Daily Curiosities/Obscure Facts

[Charon]

i never learned that about braille. interesting mr. spankster.

[Spanky]

A Fun and Informative Disarray of Factoids Daily--or Semi Daily--Various Sources:

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10-4-2016
 
 
When were poodle skirts in style?
The poodle skirt remains one of the most memorable symbols of 1950s Americana and is frequently worn as a novelty retro item, part of a nostalgic outfit. A similar design of these skirts became popular in the years 2009-2010.
 
How many times do you breathe in a day?
Each day we breathe about 20,000 times.


(Tomorrow:  The opaki tongue)

[Charon]

my mother had poodles later in life. we could never get them to wear those darn skirts.

(kidding. i kid.)

Can hardly wait to hear about the opaki tongue.

[Linville]

Interesting factoids Spanky......

[Spanky]

A Fun and Informative Disarray of Factoids Daily--or Semi Daily--Various Sources:

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10-5-2016

 

   

"How Long Is The Okapi Tongue?
Okapi slightly resembles to zebra because of the stripes, but it shares much more similarities with giraffe. It has long skull, large black eyes and very long, purplish tongue, just like giraffe. Okapi's tongue is 18 inches long and it can reach both its eyes and ears.
(You single ladies might want to rethink how you word those Craigslist "seeking" postings:  "Searching for okapi.  Character, honesty, sense of humor unimportant"--Spank)
 
"Why is an informant called a stool pigeon"
The phrase "stool pigeon" first appeared sometime during the early 1800s, with Noah Webster using it to describe a pigeon hunting tactic where a pigeon was tied to a moving stool to make the bird flutter and attract a large flock of pigeons for easy catching. But the animal uses are relatively rare compared to the frequency with which the phrase is used to describe people, when it was used to describe not just any old decoy, but one who would infiltrate a criminal enterprise and then report back to law enforcement personnel with their findings just to curry favor with the local cops.

[barq2]

Is that Samuel Adams as in the beer? My friend Carlos got me drinking that when I was in Detroit, but as a Brit I might have to forgo it now ;-)

[Spanky]

Is that Samuel Adams as in the beer? My friend Carlos got me drinking that when I was in Detroit, but as a Brit I might have to forgo it now ;-)

Same guy Barq.  The patriot and founding father of the revolution, Adams was a hands-on guy, a fire brand and instigator who led the Boston tea party.  He had inherited a "malting", i.e., beer brewing company from his father and for a time made a stout malt for retail sale.
The founder of the Sam Adams beer of modern day is an admirer of the revolutionary, and led the move to craft beers in the U.S.





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[IceWizard]

Spankster... You have indeed started a great thread here... Somethings we say or do, just in the coarse of the day, we have not a clue as to why or where we got it from.... Even if "grand pa used to say that, but still why did he?!

Stool pidgeon... Never knew that... Heard it for ever.....

Thanks Spank...

Ice

[Spanky]

Spankster... You have indeed started a great thread here... Somethings we say or do, just in the coarse of the day, we have not a clue as to why or where we got it from.... Even if "grand pa used to say that, but still why did he?!

Stool pidgeon... Never knew that... Heard it for ever.....

Thanks Spank...

Ice

Thank you Ice,

You're the info champ.  I just cruise different spots and try to find the interesting links and bits.  I thought the fact that the stool would be "moveable" was interesting.  An animal, birds included, when tethered to an immovable object like a stake or tree trunk, will eventually settle down and stop flapping, so I'm supposing that by attaching the bird to a light "moveable" stool, the trapped bird would be able to make the stool shift a bit by flapping, encouraging it to keep trying.  Very tricky.  Wonder if it could be adapted somehow to work with women?


Spankster

[Linville]

Lol Spanky saying , wonder if it would work with women ...


All joking aside I was going to post earlier that you have a good thread started here.....

Good Stuff, oh and let me know about that thought, grins.....