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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    rickswifey83 wrote: »
    TIL:
    In 1994, the Codex was purchased by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates for US$30,802,500 — the highest sum every paid for any book in any format

    Which Codex?
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL George Lucas tried to be an officer in the US Airforce but was rejected because he had too many speeding tickets.
  • Iscah13
    Iscah13 Posts: 1,954 Member
    Don’t mess with an inmates cake.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL of the Snake Detection Theory, which states that humans are remarkably good at noticing snakes, even when camouflaged or when we only get a brief glimpse of them.
  • BlowPopKisses
    BlowPopKisses Posts: 1,482 Member
    SabAteNine wrote: »
    aChuisle_moChroi wrote: »
    TIL I’m going to have to rewatch the entire first season of Westworld now. Struggle: real.

    Right there with you. Ain't nobody got time for that :disappointed:

    Same. I really liked Westworld, but do I really need to brush up on everything in Season 1 to get the clues ... hhhmmmmm ...
    I ain't tryna' do all that either.
  • BlowPopKisses
    BlowPopKisses Posts: 1,482 Member
    TIL ........ that Ben Cohen, a founder of and taster for Ben & Jerry's ice cream, has anosmia.
    A disease or condition that makes you not be able to taste or smell your food.
    And that is the reason why his ice cream has big chunks, different colors and textures.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL The Simpsons just aired its 636th episode. The Simpsons finally outran Gunsmoke as America's longest-running TV show, as counted by scripted episodes.
  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,978 Member
    TIL that when I expect it least, the most unexpected things happen.
  • azironasun
    azironasun Posts: 137 Member
    empresssue wrote: »
    TIL that when I expect it least, the most unexpected things happen.

    Yes! This!

    Went to my mailbox today and SURPRISE, there was a check, settling a debt that was over 20 years old.
  • ChaelAZ
    ChaelAZ Posts: 2,240 Member
    rickswifey83 wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    rickswifey83 wrote: »
    TIL:
    In 1994, the Codex was purchased by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates for US$30,802,500 — the highest sum every paid for any book in any format

    Which Codex?

    The Codex Leicester

    I got to see this here a few years ago. Amazaballs.
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    TIL I need to watch a YouTube how-to video next time I want to eat a mango.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL in 1998, Marvel offered the cinematic rights of almost all of it's characters to Sony for a mere $25 million. Sony rejected the offer, and only purchased the rights to Spiderman for $10 million believing that movie audiences would only care about him.
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  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,978 Member
    azironasun wrote: »
    empresssue wrote: »
    TIL that when I expect it least, the most unexpected things happen.

    Yes! This!

    Went to my mailbox today and SURPRISE, there was a check, settling a debt that was over 20 years old.

    That is AWESOME :smiley:
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    TIL veteran rock ‘n’ roll guitar player Waddy Wachtel plead no contest to charges of possessing child pornography in 1998 after child pornography was found on his computer.
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    TIL it is significant that a hyssop branch was used to give Jesus “sour wine” on the cross in the gospel of John because hyssop was commonly used in cleansing rituals in the Old Testament.
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    TIL the hidden meaning behind Sugar Ray's 'Every Morning'.
  • gcibsthom
    gcibsthom Posts: 30,145 Member
    TIL that octopi change sex after every mating...Damn that has got to be confusing....
  • Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings
    Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings Posts: 5,545 Member
    TIL just how long the healthcare profession can sit and watch someone in excruciating pain and do nothing for them... for hours
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    gcibsthom wrote: »
    TIL that octopi change sex after every mating...Damn that has got to be confusing....

    Wait, what? I thought they had detachable penises and they only mated the one time when they set sail to it to find a mate.
  • RastaLousGirl
    RastaLousGirl Posts: 2,119 Member
    Posting comments early morning before coffee is not such a good idea.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL on the Lewis and Clark expedition in order to speak to a indian tribe they spoke English to a man who knew French that spoke to a man who knew French and Hidatsa so he told his wife Sacagawea who knew Hidatsa and Shoshone then she would tell the tribes slave who knew Shoshone and Salishan.
  • RomaineCalm
    RomaineCalm Posts: 3,972 Member
    TIL If you're hot and you do creepy things, it's not considered creepy.



    JK, I didn't learn that today.
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  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    sarahbums wrote: »
    TIL that pickle juice is apparently a great way to treat a hangover

    And muscle cramps.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that Michael Phelps has more Summer Olympic gold medals than 80% of countries in history even when taking into account countries that no longer exist.
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
    TIL that the Victorias Secret website is blocked due to content on my works WIFI. LOL
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