Did you now that this thread is really old, so I thought i'd bring it back? lol

Did you now that this thread is really old, so I thought i'd bring it back? lol



I didn't know that. ::)

Now you do.

Now you do.


Thanks for letting me know. ;)

I didn't let you know anything.  Whistle did.

I didn't let you know anything.  Whistle did.


Did you know that you didn't let me know anything? ;D

Did you know that elephants can't jump?

Almost all Calico cats are female, and the ones that are male are almost always sterile.  Not sure why I know that since I'm allergic to cats!  :-\\

Almost all Calico cats are female, and the ones that are male are almost always sterile.  Not sure why I know that since I'm allergic to cats!  :-\\
How do they...

..you know?

did you know that when you snap your fingers, the noise is made not by your fingers rubbing together, but by your middle finger smacking against the fleshy portion of your palm?

that blew me away when i learned that, for some reason.

How do they...

..you know?

I'm assuming they can still. . . .you know!  ;D  They just can't reproduce.

did you know that when you snap your fingers, the noise is made not by your fingers rubbing together, but by your middle finger smacking against the fleshy portion of your palm?

that blew me away when i learned that, for some reason.


When I learned this I think I sat around for about 15 minutes snapping my fingers trying to prove it wrong.   ;D

I'm assuming they can still. . . .you know!  ;D  They just can't reproduce.
that's how I like it!

that's how I like it!

Don't we all!  ;D

It Takes 2 To Tango?

Did you know that there is another thread called "Did you know?"




Cat

Did you know that there is another thread called "Did you know?"




Cat
Truthfully, there is two other threads called "Did you know?"

Did you know that there is another thread called "Did you know?"




Cat


I never knew that. ;D

I never knew that. ;D
Found here

I never knew that. ;D
...and the musically based Did You Know? is found here

Found here


Oh Wow,You're right.

Oh Wow,You're right.
Did you know of the pop music based  Did You Know?

Did you know of the pop music based  Did You Know?


I didn't know.

I didn't know.
The link is up a few replies.

The link is up a few replies.


Thanks

DYK that babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have  only 206 in our bodies. 

^ I didn't know that.  Interesting

DYK that the Duke of Windsor was told by Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill he should not go to the Queen's coronation in 1953, the former king, who abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson, was urged to tell the press an ex-monarch could not attend a coronation.

Read more here.

Did you know that this reply is the 34th reply to this thread?

Don't forget you read it here! :P

Fascinating/ illuminating  stuff!

:D ;D :D

... Hey ... this is the 35th!

DYK that Tranby House is the oldest surviving brick building in Perth, Australia?

Browsing the phobias you might develop a fear of words: logophobia. If you handled short words well but fear long words: hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

;D

Browsing the phobias you might develop a fear of words: logophobia. If you handled short words well but fear long words: hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

;D
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is one of my favourite words, if I can remember how to spell it. I have used in Word Games in the PBG.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is one of my favourite words, if I can remember how to spell it. I have used in Word Games in the PBG.



How many letters is that?

Did you know that the phrase 'did you know'  uses 8 different letters of the alphabet?  :P :D ;D :D

Did you know that the phrase 'did you know'  uses 8 different letters of the alphabet?   :P :D ;D :D



I didn't know that.  ::)

I didn't know that.  ::)


Did you know I'm not even gonna charge you for that info ^^. How decent is that?  ??? :P ;D

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is one of my favourite words, if I can remember how to spell it. I have used in Word Games in the PBG.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
Interesting blurg on Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Speaking of long names, the longest place name in the U.S. is right here in Massachusetts:
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg (45 letters)
The name is reputed to mean:
"You Fish on Your Side, I Fish on My Side, Nobody Fish in the Middle".
But scholars of the Nipmuck language say the name means approximately:
"Englishmen at Manchaug territory at the meeting and fishing place at the boundary"
The name Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg itself compounds two or more of the earlier, shorter indigenous names for the lake.
The name for practical purposes was shortened to Lake Chaubunagungamaug, still a mouthful, and so later was renamed "Webster Lake."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chaubunagungamaug

Of course, New Zealand has us beaten for longest place name in an English-speaking country, at 85 letters, a hill called:
'Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu'
But the real real length of the word is in dispute, as is L ake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Then there is the ceremonial name for Bangkok, which I will only link to at Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok#Full_name

DYK that babies are born with 300 bones, but by adulthood we have   only 206 in our bodies.   

But these are really parts of the same 206 bones in development.  Many bones that appear to be one or more bones fuse into one bone in early childhood. 

Speaking of bones:

An adult human has 206 bones.
An adult domestic cat has 230 bones.

Cat facts:
http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/trivia.htm

Did you know I'm not even gonna charge you for that info ^^. How decent is that?  ??? :P ;D


pretty decent!

pretty decent!


Lucky for you I've already got the 'Christmas spirit' ... and it looks like you have too from

your post in this other thread:


http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0853/3.jpg


I love this cereal during Christmas Time. :)


This character want to greet you ...

http://blog.codefront.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/mr-hankey-howdy-ho.jpg



I think he's trying to say 'Howdy HOward'  ;D

That info I gave you before ...

I'd say it's worth at least as much as 'Mr. Hanky' ... i.e. ... eminently flushable!  :D


Fortunately for you .. you live over in New York ... so too far for me to send the Mafia over

to extort the 'protection money' out of you ... for my fee!

8)  ;D

Lucky for you I've already got the 'Christmas spirit' ... and it looks like you have too from

your post in this other thread:

This character want to greet you ...

http://blog.codefront.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/mr-hankey-howdy-ho.jpg



I think he's trying to say 'Howdy HOward'  ;D

That info I gave you before ...

I'd say it's worth at least as much as 'Mr. Hanky' ... i.e. ... eminently flushable!  :D


Fortunately for you .. you live over in New York ... so too far for me to send the Mafia over

to extort the 'protection money' out of you ... for my fee!

8)  ;D


Christmas Poo. ::)

http://blog.codefront.net/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/mr-hankey-howdy-ho.jpg


Man, more crap for Christmas :(

Woo! It's DefeChristmas!

Man, more crap for Christmas :(


I hate crap!

I like Christmas

I hate crap!


You gotta have crap in your life. If you don't ... better see your doctor!  :D ;D :D

You gotta have crap in your life. If you don't ... better see your doctor!   :D ;D :D





Or The "Ass Man". ;D

DYK that during World War I thimbles were used as currency?

A full seven percent of the entire Irish barley crop goes to the production of Guinness beer.

As you age, your eye color gets lighter?

The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan."

Why there's no ham in a hamburger?

Did you that a beard grows an average of 140mm a year.

Remember Gilda Radner's impersonation of Barbara Walters on SNL?  If you type Baba Wawa into a wikipedia search, it re-directs you to the page about Barbara Walters  ;D

Remember Gilda Radner's impersonation of Barbara Walters on SNL?  If you type Baba Wawa into a wikipedia search, it re-directs you to the page about Barbara Walters  ;D


Why does she sound like Elmer Fudd?

If you Open a blank Word document (microsoft word) and type the following: =rand(200,99) and hit the enter key, you will get  a macro generated comms test text that has been used in the computer/communications disciplines for many years that has been incorporated into MSWORD so the operator could just cut and paste the message.  Get onto MS Word and give it a shot.

Supporting parody.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/julieandrewsmarypoppinssoundtrack3.shtml

If you Open a blank Word document (microsoft word) and type the following: =rand(200,99) and hit the enter key, you will get  a macro generated comms test text that has been used in the computer/communications disciplines for many years that has been incorporated into MSWORD so the operator could just cut and paste the message.  Get onto MS Word and give it a shot.

Supporting parody.

http://www.amiright.com/parody/60s/julieandrewsmarypoppinssoundtrack3.shtml
Yeap! 225 pages of The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog!

There are more than 600 million telephone lines today, yet almost half the world's population has never made a phone call?

That's why half of the population have CELL PHONES!  ::)

...that the odds of being struck by lightning are about 600,000 to one.

...that the odds of being struck by lightning are about 600,000 to one.



and I'm one of them. ;D

Did you know that the longest Oscar acceptance speech ever was made by Greer Garson for 1924's Mrs. Miniver. It took an hour.

Did you know that Elkie Brooks sung uncredited on (Remember The Days Of The) Old Schoolyard by Cat Stevens in 1977. 

The first couple to be shown on Prime Time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone

The first couple to be shown on Prime Time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone


In the 1950's?

The first couple to be shown on Prime Time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone

In the 1950's?
The Flintstones were first broadcast on September 30th 1960.

The Flintstones were first broadcast on September 30th 1960.


then had their own television show.

then had their own television show.
I remember watching The Flintstones on tv back then.

I remember watching The Flintstones on tv back then.


Then it went on The cartoon Network.

Then it went on The cartoon Network.
When did The Cartoon Network start broadcasting The Flintstones?

'Did u know'

the matchsticks holding my eyes open are about to snap 

'Did u know'

the matchsticks holding my eyes open are about to snap 
Use reinforced ones?

When did The Cartoon Network start broadcasting The Flintstones?



Early 90's.

Use reinforced ones?


I now have some tensile steel ones with rounded edges

'Did u know'

the matchsticks holding my eyes open are about to snap 


I didn't know that.

I didn't know that.
We need strong matchsticks from somewhere.

We need strong matchsticks from somewhere.


Did you know I can't find any strong ones.

Did you know I can't find any strong ones.
Tape some together in a bundle, and the matchsticks will be stronger.

they don't flex as much that way

Tape some together in a bundle, and the matchsticks will be stronger.


They'll wind up breaking.

They'll wind up breaking.
The more strapped together, the  stronger they will be.

acrylic is good too I've found

acrylic is good too I've found
How did you discover it?

While I was in the 'keeping your eyelids open' speciality store yesterday testing out the steel ones they recommended acrylic as an alternative

On average, you speak almost 5,000 words a day - although almost 80% of speaking is self-talk (talking to yourself).

On average, you speak almost 5,000 words a day - although almost 80% of speaking is self-talk (talking to yourself).
I find self-talking a comfort.

I find self-talking a comfort.


It's better than talking to someone.

It's better than talking to someone.
Sometimes you can have a better class of conversation.

I like the chattering classes

I like the chattering classes



















http://www.mindspring.com/~dan-mmreynolds/images/chatteringteeth.gif
"Blah-blah-blah blah ! "

http://www.mindspring.com/~dan-mmreynolds/images/chatteringteeth.gif
"Blah-blah-blah blah ! "
Now that is a good set?

I do not relish the day when my teeth are grinning at me through a glass on the cabinet next to my bed  ;D

I do not relish the day when my teeth are grinning at me through a glass on the cabinet next to my bed  ;D


It will be more pleasant .... if they've spent the night, soaked in a glass of alcohol ?

;D ;D ;D

...that in 1962, a 21 lb fragment of Soviet Sputnik IV landed at  the intersection of Park and North 8th Streets in  Manitowoc, Wisconsin. 

In new research by Anna Vignoles and Peter Dolton, it is suggested that "individuals who have mathematics A Level earn between 7% and 11% more than otherwise similar individuals who do not take mathematics beyond the age of 16."

Did you know that the BBC TV programmes Doctor Who and Torchwood are anagrams.

I just came home from work?

That as far as this site's concerned .... I'm just a bunch of bits ... 1's and 0's !  :-[  :(

Did you know that the BBC TV programmes Doctor Who and Torchwood are anagrams.


I knew that. 

Sesame Street just celebrated 39 years last week?

That this is the 107th reply in this thread ?

Sesame Street just celebrated 39 years last week?
So next year will be a big one for them.

That this is the 107th reply in this thread ?


yeah,who cares.  ;D

...when the Apollo 12 astronauts landed on the moon, the impact caused the Moon's surface to vibrate for 55 minutes.

Did you know these are some firsts for Canada ...

The first chart appearance for both Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.  
The first chart appearance outside of Europe for the ever popular single 'Stereo Love' by Edward Maya.

The first chart appearance outside of Europe for the 2010 hit Mr. Saxobeat by Romanian singer Alexandra Stan.  It's currently 1 spot away from the Top 40

... that in his youth, Karl Marx wrote a comedic novel, Scorpion and Felix?

your mind can get screwed up when you change clocks for Daylight Savings Time?

...that Lady Gaga approved the use of her song "Born This Way" for the Glee episode of the same name before the single premiered?

your mind can get screwed up when you change clocks for Daylight Savings Time?


Yes.  :-\\

we get equal hours of daylight in the spring and summer rather than the Fall and Winter.

we get equal hours of daylight in the spring and summer rather than the Fall and Winter.


:-\\

... that public transport in Valparaíso, Chile, includes trolleybuses that were built 60 years ago, by Pullman, and were declared a national monument in 2003?

A-1 Steak Sauce contains both orange peel and raisins?

I always thought it tasted like floor wax. :P

A-1 Steak Sauce contains both orange peel and raisins?

I always thought it tasted like floor wax. :P



How do you know what floor wax tastes like? ;)

That being certified Gold or Platinum in the music industry doesn't mean you actually sold 500,000 or 1,000,000 copies? It just means you shifted that amount.

Soundscan is what the music industry uses for accurate music sales.

That being certified Gold or Platinum in the music industry doesn't mean you actually sold 500,000 or 1,000,000 copies? It just means you shifted that amount.

Soundscan is what the music industry uses for accurate music sales.
Records that have been sent to DJs for promotion?

Records that have been sent to DJs for promotion?


The certifications depend on where you come from. You might know this already, but Platinum in America means you shifted 1,000,000 albums or singles. But Platinum in some countries means that they shifted only 100,000.

I'm not totally sure. When they say "You're certified Platinum", what I THINK they mean is that you have shifted 1 million records to the stores.

How do you know what floor wax tastes like? ;)



I've never tasted floor wax.

I've never tasted floor wax.


Well then, how can you say A1 tastes like floor wax? :P :)

Well then, how can you say A1 tastes like floor wax? :P :)
We can account for smelling the same, but tasting?

Well then, how can you say A1 tastes like floor wax? :P :)


Cause it has the sent and odor of it. :P

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

Then what do stupid people have in their hair? ::)

... that Entropezites, Mycetophagites, and Palaeoagaracites present the oldest evidence of fungal parasitism and hyperparasitism by other fungi in the fossil record?

.. that Leonardo da Vinci's student Salaì painted a nude version of the Mona Lisa called Monna Vanna?

.. that Leonardo da Vinci's student Salaì painted a nude version of the Mona Lisa called Monna Vanna?



and wow What a painting!  :o

you know that thang about only using 10% of your brain?

urban legend.

you know that thang about only using 10% of your brain?

urban legend.
At my age I use all of it.

...that Trinidadian virologist Dr. Joseph Lennox Pawan M.B.E. was the first person to show that rabies could be spread by vampire bats to other animals and humans?

My Mother's birthday was the same date that MLK was assassinated?

...Thomas Edison invented the word "hello" - he based it on "halloo," the traditional call used to rouse hounds to the chase! Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, favored answering with the word "ahoy," but people preferred "hello" instead.

That Fidel Castro was a pretty good pitcher and was scouted by several major league ball teams?

...that Madrid is the only European capital city not situated on a river.

...your heart beats 101,000 times a day. During your lifetime it will beat about 3 billion times and pump about 400 million litres (800 million pints) of blood.

...the Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal.

that Osama and Obama almost sound the same?

that Osama and Obama almost sound the same?
Almost,,,

...that I hadn't replied to this thread until now?

...that I hadn't replied to this thread until now?
Now, that is one thing I did not know.

...Barbie's measurements if she were life size are 39-23-33.

...Barbie's measurements if she were life size are 39-23-33.


Inches, I assume? ???

Inches, I assume? ???
I hope so.

...that Madrid is the only European capital city not situated on a river.


Not counting the Rio Manzañares...? ???

Not counting the Rio Manzañares...? ???
That must have been duff information.

Almost,,,



It's like saying Obama Bin Laden.

...Barbie's measurements if she were life size are 39-23-33.


Wow that is huge.  :o

It's like saying Obama Bin Laden.
Be careful when saying that in a public place.

Be careful when saying that in a public place.


or on a bus. You don't want to offend anyone.

or on a bus. You don't want to offend anyone.
It is best just to say the surname only.

It is best just to say the surname only.


just to keep safe.

just to keep safe.
Talk about something else.

that were into the halfway mark into 2011?

that were into the halfway mark into 2011?


not yet.  It's only month 5

that were into the halfway mark into 2011?
We still have to wait till the end of June for that.

that were into the halfway mark into 2011?
It was the Roman Calendar that had 10 months, but there again we still have to wait till the end of the month to reach the halfway point of the year.

It was the Roman Calendar that had 10 months, but there again we still have to wait till the end of the month to reach the halfway point of the year.


Ok,I'll wait.

... that Russell and Sigurd Varian, who played childhood pranks on family guests by giving them minor electric shocks, went on to invent the klystron and become pioneers of microwave technology?

that Major Harris and Colonel Abrams are their real names?

... that Edward VII and his lover reportedly once got stuck in a too-narrow bathtub at the Hôtel Ritz Paris, which led to the tubs being enlarged?

On average, you speak almost 5,000 words a day – although almost 80% of speaking is self-talk (talking to yourself).

On average, you speak almost 5,000 words a day – although almost 80% of speaking is self-talk (talking to yourself).





A habit of the old, we pick the wisest person to speak to.

Did you know that I am in love with ^? ;)


Ok, I'm sure everyone knows that. Did you know that I like to say that I am in love with him?


Yeah, I'm sure everyone knows that, too.  :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

Did you know that I am in love with ^? ;)


Ok, I'm sure everyone knows that. Did you know that I like to say that I am in love with him?


Yeah, I'm sure everyone knows that, too.  :D ;D ;D ;D



Cat


I think we know that.

...intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

...intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.


then what do unintelligent people have?

...that the glass harmonica was invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761.

then what do unintelligent people have?


Oh I don't know. Maybe less  zinc and copper?  ::)

Oh I don't know. Maybe less  zinc and copper?  ::)
Any chance of different chemicals?

In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere.

... that success in the sport of shin-kicking requires the ability to endure pain?

... that after publishing bestsellers Father Goose and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the George M. Hill Company was compelled in 1902 to declare bankruptcy?

It is impossible to sneeze and keep one’s eyes open at the same time.

It is impossible to sneeze and keep one’s eyes open at the same time.



Due to the pressure in your cranium your eyes would be pressurized slightly. There would be a slight bulging of your eyes from your head which is actually what happens normally when you sneeze, however your eyes would stay in just as they normally do. The closing of your eyes is just to maintain some extra support to keep the muscles and nerves which hold your eyes in from having to do as much work.

Without the eyelid, the many eye muscles and optical nerve would do a fine job keeping the eyes in.

If you've seen Ripley's or Guinness Book of World Records, and you've seen the people that push their eyes out of their heads really far, you'd realize that you dont have to worry because your eyes can handle a lot.

Due to the pressure in your cranium your eyes would be pressurized slightly. There would be a slight bulging of your eyes from your head which is actually what happens normally when you sneeze, however your eyes would stay in just as they normally do. The closing of your eyes is just to maintain some extra support to keep the muscles and nerves which hold your eyes in from having to do as much work.

Without the eyelid, the many eye muscles and optical nerve would do a fine job keeping the eyes in.

If you've seen Ripley's or Guinness Book of World Records, and you've seen the people that push their eyes out of their heads really far, you'd realize that you dont have to worry because your eyes can handle a lot.


I've sneezed a lot and tried to stifle them but it's hard to.

Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes

Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes
Not me!

Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes


It takes me more than that.

Did you know a cat has 32 muscles in each ear

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

... that the first report of the D–Day landings received in the British mainland was delivered by Gustav, a messenger pigeon?

Did you know that...

coffee may help prevent Parkinson's disease?

Did you know that...

coffee may help prevent Parkinson's disease?


It may, but does it?

It may, but does it?


I'm not sure.

I'm not sure.
A-ha!

... that Doris Lessing's book The Sweetest Dream was originally intended to be volume three of her autobiography, but she made it a novel to avoid offending people?

Did you know Koalas sleep around 18 hours a day

Did you know?..."Ithyphallophobia" is a morbid fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.

Wow,did not know that.  ;D

Did you know?..."Ithyphallophobia" is a morbid fear of seeing, thinking about or having an erect penis.

Wow,did not know that.  ;D
There is a phobia for everything.

There is a phobia for everything.


I know that.

... that the world's fastest supercomputer, in Japan, costs $10 million a year to operate?

... that Tsar Alexander II of Russia had a special crystal bottle of Roederer champagne made for the Three Emperors Dinner in 1867 so he could admire the bubbles?

The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."

... that Italian Vincenzo Sarno was 11 years old when he signed to play professional football with Torino F.C.?

...the urine was once made into ammonia to remove stains from laundry.

...the urine was once made into ammonia to remove stains from laundry.


EW!  8-P

EW!  8-P
Why not it is natural and cheap.

Why not it is natural and cheap.


But it's pee.

But it's pee.
It is a natural form of ammonia 

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie

Every time you lick a stamp, you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie
What if someone else licks the stamp for you?

What if someone else licks the stamp for you?


They're burning calories.

... that Sister Carmela Marie Cristiano was the first Catholic nun to run for political office in New Jersey?

... that Irish country singer Larry Cunningham and his band got their first break when Jim Reeves walked off the stage during a concert?

Did you know that hurricanes have an eye in the center of its spiral that is calm and even sunny? However, the arms of the hurricane have a destructive force that can decimate entire coastlines and towns?

... that the film career of Bruno Kastner began in 1914 with the silent film Engelein (Little Angel), opposite Asta Nielsen, and ended with the advent of sound, because he stammered?

... that some Home and Away viewers complained about character Miles Copeland eating too much food on-screen?

Weather and climate affect human health. Illnesses change according to the season: In cold winter, influenza strikes; in spring, hay fever may become more prevalent. A summer heatwave or a winter cold snap may kill humans, particularly the youngest and the elderly.

Weather and climate affect human health. Illnesses change according to the season: In cold winter, influenza strikes; in spring, hay fever may become more prevalent. A summer heatwave or a winter cold snap may kill humans, particularly the youngest and the elderly.


How about the Lunar Effect?

How about the Lunar Effect?


I don't think The Lunar Effect has anything to do with the weather.

I don't think The Lunar Effect has anything to do with the weather.
The gravity of our moon is a major factor in our weather that all weather models I know of are overlooking. Whenever the lunar perigee is within 2 or 3 days of new moon or full moon, that tugs the atmosphere that is close to the north and south poles and pulls it closer to the equator. This strengthens the jet stream and causes our weather to be more severe and to turn cold for a few days afterward. This is very predictable if you know when to look for it.

The gravity of our moon is a major factor in our weather that all weather models I know of are overlooking. Whenever the lunar perigee is within 2 or 3 days of new moon or full moon, that tugs the atmosphere that is close to the north and south poles and pulls it closer to the equator. This strengthens the jet stream and causes our weather to be more severe and to turn cold for a few days afterward. This is very predictable if you know when to look for it.


what about turning into a warewolf? ???

what about turning into a werewolf? ???
That is the Lunar Effect as well.

That is the Lunar Effect as well.


It only happens in films.

It only happens in films.
Insanity suffers within the Lunar Effect too, the word lunatic derives from Lunar, and in the past, uncontrollable hair growth was a sign of neglect and when insane personal care is thrown out of the window.

Insanity suffers within the Lunar Effect too, the word lunatic derives from Lunar, and in the past, uncontrollable hair growth was a sign of neglect and when insane personal care is thrown out of the window.


So I better avoid the full moon

So I better avoid the full moon
We cannot avoid the Full Moon, it happens on Earth every 28 days or so.

We cannot avoid the Full Moon, it happens on Earth every 28 days or so.


I don't want get any facial hair.

...in the film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), at first, Doris Day refused to record "Que Sera, Sera" as a popular song release, dismissing it as "a forgettable children's song." It not only went on to win an Academy Award, but also became the biggest hit of her recording career and her signature song.

The same person who dubbed the voice of Scar in the Japanese dub of The Lion King also dubbed the voice of Barbossa in the Japanese dub of Pirates Of The Caribbean.

Did you know...

Isaac Newton calculated that the world will end in 2060, and Nostradamus predicted it to be the year 3786 or 3797.

Did you know...

Isaac Newton calculated that the world will end in 2060, and Nostradamus predicted it to be the year 3786 or 3797.




will see if his predictions are correct.

will see if his predictions are correct.
I hope to be around to see that.

I hope to be around to see that.


As for me 2060 I will be an old man by then.

As for me 2060 I will be an old man by then.
I would be even older.

I would be even older.


maybe his predictions could be wrong.

maybe his predictions could be wrong.
I hope that all those end of the world predictions are wrong.

I hope that all those end of the world predictions are wrong.


I just hope so too.

Did you know that the typical ice cream serving temperature is -16°C

Did you know that the typical ice cream serving temperature is -16°C


that must be the coldest.

Did you know that Little Tich, the famous North London Music Hall artiste, was a polydactyl, having five fingers and a thumb on each hand, and six toes on both feet.

... that from the day of his marriage till his death, Texas Governor Peter Hansborough Bell never set foot in the state?

The CD was developed by Philips and Sony in 1980

The CD was developed by Philips and Sony in 1980
Also, it was said that Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is to have influenced the development of the compact disc. Philips, the company that had started the work on the new audio format, originally planned for a CD to have a diameter of 11.5 cm, the width of the then popular compact cassette, while Sony planned a 10 cm diameter, even more compact but enough for one hour of music. However, according to a Philips website, Norio Ohga insisted in 1979 that the CD be able to contain a complete performance of the Ninth Symphony:

The longest known performance lasted 74 minutes. This was a mono recording made during the Bayreuther Festspiele in 1951 and conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler. This therefore became the playing time of a CD. A diameter of 12 centimeters was required for this playing time.

... that part of the Great Wall of China is submerged in the reservoir formed by the construction of the Panjiakou Dam in Hebei Province, and sometimes it re-emerges during droughts?

... that the Blue Mountains Ash (pictured) has a corky wooden skirt that helps it resist fire?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Eucalyptus_oreades_Bandabanda.jpg/75px-Eucalyptus_oreades_Bandabanda.jpg

An ostrich's eye is bigger that it's brain.

Did you know that the colour pink does not appear on the spectrum.

Did you know that New York's Tarrytown Light was ultimately located offshore in the Hudson River as sites on land were too expensive?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Tarrytown_Lighthouse_and_Tappan_Zee_Bridge.jpg

...it is impossible to hum if your nose is plugged.

...it is impossible to hum if your nose is plugged.


I thought it was possible.  ???

I thought it was possible.  ???
Have you try it?

Have you try it?


No I can't.

No I can't.
Start humming and then hold your nose, and see what happens.

The CD was developed by Philips and Sony in 1980
Did you know that it was this day in (October 1st) 1982, when Sony launched the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).

Did you know that it was this day in (October 1st) 1982, when Sony launched the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).


and I still have mine(just not in the best condition).

Did you know that more than 36 million children are expected to go trick-or-treating this Halloween?

Did you know that more than 36 million children are expected to go trick-or-treating this Halloween?


Hopefully less if parental control was stricter?

Hopefully less if parental control was stricter?


and more cops to be out patrolling.

Did you know that more than 36 million children are expected to go trick-or-treating this Halloween?



I'm ready for all of them (bought lots of candy)  ;D

Did you know that Jim Belushi looks like Steven Seagal?

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/11/9/abde2250-b9e7-418d-83c7-56d8498a958d.jpg

Did you know that Jim Belushi looks like Steven Seagal?

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/11/9/abde2250-b9e7-418d-83c7-56d8498a958d.jpg


I don't see the resemblance. ???

Did you know that Jim Belushi looks like Steven Seagal?

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2010/11/9/abde2250-b9e7-418d-83c7-56d8498a958d.jpg
According to Jim?

Did you know?...The average shelf-life of a latex condom is about two years.

... that Thomas Edison hoped to make furniture, refrigerators, and pianos using the concrete he developed but it was instead used to make the Yankee Stadium?

... that in 1933, a mostly Jewish boarding school escaped Nazi Germany and re-opened as Bunce Court School in Kent, England, ultimately saving the lives of hundreds of children and several teachers?

... that the world's highest webcam is capable of streaming live HD video of the summit of Mount Everest?

The tune for the "A-B-C" song is the same as "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star."



In the US

... that the tubers of the Potato Orchid taste of beetroot?

... that Max Bell went from making $35 per week at a Calgary newspaper during the Great Depression to owning Canada's largest newspaper syndicate in 1965?

... that physicists running the OPERA experiment detected neutrino particles apparently moving faster than light?

...the natural resource of Helium will run out within the next 20 years.

... that professional baseball pitcher Oscar Graham, who won 276 games in his career, worked as a rabbit hunter during the winter?

id you know there’s a man who weighed 561 kilograms?

id you know there’s a man who weighed 561 kilograms?
Do you know his name?

Do you know his name?


I'll have to look it up.

... that, after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Bassetki statue, which is more than 4,200 years old, was found in a cesspool?

... that Paul McCartney's song "Call Me Back Again" has been interpreted as his response to calls for a Beatles' reunion during the 1970s?

Did you know that more than 36 million children are expected to go trick-or-treating this Halloween?

... that the Port an Eilean Mhòir ship burial, excavated in 2011, is the first confirmed Viking ship burial to be discovered in mainland Scotland since 1935?

... that Jack Rothfuss contracted dysentery during his first season in Major League Baseball and spent the rest of his career in the minor leagues?

... that Google keeps giant dessert items on its lawn?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Google_lawn.jpg

... that Google keeps giant dessert items on its lawn?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Google_lawn.jpg


:o

Did you know the longest recorded flight of a chicken was 13 seconds

Did you know Perth is Australia's windiest city?

... that trying to escape Hurricane Katrina, award-winning writer Jesmyn Ward and her family got stranded in a field full of tractors?

Did you know that no chalice can be seen in The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/DaVinci_LastSupper_high_res_2_nowatmrk.jpg/800px-DaVinci_LastSupper_high_res_2_nowatmrk.jpg

...that since you forgot to save, you have to start all over again?

... that the giant plumose anemone (pictured) can grow to a height of one metre (39 inches)?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/de/Oc%C3%A9anopolis_-_les_aquariums_008.JPG/100px-Oc%C3%A9anopolis_-_les_aquariums_008.JPG

... that a 2004 glitch in TriTech emergency-response software rendered Austin, Texas dispatchers unable to locate their patrol cars on the street?

... that Yongjia Xuanjue is believed to have written the 8th-century Song of Enlightenment, a text still popular with Zen practitioners nowadays?

... that Swedish hip hop artist Roffe Ruff has kept his identity secret to make listeners concentrate more on his music than his personality?

... that the Westminster Psalter contains what may be the earliest representation of Saint Christopher in English art, from about 1250?

... that Swampy, the lead character in the game Where's My Water?, is the first original character created by Disney for a mobile video game?

...the due to perceived similarities between "Last Christmas" and the song "Can't Smile Without You" as popularised by Barry Manilow, an out-of-court settlement was reached in which the first year's royalties were donated to the one-year-old "Band Aid" charity.

... that when Tony Bennett broke a grand piano before a concert at the Brighton Dome, staff went to the Hounsom Memorial Church in Hangleton and borrowed theirs?

,,, that, "Buzz" Aldrin's mother's maiden name was Moon?

,,, that, "Buzz" Aldrin's mother's maiden name was Moon?


Really? never knew that.

Back to the Future was not originally intended to have a sequel.

Rockwell had another hit in 1984 called "Foreign Country"?

... that Australia is the only continent on earth occupied by only one nation ?

... that in the chess game Rotlewi versus Rubinstein, Rubinstein sacrificed his queen and rook for two minor pieces but forced checkmate?

Did you know that right now.. right this second.. there are people around the world who are committing suicide because they just cant take it any more?

... in 1889, P.T. Barnum donated the stuffed Jumbo to Tufts University, where it was displayed until destroyed by a fire in 1975.

... that Brazil nuts contain small amounts of radium?

Did you know?…Marilyn Monroe, the most celebrated sex icon of the 20th century, confessed to a friend that despite her three husbands and a parade of lovers, she had never had an orgasm.

Wow I never knew that.  :o

Did you know?

That in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the Ooze, Rocksteady and Bebop were going to originally be the mutants the turtles had to fight?

Eastman and Laird said "no". That's fine... But if you object to the hideous creature with a bad haircut and bad fashion, maybe you'd object to Vanilla Ice instead.

... that Captain America in: The Doom Tube of Dr. Megalomann was the first appearance of Captain America in a video game?

... that among the background singers in the crescendo of "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" by The Righteous Brothers is a young Cher.

... that the Hook and Ladder No. 4 (pictured) fire station in Albany, New York, is one of the few Dutch Colonial Revival buildings in the city?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Hook_and_Ladder_No._4.jpg/768px-Hook_and_Ladder_No._4.jpg

... that Amish dolls are left faceless, possibly to emphasize that "all are alike in the eyes of God"?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Amish_Dolls.jpg/800px-Amish_Dolls.jpg

... that the occupants of the lifeboats of the RMS Titanic included a musical toy pig, two mysterious "orphans" and a Pekingese dog called Sun Yat Sen?

... that the gender of an East Canary Gecko is determined by the temperature at which the egg is incubated?

... that King Arthur's Cave, near Ganarew, to the northeast of Monmouth, is reputedly the oldest Arthurian site?

... that the MV-1 is the first purpose-built taxicab to be approved for use as a New York City yellow cab since the iconic Checker Marathon?

... that India won only 9 medals in the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, comparing with 76 medals in the previous edition of the Games?

Did you know that 85% of pie charts resemble Pacman?

Did you know that 85% of pie charts resemble Pacman?


I realized that.

... that the start of the 2009–10 Logan Cup was delayed because not all the cricket teams involved had finished signing players?

... that in 1204, the wife of Hugh de Neville paid John, King of England 200 chickens for the right to sleep one night with her own husband?

... that TV presenter Dieter Thomas Heck, known for the ZDF-Hitparade, stuttered as a boy after being trapped in a 1943 bombing raid, but conquered his stutter with singing lessons started at age 16?

Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.

Not me!

Did you know the average person falls asleep in 7 minutes.

Not me!


mine is longer than that.

... that in Nguyen v. INS, the US Supreme Court upheld a law making it harder for a foreign-born illegitimate child to inherit US citizenship from the father than from the mother?

... that the 1907 Sydney bathing costume protests were a response by men wearing women's clothing to proposed regulations on beach dress?

Did you know that more than 36 million children are expected to go trick-or-treating this Halloween?


Errm...Yes. Because you said so yourself.


Did you know that more than 36 million children are expected to go trick-or-treating this Halloween?

id you know there’s a man who weighed 561 kilograms?



Do you know his name?



I'll have to look it up.


Well, I did it for you. His name is Manuel Uribe. He is still fighting obesity. Last reports say he's down to 200kg/440 lbs.

Errm...Yes. Because you said so yourself.


Whoops! :-[

... that An Ruzi was made ruler of Qi despite being just a little boy, but was killed by his older brother Duke Dao of Qi after less than a year on the throne?

... that Longkou Mining Group, a subsidiary of Shandong Energy, is the only company in China mining coal under the sea?

... that First Lady Michelle Obama describes Thomas Jefferson's attempts to grow four-foot-long cucumbers in her gardening book American Grown?

... that Elizabeth Potts was the only woman ever legally executed in Nevada?

... that Bert Sincock, born in a gold rush boomtown in 1887, was the first British Columbia native to play Major League Baseball?

... that development of the Ten Broeck Triangle in Albany, New York, was spurred by the 1845 removal of a cemetery whose bodies and coffins kept washing out in heavy storms?

... that earthenware fragments from Odai Yamamoto I have a calibrated radiocarbon date of as early as 14,500 BC, before the warming at the end of the Pleistocene?

... that the Brunei women's national football team is forbidden from participating in the Olympic Games by its country's government?

... that Kyle Larson won the first stock car race he ever competed in?

... that Hal Elliott led the National League in games played by a pitcher in 1930, appearing in 48 games for the last place Philadelphia Phillies?

... that Yes cancelled a show on their Fragile Tour after the van carrying their PA system broke down—as did two others sent to replace it?

... that in 1973 country music singer Willie Nelson formed his own band, Family, after retiring early from a previous recording contract?

... that Christchurch architect Samuel Farr stocked almost every lake and river in Canterbury, New Zealand, with fish?

... that in spite of the official Soviet ideology of gender equality, feminism continues to be a dirty word for women in Russia?

... that three aircraft belonging to Gatari Air Service were seized after its president director was implicated in a fraud case?

... that Angels Camp Museum sits on land located above two veins of the California Mother Lode?

... that in The Dance Lesson, an 1879 painting by Edgar Degas, an exhausted dancer sits on a double bass?

... that Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell had been more afraid of meeting John Wheelwright on the football field than of later meeting an army on the battle field?

... that Love's 1966 song "She Comes in Colors" has been cited as an influence on both The Rolling Stones' "She's a Rainbow" and Madonna's "Beautiful Stranger"?

... that Jennifer Lopez's single "Let's Get Loud", from her debut album On the 6, was originally written for Gloria Estefan?

... that Jennifer Lopez's single "Let's Get Loud", from her debut album On the 6, was originally written for Gloria Estefan?


really? Is that true?  ???

really? Is that true?  ???
If it is on wiki it must be true.  ;D

... that English cricketer Nigel Moore was a golf Blue at Cambridge?

... that Clorindy: The Origin of the Cakewalk, the first Broadway musical with an all-black cast, was written in a single night?

... that Henry Piggott's gravestone at St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, states that he was born on 30 December 1715 and died on 7 March 1715?

... that Henry Piggott's gravestone at St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, states that he was born on 30 December 1715 and died on 7 March 1715?
... buried in the churchyard is Henry Piggott, a member of the locally prominent Piggot(t) family. His "seemingly very odd memorial" by the southwest corner of the chancel states that he was born on 30 December 1715 and died on 7 March 1715. The gravestone is an example of the use of Old Style (Julian calendar) dates in the period before 1752, when the Gregorian calendar was introduced. The new year started on 25 March rather than 1 January, so Henry Piggott lived for about nine weeks.