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The big 'did you know' thread!

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Apeman, Oct 9, 2003.

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  1. Death Rabbit

    Death Rabbit Straight, no chaser Adored Veteran Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Remove all ads!
    I got this email too. You can copy/paste with the best of them, Rastor! :p
     
    Death Rabbit, Oct 17, 2003
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  2. Arahar

    Arahar Hmm, it's a dwarf. Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder

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    did you know that Bengiman Franklin wanted the National Seal of the USA to be a Turkey.
     
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    Arahar, Oct 17, 2003
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  3. Hacken Slash

    Hacken Slash OK... can you see me now?

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    Did you know that Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny are REAL, they just retired before you were born?
    (sorry, it's Friday)
     
    Hacken Slash, Oct 17, 2003
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    Death Rabbit,
    Darn! I hoped that nobody else would have gotten that!

    Oh well, it still fits in pretty well, doesn't it?

    Arahar
    Franklin also wanted German to be the official language of the US.
     
    Rastor, Oct 18, 2003
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    ... did you know that Alexander the Great was embalmed in honey?
     
    Rallymama, Oct 20, 2003
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  6. Hacken Slash

    Hacken Slash OK... can you see me now?

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    Did you know?...
    Speaking of Alexander the Great, once he needed a bridge to cross a river, so he tore down a village that he had just conquered, threw it into the river, and had his army cross on the debris.
     
    Hacken Slash, Oct 20, 2003
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  7. Death Rabbit

    Death Rabbit Straight, no chaser Adored Veteran Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    Did you know that Deathmage's avatar looks like a poop-golem?

    (no offense Deathmage - we love ya) :shake:
     
    Death Rabbit, Oct 21, 2003
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  8. Arabwel

    Arabwel Screaming towards Apotheosis Veteran

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    DR; you don't want to know what I want to say about your title. Trust me.

    Did you know that it's way hard to learn how to flame the sugar you stick in absinthe properly with only a scene from a movie as a guide?

    Also, yes, there are places on earth where absinthe is not banned :p
     
    Arabwel, Oct 21, 2003
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    Ahh, Absinthe, I have met few else who admired the drink as I did, and not being in Europe, it is difficult to obtain to say the least ;)

    May I suggest you use some stretched paperclips to balance the sugar cube on, as it begins to melt it will fall in and set the rest on fire.

    Also, if Absinthe is easy for you to procure, another scene from the movie I beleive you are reffering to used Laudanum. Though perhaps I should not suggest this.....

    Hmmm, must say on topic... Did you know the word testimony is derived from the roman practice of men placing their hands on their testicles while taking an oath?

    Edit: Hehe, I just found this out, St. Nicholas is the patron saint of thieves, virgins, and communist Russia.

    AND, in the 1970's, Rhode Island (in the US) considered a tax of $2 on every act of sexual intercourse in the state.
     
    Manus, Oct 21, 2003
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  10. Arabwel

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    Tnaks for the ttip! We're still not sure how the thing is done properly, but it has workked okay... I think we'kk try the clips.

    And no, it's not "friom Hell" which we got the "directions", it's xXx... the one with Vin Diesel and Marton Csokas. :D

    Marton Csokas is, despite the name and the delicious accent he has in xXx, a Kiwi. Also, he looks even better in xXx as he did in LotR... he WAS a bit zombified as Celeborn...
     
    Arabwel, Oct 21, 2003
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  11. Hacken Slash

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    So...umm...when exactly did we stop holding our testicles when speaking?
     
    Hacken Slash, Oct 21, 2003
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    Did you know that black holes EMIT energy?
     
    Lynx Lupo, Oct 21, 2003
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    [​IMG] Stop, Hacken Slash? Whatever do you mean? :D
     
    Manus, Oct 22, 2003
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  14. Hacken Slash

    Hacken Slash OK... can you see me now?

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    Did you know that as Julius Caesar lay dieing from multiple stab wounds on the Senate floor, he held crumpled in his hand an unread note warning him to beware a conspiracy against him in the Senate.
     
    Hacken Slash, Oct 23, 2003
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    here's a cool one,

    Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.

    :D
     
    nior, Oct 23, 2003
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    so why the h**l are people using all those f*****g *** all the time?
     
    notforyou, Oct 24, 2003
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    Did you know that Albert Einstein was a failure at school ? Bad grades and even fell through final exams. And while studying phiysics, grades didn't improve really.
     
    Iago, Oct 25, 2003
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    He couldn't even tie his shoelaces. Apparently the guy was dyslexic and also suffered from Attention Deficit Disorder, sort of like an autistic savant I guess. These sort of things are more common than you would think.

    Edit: I just remembered; Isaac Newton also failed school.
     
    Manus, Oct 26, 2003
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  19. Arahar

    Arahar Hmm, it's a dwarf. Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder

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    nior that is extremely entertaining and I must admit that it seems correct.
     
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    Admiral Rickover, the father of the American nuclear navy, had to serve on subs because he got seasick on surface ships.
     
    Rallymama, Oct 26, 2003
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