Today I Learned...

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  • Just_J_Now
    Just_J_Now Posts: 9,551 Member
    TIL that I much rather be rejected than be ignored. At least rejection gives you some closure. Being ignored just leaves you hanging in limbo wondering.
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    Caporegiem wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL 20,000 year-old fossilized human footprints were discovered in Australia which indicate the man who made them was running at the speed of a modern Olympic sprinter, barefoot, in sand.


    Have you seen the size of the spiders they have there though?

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  • WanderingRivers
    WanderingRivers Posts: 612 Member
    That the minute I go to show my boss a system error, the program will function perfectly with no errors at all.
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  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL 20,000 year-old fossilized human footprints were discovered in Australia which indicate the man who made them was running at the speed of a modern Olympic sprinter, barefoot, in sand.

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    Who said it was a man? There was a 60% off sale ..
    The ladies know how fast ya gotta be :laugh:
    Caporegiem wrote: »
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL 20,000 year-old fossilized human footprints were discovered in Australia which indicate the man who made them was running at the speed of a modern Olympic sprinter, barefoot, in sand.

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    Have you seen the size of the spiders they have there though?

    Yep..Big enough to eat ya dog :o jk..well maybe a small dog
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL not to post this after a selfie pic. As it could be taken the wrong way.

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that in the midst of a three-year killing spree, over which he is believed to have murdered up to 130 people, serial killer Rodney Alcala was featured as a contestant on The Dating Game, and was picked by the bachelorette. She never followed up on the date because she found him "creepy".

    http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/dating-gamer-killer-rodney-alcalas-life-to-become-subject-of-new-tv-movie/news-story/4ec03ad2b7c61d3a6f2ef73fb23e625b
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL that in the midst of a three-year killing spree, over which he is believed to have murdered up to 130 people, serial killer Rodney Alcala was featured as a contestant on The Dating Game, and was picked by the bachelorette. She never followed up on the date because she found him "creepy".

    http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/dating-gamer-killer-rodney-alcalas-life-to-become-subject-of-new-tv-movie/news-story/4ec03ad2b7c61d3a6f2ef73fb23e625b

    Have you seen the dateline on him?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mf6mDTu8os

    I have not.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL why people are talking about coconuts, and I don't mean oil.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL

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  • VeronicaA76
    VeronicaA76 Posts: 1,116 Member
    TIL that a dead apple trees roots go about 5 feet down and 10 feet in diameter. Finally dug that thing out and now I have firewood and a giant hole in my hard.
  • Monkey_Business
    Monkey_Business Posts: 1,800 Member
    BabyBear76 wrote: »
    and a giant hole in my hard.

    Bet that will raise a few eyebrows (wink)


  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL that a man survived the sinking of a ship in 1871, leaving him traumatized afterwards. Some forty years later he was finally able to overcome his fears and sail again... only to die on the Titanic.

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  • LauraInTheWater
    LauraInTheWater Posts: 477 Member
    edited August 2017
    TIL that the Barbie doll was named after the creator's daughter and the Ken doll was made to look like the creator's husband. And they were sold as boyfriend and girlfriend.

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  • VeronicaA76
    VeronicaA76 Posts: 1,116 Member
    BabyBear76 wrote: »
    and a giant hole in my hard.

    Bet that will raise a few eyebrows (wink)


    LOL!!! Maybe I'll just tell everyone (that didn't know I had a tree there) that the bodies were stinking up the yard. Just for fun.
  • sw33tp3a1
    sw33tp3a1 Posts: 5,065 Member
    Nothing toxic comes from real love
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    TIL that the Cascadia Subduction Zone has the potential to produce a mega-quake with 30 times the energy of one that the San Andreas fault can produce. The area, which stretches off the coast from Vancouver to northern CA, is overdue for an estimated 9.0 quake. This would result in 3-5 MINUTES of shaking (compared to 15-30 seconds in a normal quake) and would result in a tsunami dwarfing the Japan tsunami of 2011. Once the quake happens, the PNW will have about 15 minutes of lead time before the tsunami hits. It's estimated that everything west of Interstate 5 would be unrecognizable and upwards of a million people would be displaced. Conservative death estimates are around 13,000 lives lost.

    FEMA has conducted drills for this specific scenario called 'Cascadia Rising'.

    on the bright side, my property value would skyrocket.
  • Raquel_Mama
    Raquel_Mama Posts: 1,815 Member
    If it makes me happy, nobody else's opinion matters :smile:
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    TIL that the Cascadia Subduction Zone has the potential to produce a mega-quake with 30 times the energy of one that the San Andreas fault can produce. The area, which stretches off the coast from Vancouver to northern CA, is overdue for an estimated 9.0 quake. This would result in 3-5 MINUTES of shaking (compared to 15-30 seconds in a normal quake) and would result in a tsunami dwarfing the Japan tsunami of 2011. Once the quake happens, the PNW will have about 15 minutes of lead time before the tsunami hits. It's estimated that everything west of Interstate 5 would be unrecognizable and upwards of a million people would be displaced. Conservative death estimates are around 13,000 lives lost.

    FEMA has conducted drills for this specific scenario called 'Cascadia Rising'.

    on the bright side, my property value would skyrocket.

    Yes, but only until Yellowstone blows. We've got potential disasters for e'rybody to enjoy!
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    TIL that the Cascadia Subduction Zone has the potential to produce a mega-quake with 30 times the energy of one that the San Andreas fault can produce. The area, which stretches off the coast from Vancouver to northern CA, is overdue for an estimated 9.0 quake. This would result in 3-5 MINUTES of shaking (compared to 15-30 seconds in a normal quake) and would result in a tsunami dwarfing the Japan tsunami of 2011. Once the quake happens, the PNW will have about 15 minutes of lead time before the tsunami hits. It's estimated that everything west of Interstate 5 would be unrecognizable and upwards of a million people would be displaced. Conservative death estimates are around 13,000 lives lost.

    FEMA has conducted drills for this specific scenario called 'Cascadia Rising'.

    on the bright side, my property value would skyrocket.

    Yes, but only until Yellowstone blows. We've got potential disasters for e'rybody to enjoy!

    I'm good there too!

    Maybe a lil' ash, but that's okay. It will block out some of the Sun.

    Can we schedule this super volcano eruption for sometime in July?

    KillZone1.jpg
  • Raquel_Mama
    Raquel_Mama Posts: 1,815 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    TIL that the Cascadia Subduction Zone has the potential to produce a mega-quake with 30 times the energy of one that the San Andreas fault can produce. The area, which stretches off the coast from Vancouver to northern CA, is overdue for an estimated 9.0 quake. This would result in 3-5 MINUTES of shaking (compared to 15-30 seconds in a normal quake) and would result in a tsunami dwarfing the Japan tsunami of 2011. Once the quake happens, the PNW will have about 15 minutes of lead time before the tsunami hits. It's estimated that everything west of Interstate 5 would be unrecognizable and upwards of a million people would be displaced. Conservative death estimates are around 13,000 lives lost.

    FEMA has conducted drills for this specific scenario called 'Cascadia Rising'.

    on the bright side, my property value would skyrocket.

    Yes, but only until Yellowstone blows. We've got potential disasters for e'rybody to enjoy!

    I'm good there too!

    Maybe a lil' ash, but that's okay. It will block out some of the Sun.

    Can we schedule this super volcano eruption for sometime in July?

    KillZone1.jpg

    Hmm, I'm dead.
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    edited August 2017
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    TIL that the Cascadia Subduction Zone has the potential to produce a mega-quake with 30 times the energy of one that the San Andreas fault can produce. The area, which stretches off the coast from Vancouver to northern CA, is overdue for an estimated 9.0 quake. This would result in 3-5 MINUTES of shaking (compared to 15-30 seconds in a normal quake) and would result in a tsunami dwarfing the Japan tsunami of 2011. Once the quake happens, the PNW will have about 15 minutes of lead time before the tsunami hits. It's estimated that everything west of Interstate 5 would be unrecognizable and upwards of a million people would be displaced. Conservative death estimates are around 13,000 lives lost.

    FEMA has conducted drills for this specific scenario called 'Cascadia Rising'.

    on the bright side, my property value would skyrocket.

    Yes, but only until Yellowstone blows. We've got potential disasters for e'rybody to enjoy!

    I'm good there too!

    Maybe a lil' ash, but that's okay. It will block out some of the Sun.

    Can we schedule this super volcano eruption for sometime in July?

    KillZone1.jpg

    Why, is July a special time for you? (ETA- ahh, missed the comment about blocking out the sun.) I'd think you'd prefer it at Christmas time.. enjoy a little snow for once.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    TIL that the Cascadia Subduction Zone has the potential to produce a mega-quake with 30 times the energy of one that the San Andreas fault can produce. The area, which stretches off the coast from Vancouver to northern CA, is overdue for an estimated 9.0 quake. This would result in 3-5 MINUTES of shaking (compared to 15-30 seconds in a normal quake) and would result in a tsunami dwarfing the Japan tsunami of 2011. Once the quake happens, the PNW will have about 15 minutes of lead time before the tsunami hits. It's estimated that everything west of Interstate 5 would be unrecognizable and upwards of a million people would be displaced. Conservative death estimates are around 13,000 lives lost.

    FEMA has conducted drills for this specific scenario called 'Cascadia Rising'.

    on the bright side, my property value would skyrocket.

    Yes, but only until Yellowstone blows. We've got potential disasters for e'rybody to enjoy!

    I'm good there too!

    Maybe a lil' ash, but that's okay. It will block out some of the Sun.

    Can we schedule this super volcano eruption for sometime in July?

    KillZone1.jpg

    Hmm, I'm dead.

    I can't believe you posted that.

    I was thinking of you when posting the map. Weird, huh?

    Have you thought of moving ??
  • Raquel_Mama
    Raquel_Mama Posts: 1,815 Member
    edited August 2017
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    TIL that the Cascadia Subduction Zone has the potential to produce a mega-quake with 30 times the energy of one that the San Andreas fault can produce. The area, which stretches off the coast from Vancouver to northern CA, is overdue for an estimated 9.0 quake. This would result in 3-5 MINUTES of shaking (compared to 15-30 seconds in a normal quake) and would result in a tsunami dwarfing the Japan tsunami of 2011. Once the quake happens, the PNW will have about 15 minutes of lead time before the tsunami hits. It's estimated that everything west of Interstate 5 would be unrecognizable and upwards of a million people would be displaced. Conservative death estimates are around 13,000 lives lost.

    FEMA has conducted drills for this specific scenario called 'Cascadia Rising'.

    on the bright side, my property value would skyrocket.

    Yes, but only until Yellowstone blows. We've got potential disasters for e'rybody to enjoy!

    I'm good there too!

    Maybe a lil' ash, but that's okay. It will block out some of the Sun.

    Can we schedule this super volcano eruption for sometime in July?

    KillZone1.jpg

    Hmm, I'm dead.

    I can't believe you posted that.

    I was thinking of you when posting the map. Weird, huh?

    Have you thought of moving ??

    Haha. Me? That is weird..... why were you thinking of me? I dunno....hopefully..... we'll see what the future holds! I'm just here for the ride :smiley:
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    TIL that the Cascadia Subduction Zone has the potential to produce a mega-quake with 30 times the energy of one that the San Andreas fault can produce. The area, which stretches off the coast from Vancouver to northern CA, is overdue for an estimated 9.0 quake. This would result in 3-5 MINUTES of shaking (compared to 15-30 seconds in a normal quake) and would result in a tsunami dwarfing the Japan tsunami of 2011. Once the quake happens, the PNW will have about 15 minutes of lead time before the tsunami hits. It's estimated that everything west of Interstate 5 would be unrecognizable and upwards of a million people would be displaced. Conservative death estimates are around 13,000 lives lost.

    FEMA has conducted drills for this specific scenario called 'Cascadia Rising'.

    on the bright side, my property value would skyrocket.

    Yes, but only until Yellowstone blows. We've got potential disasters for e'rybody to enjoy!

    I'm good there too!

    Maybe a lil' ash, but that's okay. It will block out some of the Sun.

    Can we schedule this super volcano eruption for sometime in July?

    KillZone1.jpg

    Hmm, I'm dead.

    I can't believe you posted that.

    I was thinking of you when posting the map. Weird, huh?

    Have you thought of moving ??

    Haha. Me? That is weird..... why were you thinking of me? I dunno....hopefully..... we'll see what the future holds! I'm just here for the ride :smiley:

    yeah, straight up; I was....

    I looked at the map and thought: " Who do I know living in the 'kill zone' ? Ut oh."

    I only know of one other person living in the kill zone.

    I'll telephone him late tonight and suggest that he move south.