Canadian Bills Fan Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 TIL every Christmas in Lexington, Kentucky, you can pay off your tickets with canned food donations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 On 8/20/2018 at 2:00 PM, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL Morgan Freeman converted his 124 Acre Ranch into a bee sanctuary in an effort to help bee populations He was also ****ty with horses, is why. My girlfriend used to be his vet and had to put a horse down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted August 29, 2018 Author Share Posted August 29, 2018 TIL that the band Queen were friends with Michael Jackson; he was the one who suggested they release "Another One Bites the Dust" as a single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted August 30, 2018 Author Share Posted August 30, 2018 TIL a Chinese art collector paid for a $170m painting with his American Express credit card. He said he'll use the points to allow his family to travel for life. TIL Tom Hanks was paid a low $800 for the movie "He Knows You're Alone", $50,000 for "Toy Story" and a high of $70 million for "Forrest Gump". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 The Arkansas School for the Deaf's nickname is the Leopards. The Deaf Leopards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 TIL Mars (the owner of M&M’s) rejected a product placement deal in a film (E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial) about a boy who befriends an alien by luring him with candy, but Reese’s Pieces ( owned by Hershey’s) took a shot and and sales shot up 65% in the first two weeks after the movie hit the theaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 One of my co-workers loves animals. I do too. However I'm not sure putting very sad animal facts on your work signature is professional. In her sig, she has things like "1 out of every 8 dogs has a good home" "1 out of every 12 cats has a good home" "800 dogs and cats are slaughtered each hour in the US". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Info Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 58 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: One of my co-workers loves animals. I do too. However I'm not sure putting very sad animal facts on your work signature is professional. In her sig, she has things like "1 out of every 8 dogs has a good home" "1 out of every 12 cats has a good home" "800 dogs and cats are slaughtered each hour in the US". That sig might be appropriate if working for the SPCA or similar org but would not be permitted in companies where I have worked. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 1 minute ago, Mr Info said: That sig might be appropriate if working for the SPCA or similar org but would not be permitted in companies where I have worked. I'm actually really surprised her manager or someone else from my company hasn't asked her to take it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said: One of my co-workers loves animals. I do too. However I'm not sure putting very sad animal facts on your work signature is professional. In her sig, she has things like "1 out of every 8 dogs has a good home" "1 out of every 12 cats has a good home" "800 dogs and cats are slaughtered each hour in the US". good to have red flags flying brazenly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 On 9/5/2018 at 8:34 AM, Royale with Cheese said: One of my co-workers loves animals. I do too. However I'm not sure putting very sad animal facts on your work signature is professional. In her sig, she has things like "1 out of every 8 dogs has a good home" "1 out of every 12 cats has a good home" "800 dogs and cats are slaughtered each hour in the US". Use it to your advantage. If there ever comes a time when you feel she has to go, suggest she start sending out emails weekly to everyone in the company about how they can help the animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 On 9/5/2018 at 8:34 AM, Royale with Cheese said: One of my co-workers loves animals. I do too. However I'm not sure putting very sad animal facts on your work signature is professional. In her sig, she has things like "1 out of every 8 dogs has a good home" "1 out of every 12 cats has a good home" "800 dogs and cats are slaughtered each hour in the US". is the cat at a given home the judge of whether it's good or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 2 hours ago, row_33 said: is the cat at a given home the judge of whether it's good or not? It could good or it could be a cat-astrophe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Royale with Cheese said: It could good or it could be a cat-astrophe. A cat grumbling most of it’s awake time is not necessarily being mistreated Edited September 7, 2018 by row_33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Today I learned Wendy's has a home delivery service America just got fatter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Just now, /dev/null said: Today I learned Wendy's has a home delivery service America just got fatter How can you preserve fries for 20 minutes to be anything close to getting them on the spot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 On 9/6/2018 at 2:51 PM, Just Jack said: Use it to your advantage. If there ever comes a time when you feel she has to go, suggest she start sending out emails weekly to everyone in the company about how they can help the animals. I woman at work got her job back because she argued (with a lawyer) that the company endorsed her behavior by letting her do it for so long. She was fired for incompetence; inability to do the job; when they finally reviewed her file and found out she had no clue what she was doing. So, they hired someone to do her job, while she learned how to do her job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Today I learned there is a Senator from Rhode Island named Sheldon Whitehouse That makes him Senator Whitehouse. Greatest political name ever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 13 hours ago, /dev/null said: Today I learned there is a Senator from Rhode Island named Sheldon Whitehouse That makes him Senator Whitehouse. Greatest political name ever was the family name Casablanca at some point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 TIL of Lucy, a chimpanzee who was raised to believe she was human. She learned to sign over 250 words and some of her hobbies included drinking gin, browsing Playgirl magazines, and masturbating using a vacuum cleaner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 16 hours ago, /dev/null said: Today I learned there is a Senator from Rhode Island named Sheldon Whitehouse That makes him Senator Whitehouse. Greatest political name ever And being from Rhode Island, there’s a decent chance Senator Whitehouse will go to the Big House. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL of Lucy, a chimpanzee who was raised to believe she was human. She learned to sign over 250 words and some of her hobbies included drinking gin, browsing Playgirl magazines, and masturbating using a vacuum cleaner. more productive than 90% of millenials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 TIL that Joe DiMaggio was so devastated after Marilyn Monroe's death that he had a half-dozen red roses delivered three times a week to her crypt for 20 years, never married again and his last words were: "I'll finally get to see Marilyn." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cripple Creek Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 On 9/6/2018 at 8:46 PM, Royale with Cheese said: It could good or it could be a cat-astrophe. Way to hijack CBF's fine thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Info Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 TIL The most misused SSN of all time was (078-05-1120). In 1938, wallet manufacturer the E. H. Ferree company in Lockport, New York decided to promote its product by showing how a Social Security card would fit into its wallets. A sample card, used for display purposes, was inserted in each wallet. Company Vice President and Treasurer Douglas Patterson thought it would be a clever idea to use the actual SSN of his secretary, Mrs. Hilda Schrader Whitcher. The wallet was sold by Woolworth stores and other department stores all over the country. Even though the card was only half the size of a real card, was printed all in red, and had the word "specimen" written across the face, many purchasers of the wallet adopted the SSN as their own. In the peak year of 1943, 5,755 people were using Hilda's number. SSA acted to eliminate the problem by voiding the number and publicizing that it was incorrect to use it. (Mrs. Whitcher was given a new number.) However, the number continued to be used for many years. In all, over 40,000 people reported this as their SSN. As late as 1977, 12 people were found to still be using the SSN "issued by Woolworth." https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/misused.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Mr Info said: TIL The most misused SSN of all time was (078-05-1120). In 1938, wallet manufacturer the E. H. Ferree company in Lockport, New York decided to promote its product by showing how a Social Security card would fit into its wallets. A sample card, used for display purposes, was inserted in each wallet. Company Vice President and Treasurer Douglas Patterson thought it would be a clever idea to use the actual SSN of his secretary, Mrs. Hilda Schrader Whitcher. The wallet was sold by Woolworth stores and other department stores all over the country. Even though the card was only half the size of a real card, was printed all in red, and had the word "specimen" written across the face, many purchasers of the wallet adopted the SSN as their own. In the peak year of 1943, 5,755 people were using Hilda's number. SSA acted to eliminate the problem by voiding the number and publicizing that it was incorrect to use it. (Mrs. Whitcher was given a new number.) However, the number continued to be used for many years. In all, over 40,000 people reported this as their SSN. As late as 1977, 12 people were found to still be using the SSN "issued by Woolworth." https://www.ssa.gov/history/ssn/misused.html Imagine Hilda's surprise when she retired and got her first SS monthly benefit check for $50,000. I hope she thanked her boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 3, 2018 Author Share Posted October 3, 2018 TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger's parents used to beat him because they thought he was gay since his bedroom walls were covered with posters of men instead of women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greybeard Posted October 4, 2018 Share Posted October 4, 2018 On 10/3/2018 at 9:25 AM, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger's parents used to beat him because they thought he was gay since his bedroom walls were covered with posters of men instead of women. They wouldn't have had to do that if they had a house keeper. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 TIL about 'extreme commuters', who find it cheaper to take a flight to San Francisco than to live there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 TIL that a 12 year old whisky will always remain a 12 year old whisky as it does not mature in the glass bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keukasmallies Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 On 10/5/2018 at 1:30 PM, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that a 12 year old whisky will always remain a 12 year old whisky as it does not mature in the glass bottle. Damn, I hope that's not true. When my son graduated from high school, his baseball coach (and personal friend of mine) gave me a bottle of whiskey; it remains unopened to this day. Son is now fifty-eight, the coach passed away a number of years ago, etc.; the bottle remains unopened.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 TIL, Calvin Klein's cologne 'Obsession' can draw big cats like Tigers, Jaguars etc from as far as half a mile, who then proceed to taking long sniffs and cuddling against the source, savouring the smell much longer than they savour even their meals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Mark Harris, devoted husband to Martha Raye, one of the greatest Howard Stern guests all-time, has apparently died.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 TIL of the Flying Wedge, a popular football play in the early 1900's where the entire team would form a V and charge down the field, sweeping down the field like a tank. Teddy Roosevelt threatened to abolish the sport after 18 players died and 159 were badly injured during that season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL of the Flying Wedge, a popular football play in the early 1900's where the entire team would form a V and charge down the field, sweeping down the field like a tank. Teddy Roosevelt threatened to abolish the sport after 18 players died and 159 were badly injured during that season. that was an early chapter in the Big Book of 100 Football Facts that were plenteous in the 60s and 70s for young readers, teaching about the game 50+ years earlier a Jim Thorpe leg whip tackle from behind was just as much feared Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fadingpain Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Today I learned that Dua Lipa is an English performer, not Portuguese for "two lips." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOKIE Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 (edited) On 10/9/2018 at 9:47 AM, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL, Calvin Klein's cologne 'Obsession' can draw big cats like Tigers, Jaguars etc from as far as half a mile, who then proceed to taking long sniffs and cuddling against the source, savouring the smell much longer than they savour even their meals I can confirm that Obsession attracts kitties. I ran out about 5 years ago. I thought about buying some the other day when I walked past the scents at the store, but it seemed too pricey at that moment...I think a priority adjustment may be in order. I haven't snuggled with a kittie cat into too too long! 3 hours ago, Fadingpain said: Today I learned that Dua Lipa is an English performer, not Portuguese for "two lips." What's sexier than roses on a piano? Dua Lipa on an organ! Edited October 10, 2018 by BUFFALOKIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 The current run of Hogan’s Heroes on Hamilton station CHCH is without a laugh track, makes it a bit more surreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 TIL L. Ron. Hubbard’s own son, L. Ron Hubbard Jr. was highly critical of Scientology and claimed black magic was the inner core of Scientology once stating, "my father did not worship Satan. He thought he was Satan." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 TIL Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was drugged and controlled for years by his live-in therapist, who kept him under constant supervision and profited from the rights to Wilson's work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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