Tell Me Something I Don't Know

[Jester]

Or to put it the way I always heard it, you don't have to be faster than the bear, you just have to be faster than the guy behind you.

[NateTheChops]

The Purpose of "knocking on wood" is to awaken Wood Sprites to grant you wish. When Christian's adopted the practice it was said to be the same as knocking on the true cross, which makes no sense really.

Speaking of things Christians are widely known to believe in, your post is the 666th, often referred to as the number of The Beast.

[Arcus]

Let's see... Here are a few random things


Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

When business was slow in the early days of the Boeing Company, they had their woodworkers make furniture.

Henry Ford was a proponent of hiring the handicapped. In 1919, more than 20% of his workforce had some form of disability.

Dr. Seuss's real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel.

Pentheraphobia is the persistent fear of your mother-in-law.

In an average NFL football game there are only about 12 minutes of actual play time.

The Kit Kat bar got its name from the Kit Kat Club in London’s West End, a joint famous for bringing dance-band music to the city in the 1920s.

The hole in your shirt that you put your arm through is called an armsaye.

[bhskittykatt]

Speaking of things Christians are widely known to believe in, your post is the 666th, often referred to as the number of The Beast.

In 2005, a fragment of papyrus (Papyrus 115) containing the earliest known version of the part of Book of Revelations that discusses that number gave 616 as the number. This agrees with other early manuscripts, indicating that it may have been the original number. The different numbers seem to correspond to different spellings of Emperor Nero/Neron's name, and was likely a code for that name. (Source: Wikipedia)

[fireheart]

Dr. Seuss's real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel.

Speaking of Dr. Seuss, his publisher once bet him that he couldn't write a story using 50 different words. He proved him wrong. The book?

Green Eggs and Ham.

The Cat In The Hat contains 225 words.

[dawnfire]

Speaking of Dr. Seuss, his publisher once bet him that he couldn't write a story using 50 different words. He proved him wrong. The book?

Green Eggs and Ham.

The Cat In The Hat contains 225 words.

and as a parent I have a love-hate relationship with that book. try not to be pulling your hair out after reading it 3 times in a row

[Antisocial_Worker]

Run your tongue up the inside of your incisors. Do you feel a vertical trench running up the inside of the tooth, deeper at the top near the gum than at the bottom? If so, congratulations -- you have a fairly significant amount of either Asian or Native American heritage in your lineage. Native Americans and Asians are the only two populations in the world whose teeth bear that trench, which comes in handy (as you might imagine) should a skeleton be found. Helps narrow things down.

[dalesys]

and as a parent I have a love-hate relationship with that book. try not to be pulling your hair out after reading it 3 times in a row

Do like my mom... tell them the story of the Pea Little Thrigs and the Wig Wah'd Bolf...

You'll have them jumping like popcorn in a popper.

[TheSHAD0W]

The last state to join the USA was...

No, not Hawaii...

No, not Alaska...

It was Ohio? In 1953? Really?

Durp, I was wrong. It actually was Hawaii, in Dec '59. But Ohio was an unexpected 3rd from last.

[Jester]

Durp, I was wrong. It actually was Hawaii, in Dec '59. But Ohio was an unexpected 3rd from last.

Still wrong, I'm afraid. And I don't just say this as someone from the State that WAS the third from last, Arizona in 1912. (We're Number 48!)

No, I say this because you have been fed some bad info, kiddo. I know, I know, there was some confusion a while back about the legitimacy of Onio's 1803 induction in the Union as the 17th State. But it was legitimate, and the confusion and why the original induction was actually legitimate is addressed here.

[joe20girl]

peanut butter has the same taste and texture coming up, as going down....

[Tyg3rW01f]

okay, it's SHARK WEEK!!!

But I have an odd question that seems like a DUH, but it may not be: WHY is a Great White's breach attack called a "Polaris Breach"? I mean, does it have something to do with the fact that the longest-serving vert-launch missile in the Navy is the Polaris?

[EricKei]

All Clownfish are born male. When it's time to mate, if there are no females around, the dominant male switches teams, so to speak.

[sms001]

try not to be pulling your hair out after reading it 3 times in a row

You do not like it, Sam-I-Am?



BTW, a little OT, but I remember this fondly to this day. Rev. Jesse Jackson's rendition...

[mjr]

All Clownfish are born male. When it's time to mate, if there are no females around, the dominant male switches teams, so to speak.

A specific species of Anglerfish has an interesting way of mating...

The males are significantly smaller than the females, and their sole "purpose" is to find and mate with a female. If they don't, they'll starve.

The male anglerfish essentially bites the female, and releases an enzyme that essentially fuses the two together. At some point, the male anglerfish atrophies, and it looks like the female has parasites attached to her.