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MalkinIsMyHomeboy
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of all the possible meanings of "accident(al)" and you hamfist a musical joke?? no wonder it was free...
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TIL that one of the announcers on the Bobby Knight chair toss game was former Pirates announcer Lanny Frattare.
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shafnutz05
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The Aaron Burr milk commercial turned 30 this year 
I mention this because TIL that Michael Bay's first job was directing this commercial, fresh out of film school and two years before Bad Boys came out and he quickly became famous.
I mention this because TIL that Michael Bay's first job was directing this commercial, fresh out of film school and two years before Bad Boys came out and he quickly became famous.
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MalkinIsMyHomeboy
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uhhh…apparently edible figs contain wasps
Wasps pollinate the majority of commercially grown figs. Yes, edible figs do include at least one dead female wasp. However, it is not quite the urban legend that fruits contain insect meat. When a female wasp dies within an edible fig, an enzyme known as ficin in the fig breaks down her carcass into protein.
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MalkinIsMyHomeboy
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the melody for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the ABCs was created in about 1761 (those lyrics were applied in the mid 1800s)
also, Mozart was a god damn genius (I knew that, but still). At 25 he wrote “12 variations” of the original melody and it’s sad that something that’s just a little piano warm up for his pupils is greater than anything I’ll ever even dream about composing
also, Mozart was a god damn genius (I knew that, but still). At 25 he wrote “12 variations” of the original melody and it’s sad that something that’s just a little piano warm up for his pupils is greater than anything I’ll ever even dream about composing
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mamaemeritus
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Correct. The custom is to also tell of births, marriages, etc. but death seems to get the most notice. I believe to tell the bees of a keeper's death is to put them in mourning but also to let them know of a new keeper who will be good to them - so they don't fly away and/or they have a good honey harvest. Old Celtic custom.
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MalkinIsMyHomeboy
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the countries either the most deaths in WW2 are Russia, China, Germany, Poland and…Indonesia, who had about 4 million deaths due to Japanese occupation
never knew that. Obviously you learn about the brutality of the Nazis but holy **** the imperial Japanese were insane
never knew that. Obviously you learn about the brutality of the Nazis but holy **** the imperial Japanese were insane
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DigitalGypsy66
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I am ashamed to admit I didn't know who Rick Rescorla was recently. Shameful.
Rescorla was from Cornwall in the UK, left home and joined the British army when he was 16 and fought against Communist insurgents in Rhodesia and other British colonies in Africa before coming to the US and joining the US Army. He fought in the Ia Drang valley alongside Colonel Hal Moore of "We Were Soldiers" once fame.
He became a US citizen, got a BA and JD from the University of Oklahoma and ended up as the VP of Security of Morgan Stanley, whose offices were in the World Trade Center. He predicted the 1993 attack and began drilling Morgan Stanley employees on evacuating the WTC years before 2001. He managed to get all but six employees out on 9/11. He died that day trying to get more people out. Fascinating life, cut way too short:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002 ... s-are-dead
Rescorla was from Cornwall in the UK, left home and joined the British army when he was 16 and fought against Communist insurgents in Rhodesia and other British colonies in Africa before coming to the US and joining the US Army. He fought in the Ia Drang valley alongside Colonel Hal Moore of "We Were Soldiers" once fame.
He became a US citizen, got a BA and JD from the University of Oklahoma and ended up as the VP of Security of Morgan Stanley, whose offices were in the World Trade Center. He predicted the 1993 attack and began drilling Morgan Stanley employees on evacuating the WTC years before 2001. He managed to get all but six employees out on 9/11. He died that day trying to get more people out. Fascinating life, cut way too short:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2002 ... s-are-dead
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This forum needs a like button.
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count2infinity
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It does, indeed, work in ProSilver.
One of the other forums I go to has a like button. It's nice but it's not like I'm scrolling back to make sure a post got recognition so maybe they're not that useful.
One of the other forums I go to has a like button. It's nice but it's not like I'm scrolling back to make sure a post got recognition so maybe they're not that useful.
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MalkinIsMyHomeboy
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what is the point of a like button?
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He already knows.