Tell Me Something I Don't Know

[Jester]

Holy fucking shit. No wonder it's my favorite beer.

Nope. It's not your favorite beer because it's low in calories and carbs.

It's your favorite beer because it tastes unlike any other, because it is superior to almost all others, and because, let's face it, it's the nectar of the gods.

[Mikkel]

It's your favorite beer because it tastes unlike any other, because it is superior to almost all others, and because, let's face it, it's the nectar of the gods.

But the low calories is a nice perk .
I think there are more Guinness in my future.

[Jester]

But the low calories is a nice perk.

Oh, certainly! I was just saying that that was not THE reason it was your favorite beer!

[AnaKhouri]

Judge Dredd's last name is actually Dredd. His first name is Joseph.

Joe Dredd.

[Jay 2K Winger]

Judge Dredd's last name is actually Dredd. His first name is Joseph.

Joe Dredd.

He is not named Joe.

He is named DREDD. His first name is JUDGE.

He is THE LAW.

[Jester]

The majority of pumpkin beers are not made with pumpkin, but with pumpkin pie spices.

And, since I don't care for pumpkin or pumpkin pie, it is not all that surprising that the pumpkin beers that are made with actual pumpkin don't really apparel to me, but as I do like the spices used in the pie, I do like most of the other pumpkin beers.

Edited to Add: there is an exception to my above comments. My new favorite pumpkin beer, Cigar City's Great Gourd, is actually made with real pumpkin. And I love it. It's the first pumpkin beer I've ever had that was better than Shipyard's Pumpkinhead. And when I say "new favorite," I mean I just finished my first glass of it. It is also the first ever non-German beer that I've given a score of 9 (out of 10) or higher to. (I gave it a 9.) Since I started rating and taking notes on beer several years ago, the only other 3 beers I can remember giving a 9 or higher to were Weihenstephaner Korbinian dopplebock (10), Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen (9.5), and Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock (9). Rarefied air, indeed.

[dalesys]

When auditioned by the legendary Shadow Morton, thirteen/fourteen year old Janis Ian (Society's Child, At Seventeen, Jesse), was not impressed by his sitting behind a newspaper reading throughout her demo.

So she packed her guitar, lit his newspaper on fire, and left.

He had to run down the hall to sign her to a recording contract.

[AnaKhouri]

95% of people have a narural immunity to Hansen's Disease, a.k.a. leprosy.

[Tama]

Originally, Patrick Stewart did the speaking intro for The Nightmare Before Christmas. But apparently anyone who saw this version was too busy going "Hey, it's Captain Picard!" and nerding out to actually watch the movie!

[ADeMartino]

The plastic tips at the end of shoelaces are called 'aglets'. Their true purpose is sinister.

Ah! Another Question fan! Awesome!

The Skipper's name was Jonas Grumby.

Mary Ann's last name is Summers.

The Professor's name was Roy Hinkley.

Mrs. Howell's name actually IS 'Lovey'. It is not a nickname.

Gilligan's first name was 'Willie'. Though this fact was never revealed in the show; the producers would have revealed it had the show gone another season.

Originally, Patrick Stewart did the speaking intro for The Nightmare Before Christmas. But apparently anyone who saw this version was too busy going "Hey, it's Captain Picard!" and nerding out to actually watch the movie!

I seem to recall him doing the voice-over for a Pontiac commercial. The Pontiac Montana, if I'm not mistaken.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Patrick Stewart's first on-screen kiss was in the movie "Lifeforce".

With Steve Railsback (best known as Charles Manson in "Helter Skelter".)

[MoonCat]

Oh here's one:

In the Western world, the first restaurants were places you went to eat soup, which was considered a "restorative", which led to the name "restaurant."

[sms001]

...eat soup, which was considered a "restorative", which led to the name "restaurant."

I did not know that!

And after all these years of working in them. Thanks, good one.

[DaDairyDruid]

over 90 percent of all the zippers in the world are manufactured in 1 factory

[MoonCat]

Originally, Patrick Stewart did the speaking intro for The Nightmare Before Christmas. But apparently anyone who saw this version was too busy going "Hey, it's Captain Picard!" and nerding out to actually watch the movie!

I have the soundtrack, and it's definitely his voice doing the intro and the end. I'm embarrassed to admit that the first time I saw the movie I thought his voice was familiar but I couldn't place it