm

How it manages to hop from one plant to another with these monstrous manjigglies hanging down, I just can't think. If Reece's love spuds were this big, he'd have to stuff them in the panniers when he rode his motorbike :hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

Yes, its a little known fact. Most people remember Three Mile Island.
However, during the Manhatten project, a few people died due to a core and cover of fisile material accidential getting too close during an experiment.
They used a screwdriver to keep them appart and it slipped. (Thats how I remember it and may very well be mistaken). One quickly pushed the materials appart, but depending on how close you were, you got a certain dose. I think they called it "tickling the dragons tail"...

I think its this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin
^Nope. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Daghlian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Daghlian) Slotin was not the first in the incident involving the seven men in the room, in 1946, in the 'tickling the dragons tail'. The first fatality was Haroutune Krikor "Harry" Daghlian Jr. who accidentally irradiated himself fatally on August 21,1945 from the same fissile pile, "During an experiment on August 21, 1945, Daghlian was attempting to build a neutron reflector (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_reflector) manually by stacking a set of 4.4-kilogram (9.7 lb) tungsten carbide (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten_carbide) bricks in an incremental fashion around a plutonium core. The purpose of the neutron reflector was to reduce the mass required for the plutonium core to attain criticality. He was moving the final brick over the assembly, but neutron counters alerted Daghlian to the fact that the addition of that brick would render the system supercritical (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_mass). As he withdrew his hand, he inadvertently dropped the brick onto the center of the assembly. Since the assembly was nearly in the critical state, the accidental addition of that brick caused the reaction to go immediately into the prompt supercritical (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prompt_critical) region of neutronic behavior. This resulted in a criticality accident (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticality_accident). Daghlian reacted immediately after dropping the brick and attempted to knock the brick off the assembly without success. He was forced to disassemble part of the tungsten-carbide pile in order to halt the reaction." He died 25 days later:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Daghlian-hand.jpg/220px-Daghlian-hand.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Daghlian-hand.jpg) This core, subsequently nicknamed the "demon core (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core)":https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Partially-reflected-plutonium-sphere.jpeg/220px-Partially-reflected-plutonium-sphere.jpeg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Partially-reflected-plutonium-sphere.jpeg) was later involved in the death of physicist, Louis Slotin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin). He died nine days after saving the others in the room...not the way to go in either case...The courage of the two physicists in preventing greater damage at their own lives' cost is remarkable.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Slotin_criticality_drawing.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Kool-Aid was originally marketed as "Fruit Smack."

[McBeck]

^Nope. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Daghlian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Daghlian) Slotin was not the first in the incident involving the seven men in the room, in 1946, in the 'tickling the dragons tail'. The first fatality was Haroutune Krikor "Harry" Daghlian Jr. who accidentally irradiated himself fatally on August 21,1945 from the same fissile pile, "During an experiment on August 21, 1945, Daghlian was attempting to build a neutron reflector (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_reflector) manually by stacking a set of 4.4-kilogram (9.7 lb) tungsten carbide (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten_carbide) bricks in an incremental fashion around a plutonium core. The purpose of the neutron reflector was to reduce the mass required for the plutonium core to attain criticality. He was moving the final brick over the assembly, but neutron counters alerted Daghlian to the fact that the addition of that brick would render the system supercritical (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_mass). As he withdrew his hand, he inadvertently dropped the brick onto the center of the assembly. Since the assembly was nearly in the critical state, the accidental addition of that brick caused the reaction to go immediately into the prompt supercritical (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prompt_critical) region of neutronic behavior. This resulted in a criticality accident (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticality_accident). Daghlian reacted immediately after dropping the brick and attempted to knock the brick off the assembly without success. He was forced to disassemble part of the tungsten-carbide pile in order to halt the reaction." He died 25 days later:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Daghlian-hand.jpg/220px-Daghlian-hand.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Daghlian-hand.jpg) This core, subsequently nicknamed the "demon core (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_core)":https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Partially-reflected-plutonium-sphere.jpeg/220px-Partially-reflected-plutonium-sphere.jpeg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Partially-reflected-plutonium-sphere.jpeg) was later involved in the death of physicist, Louis Slotin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Slotin). He died nine days after saving the others in the room...not the way to go in either case...The courage of the two physicists in preventing greater damage at their own lives' cost is remarkable.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Slotin_criticality_drawing.jpg

I read that too, but misread the part about when he died. I read years when it in fact states days :)

[Jeff-Groves]

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

[Jimbuna]

Only female mosquitoes will bite you.

[u crank]

We can only directly see 4 percent of the universe.

[Schroeder]

We can only directly see 4 percent of the universe.
Source?:hmmm:

[Moonlight]

We can only directly see 4 percent of the universe.

Really? these people may disagree with that.

As technology has evolved, astronomers are able to look back in time to the moments just after the Big Bang (http://www.space.com/52-the-expanding-universe-from-the-big-bang-to-today.html). This might seem to imply that the entire universe lies within our view. But the size of the universe depends on a number of things, including its shape and expansion. Just how big is the universe? The truth is, scientists can't put a number on it.
http://www.space.com/24073-how-big-is-the-universe.html

[Von Due]

Lufthansa has a system for classifying how critical various systems on their aircrafts are. They put a letter, A-D on each system where A means this really, really REALLY should not fail, to D which means minor discomfort. Their onboard coffee machines have the letter C on them. They take their coffee seriously.

Also, apparently hijacing an aircraft was not outlawed until 1961.

[u crank]

Source?:hmmm:

Really? these people may disagree with that.

http://www.space.com/24073-how-big-is-the-universe.html

All the stars, planets and galaxies that can be seen today make up just 4 percent of the universe. The other 96 percent is made of stuff astronomers can't see, detect or even comprehend.

http://www.space.com/11642-dark-matter-dark-energy-4-percent-universe-panek.html

[Moonlight]

Errr, I've just got one question to ask, perhaps you may know it, how do they know there's only one universe and not millions of others as well.:hmmm:

[u crank]

Errr, I've just got one question to ask, perhaps you may know it,

:har: I don't know anything. I am just a humble pilgrim traveling through space and time.:D

..how do they know there's only one universe and not millions of others as well.:hmmm:

There is a theory about this but....does it really matter? If there is another universe out there with another me in it, I hope I'm smarter, richer and better lookin'.:O:

[Jimbuna]

There really was a Captain Morgan. He was a Welsh pirate who later became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica.

[Aktungbby]

Errr, I've just got one question to ask, perhaps you may know it, how do they know there's only one universe and not millions of others as well.:hmmm:

:har: I don't know anything. I am just a humble pilgrim traveling through space and time.:D



There is a theory about this but....does it really matter? If there is another universe out there with another me in it, I hope I'm smarter, richer and better lookin'.:O: And God actually said: "let 'em eat cake maybe they'll see the light!":O: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Multiverse_-_level_II.svg/220px-Multiverse_-_level_II.svg.png (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Multiverse_-_level_II.svg) Bubble universes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_inflation) — every disk represents a bubble universe. Our universe is represented by one of the disks. Someone else once quoted him( in French) but didn't run in time... :/\\chop She was a bit of a 'bubblehead' herself....:oops:

[Tango589]

Hyphephilia are people who get aroused by touching fabrics

[Jimbuna]

As part of David Hasselhoff's divorce settlement, he kept possession of the nickname "Hoff" and the catchphrase "Don't Hassle the Hoff."

[Eichhörnchen]

I haven't checked this out yet but I just heard on the radio (Frank Skinner's "The Rest is History", R4) that Attila The Hun died of a nosebleed. They said he was asleep in bed and drowned in his own blood.

[Fubar2Niner]

He must have had one huge hooter !

[Jimbuna]

Traditionally, it has been claimed that Attila the Hun died of a nosebleed on his wedding night. He may have died of something like a hemorrhoid in his esophagus caused by heavy drinking. Reader Tom Utterback says: "Chronic alcoholism leads to acid reflux disease which culminates eventually in esophageal varices rupturing."

http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/attilathehun/f/Attiladeath.htm

[Aktungbby]

My guess is he died of suffocation in his sleep from his own vomit from excess alcohol as has sadly happened to a few too-young acquaintances. Good PR to a leaderless 'horde' demanded a more 'kingly' version...I'll bet he didn't say G'Night Hunny' to the new bride either!:03::Kaleun_Party:

[Mr Quatro]

And God actually said: "let 'em eat cake maybe they'll see the light!":O:

What God really said is, "If you can't see it you can't eat it" :woot:

[Aktungbby]

What God really said is, "If you can't see it you can't eat it" :woot: What God really did was create darkness and eyelids that close: U don't have to actually look at it, just do it :o....and thus, we've certainly managed to overpopulate the planet-ie been "fruitful and multiplied"!:k_confused: Any trip to the local Wallmart or Cosco will bear out my hypothesis!:03:

[Fubar2Niner]

What God said and what God means, are poles apart. I spent years not coveting my neighbors ass, I didn't lose my virginity till I was 60 ;)

[Aktungbby]

What God said and what God means, are poles apart. I spent years not coveting my neighbors ass, I didn't lose my virginity till I was 60 ;) An even trade!:03: I got my virginity back when I turned 60. :O: Good thing too; saved a ton of money on romances not funded!:arrgh!:(wow! What a subject for my 10,000th post...I said virginity never verbosity!):D

[Mr Quatro]

What God said and what God means, are poles apart. I spent years not coveting my neighbors ass, I didn't lose my virginity till I was 60 ;)

Liar, lair go throw yourself in the drier :haha:

[Fubar2Niner]

An even trade!:03: I got my virginity back when I turned 60. :O: Good thing too; saved a ton of money on romances not funded!:arrgh!:(wow! What a subject for my 10,000th post...I said virginity never verbosity!):D



Congrats on 10,000 mate, the Almighty owes you one. :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/OcWyd3m.jpg

On your 10 000th post, Aktung!

[Jimbuna]

"Jay" used to be slang for "foolish person." So when a pedestrian ignored street signs, he was referred to as a "jaywalker."

[Mr Quatro]

http://i.imgur.com/OcWyd3m.jpg

On your 10 000th post, Aktung!

Yea! 10,000 most with pictures ... way to go Aktung. Now you have to pay the server bill after your 10,000th post :D

[Platapus]

Adult Humans and adult dogs are only species that instinctively understand pointing. Even the other apes tend to look at the finger instead of the direction being pointed until they are taught to look elsewhere.

[u crank]

There are approximately 200,000,000,000 stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way.

[Jimbuna]

Alaska is the only US state that can be typed on one row of keys. (Go ahead and try typing the other states.)

[Fubar2Niner]

A whale's penis is called a dork. Tis true

http://www.djtech.net/humor/useless_facts.htm

No. 21

[Sailor Steve]

Something a great many SubSim members seem to not know: If you change the User Title (that label under your User Name) to something different, the original avatar will go away, leaving only your custom avatar.

[Fubar2Niner]

Something a great many SubSim members seem to not know: If you change the User Title (that label under your User Name) to something different, the original avatar will go away, leaving only your custom avatar.


Silly as it sounds.......... I never knew that, and I'm ashamed. How long I been a member :/\\!!:/\\!!:/\\!!

[Mr Quatro]

Something a great many SubSim members seem to not know: If you change the User Title (that label under your User Name) to something different, the original avatar will go away, leaving only your custom avatar.

How about the right click on the thread count to see how many of the same members are in that thread?

I just tried it and it didn't work use to though.

[Jimbuna]

How about the right click on the thread count to see how many of the same members are in that thread?

I just tried it and it didn't work use to though.

Try the left click, it's working fine.

[Jimbuna]

At the 1905 wedding of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, President Teddy Roosevelt gave away the bride.

[Mr Quatro]

Fireflies light up to attract a mate. To do this, the fireflies contain specialized cells in their abdomen that make light.
The cells contain a chemical called luciferin and make an enzyme called luciferase.

To make light, the luciferin combines with oxygen to form an inactive molecule called oxyluciferin.

http://images.mentalfloss.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_640x430/public/istock_000067918371_small.jpg

[Platapus]

Since the late 1940's the Treasurer of the United States has been a woman.

[Von Due]

Iran has American Bell helis for air ambulance duties. Brave souls they are, flying around in machines for which the newest spare part in their workshops is from the 70's. (This actually has me puzzled. Either a trade embargo isn't one or someone forgot to tell Bell about it).

[Schroeder]

Iran has American Bell helis for air ambulance duties. Brave souls they are, flying around in machines for which the newest spare part in their workshops is from the 70's. (This actually has me puzzled. Either a trade embargo isn't one or someone forgot to tell Bell about it).
From what I know they cannibalize some helis for spare parts, get them from 3rd countries that use the same helicopter or in some cases even make their own parts.

[Aktungbby]

Iran has American Bell helis for air ambulance duties. Brave souls they are, flying around in machines for which the newest spare part in their workshops is from the 70's. (This actually has me puzzled. Either a trade embargo isn't one or someone forgot to tell Bell about it).

From what I know they cannibalize some helis for spare parts, get them from 3rd countries that use the same helicopter or in some cases even make their own parts.
:arrgh!: Perhaps not so! http://www.iran-daily.com/News/131193.html (http://www.iran-daily.com/News/131193.html) Following the removal of Western sanctions, leading international manufacturers of civilian helicopters and spare parts have announced willingness to resume cooperation with Iran and invest in Iranian projects. Speaking to Iran Daily, Mahmoud Azin, the managing director of Iran Helicopter Company, further said in the past four months, French, Italian, German as well as US companies expressed interest in supplying modern helicopters and their spare parts to Iran. The big problem ain't spare parts it's spare pilots "At present, we lack young pilots. As stipulated in International Civil Aviation Organization regulations, pilots above 60 years old are not authorized to fly, unless accompanied by a younger copilot. This is while, until a few years ago, the retired staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran constituted a majority of the air fleet's pilots."
To overcome this, Iran's first civil aviation training center was launched last December. "The institute has trained 15 pilots who are to graduate on December 6, 2015." Somewhat dated; but I suspect business as usual in the ol' Persian Empire: http://isis-online.org/uploads/isis-reports/documents/Iran_Aircraft_Procurement.pdf (http://isis-online.org/uploads/isis-reports/documents/Iran_Aircraft_Procurement.pdf)
Bottom line; whatever Iran needs, it can get incl. Bell parts.:hmmm: http://www.iran-commercial-aviation-congress.com/ (http://www.iran-commercial-aviation-congress.com/)
16 January 2016 saw the lifting of decades of sanctions against Iran's aviation sector. For years, Iran's aviation has been denied access to spare parts and maintenance practices, which have left hundreds of aircraft in dire need of replacements.
The Iranian civil Aviation sector will be worth billions for overseas suppliers.Iran is a once-in-a-generation emerging market

[Von Due]

The lifting of the embargo certainly helps them getting those parts from other than a backstreet parts manufacturer but it didn't help them much as they just lost one of their Bells in a crash, killing one paramedic.

[u crank]

If... the Milky Way Galaxy was the size of the continental USA, our entire solar system would be the size of a quarter.

[Platapus]

All totaled, there were 56 signers of the US Declaration of Independence.

One of those signers later recanted and withdrew his support of independence.

Robert Stockton (NJ) was captured by the British on 30 November 1776. While in captivity, repudiated his signature on the Declaration of Independence and swore his allegiance to King George III. Upon release, he swore another oath. There is historical uncertainty whether he swore allegiance to the United States or allegiance to the State of New Jersey.

He died four years later of cancer.

[Aktungbby]

^ Stockholm syndrome ...b 4 it was fashionable!...2 misquote ol' Ben F. no one likes to hang...separately or together!

[Von Due]

Someone did a study of, and wrote a paper on, bull****. (http://journal.sjdm.org/15/15923a/jdm15923a.html)

[Tango589]

The copper plate that makes the Statue of Liberty is only the thickness of a chocolate Easter egg.

[Jimbuna]

William Faulkner refused a dinner invitation from JFK's White House. "Why that’s a hundred miles away," he said. "That’s a long way to go just to eat."

[Aktungbby]

Someone did a study of, and wrote a paper on, bull****. (http://journal.sjdm.org/15/15923a/jdm15923a.html)

Bovine Scatology!

[Von Due]

Bovine Scatology!

I really had no idea that was a subject of research and reading a bit of that paper had me giggling over the technical tone one will find in a research paper like that, from strict definitions and examples/counterexamples, complete with a long list in the reference section. Could almost imagine Graham Chapman reading that in one of his sketches.

[Aktungbby]

I really had no idea that was a subject of research and reading .Nuthin' so eloquent here! I was quoting ****(fourstar) GEN Norman Schwarzkopf's famous use of the term! https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wKi3NwLFkX4/hqdefault.jpg?custom=true&w=168&h=94&stc=true&jpg444=true&jpgq=90&sp=68&sigh=D0SyTX6iVXvTzQgKkPu7a7nhyJ0Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf -- conqueror of the Iraqis, near-gainsayer of the president and outspoken scourge of anything he regards as "bovine scatology" -- showed yesterday he knew also when to shut up! :Kaleun_Salute:

[Eichhörnchen]

Something a great many SubSim members seem to not know: If you change the User Title (that label under your User Name) to something different, the original avatar will go away, leaving only your custom avatar.

Excuse pause for related issue: if I happen to have Subsim open in two or more windows simultaneously, looking at different forums in each, what would another user see under "Current Activity" on my User Profile page?

[Schroeder]

^I would guess the last forum that you've activated. You can't do it simultaneously after all.

[Eichhörnchen]

Yeah, that makes sense I guess. By simultaneously, I meant viewing two different parts of the Subsim forum on each window, like GT's on one and Special Projects on the other. But, like you say, it's probably the most recent.

[Jimbuna]

I see them all.

[Jimbuna]

In 1907, an ad campaign for Kellogg's Corn Flakes offered a free box of cereal to any woman who would wink at her grocer.

[Aktungbby]

I see them all.
Ever the 'eye of providence' BBY!:salute:
http://greatseal.com/mottoes/CoeptisWPA.jpg:yep: :up: “Whoever knowingly displays any printed or other likeness of the great seal of the United States, or of the seals of the President or the Vice President of the United States, or the seal of the United States Senate, or the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or the seal of the United States Congress, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, :subsim: or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.”YIPES!

[Mr Quatro]

Quaker Oats issued 19 million official looking deeds through the company. Each deed entitled the holder to one square inch of Alaska in every box.

Quaker Oats bought 19.11 acres of land in the Yukon Territory of Canada for the price of $1000 USD and printed up 21 million deeds for one square inch of land. On advice of counsel, Quaker Oats set up and transferred the land to the Great Klondike Big Inch Land Company to make the company the registered owner and manager of the deeds.

Starting on January 1955, 93 newspapers across the United States ran advertisements that read "Get a real deed to one square inch of land in the Yukon gold rush country" and, "You'll actually own one square inch of Yukon land".The promotion was tied to the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon radio show which Quaker Oats was sponsoring at the time.

Obtaining Deeds

The promotion instructed people to mail a form along with a box top from either Quaker Puffed Wheat, Quaker Puffed Rice or Muffets Shredded Wheat to the Quaker Oats company. In turn, a 5 by 8 inch deed to one square inch of land in the Klondike was sent back. In February 1955, Quaker Oats was blocked from trading the deed for a box top by the Ohio Securities Division until it received a state license for the "sale" of foreign land. To get around the injunction, the company stopped the trade-in offer and instead put one of the deeds in each box of cereal produced.

Since none of the deeds were actually registered, the documents were never legally binding and owners of these deeds were never actual owners of any land. The deed excluded mineral rights on the property.

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

[Jimbuna]

The only number whose letters are in alphabetical order is 40 (f-o-r-t-y).

[Sailor Steve]

AW JEEZE http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/smartdark/redcard.gif (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/infraction.php?do=view&p=2375662)
"If you are given an infraction by a moderator, take this as a warning to back off."
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/faq.php?faq=vb_faq#faq_ban

To quote Jimbuna, "If you wash your dirty laundry in public, you will be hung out to dry - in public."

[Jimbuna]

Male students at Brigham Young University need a doctor's note to grow a beard.

[Tango589]

It's hard to eat soup with a knife.

[Jimbuna]

In 1991, Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, married Russi Taylor—the voice of Minnie.

[Aktungbby]

In 1991, Wayne Allwine, the voice of Mickey Mouse, married Russi Taylor—the voice of Minnie.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Wayne_Allwine.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wayne_Allwine.jpg)Sadly passed awy from diabetes 2009 having worked his way up from the Disney mailing room. Voice actor, sound effects (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_effects) editor, foley artist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_artist); He was the #3 voice after Walt himself #1. Ms Taylor is still the voice of Minnie. When she was a young girl, Russi Taylor (http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/russi-taylor-PECLB000012857-topic.html) and her family visited Disneyland, where she had a close and remarkable encounter with Walt Disney himself. "It was night time and we had just gotten off of the Mark Twain (http://www.latimes.com/topic/arts-culture/literature/mark-twain-hph61-topic.html) boat ride. There was a man sitting on the bench. We went past him to get popcorn."

Taylor, who was a big fan of Disney's TV series, knew the man sitting alone was Disney, but her mother didn't believe her. "She said, 'Honey, it couldn't be.'" So her mother walked over and asked him if he was Uncle Walt. He told her he was. "My mother sat down and they started talking."
Taylor quickly "squished" herself between her mother and Disney. "The sweetest thing of all is at one point he said, 'What do you want to do when you grow up?' I said, 'I want to work for you.'"


They don't call it the Magic Kingdom for nothing.

[Jimbuna]

Editor Bennett Cerf challenged Dr. Seuss to write a book using no more than 50 different words. The result? Green Eggs and Ham.

[Jimbuna]

Norwegian skier Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset on why he didn't win gold at the 2010 Olympics: "I think I have seen too much porn in the last 14 days."

[Mr Quatro]

The plane, a DC-3, that Ricky Nelson and his band died in Dec 31st, 1985 use to be owned by Jerry Lee Lewis. Turned out to be a cabin heater leaking fuel in between the skin of the plane and the passenger cabin it was in.

The pilot and the co-pilot landed the plane in a field hitting a tree, but they were able to drop 15' down the emergency exit from the cockpit. Ricky and his girlfriend and all of his band were found up against the closed cockpit door.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC6wynLbx6M

[Jimbuna]

Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.

[Catfish]

Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.

I will now use this word in every conversation. :03:

[fireftr18]

I will now use this word in every conversation. :03:
If I did, I would get a laugh every time. People laughing at me for trying to say it. :haha:

[Von Due]

I never knew what the fuzz over red dye #2 was all about in the US (Soviet research results and cancer I just found out) and why it was made illegal, nor was I aware the US legalized the "new improved" dye, red dye #40, and I was utterly unaware that the EU, which lists #2 as legal, is looking into a ban on #40.

[Jimbuna]

When the computer mouse was invented, it was called the "X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System."

[Mr Quatro]

When I read this: http://in.reuters.com/article/nuclear-cyber-idINKCN12A1P1

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co Ltd, which operates 23 nuclear reactors in South Korea, said in 2014 it was beefing up cyber security after non-critical data was stolen from its computer systems, although reactor operations were not at risk.

I didn't know that ... so I looked up this and I didn't know that either: http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=207&t=3

How many nuclear power plants are in the United States, and where are they located?

There are 60 commercially operating nuclear power plants with 100 nuclear reactors in 30 states in the United States. Of these plants, 36 have two or more reactors. The Palo Verde power plant in Arizona has three reactors and had the largest combined net summer generating capacity of 3,937 megawatts (MW) in 2014. Fort Calhoun in Nebraska with a single reactor had the smallest net summer capacity at 479 megawatts (MW) in 2014.

Three nuclear power plants with a total of four reactors were taken out of service in 2013. The Crystal River power plant in Florida with one reactor was taken out of service in February 2013. The Kewaunee power plant in Wisconsin with one reactor was taken out of service in April 2013. The San Onofre power plant in California with two reactors was taken out of service in June 2013.

The Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Vermont, with a single reactor, was taken out of service in December 2014.

The newest reactor to enter service, Watts Bar Unit 2, came online in June 2016 and is expected to begin commercial operation by the end of 2016.

Four new nuclear reactors are actively under construction: Vogtle Units 3 and 4 in Georgia and Virgil C. Summer Units 2 and 3 in South Carolina.

[Jimbuna]

The Vatican Bank is the world's only bank that allows ATM users to perform transactions in Latin.

[Von Due]

One CAN compare apples and oranges
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume1/v1i3/air-1-3-apples.html

[Jimbuna]

The Procrastinators' Club of America newsletter is called Last Month's Newsletter.

[Platapus]

The Mark 7 Naval Gun 16" 50 Calibre that was used on the Iowa class Battle ships was used against a surface ship only once in combat.

16 Feb 44, the USS Iowa fired a salvo at the Japanese Destroyer Nowaki at about 35,000 yards, but did not sink her. All other Mark 7 Shots were either training or land bombardment.

(Fischer, Brad D.; Jurens, W. J. (2006). "Fast Battleship Gunnery during World War II: A Gunnery Revolution, Part II". Warship International. Vol. XLIII no. 1.)

[Jimbuna]

The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.

[Platapus]

The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.

Is that considering whether it has one zero or two.




oh :oops::D

[Aktungbby]

The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.

:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:Post of the year BBY!

[mapuc]

:Kaleun_Thumbs_Up:Post of the year BBY!
(This is an off topic reply)

Some years ago I saw a documentary about this "number of the beast 666" and it was about how correct is this number. In this program some scholar in Biblical history said the correct number could be 616(if I remember correctly)

Markus

(End of an off topic reply)

[Aktungbby]

WHERE 666 is concerned... nuthin' is too off-topic:Kaleun_Cheers:...even in the mountains of N. Carolina http://www.uncsa.edu/pressreleases/releases2013/April2013/U666%20small.jpgIn most manuscripts of the New Testament and in English translations of the Bible (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_translations_of_the_Bible), the number of the beast is 666. In critical editions of the Greek text (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textual_criticism), such as the Novum Testamentum Graece (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novum_Testamentum_Graece), it is noted that 616 is a variant.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/P._Oxy._LXVI_4499.jpg/220px-P._Oxy._LXVI_4499.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P._Oxy._LXVI_4499.jpg)< Has the number of the beast as χιϛ, 616 from the Greco-Ptolemic period of Egyptian history.

[Jimbuna]

Only one McDonald's in the world has turquoise arches. Government officials in Sedona, Arizona, thought the yellow would look bad with the natural red rock of the city.

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

[Mr Quatro]

(This is an off topic reply)

Some years ago I saw a documentary about this "number of the beast 666" and it was about how correct is this number. In this program some scholar in Biblical history said the correct number could be 616(if I remember correctly)

Markus

(End of an off topic reply)

How can your reply be consdiered off topic in a thread titled: "I never knew that" :salute:

Did you know this:http://www.av1611.org/666/www_666.html


Is "www" in Hebrew equal to 666?

How to get 666 from www?

The Hebrew and Greek alphabet does not have separate characters or alphabets for numbers and letters. Letters are also used as numbers. So each letter is a numerical value.

The Hebrew equivalent of our "w" is the letter "vav" or "waw". The numerical value of vav is 6. So the English "www" transliterated into Hebrew is "vav vav vav", which numerically is 666.

[Jimbuna]

The Lebowski-inspired Church of the Latter-Day Dude says it has ordained over 100,000 Dudeist priests.

[Eichhörnchen]

For UK householders: I found out today that if you don't get your chimneys swept professionally each year, and obtain a certificate from a HETAS approved sweep (and not Dick Van Dyke), your insurance company might not pay up if there's a fire.

http://i.imgur.com/J5hRRN7.jpg "I never knew that!"

[Platapus]

The last movie ever rented at a corporate Blockbuster was "This Is The End" at a store in Hawaii.

[Jimbuna]

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

[u crank]

For every human on Earth there are 1.6 million ants.

[Jimbuna]

About one in every 4 million lobsters is born with a rare genetic defect that turns it blue.

[Jimbuna]

For $45, the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing will sell you a 5-lb bag with $10,000 worth of shredded U.S. currency.

[Mr Quatro]

I figured that, "I never knew that" and "I didn't know that" are about the same:

Formal construction of a life-size Titanic replica has started in Southwest China

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/tunedin/china-is-reproducing-a-full-scale-titanic-copy/vi-AAkXsRl?ocid=U450DHP

Just a short video

[Jimbuna]

News in the UK was full of this yesterday and I'm looking forward to see how it pans out. The end date is scheduled for the end of 2017 so not all that long to wait :cool:

[Aktungbby]

^Einstein: "God does not play dice!":D https://media.giphy.com/media/3oEjHK4bXdXxRaWBz2/giphy.gifHe 'shoots stick' BBY! :rock::()1:

[Jimbuna]

For one day in 1998, Topeka, Kansas, renamed itself "ToPikachu" to mark Pokemon's U.S. debut.

[Mr Quatro]

Did you know that you can make straw wine, also called raisin wine, at home: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_wine

Straw wine, or raisin wine, is a wine made from grapes that have been dried to concentrate their juice. The result is similar to that of the ice wine process, but suitable for warmer climates. The classic method dries clusters of grapes on mats of straw in the sun, but some regions dry them under cover, on roofs, or on modern racks, while some hang up the grapes or leave them to dry on the vine. The technique dates back to pre-Roman times, and most production of these wines has been in Northern Italy, Greece, and the French Alps. However producers in other areas are now starting to experiment with the method.

http://www.pbs.org/food/recipes/raisin-wine/

Ingredients
2 lbs. raisins
1 lb. sugar
1 lemon
6 quarts boiling water
Directions
Place the raisins, sugar, and the lemon in a large stone or ceramic jar.
Add 6 quarts of boiling water and stir every day for a week, covering with a towel.
Then strain and bottle. Let sit for another 10 to 12 days.

[Aktungbby]

A 1 lb. of sugar with 2 lbs. of raisins outta raise the 'brix' a tad! :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Jimbuna]

Horses can't vomit.

[Sailor Steve]

Saw this and thought I'd share. I knew a couple of them, but most? No.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-qGlR6PNQk

[Tango589]

Horses can't vomit.
Neither can rabbits.

[Jimbuna]

Before settling on the Seven Dwarfs we know today, Disney also considered Chesty, Tubby, Burpy, Deafy, Hickey, Wheezy, and Awful.

[Tango589]

When a pregnant woman swims, she is a human submarine.

[Jimbuna]

The unkempt Shaggy of Scooby-Doo fame has a rather proper real name—Norville Rogers.

[Eichhörnchen]

Reece auditioned for a part in "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", but they said he was not butch enough

[Jimbuna]

In the early stage version of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy’s faithful companion Toto was replaced by a cow named Imogene.

[Platapus]

Absent of any external factors, dogs prefer to poop facing either north or south. We still don't know why.

[Jimbuna]

Jacuzzi is a brand name. You can also buy Jacuzzi toilets and mattresses.

[mapuc]

Neither can rabbits.

Neither can I

Markus

[Tango589]

Neither can I

Markus
No matter how much vodka you pour down your neck? Well, I never new that!

[Eichhörnchen]

You don't know what I just left in the boot of your car, either

[Tango589]

I hope it's goodies, otherwise I don't think I want to know!

[Tango589]

When Charles Darwin first discovered the Galapagos Tortiose, he tried to ride one!

(and to be honest, who wouldn't?)

[Eichhörnchen]

Wot, like in that photo I sent you this morning?

[Tango589]

Possibly. :hmmm:

[mapuc]

No matter how much vodka you pour down your neck? Well, I never new that!

And I don't drink either, I'm suffering from alcohol intolerance. Can't even take a few zip from a beer without getting sick.

Markus

[Jimbuna]

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

[Tango589]

North Korea is the only country where Marijuana is 100% legal to grow, sell, possess, and use.

[Von Due]

A rat can last longer without water than a camel.

Why would a rat need a camel?


... I'll just grab my coat....

[Eichhörnchen]

"Mummy Brown" was an artists' pgment made from ground up mummies. I only heard about this last week; I don't expect I've ever used any :)

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

http://www.artinsociety.com/the-life-and-death-of-mummy-brown.html

[Platapus]

Why would a rat need a camel?


... I'll just grab my coat....

Nicely played. :D

[Mr Quatro]

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/sequence-01-reduced.gif

[vienna]

You don't know what I just left in the boot of your car, either

I hope it's goodies, otherwise I don't think I want to know!

Perhaps Mr. Winston Wolf may be of assistance:

https://oneroomwithaview.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/pulp-fiction-02.jpg




<O>

[Jimbuna]

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.

[Tango589]

http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm260/tango589/84877379.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

I knew that

[Jimbuna]

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

[Platapus]

The 2016 Presidential election in the US was the first presidential election in the past 20 years that did not have a final candidate that was left handed.

Barack Obama, John McCain, Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, George H Bush, and Ross Perot are all sinister.

Although to be fair, Bob Dole was not naturally a southpaw.

[Jimbuna]

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

[Schroeder]

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
Which is why Dowly is constantly on a humanitarian mission...:03:

[Aktungbby]

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
Pon Farr for Ferrets? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Leonard_Nimoy_as_Spock_1967.jpg/220px-Leonard_Nimoy_as_Spock_1967.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Leonard_Nimoy_as_Spock_1967.jpg)

[Mr Quatro]

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.

I saw a Catholic nun do this at a Christmas party one time lol

I wonder what a Mexican jumping bean would do in a glass of champagne?

[Jimbuna]

A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.

[Schroeder]

A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
Nope....Ducks quacks echo just the same as anything else. It's an old myth that simply refuses to die.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/birds/p/Ducks-Quack-Echo.htm

[Jimbuna]

On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!

[Eichhörnchen]

Is that just in the UK or worldwide?

And while you're at it, how many newborns are dropped on their heads (like Reece) every day?

[Moonlight]

And while you're at it, how many newborns are dropped on their heads (like Reece) every day?
That would imply that you were there at Reece's birth if you were a party to that kind of information Mr Squirrel wouldn't it.

Wait a damned minute......... :doh: oh bloody hell its all so bleedin clear now, you're Reece's father, :o well I never knew that, a belated congratulations old boy. :salute:

Blimey Mr Squirrel! that must make you about 90 years old or so, I can see now why you post those not so funny jokes of yours in the joke thread, Oh well a lot of people will get senile dementia one day but at least the majority of them will leave this earth with their dignity still intact, unlike yourself that is. :haha:

Happy New Year Mr Squirrel, that's if you can remember what one of them is of course, if not ask you'll have to ask your wife to explain it to you.

[Eichhörnchen]

That is, of course, all rubbish: Reece is a marsupial and therefore could not possibly have sprung from my loins

[Eichhörnchen]

Scotty the war hero:

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/james-montgomery-doohan-wwii-veteran-chief-mechanic-starship-enterprise.html/2

[Jimbuna]

Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.

[Eichhörnchen]

I'll never get to visit Dowly then :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Back in 2007, Iran claimed 14 squirrels found near the nation’s borders were actually spies.

[mapuc]

Back in 2007, Iran claimed 14 squirrels found near the nation’s borders were actually spies.

Eichhörnchen did you have anything to do with this ?

Markus

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/CZg6axz.jpg "Absolutely nothing"

[Jimbuna]

Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.

[Jimbuna]

The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 18,979,564,000.

[Von Due]

Some either very odd or very bored, or both, person apparently calculated that a "human" brain that could hold Graham's number in its entirety would need so many neurons the mass of it all would lead to the brain collapsing into a black hole.

[Jimbuna]

There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.

[Platapus]

the word "Swims" is one of the few words that reads the same right side up and upside down and backwards.

[Jimbuna]

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan". There was never a recorded Wendy before.

[Eichhörnchen]

Male Cape Ground Squirrels have a Captain Winky that is 40 per cent the length of their body. Big deal...

[Jimbuna]

If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.

[Mr Quatro]

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan". There was never a recorded Wendy before.

I knew a girl named Windy, but you didn't want to stand around her for very long :D

JAN. 9, 2017, 7:16 P.M.
Storms have added 33.6 billion gallons of water to Lake Tahoe since Jan. 1

[Jimbuna]

The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA".

[Platapus]

The first music album released (production) on magnetic tape was in 1945 and the artist was singer Marv Griffin.

as an extra,
Marv also had, in "So this is love- 1953, the first open mouth kiss in a Hollywood movie since the advent of the Production Code of 1934

I always just thought of him as a talk show host and TV producer.

[Platapus]

I knew a girl named Windy, but you didn't want to stand around her for very long :D



I went to school with a girl named Virginia
We called her virgin for short but not for long.

https://s15-us2.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft0.gstatic.com%2Fimage s%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcQuLrK_bMXFcbN13oWcfTGjsu6vxyFm s0gH2RA72a3Flrgupy6R1A&sp=ef1058e6c65263545d35bb52109faf18

There is only one Hollywood movie with the names of three actors in the title.

And that movie is.....

Bud Abbot and Lou Costello meet the Killer Boris Karloff (1949)

[Jimbuna]

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.

[Tango589]

In September 1965 Ken Dodds' song 'Tears' spent 5 weeks in the charts at #1, keeping Walker Brothers (1 week), Manfred Mann(1 week) and Andy Williams (3 weeks) in 2nd place.

[Jimbuna]

Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.

[Mr Quatro]

Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.

Man that's bored ... :o

[Platapus]

I meant to post this earlier but I guess I did not hit submit :doh:

7 Dec was the first Sunday in 1941 when the carriers were not in pearl harbour on a Sunday.

[Jimbuna]

Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.