Off The Wall....

Did you now that one of the original ingredients in Pepsi was pepcin & that the pepcin came from hog stomachs? Mmmm...

I'm on a Pepsi kick tonight.

Did not know that.
Thanks for the info.

Did you know that the Shawnee Indians tried and failed to kill Simon Kenton so many times that they eventually refused to try, even in battle, because they believed he protected by the gods?
They tried and failed to burn him at the stake 3 times and all 3 failed. One failed because rain put out the fire. One was stopped by a Shawnee Chief to debate the issue. and the 3rd was stopped by British soldiers because they wanted to try him for treason. And, he then escaped from them.

Did you know that Bluetooth is named after Danish Viking King, Harald Blåtand, and the Bluetooth symbol is actually a runic expression of his initials?

Did you know that certain subatomic particles exist only as wave forms (energy) and turn to matter when humans focus their attention on them?

Wow, never seen a thread like this before, but I'm liking it. Maybe I'll come up with some random facts of my own.

Did you know that ducks make their feathers waterproof by rubbing their bill over a gland at the base of the tail then spreading oil over their feathers?

I learned that watching PBS, lol.

Did you know being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years. (The typical cause of death? Excessive fun.)

Did you know that humans are born without kneecaps?

Did you know that Koala's have fingerprints so similar to humans it's difficult to see a difference even with an electron microscope?

Did you know that Pete Townsend wanted to have sex with Mick Jagger?

Did you know that Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson refused to eat pepper because he believed it made his left leg ache?

Did you know that the state of Pennsylvania accounts for approx. 64% of the mushrooms grown in the US?

Did you know in the 1700's a squirrel could cross the entire state of Indiana (US) in a straight line without touching the ground?

If you've ever been to central/northern Indiana (US) you know why that's amazing, considering the lack of trees & miles & miles of open fields. Those open fields are mostly man made, that's a lot of lumber.

Did you know that Astronomer Tycho Brahe had a nose made of gold? He was in a fight and his nose was cut off so he replaced it with one of gold. He died of renal failure when attending a function with the King - because leaving to go potty would have been offensive.

Did you know that Bichon Frise dogs were once so popular with the French aristocracy, that they had special pockets sewn into their clothing, and small baskets they could carry
and 'wear' their Bichons every where they went.

Did you know that, to this day, Robert E. Lee is the only person to graduate from West Point with no demerits?

Did you know that Colonel Harland Sanders started his Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise with money from his first Social Security check ($105), less than 10 years later he sold the franchise for $2 million?

Did you know...
In the 1967 NFL Championship, the famous "Ice Bowl" between the
Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys in Green Bay, Wisconsin,
in which, the Packers beat the Cowboys on a 4th and goal with 15 seconds left in the game
with the score 17 - 14 Dallas, the Packers didn't kick a tying field, but went for the TD because Vince Lombardi said it was too cold, (10 below), and he wasn't going to put the fans through overtime. So, he went for the win and right guard, (yes, his nick-name on the team was 'deodorant'), Jerry Kramer made the block that allowed Bart Starr to score the winning TD?

Did you know that the drummer for The Who in the Concert For Sandy Relief is Zach Starky?

This is for all the beer drinkers.
I'm sure that, at one time or another, you have raised a can to your mouth
and spilled some beer just before it reached your lips.
Everybody gets a kick out of you tipping the can too soon.

Well, I have a theory....
I don't think we tip the can too soon at all.
I think it's a little trick the beer companies like to play.
I think they over fill the can sometimes, knowing someone will spill some.

And now you know the rest of the story.

Did you know that two of four Beatles were successfully sued for plagiarism?

If you can design a new and improved shovel, it would be ground breaking.

Did you know hurricanes are a major cause of pier pressure?

Did you know that the bloke whose birthday we all celebrate on December 25, was actually born on January 7?

Did you know that Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, hero of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg, had no military background. was a professor at Bowdoin College, Maine.
He was given a sebatical to go to Europe but, instead enlisted in the Union Army without the knowledge of his wife, or the college.
He was assigned the rank of lieutenant colonel to the 20th Maine.

Did you know that the Boston Tea Party was not the first act of rebellion
leading up to the Revolutionary War?
Rather, it was the Pine Tree Riot led by lumber mill owner Ebenezer Mudgett.

Did you know that the dollar sign, $, is derived the first Spanish silver coins, known as pieces of eight, which were stamped with Spanish Crest of two columns and a scroll.
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Did you know:

God and Jesus that Christians worship today are actually amalgams formed out of ancient pagan gods. The idea of a "virgin birth", "burial in a rock tomb", "resurrection after 3 days" and "eating of body and drinking of blood" had nothing to do with Jesus. All of the rituals in Christianity are completely man-made. Christianity is a snow ball that rolled over a dozen pagan religions. As the snowball grew, it freely attached pagan rituals and beliefs in order to be more palatable to converts. You can find accounts like these in popular literature:

"The vestiges of pagan religion in Christian symbology are undeniable. Egyptian sun disks became the halos of Catholic saints. Pictograms of Isis nursing her miraculously conceived son Horus became the blueprint for our modern images of the Virgin Mary nursing Baby Jesus. And virtually all the elements of the Catholic ritual - the miter, the altar, the doxology, and communion, the act of "God-eating" - were taken directly from earlier pagan mystery religions."
"Nothing in Christianity is original. The pre-Christian God Mithras - called the Son of God and the Light of the World - was born on December 25, died, was buried in a rock tomb, and then resurrected in three days. By the way, December 25 is also the birthday or Osiris, Adonis, and Dionysus. The newborn Krishna was presented with gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Even Christianity's weekly holy day was stolen from the pagans."


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Did you know?

There's a section on reddit called 'TIL'--Today I Learned...

I have an explanation for all of the above mentioned "Jesus" theories.
But, I'm going to post.
MAYBE if we CHANGE THE SUBJECT.
This thread won't be burned!

Did you know that General John Buford, leading a division of cavalry, armed with the Henry repeating rifle, held off a forward Confederate division and allowed the Union forces to occupy the high ground which was the key in deciding the Union's victory.

Did you know that Ray Parker plagiarized Huey Lewis when he wrote the theme for Ghostbusters?
The writers called Huey and asked to write a theme that would be similar to "I Want A New Drug". He refused so they made the same request to Ray Parker. He made it a little too similar...

Did you know the number of private space launches are expected to sky rocket in the future?

Did you know the ending to the fairy tale "Humpty Dumpty" is off the wall?

You know who I hate?

Ryan Johnson.

Did you know...

Cumberland Falls on the Cumberland River in Kentucky is the only place in the in the world that displays a "moon bow"?

Same as a rain but, shows in the spray of the falls on nights of a full moon.

The "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies are all rated ARRRRRRR!

Not religion - historical theology. Religion is the belief in doctrines. Theology is the study of the historical evolution of religious doctrines. When you start blasting people about their morality or eternal destination relative to things they do or believe -- that's religion.

Did you know that this thread has 71 posts in it (so far).