Did you know...?

[Aberzombie]

Huey Lewis attended Cornell University, majoring in engineering, but dropped out after his junior year, because he was in a band called Clover and they were preparing for rock stardom. Clover (minus Huey Lewis) provided the instrumentals for Elvis Costello's debut album, "My Aim Is True".

[Aberzombie]

At director Stanley Kubrick's insistence, Shelley Duvall and Jack Nicholson performed 127 takes of the baseball bat scene in The Shining (1980), which broke a world-record for the most retakes of a single movie scene with spoken dialogue. Shelley said she learned more from working with Kubrick on that film than she did on all her previous films.

[Freehold DM]

Cool.

[Misroi]

Aberzombie wrote:

At director Stanley Kubrick's insistence, Shelley Duvall and Jack Nicholson performed 127 takes of the baseball bat scene in The Shining (1980), which broke a world-record for the most retakes of a single movie scene with spoken dialogue. Shelley said she learned more from working with Kubrick on that film than she did on all her previous films.

I think the big thing she learned was "never work with Kubrick again."

[Natural Science]

Radiocarbon dating is used to determine the age of carbon-bearing material by measuring its radiocarbon, the radioactive isotope carbon-14 (with six protons and eight neutrons). Invented by Willard Libby in the late 1940s, the method soon became a standard tool for archaeologists. Radiocarbon is constantly created in the atmosphere, when cosmic rays create free neutrons that hit nitrogen. Plants take in carbon, including radiocarbon, through photosynthesis, and after an animal or plant dies, it stops exchanging carbon with its environment. Half of the radiocarbon decays every 5,730 years; the oldest dates that can be reliably measured by radiocarbon dating are around 50,000 years ago.

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Got itchy bug bites? Try this remedy: Go to a sink, turn on the hot water until it's just about scalding hot, then hold the offending bite(s) underneath the stream for as long as you can bear. The pain will "blow a fuse" in your skin's sensory receptors or something, and it will stop itching for SEVERAL hours (and yes, you'll still feel everything else). It's the best treatment I know, and I assure you it works!

[Natural Science]

The corn crake (Crex crex) is a bird in the rail family. It breeds in Europe and Asia, and migrates to Africa for the northern hemisphere's winter. It is a medium-sized crake with buff- or grey-streaked brownish-black upperparts, chestnut markings on the wings, and blue-grey underparts with rust-coloured and white bars on the flanks and undertail. The male's call is a loud krek krek, from which the scientific name is derived. The breeding habitat is grassland, particularly hayfields; the female builds a nest of grass leaves in a hollow in the ground and lays 6–14 cream-coloured eggs that hatch in 19 or 20 days. The bird is in steep decline across much of its former breeding range because modern farming practices often destroy nests before breeding is finished. It is omnivorous but mainly feeds on invertebrates, the occasional small frog or mammal, and some seeds. Natural threats include feral and introduced mammals, large birds, and various parasites and diseases.

[Kajehase]

In Sweden, the movie Magic Mike XXL has a lower age rating than, for instance, Frozen.

[Randarak]

Responding to the fame of the second verse of the Eagles song "Take It Easy," the city of Winslow, Arizona erected a life-size bronze statue and mural commemorating the song, at the Standin' on the Corner Park. The statue stands near a lamp post, the male figure securing an acoustic guitar between his right hand and the shoe of his right foot. Above his head, a metal sign, crafted in the style of U.S. Route shields, displays the words "Standin' on the corner". The mural on the wall behind the statue is that of a storefront, and includes what would appear to be the reflection of a red flatbed Ford pickup truck driven by a blonde-haired woman. The second floor of the mural features an eagle perched in one window on the left and a man and woman (apparently the man on the corner and woman in the truck) embracing in another window on the right.

[Natural Science]

The coral Solenosmilia variabilis dominates reefs 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) beneath the sea.

[Limeylongears]

Rectal massage is a scientifically proven - scientifically proven, do you hear - way of curing hiccups.

[Hitdice]

. . . Hic!

[Natural Science]

Xylolaemus sakhnovi was the first of its genus described from the fossil record.

[Kajehase]

According to the French Republican calendar, today is Green Bean Day (or Messidor 23) in the year 223.

[DungeonmasterCal]

The New Mexico whiptail is a species of lizard found in the southern United States in New Mexico and Arizona, and in northern Mexico in Chihuahua. It is the official state reptile of New Mexico. It is one of many lizard species known to be parthenogenic. Individuals of the species can be created either through the hybridization of the little striped whiptail and the tiger whiptail or through the parthenogenic reproduction of an adult New Mexico whiptail.

[David M Mallon]

Kajehase wrote:

According to the French Republican calendar, today is Green Bean Day (or Messidor 23) in the year 223.

Also, up until a couple hours ago, it was Free Slurpee Day at 7-11.

[Aberzombie]

In addition to his native Korean, Byung-Hun Lee speaks English, French and Mandarin Chinese fluently.

[Aberzombie]

Cheech Marin's father is a 30-year veteran of the LAPD.

[Randarak]

...and as a result, has arrested his son for possession no less than 8 times... :-) He is family after all...

[Randarak]

Chlorine is a chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17. Chlorine is in the halogen group (17) and is the second lightest halogen following fluorine. The element is a yellow-green gas under standard conditions, where it forms diatomic molecules. Chlorine has the highest electron affinity and the third highest electronegativity of all the reactive elements. For this reason, chlorine is a strong oxidizing agent. Free chlorine is rare on Earth, and is usually a result of direct or indirect oxidation by oxygen.

[Aberzombie]

Prince is one of very few artists who has denied 'Weird Al' Yankovic permission to parody any of his songs. After years of asking, ''Weird Al' Yankovic' obtained video parody permission, and the video for UHF (1989) includes a sequence that spoofs the bathtub intro for Prince's video of "When Doves Cry".

[Natural Science]

Pluto is a dwarf planet orbiting the Sun, with about a sixth of the mass of the Moon and a third of its volume. Like other Kuiper belt objects, which are generally outside Neptune's orbit, Pluto is primarily rock and ice. It has an elongated and highly inclined orbit that takes it from 49 astronomical units (7.3 billion km) away from the Sun down to 30, closer than Neptune. Light from the Sun takes about 5.5 hours to reach it at its average distance. Since its discovery in 1930, it had been considered the ninth planet, but the International Astronomical Union came up with a new definition for planets in 2006 that excluded Pluto after many other similar icy objects were found, including Chiron and Eris. Pluto has five known moons: Charon (about half as wide as Pluto), Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. On 14 July 2015, a spacecraft is visiting the dwarf planet and its moons for the first time: the New Horizons probe is performing a flyby and attempting to take detailed measurements and images. NASA has invited the general public to suggest names for surface features that will be discovered on Pluto and Charon.

[Freehold DM]

Pluto's a f~+@ing planet.

[Spook205]

Freehold DM wrote:

Pluto's a f~#!ing planet.

Hear Hear!

Incidentally!

On September 26, 2014, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,had a popular vote insisting on the reinstatement of Pluto's planethood.

Pluto is a planet. Lest the curse of the fifty worlds descend upon you!

[Randarak]

Pluto and Hades differ in character, but they are not distinct figures and share their two major myths. In Greek cosmogony, the god received the rule of the underworld in a three-way division of sovereignty over the world, with his brothers Zeus ruling the Sky and Poseidon the Sea. His central narrative is the abduction of Persephone to be his wife and the queen of his realm. Plouton as the name of the ruler of the underworld first appears in Greek literature of the Classical period, in the works of the Athenian playwrights and of the philosopher Plato, who is the major Greek source on its significance. Under the name Pluto, the god appears in other myths in a secondary role, mostly as the possessor of a quest-object, and especially in the descent of Orpheus or other heroes to the underworld.

[Natural Science]

Dactylotrochus cervicornis is a large polyp stony coral from the Red Sea and western Pacific Ocean. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Dactylotrochus.

[Randarak]

There are 6,557 roadway bridges in the state of New Jersey, with a bridge being defined as any span of 20 feet or more which crosses over land, water, or other traffic obstacle, and also includes overpasses and exit ramps.

[Kajehase]

The sequel to the movie The Babadook will be called The Baba Ganoush.

[LazarX]

Aberzombie wrote:

Dan Aykroyd is very interested in the supernatural and has an extensive collection of books on the subject.

So was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who maintained an intense belief in Faeries. When the British Musuem mocked his beliefs, he got his revenge by participating in the "Pilltdown Man" hoax.

[Aberzombie]

Rubén Blades holds degrees in Law from the University of Panama and International Law from Harvard University.

[Randarak]

Viggo Mortensen estimates that during the course of filming the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, and including all takes, he "killed" every stuntman on the production at least fifty times.

Why is this man still free?!

[Freehold DM]

Aberzombie wrote:

Rubén Blades holds degrees in Law from the University of Panama and International Law from Harvard University.

VIVA PANAMA

[Randarak]

This is my 900th post.

[Aberzombie]

Donald Sutherland graduated college with a double in Engineering and Drama. He had originally intended to become an engineer before trying acting.

[Randarak]

On this day in 1955, Disneyland was dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.

Also, both Disneyland and Disney World are located in Orange County in their respective states.

[Aberzombie]

When he was a teenager, Anthony Edwards studied ballet with his childhood friend Eric Stoltz in Santa Barbara, California, so that "they could meet girls."

[David M Mallon]

According to producer Jon Peters, the famous "I'm Batman" line, spoken by Michael Keaton in Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman, was originally written as "I'm Batman, m+*@~&%%%$#!." Unfortunately, Warner Brothers nixed the idea.

[Freehold DM]

David M Mallon wrote:

According to producer Jon Peters, the famous "I'm Batman" line, spoken by Michael Keaton in Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman, was originally written as "I'm Batman, m#+%#~&%!@!+." Unfortunately, Warner Brothers nixed the idea.

I should have said "I'm the g$!&~@N batman!"

[David M Mallon]

Freehold DM wrote:

David M Mallon wrote:

According to producer Jon Peters, the famous "I'm Batman" line, spoken by Michael Keaton in Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman, was originally written as "I'm Batman, m#+%#~&%!@!+." Unfortunately, Warner Brothers nixed the idea.

I should have said "I'm the g~@+*@N batman!"

We don't talk about that.

[Freehold DM]

David M Mallon wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

David M Mallon wrote:

According to producer Jon Peters, the famous "I'm Batman" line, spoken by Michael Keaton in Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman, was originally written as "I'm Batman, m#+%#~&%!@!+." Unfortunately, Warner Brothers nixed the idea.

I should have said "I'm the g~@+*@N batman!"

We don't talk about that.

I have a shirt that disagrees.

Didn't I wear it when I met you?

[David M Mallon]

Freehold DM wrote:

David M Mallon wrote:

Freehold DM wrote:

David M Mallon wrote:

According to producer Jon Peters, the famous "I'm Batman" line, spoken by Michael Keaton in Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman, was originally written as "I'm Batman, m#+%#~&%!@!+." Unfortunately, Warner Brothers nixed the idea.

I should have said "I'm the g~@+*@N batman!"

We don't talk about that.

I have a shirt that disagrees.

Didn't I wear it when I met you?

No, that one had a pony on it, I think.

[Kajehase]

"I'm the g%~!##ned Pony Batman!"

Nnnnaaaah. Doesn't have the same ring to it.

[Aberzombie]

Batpony! Criminals will piss themselves laughing, then be too embarrassed to continue with their nefarious deeds!

[Randarak]

We landed on the moon today 46 years ago!

[Freehold DM]

Aberzombie wrote:

Batpony! Criminals will piss themselves laughing, then be too embarrassed to continue with their nefarious deeds!

now I need to get the mare do well shirt.

[Natural Science]

Telopea oreades, commonly known as the Gippsland waratah, is a large shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae. Native to southeastern Australia, it is found in wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest on rich acidic soils high in organic matter. No subspecies are recognised, though an isolated population hybridises extensively with the Braidwood waratah (T. mongaensis).

[LazarX]

David M Mallon wrote:

According to producer Jon Peters, the famous "I'm Batman" line, spoken by Michael Keaton in Tim Burton's 1989 film Batman, was originally written as "I'm Batman, m*$!~*@$+!#%." Unfortunately, Warner Brothers nixed the idea.

I'm with WB on this. "I'm Batman" presented the way Bats does it, is frightening enough, that dressing it up with excessive verbiage only dilutes the impact.

[DungeonmasterCal]

Aberzombie wrote:

When he was a teenager, Anthony Edwards studied ballet with his childhood friend Eric Stoltz in Santa Barbara, California, so that "they could meet girls."

A friend of mine did this in college.

[Gregor Greymane]

Did you know that I am a liar? Or am I? Eh!?

[That Nic Cage Guy]

Lying is subjective, just like success...