Tell Me Something I Don't Know

[KellyHabersham]

Hitler was a high-school dropout.

[Jester]

Cheesecake is really a type of custard pie.
Boston Crème Pie is really a type of cake.

The first one makes sense. The second one doesn't. I've had Boston Creme Pie. It is most certainly pie, not cake, unless the definitions have changed since my childhood.

Water is the only substance where the maximum density is not achieved when it is solidified. A given volume of ice will weigh less (have less mass) than the same volume of liquid water. If you were to freeze a liter of water, in the frozen state, it would weigh the same (have the same mass) as it did when it was liquid; the volume, however, would no longer be 1 liter, it would now be 1 liter plus 9 centiliters. This is the reason ice floats: as it solidifies, it becomes less dense.

Weight and mass are not interchangeable, identical properties, as you seem to indicate here. Just because something has less mass does not mean it has less weight. Now, that may be the case with water, but it is not always the case, as seems indicated here.

(Note that I say "seem." I have no idea what your intentions were. I was merely reacting to the way it read to me.

[Jay 2K Winger]

The song "You Suffer" by Napalm Death is in the Guinness Book of World Records. It is the world's shortest recorded song, coming in at a heavy 1.316 seconds.

And here I thought it was "I'm So Sad, So Very, Very Sad" by Crash and the Boys.

[CoffeeMonkey]

Boston Cream Pie is two layers of vanilla cake with vanilla custard or pastry cream and topped with chocolate glaze or ganache. It is indeed a cake.

Pumpkin pie is also custard pie! There are two families of custards, stirred and baked. They both are defined as substances where the structure is formed by coagulated egg proteins. Pumpkin pie, cheesecake, creme brulee and creme caramel are all baked custards. Stirred custards are cooked on the stovetop, such as creme anglaise and pastry cream. French silk pie is filled with chocolate pastry cream, and thus is also custard pie.

...I love pie. so much.

[Sunshine]

Piiiiiiiiiie. Cant think of a fact....be back later with one....After i eat some pie

[42_42_42]

Weight and mass are not interchangeable, identical properties, as you seem to indicate here. Just because something has less mass does not mean it has less weight. Now, that may be the case with water, but it is not always the case, as seems indicated here.

(Note that I say "seem." I have no idea what your intentions were. I was merely reacting to the way it read to me.

Oh, I know mass =/= weight, but the average lay person doesn't. The average lay person says "weight" when what they really mean "mass."

Clear as mud?

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Only one actor has ever won an Emmy for "Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" and "Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series" playing the same character...

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Ed Asner in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Lou Grant"

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[Marmalady]

When a Lancaster bomber is started up, the No 3 (or starboard inner) engine is always started first because it drives the compressor that supplies air pressure for the radiator shutters and brakes.

[Aethian]

Forum runner does not allow people to see the "whited out" spoilers. It would be great if we had a spoiler tag.

[fireheart]

In a somewhat ironic twist, the TV show Thank God You're Here originated in Australia and lasted four seasons of around 10/11 episodes each, compared to the UK and US versions, which only lasted six or seven episodes each.

Why ironic? Several TV shows that have aired in the US and had Australia try to recreate their own version have not lasted as long as their US counterparts. This is so far the only instance I'm aware of where the REVERSE occurred.

(note to self: should I ever meet an alien, let him grope me)

[sms001]

Only one actor has ever

I learned this yesterday, coincidentally. A FB friend had "I hate spunk." as their status, so while roaming around the various bios I ran across that fact.

I love serendipity.

[AnaKhouri]

Oliver Reed was in the running to be the first James Bond, but the producers decided his real-life reputation was too bad for them to be associated with him (he was known as a heavy drinker and a womanizer prone to getting into violent fights). So Sean Connery was chosen instead.

Kind of ironic since James Bond is a heavy drinker and a womanizer prone to getting into violent fights.

Sorry, he was in the running to be the second Bond and replace Connery, not the first Bond. I can't find the edit button for my last post, I'm sure I will see it as soon as I post this...

[fireheart]

The book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was inspired in part, by a hole punch.

[Crossbow]

The International Space Station is traveling so fast that if you play The Proclaimers song "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" once through, the ISS will have traveled almost exactly 1000 miles.


Guess it beats walking.

[crazylegs]

A defibrillator (the device used by medics to shock you during cardiac arrest) doesn't restart your heart, it stops it.