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  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    AdamAthletic wrote: »
    That relationships and me just never seem to work well together!

    When the right one comes along it will :)
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL one of the most sought-after jobs in Venice is that of gondolier. There are only 425 licenses issued, and applicants must be Venetian by birth. Apprenticeships involve over 400 hours of training, and when a gondolier dies the license passes to the beneficiary, who then decides the replacement.
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL one of the most sought-after jobs in Venice is that of gondolier. There are only 425 licenses issued, and applicants must be Venetian by birth. Apprenticeships involve over 400 hours of training, and when a gondolier dies the license passes to the beneficiary, who then decides the replacement.

    Very cool Cee.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL Cheetos were invented when an animal feed manufacturer in Wisconsin changed up their machine cleaning technique. They placed moist wheat on a grinder and found the grain puffed up when it came out. The company owner then took the end product, seasoned it, and invented the first cheese curl.
  • orangegato
    orangegato Posts: 6,572 Member
    2 things:
    Slim fit dress pants and my big calves aren't compatible.
    I have to work this weekend. It wasn't on my calendar. I really could have used this weekend off mentally. *kitten* me.
  • UltraVegAthlete
    UltraVegAthlete Posts: 667 Member
    The food we obsess about doesn’t taste even half as good as it does in our minds
  • sw33tp3a1
    sw33tp3a1 Posts: 5,065 Member
    About roller pigeons
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,464 Member
    edited February 2018
    What's a roller pigeon?
  • sw33tp3a1
    sw33tp3a1 Posts: 5,065 Member
    corinasue1143 wrote: »
    What's a roller pigeon?

    https://youtu.be/k7LtUEpb6OA
    Most of the time they keep flying but sometimes they don't and crash to the ground killing themselves.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL Loneliness has a greater chance of causing premature death than obesity.
  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,978 Member
    TIL how to fix something when someone else drops the ball. God forbid that person should have to fix it, though. :neutral:
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL my favorite color in the alphabet dictionary is a triangular obi-wan-kanobi who likes the color square on a scale of Jet-Puffed Marshmallow Creme to 16.25, plus 2 yodas.
  • Iscah13
    Iscah13 Posts: 1,954 Member
    TIL George Pullman pissed a lot of people off before he died so he was buried under concrete and steel.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Iscah13 wrote: »
    TIL George Pullman pissed a lot of people off before he died so he was buried under concrete and steel.

    TIL who George Pullman was and agree he should of been buried under concrete.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that The Beatles wanted to make a Lord Of The Rings movie before Peter Jackson did, however Tolkien refused to let them.
  • Iscah13
    Iscah13 Posts: 1,954 Member
    TIL the Von Trapp dad died in Vermont.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that in 2006, a young couple lost for three nights in the San Jacinto mountains was rescued in part by a signal fire started from matches found in the abandoned camp of a lost hiker who vanished exactly one year before their predicament.
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
    TIL Many believe the X symbol became synonymous with the kiss in medieval times. People who couldn't write their names signed in front of a witness with an X. The X was then kissed to show their sincerity.
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
    TIL In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression "to wear your heart on your sleeve."
  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,978 Member
    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    TIL In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression "to wear your heart on your sleeve."

    Can we choose who's names go in the bowl?????
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
    empresssue wrote: »
    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    TIL In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression "to wear your heart on your sleeve."

    Can we choose who's names go in the bowl?????

    Only if you promise to choose mine :*:*
  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,978 Member
    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    empresssue wrote: »
    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    TIL In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression "to wear your heart on your sleeve."

    Can we choose who's names go in the bowl?????

    Only if you promise to choose mine :*:*

    You got it!!!!!
  • BoosDimples
    BoosDimples Posts: 2,826 Member
    TIL that my great nephew has learned how to say my name. :smiley::heart:
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    BoosDimples wrote: »
    TIL that my great nephew has learned how to say my name. :smiley::heart:

    Is your name Yastrzhembsky?
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL between 1977 and 2015, the college textbook industry has increased its prices by 1,041%. This was managed through aggressive business tactics such as forcing students to buy new versions of the same textbook and incorporating more pictures into a text to increase its length.
  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,978 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL between 1977 and 2015, the college textbook industry has increased its prices by 1,041%. This was managed through aggressive business tactics such as forcing students to buy new versions of the same textbook and incorporating more pictures into a text to increase its length.

    It is ridiculous how much they charge for these & how cheap they've become-think spiral notebooks & online books. :angry:
  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,978 Member
    About black moons-thanks, @cee134!!
  • NewlifeinNW
    NewlifeinNW Posts: 3,866 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL between 1977 and 2015, the college textbook industry has increased its prices by 1,041%. This was managed through aggressive business tactics such as forcing students to buy new versions of the same textbook and incorporating more pictures into a text to increase its length.

    Many teachers don't even teach from the text. Every time an edition changes,the students are either unable to sell back the previous edition or get next to nothing for it. It's a scam industry. I worked for the campus book store during my college years.

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