DC Tom Posted April 17, 2018 Share Posted April 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that despite having a heart condition and arthritis that forced him to use a cane, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. led the first wave of landings at Utah Beach on D-Day, becoming the only general to land with his soldiers that day. Only general to land by sea with the assault wave. James Gavin jumped with the 82nd Airborne, and several generals were in follow-on waves including Norman Cota, who landed under fire on Omaha Beach and rallied the 29th Division off the beach.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 TIL Kansas City blatantly ignored The Prohibition. You could buy booze a few blocks down from the police station. They got away with it scot-free for all 13 years (1920 to 1933). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL Kansas City blatantly ignored The Prohibition. You could buy booze a few blocks down from the police station. They got away with it scot-free for all 13 years (1920 to 1933). watched the Ken Burns documentary on Prohibition, this is nothing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 TIL that out of the top 30 100m sprint times, only 9 were run by athletes not associated with doping, all 9 are by Usain Bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 19, 2018 Author Share Posted April 19, 2018 TIL the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous demanded whiskey during the last few days of his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 TIL former NFL player James Brooks was found to be illiterate when he was unable to read court documents after admitting to not paying over $100k in child support. When the judge asked how he graduated from Auburn without being able to read, he said, "Didn't have to go to class." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 all kinds of accomplished people claim illiteracy as the definition waters down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 TIL that actor Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul was fully trained as a Cinnabon employee to prepare for his role, and even refused a hand double - insisting on using his own hands in the bun-preparing montages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Today I learned that measurable levels of hydrogen sulfide have been detected on the seventh planet of our solar system. Hydrogen sulfide being, of course, kniwn as "sewer gas," and one of the chemicals that gives flatulence its odor. That's right. Uranus smells like farts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 TIL Lincoln’s bodyguard, a drunk previously reprimanded for drinking on the job, was not at his post to protect POTUS the night Lincoln died. Instead, he was at the Star Saloon next door drinking; the same saloon where John Wilkes Booth was seeking the liquid courage to assassinate the President. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 TIL that Steven Spielberg wanted to direct a James Bond film but was turned down by Eon Productions. When he told this to George Lucas, Lucas said he had a film that was just like it but even better. The story was about an archaeologist named Indiana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 On 4/23/2018 at 9:48 AM, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that actor Bob Odenkirk in Better Call Saul was fully trained as a Cinnabon employee to prepare for his role, and even refused a hand double - insisting on using his own hands in the bun-preparing montages that's taking method views a little too far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, row_33 said: that's taking method views a little too far... No! Who doesn't love Cinnabon... And ability produce it would be coveted! "Give a man a fish... Or teach him to fish..." Edited April 24, 2018 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 13 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: No! Who doesn't love Cinnabon... And ability produce it would be coveted! "Give a man a fish... Or teach him to fish..." voluntarily gave up most of my sugary drinks and treats a year ago, a good move 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 TIL Robert Downey Jr's father exposed him to drugs when he was six years old and he got addicted to them by the age of eight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 3 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL Robert Downey Jr's father exposed him to drugs when he was six years old and he got addicted to them by the age of eight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 TIL the restaurant chain TGI Fridays stopped its waiters from wearing “flair” a few years after the movie Office Space came out because people wouldn’t stop making Office Space references about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 27, 2018 Author Share Posted April 27, 2018 TIL that 95% of all Thoroughbred racehorses can be traced back to a single 18th-century stallion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 1 hour ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that 95% of all Thoroughbred racehorses can be traced back to a single 18th-century stallion aren't we told this every Kentucky Derby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 4 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that 95% of all Thoroughbred racehorses can be traced back to a single 18th-century stallion I thought it went back further than that, and the horses name was Genghis Kahn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/spider-worlds-oldest-australia-trapdoor-43-tarantula-mexico-wasp-a8326921.html How on earth can you guarantee there isn't a spider somewhere on the planet that hasn't been located that is 50? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 TIL that although Nazi Germany sterilized or murdered 73-100% of all schizophrenics in Germany (about 220K-269K people), there were no long-term effects on subsequent rates of schizophrenia in Germany. In fact, post WWII rates were unexpectedly high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 TIL that Area 51 wasn't confirmed to actually exist by the US Government until 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 TIL in 1998, Marvel offered the cinematic rights of almost all of it's characters to Sony for a mere $25 million. Sony rejected the offer, and only purchased the rights to Spiderman for $10 million believing that movie audiences would only care about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 2, 2018 Author Share Posted May 2, 2018 TIL that Han Solo was supposed to die in Return of the Jedi. George Lucas was afraid that would affect toy sales, so he changed it to an ewok party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 TIL there is a little arrow next to the gas gauge on some(most? all?) cars that points to the side with the gas tank. Who knew? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 3, 2018 Author Share Posted May 3, 2018 TIL that Michael Phelps has more Summer Olympic gold medals than 80% of countries in history even when taking into account countries that no longer exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 3 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that Michael Phelps has more Summer Olympic gold medals than 80% of countries in history even when taking into account countries that no longer exist. would have been a different 1900s if you paid kids millions to continue with their Peter Pan complex in their hobby sport well past their University years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Publisher Katkov at The Russian Messenger got to serialize both War and Peace and The Idiot at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 1 hour ago, row_33 said: Publisher Katkov at The Russian Messenger got to serialize both War and Peace and The Idiot at the same time. Big deal. Web site owner SDS gets to serialize multiple idiots at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 24 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Big deal. Web site owner SDS gets to serialize multiple idiots at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 TIL that another exile finally made his way to the TSW Welcome @Soda Popinski 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 TIL that Diarrhea killed approximately as many people as HIV and AIDS in 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Today I learned that the Ancient Athenians had a sexual position called "Crouching Lioness on a Cheese Grater." Nobody's quite sure what that position was...which is probably just as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 8 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Today I learned that the Ancient Athenians had a sexual position called "Crouching Lioness on a Cheese Grater." Nobody's quite sure what that position was...which is probably just as well. Ancient Aliens will figure it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 4 hours ago, DC Tom said: Today I learned that the Ancient Athenians had a sexual position called "Crouching Lioness on a Cheese Grater." Nobody's quite sure what that position was...which is probably just as well. 130,000 drachma was paid to an Athenian porn star to keep it quiet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 7, 2018 Author Share Posted May 7, 2018 TIL Chadwick Boseman was accepted into a prestigious summer theater program at Oxford University, but couldn't afford to go. He secured funding through a private benefactor, who turned out to be Denzel Washington. Over 20 yrs later Chadwick thanked him in person at the premiere of "Black Panther." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 TIL Hugh Jackman took a pay cut to ensure "Logan" would be rated R. Since 'R-rated' films typically limit the overall audience that can attend, Jackman's reduced salary brought the budget down to an acceptable place to warrant an R rating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 8, 2018 Author Share Posted May 8, 2018 TIL that in 1475, Turkish law stated that it was legal for a woman to divorce her husband if he does not provide her with the daily quota of coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 TIL it took Ryan Reynolds 11 yrs to get his vision of "Deadpool" made. The project overcame the failing of "X-Men:Origins" and persevered to become the highest grossing R-rated film of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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