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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Arnold Schwarzenegger faked interest in the movie "Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot" to trick Stallone into starring in it. Sylvester Stallone later called the movie "maybe one of the worst films in the entire solar system, including alien productions we’ve never seen."
  • wanderingarcher
    wanderingarcher Posts: 694 Member
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  • Sunshine_And_Sand
    Sunshine_And_Sand Posts: 1,320 Member
    edited March 2019
    Mardi Gras was actually first observed in the "new world" by French pioneers in Mobile, Alabama in 1703.

    Edited because autocorrect changed Mardi to "Marci"
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    With great power comes great electricity bill.

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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    In morse code, “K” = “-.-“, maintaining the same passive aggression as it does in a text response.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    All the materials needed to create today’s technology has existed since the beginning of earth, they just weren’t properly put together yet.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Most people in real life die with 0 human kills.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    William Shatner directed 'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier' because of a clause in his contract dating back to the original series ensuring that whatever Leonard Nimoy got—he did too. So after Nimoy directed 'Star Trek IV', Shatner insisted that he get a turn at directing a movie.

    (IMO - it was a horrible movie and their worst one)
  • Sunshine_And_Sand
    Sunshine_And_Sand Posts: 1,320 Member
    It's a common myth that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, but actually Ireland never had snakes.
  • corrarjo
    corrarjo Posts: 1,157 Member
    edited March 2019
    The following figures were born, raised by someone other than their parents, grew up to learn their true identities, and fulfilled their destinies.
    • Oedipus: King Polybus of Corinth; the (true) son of King Laius of Thebes; killed his (true) father as foretold by the Oracle.
    • Moses: Pharaoh; a Hebrew slave; led his people out of bondage.
    • Romulus: raised by a she-wolf; son of the Roman god of war, Mars; killed his brother Remus and founded Rome.
    • Jesus: Mary and Joseph; Son of God; died for the sins of mankind.
    • Arthur Pendragon: Merlin the Magician; son of Uther Pendragon; pulled the sword from the stone and united England.
    • Superman: Ma and Pa Kent; alien from Krypton; served Truth, Justice and the American Way.
    • Luke Skywalker: Uncle Owen; son of Darth Vader; saved the galaxy.
    It's a common theme. There are plenty more if you search the history books.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Star Trek was written in very formal language (no slang) so that in years to come it wouldn’t seem to date very much at all.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    Sunshine_And_Sand wrote: »
    It's a common myth that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, but actually Ireland never had snakes.

    Well, that's a metaphor that due to the community guidelines I won't get into.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    No matter how many digits of pi you have memorized, you will always only have a piece of the pi.
  • Sunshine_And_Sand
    Sunshine_And_Sand Posts: 1,320 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    Sunshine_And_Sand wrote: »
    It's a common myth that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, but actually Ireland never had snakes.

    Well, that's a metaphor that due to the community guidelines I won't get into.

    Yep. I actually considered going into the metaphor when posting that but decided against it for that same reason.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    We all have an infinite knowledge of wrong facts.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    The biggest volcano we know of in the whole solar system is Olympus Mons located on Mars. This one volcano is the size of the whole state of Arizona.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    High-fiving is just two people helping each other clap.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    When someone says a hairstyle is growing on them, it can also be taken literally.
  • tjjm1850
    tjjm1850 Posts: 11 Member
    TMacKtwenty4 wrote: »
    It is physically impossible to lick your own elbow

    I wonder how many people are trying to lick their elbow
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited March 2019
    Mayans used to use cocoa (chocolate) beans as money, so at one point money did in fact grow on trees.

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