Canadian Bills Fan Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 TIL it is illegal under German law to deny the holocaust, which is punishable by up to 5 years in prison. CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 (edited) On 11/28/2017 at 8:59 AM, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL when men don't masturbate for 7 days their testosterone levels increase by 45.7%. CBF they get smart like George Constanza did 3 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL it is illegal under German law to deny the holocaust, which is punishable by up to 5 years in prison. CBF I haven't processed a tax receipt in years for reparations from the FRG, that was always shiver-inducing. Edited November 29, 2017 by row_33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 TIL actress Kate Mara is the great-granddaughter of both Tim Mara (founder of the NY Giants) and Art Rooney (founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers). Her acting contracts have a clause stating that if any of these teams make it to the Super Bowl, she will attend the game before work. CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 1, 2017 Author Share Posted December 1, 2017 TIL that in 2006 Michael Vick started a charity for at-risk youth. The charity spent $20,000 of its budget on programs for kids, paid $97,000 to a friend of Vick's who acted as the foundation's "fundraiser" and gave the remaining $50,000 in its bank account to Vick's financial adviser. CBF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 4, 2017 Author Share Posted December 4, 2017 TIL that after marathoning Breaking Bad, Anthony Hopkins wrote Bryan Cranston a fan letter, saying (among other things) "Your performance as Walter White was the best acting I have seen – ever." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 8 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that after marathoning Breaking Bad, Anthony Hopkins wrote Bryan Cranston a fan letter, saying (among other things) "Your performance as Walter White was the best acting I have seen – ever." Early senility? He thought there were 6 seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 On 11/28/2017 at 8:11 AM, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that whilst Filming the Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland was shunned by the Scarecrow, Tinman and Cowardly Lion due to jealousy. Her only friend on the set was Margaret Hamilton who played the Wicked Witch of the West CBF Toto's owner got paid more than the Munchkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 TIL that fish and chips is historically so important to the UK that in WWI, the British government made safeguarding supplies of them a priority and during WWII, Churchill refused to ration the dish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 TIL that Canada declared war on Japan in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor before the United States declared war the next day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 TIL Sir Alec Guinness,Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars, disliked his character so much that advised George Lucas to kill him off under the guise of "making him a stronger character" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 4 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL Sir Alec Guinness,Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars, disliked his character so much that advised George Lucas to kill him off under the guise of "making him a stronger character" that worked so well his ghost kept coming back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 4 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL Sir Alec Guinness,Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars, disliked his character so much that advised George Lucas to kill him off under the guise of "making him a stronger character" The first Star Wars was a British production trying to regain some foothold on the lost glory of decades past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 TIL that if you fall asleep on a Tarantino set they will take a picture of you with a 3ft. dildo named "Big Jerry" next to your face and put it on the wall of shame. If you take it it down, it gets enlarged and put up again. If you take it down again, it gets printed on t-shirts for the whole crew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 5 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that if you fall asleep on a Tarantino set they will take a picture of you with a 3ft. dildo named "Big Jerry" next to your face and put it on the wall of shame. If you take it it down, it gets enlarged and put up again. If you take it down again, it gets printed on t-shirts for the whole crew. Is that considered sexual harassment in Hollywood now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 TIL that Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger) auditioned for the role of Han Solo and after he got back from the audition, he pushed his friend Mark Hamill, who was sleeping on Englund's couch at the time, to audition for Luke Skywalker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 On 12/8/2017 at 3:26 PM, ExiledInIllinois said: Is that considered sexual harassment in Hollywood now? it's no less brainless or unfunny now than it ever has been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 13, 2017 Author Share Posted December 13, 2017 TIL that at around 20 metres underwater gravity overtakes the buoyancy of your body and you start falling towards the centre of the earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 24 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that at around 20 metres underwater gravity overtakes the buoyancy of your body and you start falling towards the centre of the earth. its a good thing I don't swim 60 feet down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 11 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that at around 20 metres underwater gravity overtakes the buoyancy of your body and you start falling towards the centre of the earth. At that depth the pressure would kill you before the free fall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 I'm freeee freeeeeee fallin - Tom Petty scuba diver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 TIL Several of the scenes on Teletubbies had to be re-filmed due to the rabbits mating on screen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 10 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL Several of the scenes on Teletubbies had to be re-filmed due to the rabbits mating on screen Are they releasing a Director's cut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 TIL an Icelandic tradition called Jólabókaflóð exists, where books are exchanged as Christmas Eve presents and the rest of the night is spent reading them and eating chocolate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 TIL that Frankie Muniz of Malcolm in the Middle Doesn't remember his role in the series due to side effects of suffering concussions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 TIL Hong Kong's independence has an expiration date. China can, based on the deals signed in 1997, reunite Hong Kong in 2047. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 TIL that Comcast (NBC Universal) owns 70% of Rotten Tomatoes and Warner Bros the remaining 30% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 TIL in 1988, Cosmopolitan magazine ran an article stating that women had no chance of contracting HIV from sex with a man because HIV could not be transmitted in the missionary position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cripple Creek Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Today I learned that people aren't always what they seem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL in 1988, Cosmopolitan magazine ran an article stating that women had no chance of contracting HIV from sex with a man because HIV could not be transmitted in the missionary position Did they say what position they considered at risk? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 TIL There is a strip club in Canada that doubles as a church on Sunday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 4 hours ago, Greybeard said: Did they say what position they considered at risk? Sitting and reading Cosmopolitan, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 17 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL There is a strip club in Canada that doubles as a church on Sunday hahahahahahahaa I'd say only in Canada but I live and have traveled the south in the USA. 5 hours ago, Cripple Creek said: Today I learned that people aren't always what they seem. On the internet? Life Lesson #1 ... never trust some faceless person on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 9 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: hahahahahahahaa I'd say only in Canada but I live and have traveled the south in the USA. On the internet? Life Lesson #1 ... never trust some faceless person on the internet. Unless they're named Don and live in Dunkirk, evidently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 TIL that during the filming of Batman Forever, Jim Carrey approached Tommy Lee Jones to say hello. Jones replied, "I hate you. I really don't like you...I cannot sanction your buffoonery." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) 19 hours ago, DC Tom said: Unless they're named Don and live in Dunkirk, evidently... What a comedy of errors. Look I get why people want to believe him, but JFC how can they eat that stuff up?!?! Its like crack. I can't stop. TIL that DD's obd thread is the BEST TROLL THREAD EVER!!! Edited December 21, 2017 by ShadyBillsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Today I learned how the seasons change. I had a false idea of how that worked. Do you know how the seasons change? Betcha don't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) Seasons change because the axis of the earth is tilted by 23.5 degrees (from a line perpendicular to its orbit). As the earth moves around its orbit there is a time when it is tilted towards the sun and so receives a higher concentration of the sun's energy (summer) and a time when it is tilted away and receiving less energy (winter). Our winter (Northern Hemi) we are closest to the sun IIRC Edited December 21, 2017 by ShadyBillsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: Seasons change because the axis of the earth is tilted by 23.5 degrees (from a line perpendicular to its orbit). As the earth moves around its orbit there is a time when it is tilted towards the sun and so receives a higher concentration of the sun's energy (summer) and a time when it is tilted away and receiving less energy (winter). Our winter (Northern Hemi) we are closest to the sun IIRC Yes, that shows why there is a summer and winter, but tell me how it changes from one to the other. No, the axis does not tilt in the opposite direction. I'm not being pedantic, it just confused me and I investigated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 TIL that George Washington had his own personal recipe for egg nog that he would serve to guests, which included one pint brandy, 1/2 pint rye whiskey, 1/2 pint Jamaica rum, and 1/4 pint sherry wine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 5 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that George Washington had his own personal recipe for egg nog that he would serve to guests, which included one pint brandy, 1/2 pint rye whiskey, 1/2 pint Jamaica rum, and 1/4 pint sherry wine and 1 ounce of egg nogg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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