Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Could not find the old thread so bring on #3! This one cant be right can it? Since Frank Tarkenton in 1973, no quarterback has started and played two (full) consecutive seasons for Minnesota Vikings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 took you long enough LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 1 minute ago, ShadyBillsFan said: took you long enough LOL haha sorry buddy. Busy season at work 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 TIL CBF couldn't find the archives to search. Just now, Canadian Bills Fan said: haha sorry buddy. Busy season at work thats a good thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 7, 2019 Author Share Posted May 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: TIL CBF couldn't find the archives to search. Not so much as couldn't find them as to was just too lazy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 8, 2019 Author Share Posted May 8, 2019 TIL the Beatles album, Abbey Road, was originally going to be called Everest but none of the Beatles wanted to fly to the Himalayas to take a photo so they just called the album Abbey road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 The White Album was to be called A Dolls House with this cover... Geez.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 (edited) and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds has nothing to do with LSD I am the Walrus koo koo kachoo First bottles of Coca-Cola sold on this day in history 1886 Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, begins offering a bubbly beverage called Coca-Cola, a patent medicine said to ease ailments such as dyspepsia, headache, impotence, and morphine addiction. The drink will become rather popular as time goes by. I believe it also had coca-leaf extract (cocaine) in it Edited May 8, 2019 by ShadyBillsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 13 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: and Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds has nothing to do with LSD I am the Walrus koo koo kachoo First bottles of Coca-Cola sold on this day in history 1886 Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, begins offering a bubbly beverage called Coca-Cola, a patent medicine said to ease ailments such as dyspepsia, headache, impotence, and morphine addiction. The drink will become rather popular as time goes by. that was part of the culture, pretend no songs were about drugs when talking to someone you looked down on.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, row_33 said: that was part of the culture, pretend no songs were about drugs when talking to someone you looked down on.... There are so many crazy rockers that say they never used drugs in the 70's ... I still don't believe them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 1 hour ago, ShadyBillsFan said: There are so many crazy rockers that say they never used drugs in the 70's ... I still don't believe them. i can accept it for a few of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 1 hour ago, ShadyBillsFan said: There are so many crazy rockers that say they never used drugs in the 70's ... I still don't believe them. Put Zappa at the top of that list - and yet, he fired Steve Vai for smoking a joint. Does anyone really believe the ‘Mothers of Invention’ were not severely drug-influenced? (I have to go away now ... weasels are ripping my flesh...) . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Ted Nugent John Lodge No problem with accepting Zappa lived a clean life, mostly ate hot dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, row_33 said: Ted Nugent John Lodge No problem with accepting Zappa lived a clean life, mostly ate hot dogs Yeah, but still so surreal, considering the bizarre quality of his creative work, and the life-long company of fellow musicians. Perhaps one of the most brilliant to ever lay fingers on a Gibson or Fender, when I saw him he drank coffee and smoked Winstons. Said tobacco was his favorite vegetable. Edited May 8, 2019 by The Senator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 22 minutes ago, The Senator said: Yeah, but still so surreal, considering the bizarre quality of his creative work, and the life-long company of fellow musicians. Perhaps one of the most brilliant to ever lay fingers on a Gibson or Fender, when I saw him he drank coffee and smoked Winstons. Said tobacco was his favorite vegetable. I have the complete Edgard Varese 2CD set somewhere in my collection, big influence for FZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 TIL Denver decriminalizes 'magic mushrooms' in historic vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 9, 2019 Author Share Posted May 9, 2019 TIL that Norman Borlaug saved more than a billion lives with a "miracle wheat" that averted mass starvation, becoming 1 of only 5 people to win the Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Congressional Gold Medal. He said, "Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 TIL that Nintendo pushed usage of the term "game console" so people would stop calling products from other manufacturers "Nintendos", otherwise they would have risked losing their trademark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 TIL that only 12 people have walked on the moon, and all within a 3 year span. No one has been to the moon since 1972, over 40 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 35 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that only 12 people have walked on the moon, and all within a 3 year span. No one has been to the moon since 1972, over 40 years ago. Really? You didn't know until today that no one's walked on the moon recently? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 13 minutes ago, DC Tom said: Really? You didn't know until today that no one's walked on the moon recently? Just Sting in the early 1980s 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 57 minutes ago, row_33 said: Just Sting in the early 1980s And Michael Jackson. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that only 12 people have walked on the moon, and all within a 3 year span. No one has been to the moon since 1972, over 40 years ago. .....and then right after that Pink Floyd sings "see you on the dark side of the moon" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 13, 2019 Author Share Posted May 13, 2019 TIL that every November in South Korea, there's a day where everyone makes silence to help students concentrate for their most important exam of their lives. Planes are grounded, constructions are paused, banks close and even military training ceases. This day is called Suneung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 On 5/10/2019 at 1:11 PM, DC Tom said: Really? You didn't know until today that no one's walked on the moon recently? Wow it really does take a long time for news to reach Canada... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Buffalo Joe Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 On 5/8/2019 at 8:56 AM, row_33 said: Ted Nugent John Lodge No problem with accepting Zappa lived a clean life, mostly ate hot dogs Angus Young has never drank alcohol, or used drugs. Smokes cigarettes like a chimney though. On 5/10/2019 at 2:35 PM, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that only 12 people have walked on the moon, and all within a 3 year span. No one has been to the moon since 1972, over 40 years ago. Fixed. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Reed83HOF said: Wow it really does take a long time for news to reach Canada... If you weren’t around for all the hype up to the early 70s you might not have cared at all about moon landings a big big back of rocks for $14 trillion wasted, must be nice rocks.... Edited May 13, 2019 by row_33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 TIL that the inventor of the cereal Apple Jacks is currently a professor of biological engineering at MIT and invented the cereal as a summer intern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 did he get royalties or did the company take them all from his employment contract? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 5 hours ago, row_33 said: did he get royalties or did the company take them all from his employment contract? I had a client at the bank who invented those little T shaped plastic pieces that hold price tags to clothes in the store. He got his salary, plus $1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 That is way it works if you are an employee or contractor at a company - unless you have contract stating otherwise all inventions you create are owned by company. I have a patent owned by Hughes licensed to 13 companies last time I heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 9 minutes ago, Limeaid said: That is way it works if you are an employee or contractor at a company - unless you have contract stating otherwise all inventions you create are owned by company. I have a patent owned by Hughes licensed to 13 companies last time I heard. That’s what they are paying you for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Augie said: That’s what they are paying you for. Actually they weren't. I was doing system administration work and my subconscious mind saw a pattern and needed to explain it four times to SME lead for him to understand what I saw but I understand the rules. Was brought back to do additional work post contract and then offer made to be permanent but I had no desire to move to Arizona. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Limeaid said: Actually they weren't. I was doing system administration work and my subconscious mind saw a pattern and needed to explain it four times to SME lead for him to understand what I saw but I understand the rules. Was brought back to do additional work post contract and then offer made to be permanent but I had no desire to move to Arizona. Might have been wise to keep that one on the back burner until the contract ends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 The guy who invented sticky notes for 3M got nothing big for it A Dilbert cartoon played up this situation for an invention on the job the worst is finding out your work life insurance policy is for the company, not your family, usually for execs but I’ve seen it for middle management as a surprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 15, 2019 Author Share Posted May 15, 2019 TIL Rob Lowe is uncredited in the film Tommy Boy because he was contractually obligated to another movie at the time, Steven King's The Stand. The reason he filmed Tommy Boy was due to his friendship with Chris Farley. TIL that the FBI has an entire fake town for training agents. Hogan's Alley has a bank, post office, hotel, laundromat, barber shop, pool hall, shops, and homes. The town is populated by actors who roleplay parts like bystanders, terrorists, bank robbers, and drug dealers so scenarios always change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 TIL you can sneak up on dragons in boats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 7 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL Rob Lowe is uncredited in the film Tommy Boy because he was contractually obligated to another movie at the time, Steven King's The Stand. The reason he filmed Tommy Boy was due to his friendship with Chris Farley. used to know one of the “NO!” guys with a credit on Tommy Boy, a Canadian actor with a lot of credits like this, he seemed to make a good living in his later years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 16, 2019 Author Share Posted May 16, 2019 TIL the only 2 patients to be cured of HIV were also undergoing cancer treatment at the same time; meaning they became cancer free AND HIV negative at the same time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 TIL that a human would have to eat 300 hamburgers just to match the equivalent of what hummingbirds consume to survive every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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