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'

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by 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

Volkswagon Beetle?

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Volkswagon Beetle?

Volksawagen not Volkswagon.

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

Volksawagen not Volkswagon.

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

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

[Cybermat47]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

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

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

[Rockstar]

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]

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]

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

[u crank]

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]

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.

[Rockstar]

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. .

[Tango589]

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. .

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

[Schroeder]

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....