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  • epr3996
    epr3996 Posts: 2,719 Member
    TIL that website hackers have a sense of humor also they put Copyleft instead of copyright in their code!
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  • Italiana_xx79
    Italiana_xx79 Posts: 594 Member
    TIL that TAG stands for "Touch And Go" :D
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    what I learned today....


    if you see a photograph of a bed with 4 cats, keep your mouth shut!
  • epr3996
    epr3996 Posts: 2,719 Member
    kace_kay wrote: »
    If you call a man handsome on social media, his wife will send you a threatening message telling you to back off or else. Oh, honey.... bless your heart.

    That's funny if you called me handsome my wife would say do you want him? LOL :)
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    I learned today, that yesterday morning might not have been the best time to buy a ton of Facebook stock....
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL Mick Jagger's youngest son is younger than his great-grandchild.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL A set of foot prints of a young child and a wolf or dog walking side by side was found in the Chauvet Cave in France. This information suggests the origin of the human-dog companionship could date to before the last Ice Age.
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  • J_NY_Z
    J_NY_Z Posts: 2,540 Member
    The sliding stones in California's Death Valley are caused by flooding and freezing water. When the thawing starts the large slabs of ice are pushed by the wind into the stones and move them.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    kace_kay wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL A set of foot prints of a young child and a wolf or dog walking side by side was found in the Chauvet Cave in France. This information suggests the origin of the human-dog companionship could date to before the last Ice Age.

    Have you seen any movie trailers for Alpha?

    I saw a something about it but haven't watched a trailer for it.
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  • epr3996
    epr3996 Posts: 2,719 Member
    That matching my clothes every day is tiring!
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that Eddie Vedder wrote the song "Jeremy" because he thought it was important to give meaning to the actions of Jeremy Wade Delle, a high school student who shot himself in front of his English class in 1991.
  • ChaelAZ
    ChaelAZ Posts: 2,240 Member
    ythannah wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL that the Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery with gold or silver lacquer is called Kintsukuroi which is based on the philosophy that the object is more beautiful because it was broken.

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    I love this

    What is unfortunate about this is finding true antique Kintsukuroi pottery has become more difficult because the repair technique become a production technique. The concept is beuatiful though.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL Kobe Bryant’s grandmother only came to see him play one game his entire professional career. That one game versus the Toronto Raptors he scored 81 points.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that American wine had a terrible reputation until an event in 1976, called the Judgment of Paris. Wine industry luminaries blind tasted California and renowned French wines, side by side, and scored them. Surprisingly, the winning red and white wines were both from California.
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  • dasmyth
    dasmyth Posts: 8 Member
    Today I learned that as I am getting leaner, my little hernias are getting more and way more noticable! I didn't even know I had the top one until today!! Ack! Now what?!ezow5ykjmuen.jpg
  • SwannySez
    SwannySez Posts: 5,860 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL that American wine had a terrible reputation until an event in 1976, called the Judgment of Paris. Wine industry luminaries blind tasted California and renowned French wines, side by side, and scored them. Surprisingly, the winning red and white wines were both from California.

    Did you watch Bottle Shock?
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL the British are often referred to as “Limey” because of their army’s use of lime to prevent scurvy when at sea. The use of citrus was initially a closely guarded military secret as it gave them the ability to remain at sea for lengthy periods without contracting the disorder.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    SwannySez wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL that American wine had a terrible reputation until an event in 1976, called the Judgment of Paris. Wine industry luminaries blind tasted California and renowned French wines, side by side, and scored them. Surprisingly, the winning red and white wines were both from California.

    Did you watch Bottle Shock?

    I haven't seen that.
  • hud54014
    hud54014 Posts: 3,777 Member
    Yesterday I learned that Crunchy Cheetos and junk mail make excellent kindling.
  • epr3996
    epr3996 Posts: 2,719 Member
    TIL that sometimes it's just better to not say anything!
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
    TIL Chandler Riggs, who plays Carl Grimes on The Walking Dead, has a stunt double who is a 23-year-old woman named Emily Brobst.
  • orangegato
    orangegato Posts: 6,572 Member
    edited August 2018
    TIL the word pluviophile (Any organism that thrives in conditions of heavy rainfall. One who loves rain, a rain-lover)
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL Stephen King threw away the first few pages of Carrie until his wife fished it out of the trash can and said she liked it and would help him with the female perspective. The book would become his first published novel and wildly successful, launching his $400 million career.

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