Go ahead. I crave knowledge. Tell me something I didn't know...
do you know that
12+3-4+5+67+8+9=100
I already knew that. You'll have to do better.
Cashews are not really nuts and are the only 'nut' not sold in the shell because the covering of the cashew is highly toxic. (it's used to make varnish) [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/frech/c025.gif" border=0]
did you know that ( seeing as it is spring, I think) that when you buy a daffodil and tulip bouquet...that you actually can't place them in the same vase together..as the daffodil will kill the tulip
an average roll of TP lasts 5 days in the bathroom.
(not at my house- 1.5 days maybe)
[FONT size=6]The Earth is actually FLAT.[/FONT]
Quite unlike your avatar!
if you put some 7-up mixed with water on the vase you put your cut flowers, they last longer than usual
wonder if the same holds true for my ill-fated houseplants. Like, can I pour in a can of 7Up to rejuvinate them?!
The black death (Plague) in just 4 yrs Killed 75 million people. The reason it was called the BLACK DEATH is just before death your body turned black.
And did you also know...
The largest Penis belongs to the blue whale (nearly 7 feet long)...(//forums/richedit/smileys/Shocked/1.gif)
wow that was as tall as Shaquille O'Neal
OK. I'm feeling smarter already, but I'm afraid I've got a long way to go.
Houdini may be exhumed for a full autopsy. Some say was murdered 81 years ago.
[a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.houdini25mar25,0,1520278.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines"]http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.houdini25mar25,0,1520278.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines[/a]
Humpty Dumpty was pushed
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Conspiracy Theory wrote:
Humpty Dumpty was pushed
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your wrong he was shot
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Before it was commonly held that Humpty Dumpty was an egg, he was believed to be a "short clumsy person". Before that, a Humpty Dumpty was brandy boiled with ale.
[a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_dumpty"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_dumpty[/a]
I know something you don't know...doo da...doo da...I know something you don't know...doo doo da day.. ;)
pray tell, Miss purelife!
[font size="1"]I actually didn't know anything... :( ssshhhh...don't tell... [/font]
Secret is safe with me! Hey- here's some news...The Village People are GAY!!!
Angelina Jolie was in my dreams... :)))
and it was a good dream?
Oh yes...very lovely.
She and Brad Pitt were living together on this beautiful house that sat on water. Brad was trying to fix the internet modem cable and was all over the house. The interior of the house was white, absolutely no dirt on the walls, very serene and calm. Angelina was in this beautiful white gown and she was talking to me. She was giving me advice about life and about her life and my life...she was talking to me like she was my best friend or something.
(that was a true dream of mine. )
Interesting dream. It sounds very satisfying. You could probably wake up feeling that everything was ok in your life.
More News: When Fats Domino found his thrill on Blueberry Hill....the thrill wasn't blueberries!!!
Blueberry Hill- Saint Louis 'institution' owned by Chuck Berry the guitarist. Also known for having secret cameras in the womens restrooms that Chuck Berry would watch on a regular basis.
interesting fact.
Had no idea Chuck was still alive.
yup he's still alive, lives here in saint louis.
The more you know!...
[font color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3"][font color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3"][font color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3"][font color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3"][font color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3"][font color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3"][font color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3"][font color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3"][font color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3"][font color="black" face="Arial,Helvetica" size="3"]Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned his wife or mother because they were both deaf. [/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font][/font]
Wow.....now that's something I didn't know. Bummer for Alex.....that's really sad.
Kentucky blue grass is not blue.
It only looks blue.
The lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls used to be engaged to the lead singer of 311.
[h2 style="text-align: left;"][font face="Arial"][span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"] Top Ten Canadian Inventions [/span][/font][/h2][div style="text-align: left;"] [/div][p style="text-align: left;"][font face="Arial"]In no particular order, and yes; we know there are many more...[/font][/p][div style="text-align: left;"] [/div] [table style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: left; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: auto;" bgcolor="#ff0000" border="1" bordercolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"] [tbody][tr] [td bordercolor="#FF0000" bordercolorlight="#FF0000" bordercolordark="#FF0000" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" valign="top"] [ol style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"][li] [p align="left"][font face="Arial"]AM radio
Invented by : [/font]
[a href="http://www.canadians.ca/more/profiles/m/m_guglielmo_marconi.htm"]Guglielmo Marconi[/a][font face="Arial"]
[/font][/p] [font face="Arial"] [/font][/li][font face="Arial"] [li] [p align="left"]IMAX projector and system
Invented by :
[a target="_blank" href="http://www.1570films.com/imax.htm"]Graeme Ferguson,
Roman Kroitor
and Robert Kerr[/a]
[/p] [/li] [li] [p align="left"]Telephone
Invented by :
[a href="http://www.canadians.ca/more/profiles/b/b_alexander_graham_bell.htm"]Alexander Graham Bell[/a]
[/p] [/li] [li] [p align="left"]Television
Invented by :
Reginald A. Fessenden
[/p] [/li] [li] [p align="left"]Zipper
Invented by :
Gideon Sundback
[/p] [/li] [li] [p align="left"]Music Synthesizer
Invented by:
[a href="http://www.canadians.ca/more/profiles/l/l_hugh_lecaine.htm"]Hugh LeCaine[/a]
[/p] [/li] [li] [p align="left"]Electron microscope
Invented by :
Eli Franklin Burton,
Cecil Hall,
James Hillier,
and Albert Prebus
[/p] [/li] [li] [p align="left"]Trivial Pursuit
Invented by :
Chris Haney
and Scott Abbott
[/p] [/li] [li] [p align="left"]Basketball
Invented by :
[a href="http://www.canadians.ca/more/profiles/n/n_james_naismith.htm"]James Naismith[/a]
[/p] [/li] [li] [p align="left"][font face="Arial"]Canadarm
[/font][font face="Arial"]Invented by :
[a target="_blank" href="http://www.k12.nf.ca/discovery/curriculum/technology/design/canadian_inventions/canada_arm/"] Spar Aerospace Ltd[/a] [/font][/p] [/li] [/font][/ol][/td][/tr][/tbody][/table]
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[FONT color=#007f40]The nickname WS is associated with the smell of heavy machinery oil. But I don't know if you have any connection to heavy machinery of any sort, be it those used in manufacturing plants or auto engines. [/FONT]
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[FONT color=#007f40]One second please... [/FONT]
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[FONT color=#007f40]Ah yes, the auditory plane is confirming the olfactory: I'm also hearing machine sounds. (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Teasing/3.gif) [/FONT]
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[FONT color=#007f40]And the third confirmation comes from the tactile plane: I'm touching a cold metal bar, which is part of a larger structure. [/FONT]
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[FONT color=#007f40]Maybe I should get some sleep... [/FONT]
people think that pitbulls...boxers...bulldogs...all have what is called lock jaw. In fact..they do not...it is jaw strength and tenacity that keeps the dog hanging onto whatever it is that they are hanging onto..
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten, thereby proving for once and all cats are smarter than dogs.
LOL...doesn't make a cat smarter...just gives them more of an advantage to be annoying!! LOL...
It's a year today since I registered with DS - I was just checking the stats and was surprised to come across this fact.
[FONT color=#482c1b][FONT size=4]Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.[/FONT] [/FONT]
[span style="font-weight: bold;" class="fact"]Crushed strawberries are useful for cleaning teeth and relieving sunburn[/span]
[span style="font-weight: bold;" class="fact"]It is impossible to sneeze and keep your eyes open at the same time[/span]
A coffee tree produces 1.5lb of coffee per year.
Many lipsticks contains fish scales and crushed insect bodies.
that must be why i don't wear lipstick :(
I hope this isn't true, but I once heard somewhere that crushed ants were part of the ingredients for peanut butter. :(
ants = protein
Hmmm....and all this time I thought peanut butter was made from peanuts. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/frech/c025.gif" border=0]
I hear they sell *real* chocolate-covered ants at a candy store in ontario. (//forums/richedit/smileys/10.gif)
The more you know! Knowledge IS power.
& ignorance is bliss. :)
I've never bought into that old adage. I've just always believed that ignorance is ignorance.
And anyways......I like ants. Industrious little buggers.
that nice pink and or red coloring in many of our soda's yogurts and other foods comes from the crushed body of a insect
sorry to make you aware... go back to your ignorance...
Cochineal
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Cochineal is the name of both crimson or carmine dye and the cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus), a scale insect in the suborder Sternorrhyncha, from which the dye is derived. There are other species in the genus Dactylopius which can be used to produce cochineal extract, but they are extremely difficult to distinguish from D. coccus, even for expert taxonomists, and the latter scientific name (and the use of the term "cochineal insect") is therefore commonly used when one is actually referring to other biological species; suffice it to say that the reader should be aware that there is more than one cochineal insect. The primary biological distinctions between species are minor differences in host plant preferences, in addition to very different geographic distributions. D. coccus itself is native to tropical and subtropical South America and Mexico.
This type of insect, a primarily sessile parasite, lives on cacti from the genus Opuntia, feeding on moisture and nutrients in the cacti. The insect produces carminic acid to deter predation by other insects. Carminic acid can be extracted from the insect's body and eggs to make the dye. Cochineal is primarily used as a food colouring and for cosmetics.
After synthetic pigments and dyes such as alizarin were invented in the late 19th century, natural-dye production gradually diminished. However, current health concerns over artificial food additives have renewed the popularity of cochineal dyes, and the increased demand has made cultivation of the insect profitable again
P.C. wrote:
I've never bought into that old adage. I've just always believed that ignorance is ignorance.
Well if you're ignorant, then you don't know that you're ignorant, right? =)
Orik,
Thanks for telling us that... It was a suspicion that I didn't want to acknowledge.
Oh moments like this, I wish I was just ignorant. :P
sorry soma... but this bit of info has been posted before...
i still eat yogurt... i just try not to think of how many of those bugs are needed to make it that nice pink colour...
That must be why I never liked Cream Soda. (//forums/richedit/smileys/Shocked/4.gif)
I wonder why we're OK eating a pig.....and yet a few microscopic bugs make us hang up the feed bag.
In 1952, a Texas Tabby named Dusty set the record by having more than 420 kittens before having her last litter at age 18.
The average Human FARTS between 14-16 times a day.
[h1]World War 2 Facts[/h1] [ul type="disc"][li class="factlist" type="disc"]The first German serviceman killed in the war was killed by the Japanese (China, 1937)[/li][li class="factlist"]The first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians (Finland 1940).[/li][li class="factlist"]80% of Soviet males born in 1923 didn't survive World War 2[/li][li class="factlist"]The highest ranking American killed was Lt. Gen. Lesley McNair, killed by the US Army Air Corps.[/li][li class="factlist"]Between 1939 and 1945 the Allies dropped 3.4 million tons of bombs, An average of about 27,700 tons of bombs each month.[/li][li class="factlist"]12,000 heavy bombers were shot down in World War 2[/li][li class="factlist"]2/3 of Allied bomber crews were lost for each plane destroyed[/li][li class="factlist"]3 or 4 ground men were wounded for each killed[/li][li class="factlist"]6 bomber crewmen were killed for each one wounded[/li][li class="factlist"]Over 100,000 Allied bomber crewmen were killed over Europe[/li][li class="factlist"]There were 433 Medals of Honor awarded during World War 2, 219 of them were given after the receipiant's death[/li][li class="factlist"]From 6 June 1944 to 8 May 1945 in Europe the Allies had 200,000 dead and 550,000 wounded[/li][li class="factlist"]The youngest US serviceman was 12 year old Calvin Graham, USN. He was wounded in combat and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about his age. (His benefits were later restored by act of Congress).[/li][/ul][a href="http://www.world-war-2.info/facts/"]More facts here[/a]
DV now has publicly posted forum rules.
It's probably because a few badasses over there were stirring things up when it was slow.
DV IS LOSING THE MEMBERS TO DS THATS WHY. BESIDES ALL OF THE CLASS IS ON THIS FORUM NOT THAT SKANKY SITE!!!!!!!!!!
ForShure wrote:
DV now has publicly posted forum rules. [/DIV]
No way. Where?
After spending hours working at a computer display, look at a blank piece of white paper. It will probably appear pink.
Lise wrote:
ForShure wrote:
DV now has publicly posted forum rules. [/DIV]
No way. Where?[/DIV]
They're copied from the clubzone/casinozone/datezone etc., rules.
(http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/3800/rulesbd2.jpg)
Damn...skimmed through the rules hoping to find some spelling mistakes.
The pot calling the kettle black!
Here, we have shitty DV admonishing it's shitty posters about shit!
Does anyone else find this ironic?
[a href="http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=151160"]http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=151160[/a]
purelife wrote:
Damn...skimmed through the rules hoping to find some spelling mistakes.
the mistakes caught before they corrected the rules.
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Considering who wrote the rules, it's surprising there weren't more spelling or grammatical errors. (http://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Teasing/12.gif)
I'm guessing Mike can't spell unless it involves money.
Allright! Well then... Good work, ladies & gentlemen. It is apparent that some people are still somewhat intelligent!
Hey....I like that symbol in you avatar. Is it referring to engines or juice.
Why thank you, P.C. Seeing as how all the good avatars were already taken, it's the best I could come up with without wasting too much time. It's a Ford design, which refers to engine type. They're using it again on their vehicles, but it actually dates back to the 1940's, I believe. That 'old school' stuff sort of interests me. You know, another place, another time...
It's really a classy design. I guess it was actually placed ON the vehicle? (I wonder if they have a V4.....lol)
Yup, the grille was usually a popular place for emblems like that on the old cars. That's so your neighbour knew that your car was better then his! See, not much has changed... BTW, I double checked, and the design actually originated in the 1930's. Next time I'll do my homework first!
Ahhhh....so this would have belonged to Mr. Jones.
So now you've told me something I didn't know.
Exactly. But when Mr. Jones didn't keep it locked up, along came Bonnie & Clyde. It was their stolen car of choice. They even wrote a letter to Ford praising the virtues of 'owning' such a fine car...
GET OUT !!!!! Really ???
Wow....some people got more nerve than virtue.
So tell me something more I didn't know. (shouldn't be terribly hard...lol)
*edit.....nice average WS. 4 posts.....4 karmas [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c014.gif" border=0]
YOU GOT A KARMA FROM ME AS I OWN A FORD V8. AN LTD AND IT'S A GREAT CAR.
(http://www.hotrodsandhorsepower.com/images/clydebarrow.jpg)
Mr. Henry Ford
Detroit Mich.
Dear Sir:-
While I still have got breath in my lungs I will tell you what a dandy car you make. I have drove Fords exclusively when I could get away with one. For sustained speed and freedom from trouble the Ford has got every other car skinned and even if my business hasen't been strictly legal it don't hurt anything to tell you what a fine car you got in the V8.
Yours truly
Clyde Champion Barrow
I pulled up the letter. Of course my Ford only has four cylinders, as I can't justify spending substantial amounts of my earnings fueling up.
Thanks Gordy
That is amazing WS. I've never heard of this bit of trivia before. Interesting stuff.
So yer a Ford Boy....lol
I'll tell ya something else I know. There's certain individuals that take Web Forums far too seriously. It's as if there's an underlying mental illness that's the root cause of their strange behaviour. Borderline Personality Disorder, perhaps? Usually they get banned sooner or later, but it's almost interesting to catch an inner glimpse of the methods of their madness while the opportunity presents itself.
To me they just seem irrational and annoying when they try to create dissention.