I never knew that!

Cybermat47 · 01-08-15, 05:05 AM

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 · 01-08-15, 06:44 AM

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 · 01-08-15, 06:46 AM

I just found out this thread had started.

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

Rockstar · 01-08-15, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

Schroeder · 01-08-15, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockstar

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

I guess you mean Toronto.

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

Rockstar · 01-08-15, 11:36 AM

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 · 01-08-15, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

(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.

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Tango589 · 01-08-15, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockstar

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.

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Nah, you get your sense of humour from the non-German part of your family!

Schroeder · 01-08-15, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Tango589

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.

Guess we don't use it as it just takes away hard drive space unnecessarily. You know...German efficiency and stuff....

u crank · 01-08-15, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

Red October1984 · 01-08-15, 07:54 PM

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

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.

Stealhead · 01-08-15, 08:52 PM

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 · 01-08-15, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 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

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.

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 · 01-08-15, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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Originally Posted by Rockstar

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 · 01-08-15, 11:20 PM

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.

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Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,243 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	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 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. __________________

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	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

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Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	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

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Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	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.

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Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	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.