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Title: Did You Know
Post by: vger on March 31, 2015, 01:00:36 AM
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Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: vger on March 31, 2015, 01:13:24 PM
Did you know you can't fix stupid with duct tape.
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Post by: winchester73 on March 31, 2015, 01:19:08 PM
Did you know rabbits like licorice?
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Post by: Wolfeymole on March 31, 2015, 02:08:37 PM
One cannot obtain proper licorice these days unless from a seriously good health food shop and the best is licorice root.

Did you know that in today's money John D Rockefeller was the richest man in the world with assets worth over $300 Billion.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: winchester73 on March 31, 2015, 02:14:34 PM
Did you know that a group of owls is called a 'parliament'?
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Post by: vger on March 31, 2015, 05:03:33 PM
Did you know that a group of baboons are called (congress)!
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on April 07, 2015, 01:36:37 AM
Good One Vger and so very true!
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Post by: JDBush61 on April 07, 2015, 05:06:17 AM
Did you know that the world may never know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on April 07, 2015, 08:27:25 AM
Did you know that cats will eat human barf?
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: vger on April 07, 2015, 08:32:15 AM
Did you know a Go Pro Cam can fall 10,000 feet and still work...
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Post by: Niecarrah on April 07, 2015, 08:35:55 AM
Did you know that Montpelier, Vermont is the only state capital without a McDonalds?
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Post by: Wolfeymole on April 07, 2015, 09:18:04 AM
They must be the healthiest people in America.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Wolfeymole on April 08, 2015, 07:54:08 AM
Did you know that in east Africa you can buy beer brewed from bananas.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on April 08, 2015, 07:54:05 PM
I was aware of that. 

Did you know:  It is still illegal to hail a taxi in London if you have the plague?
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: JDBush61 on April 09, 2015, 06:14:29 AM
Did you know that you will never arrive if you repeatedly go half the distance to your destination?
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Post by: Wolfeymole on April 09, 2015, 07:49:49 AM
Did you know that fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than a space shuttle?
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: vger on April 09, 2015, 08:56:23 AM
Did you know if you run a DC motor backwards it will generate electricity.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on April 10, 2015, 03:46:34 AM
yes vger, that makes absolute sense!

Did you know: according to suicide statistics, Monday is the favored day for self-destruction?
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Wolfeymole on April 10, 2015, 07:39:40 AM
Did you know that the longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring 1,896 km (1,178 miles).

I feel sorry for the postman.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on April 11, 2015, 03:25:35 AM
No I  did not know about Yonge St. and yes that poor post-person!

Did you know: The first stage of the Saturn V rocket was fueled by Kerosene?   

Talk about fuel efficiency!
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Wolfeymole on April 11, 2015, 08:48:27 AM
For a moment there Niecarrah I thought you were going to say Gunpowder lol.

Did you know that the Grand Canyon can hold around 900 trillion footballs.

Whether these are American or English footballs is unclear.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: vger on April 11, 2015, 12:49:58 PM
Did you know that when Mt. Tambora erupted in 1815,by todays estimates it would have filled Fenway Park full of ash 81,000 miles thick.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Wolfeymole on April 11, 2015, 01:31:09 PM
Did you know that no one knows when Yellowstone Park will become a super volcano.
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Post by: vger on April 11, 2015, 02:43:50 PM
True that.

But did you know,by what i have read it's been one already...several thousand years ago.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Wolfeymole on April 11, 2015, 02:48:45 PM
QuoteWhen did the Yellowstone volcano last erupt?
An eruption approximately 174,000 years ago created what is now the West Thumb of Yellowstone Lake. The last lava flow was about 70,000 years ago.


Quote courtesy of Yellowstone National Park (http://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/volcanoqa.htm)
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on April 12, 2015, 09:41:37 PM
Why yes I was aware of those facts.

Did you know:  Carly Simon's dad is the Simon of Simon and Schuster? He co-founded the company.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: JDBush61 on April 13, 2015, 02:27:56 AM
Did you know that announcing your bid for the Presidency 19 months ahead of the election will allow you enough time to raise billions of campaign dollars and thus crush lesser endowed candidates, regardless of whether or not you are the type of person who mysteriously loses or purposely deletes e-mail history from a server?
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Post by: Wolfeymole on April 13, 2015, 07:30:21 AM
Did you know that the original design of Monopoly was circular?
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Post by: Niecarrah on April 13, 2015, 09:05:50 PM
Quote from: Wolfeymole on April 13, 2015, 07:30:21 AM
Did you know that the original design of Monopoly was circular?
No I was not aware of that, Thank You.

Did you know: "Jay" used to be slang for "foolish person." So when a pedestrian ignored street signs, he was referred to as a "jaywalker."
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Wolfeymole on April 14, 2015, 07:36:49 AM
Did you know that the word 'testify' derived from a time when men were required to swear on their testicles.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: vger on April 14, 2015, 08:51:29 AM
Did you know that the early Spanish explorers,made settlements and forts in the new world as far north as Morganton NC ..
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on April 15, 2015, 04:33:10 AM
Yes vger I did know that.

Did you know:   There really was a Captain Morgan. He was a Welsh pirate who later became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: JDBush61 on April 15, 2015, 06:35:09 AM
Did you know that yesterday's pirates are today's captains of industry?
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Wolfeymole on April 15, 2015, 07:26:51 AM
Quote from: JDBush61 on April 15, 2015, 06:35:09 AM
Did you know that yesterday's pirates are today's captains of industry?

Really JD, I thought they were the Bankers?

Did you know that there are 1,929,770,126,028,800 different colour combinations possible on a Rubik's Cube.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on April 15, 2015, 10:43:43 AM
Wow!  I had no idea it could be that many combinations!!  But, I never really thought about it either.  LOL

Did you know:  Male students at Brigham Young University need a doctor's note to grow a beard?
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: vger on April 15, 2015, 01:48:56 PM
Quote from: Niecarrah on April 15, 2015, 04:33:10 AM
Yes vger I did know that.

Did you know:   There really was a Captain Morgan. He was a Welsh pirate who later became the lieutenant governor of Jamaica.


Yep Knew that as well..

Did you know that a pub visited by pirates...in Savanna,Georgia is still open ...one of the oldest pubs in the US..
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on April 17, 2015, 04:33:39 PM
No I did not know that.

Did you know:  Hallmark now sells a line of "encouragement" cards you can send to people who've lost their job.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: JDBush61 on April 18, 2015, 12:27:09 AM
Did you know that Japanese raw horse meat "sashimi" with sauce, wasabi, and a cold beer is very delicious?
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Wolfeymole on April 18, 2015, 07:52:26 AM
Did you know that all of the clocks in the movie 'Pulp Fiction' are fixed to 4:20?
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: vger on April 20, 2015, 09:04:19 AM
Did you know that one of the police codes and the most popular code for weed is 420...
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on April 23, 2015, 05:08:16 AM
Yes I knew that.

Did you know:  The duffel bag gets its name from the town of Duffel, Belgium, where the cloth used in the bags was originally sold.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on April 26, 2015, 12:46:52 AM
Did you know:   The 3 Musketeers bar was originally split into three pieces with three different flavors: vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. When the other flavors became harder to come by during World War II, Mars decided to go all chocolate.
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on May 01, 2015, 05:55:39 AM
     :smash:          Why have we stopped playing this game?   I found it to be very intriguing and I learned some new things?!   :thud:
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on May 10, 2015, 03:45:10 AM
 :smash:   Why have we stopped playing this game?   I found it to be very intriguing and I learned some new things?!   :thud:
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on May 20, 2015, 12:53:35 PM
 :winchesty73:    Did you know that no one will play this game?   :uhm:
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: vger on May 24, 2015, 01:40:06 PM
LOL.
Did you know if you run a DC motor backwards it will produce electricity..
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: GR@PH;<'S on May 24, 2015, 03:59:41 PM
Did you know that you'll get eclectic shock if you tough a live wire with wet hands.
(https://www.landzdown.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi5.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fy197%2FANG-Graphics%2Fhomer_electric_shock_by_warnerc-d32nwps_zpsyqd4hwmc.gif&hash=4b3d93c0a64c7dc9fddcdf19367ee5f7ea2de09e) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/ANG-Graphics/media/homer_electric_shock_by_warnerc-d32nwps_zpsyqd4hwmc.gif.html)

GR@PH;<'S   :Hammys pint:
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Pete! on May 24, 2015, 05:58:56 PM
Did you know that if you run a series wound DC motor without a load, the speed will (try to) increase to infinity?
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: vger on May 24, 2015, 06:42:48 PM
Did you know you can do this..

http://www.boredpanda.com/diy-bike-usb-phone-charger-wind-turbine-thomas-romania/
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on May 24, 2015, 10:01:17 PM

Did you know you can do this..

http://www.boredpanda.com/diy-bike-usb-phone-charger-wind-turbine-thomas-romania/
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No I did not and that is rather genius!  Bravo

Did you know: Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys. (Go ahead and try typing the other 49 states. I'll wait.) LOL
Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: JDBush61 on May 28, 2015, 05:28:32 AM
Quote from: Niecarrah on May 24, 2015, 10:01:17 PM

Did you know: Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys. (Go ahead and try typing the other 49 states. I'll wait.) LOL

Did you know that Maine is the only one-syllable state?

Title: Re: Did You Know
Post by: Niecarrah on June 02, 2015, 04:06:08 PM
Did you know:  Obsessive nose picking is called Rhinotillexomania.