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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon album was on the Billboard charts for a total of 741 consecutive weeks from 1973 to 1988.

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL in the late 1990s, a man studying the underground chambers of the Colosseum found patterns of holes, notches and grooves in the walls. By connecting the dots of the negative space, he discovered that a system of elevators had been used to transport wild animals and scenery to the main floor.

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  • princess7955
    princess7955 Posts: 1,277 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    TIL in the late 1990s, a man studying the underground chambers of the Colosseum found patterns of holes, notches and grooves in the walls. By connecting the dots of the negative space, he discovered that a system of elevators had been used to transport wild animals and scenery to the main floor.

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    now THIS is cool! And actually kind of makes sense if you think about it
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  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
    TIL the expression waiting for the other shoe to drop's origin. This expression alludes to a person awakened by a neighbor who loudly dropped one shoe on the floor and is waiting for the second shoe to be dropped. [ Early 1900s ]
  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,978 Member
    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    TIL the expression waiting for the other shoe to drop's origin. This expression alludes to a person awakened by a neighbor who loudly dropped one shoe on the floor and is waiting for the second shoe to be dropped. [ Early 1900s ]

    I hate when the 2nd shoe drops......
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
    empresssue wrote: »
    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    TIL the expression waiting for the other shoe to drop's origin. This expression alludes to a person awakened by a neighbor who loudly dropped one shoe on the floor and is waiting for the second shoe to be dropped. [ Early 1900s ]

    I hate when the 2nd shoe drops......

    Me too...and unfortunately it has definitely dropped today.
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  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,978 Member
    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    empresssue wrote: »
    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    TIL the expression waiting for the other shoe to drop's origin. This expression alludes to a person awakened by a neighbor who loudly dropped one shoe on the floor and is waiting for the second shoe to be dropped. [ Early 1900s ]

    I hate when the 2nd shoe drops......

    Me too...and unfortunately it has definitely dropped today.

    I'm sorry to hear that. :disappointed:
  • beagletracks
    beagletracks Posts: 6,034 Member
    SabotageinStilettos wrote: »
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    SabotageinStilettos wrote: »
    happimess1 wrote: »
    So many australian sex tourists move to Thailand to find happiness. But ironically, this has lead to a scenario where western suicides have become common in Pattaya, with many referring to the mysterious deaths as ‘the Pattaya Flyers club.’

    What is a sex tourist?

    its people who travel with the sole purpose of having sex with prostitutes. I am surprised you didnt know this giving your sexual vocabulary

    Oh I just call myself a tourist. I didn’t know we had a special name!

    Often to countries that give them easy access child prostitutes and/or sex slaves who have no choice in the matter (thus perpetuating the demand).
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  • millionsofpeaches1
    millionsofpeaches1 Posts: 409 Member
    Clever_User_Name wrote: »
    TIL that my daughter's hospital bill is $678,000

    ☹️ hopefully that’s not the amount you have to pay. I’m sorry
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL the Lion's roar from the Metro-Goldwyn logo is actually made from tiger vocalizations, as "lions don't make that kind of ferocious noise and the logo needed to be ferocious and majestic"
  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,978 Member
    But, but-I'm a leo. I must roar :cry:
  • macrologger
    macrologger Posts: 20 Member
    Some people are just plain thirsty. I'm sorry their lives are so sad.
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
    Some people are just good at heart.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL Nintendo will not allow the creator of Super Mario to bike to work because they consider his safety to be too important.
  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,978 Member
    TIL-how to obtain a passport.
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  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    That men need estrogen, not just ladies. Who knew???
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL The two parts to the word “helicopter” are not “heli” and “copter”, but “helico” meaning spiral, and “pter” meaning one with wings, like pterodactyl.

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  • MizzBree
    MizzBree Posts: 265 Member
    TIL that my boss is younger than me (I'm early 30's), I have a degree and she doesn't, makes 4x's what I make, she snorts when she laughs, and has no nail on her left thumb.
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    TIL the actor that played Predator died of AIDS in 1991

    TIL that one of my friends saw this movie for the first time.
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  • BlowPopKisses
    BlowPopKisses Posts: 1,482 Member
    TIL ....... a new level of hate
  • Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings
    Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings Posts: 5,545 Member
    BlowPopKisses wrote: »
    TIL ....... a new level of hate

    :(
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    TIL when Halle Berry won a Worst Actor Razzie award for her role in Catwoman, she showed up in person to collect the award. She spoke while holding her Academy Award from Monster's Ball in one hand and the Razzie in the other.

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