Punching Bag Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I prefer Black Forest to German Chocolate Cake but I think it is hereditary, I am German. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 Elvis was inspired for his look from Captain Marvel, Jr. http://captainmarveljr.elvis.com.au/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 i shared this on facebook after i get asked this a lot. http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/why_are_chicken_eggs_different_colors eggs are no different just because of color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 TIL that Talia Shire (Connie Corleone) is the sister of Francis Ford Coppola. I've seen The Godfather countless times - how did I not know this already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 TIL that Talia Shire (Connie Corleone) is the sister of Francis Ford Coppola. I've seen The Godfather countless times - how did I not know this already? Copolla's daughter Sofia played the Coreleone daughter in Godfather III after Winonna Ryder backed out at the last minute Nicolas Cage's real last name is Coppola and is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire. He took the name Cage to avoid rumors of nepotism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 Nicolas Cage's real last name is Coppola and is the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola and Talia Shire. He took the name Cage to avoid rumors of nepotism He got the name Cage from the comic book character Luke Cage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted April 30, 2017 Share Posted April 30, 2017 TIL there is a D.C. super villain named Snowflame who gains super powers from snorting cocaine. CBF This is great information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 TIL that you can make bricks from Martian soil. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/science/mars-soil-bricks.html Wrong thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 TIL that you can make bricks from Martian soil. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/science/mars-soil-bricks.html Wrong thread? "Breaking news: scientists discover sandstone!" Today I learned that if you read science articles from the New York Times, you don't learn anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocemur Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 TIL that the actress who played the school teacher on Little House on the Prairie dated Jim Morrison and partied with Bill Murray during the '70s. It's always the quiet ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 TIL North Korea supposedly has a literacy rate of 100% CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 TIL North Korea supposedly has a literacy rate of 100% CBF So, all the children are above average? Are you sure that's not Lake Wobegone? I asssumed that was locally based programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 TIL North Korea supposedly has a literacy rate of 100% CBF That's because if you haven't learned to read by the time you're 15, they just kill you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 TIL Woodrow Wilson suffered a severe stroke and through the last 17 months his wife determined what was important enough for husband to look at and may have actually made many of the decisions for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 TIL Woodrow Wilson suffered a severe stroke and through the last 17 months his wife determined what was important enough for husband to look at and may have actually made many of the decisions for him. You're only now just learning that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 You're only now just learning that? It's would be polite if you don't inhibit the rest of us slow learners. No matter how many decades it takes us. Calculus took forever, then it clicked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 It's would be polite if you don't inhibit the rest of us slow learners. No matter how many decades it takes us. Calculus took forever, then it clicked! I'm just surprised...I thought it was common knowledge that Edith Wilson was our first female President. Sometimes I forget that, as a Clavenesque storehouse of completely useless trivia, I'm not normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 TIL that the phrase "pulling off an upset" comes from a horse named Upset handing Man O War his first defeat. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/sports/year_in_sports/08.13.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 TIL Scientology leader David Miscavige's mother-in-law was found dead with three gunshot wounds to the chest and one to the head. Her death was ruled a suicide. CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 (edited) TIL Woodrow Wilson suffered a severe stroke and through the last 17 months his wife determined what was important enough for husband to look at and may have actually made many of the decisions for him.TIL likewise didn't do well in High School History *Limeaid @#$. Autocorrect Edited May 5, 2017 by /dev/null Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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