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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    sarahbums wrote: »
    lol here's a chart for anyone curious!

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    I think I can confirm 2 of these.
  • orangegato
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    sarahbums wrote: »
    TIL which halloween candies pair well with different kinds of booze. Apparently tootsie rolls go with Jack Daniels or boxed wine, and smarties go best with vodka.

    ewwww
  • cee134
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    TIL that the term and concept of "jay-walking" was introduced in the 1920's by the auto industry as part of a propaganda campaign to claim the roads for cars and shift the blame in accidents from cars to pedestrians. At the time "Jay" was a slur with a similar meaning to "redneck" or "hillbilly."
  • epr3996
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    TIL that i kinda like black coffee after 80 years of drinking it with cream I like it better black!
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    🔥 TIL The Virgin Rainbow Opal is valued at over $1 million, glows in the dark, and was formed/found inside the skeleton of an ancient cuttlefish known as Belemnite.

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL that a "moment" is a medieval unit of time equivalent to about 90 seconds today.
  • glgcam5150
    glgcam5150 Posts: 3,728 Member
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    TDIL

    https://youtu.be/sig4hAqtpLg
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL that on Halloween 1999, a Scooby Doo parody of The Blair Witch Project was aired on Cartoon Network, and was never aired again due to children becoming frightened.
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
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    TIL Ulysses S. Grant was a Never Nude - refusing to let even his wife see him naked
  • cee134
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    TIL Richard Norris Williams survived Titanic sinking, but spent too much time in freezing water and rescue doctor recommended amputation of both his legs. He refused and proceeded to win his first tennis tournament a few months later and became Wimbledon doubles champion in 1920.
  • glgcam5150
    glgcam5150 Posts: 3,728 Member
    edited October 2018
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    Bird actor retiring after nearly 50 years

    Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who has portrayed Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on "Sesame Street" since the program's 1969 premiere, announced that he is stepping down from the roles.Source: HLN
  • cee134
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    TIL of Chindogu, the Japanese art of creating ingenious but useless solutions to everyday problems, such as a baby onesie that doubles for a floor mop.
  • glgcam5150
    glgcam5150 Posts: 3,728 Member
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    Rare Discovery Indeed


    https://youtu.be/VtziMzq-nnk
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL: Some farmers in Bangladesh have switched to raising ducks instead of chickens, because during catastrophic floods, ducks float.
  • cee134
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    TIL Americans use the term "downtown" to describe a city's "city center" regardless its geographic location because the term was inherited from New York — where businesses occupied the bottom of Manhattan island.
  • servant2you
    servant2you Posts: 30 Member
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    I saw a sign at a adult store that was hiring which read “ all positions available.”
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
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    TIL that in 2006, Gnarls Barkley removed their hit single 'Crazy' from music stores after it remained at the top of the British charts for 9 weeks, so people would "remember the song fondly and not get sick of it".

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