Saxum Posted September 7, 2017 Posted September 7, 2017 Aside from being Brian May, Brian May has a Ph.D. in Physics with published work and had the honor of performing "God Save the Queen" from the roof of Buckingham Palace for Queen Elizabeth II, on the occasion of her royal majesty's Golden Jubilee. On a guitar of his own design and construction. So please, DC Tom, shut the F up and sit down. Dr. Sam Beckett of Quantum Leap must have been modeled on him - a signing physicist who plays musical instruments.
Canadian Bills Fan Posted September 7, 2017 Author Posted September 7, 2017 TIL a service dog bit 911 into a cellphone after her owner collapsed from a seizure. She became the first canine recipient of the VITA Wireless Samaritan Award, given to someone who used a cell phone to save a life. CBF
DC Tom Posted September 7, 2017 Posted September 7, 2017 Aside from being Brian May, Brian May has a Ph.D. in Physics with published work and had the honor of performing "God Save the Queen" from the roof of Buckingham Palace for Queen Elizabeth II, on the occasion of her royal majesty's Golden Jubilee. On a guitar of his own design and construction. So please, DC Tom, shut the F up and sit down. I've still published more physics research than he has. And I play a guitar of my own design and construction. He does have better physicist hair, though. He's got the whole Einsteinian "It hasn't been brushed in three decades" thing going. I'll give him that.
Canadian Bills Fan Posted September 8, 2017 Author Posted September 8, 2017 TIL about Jewish ballerina Franceska Mann who in 1943 while being forced to disrobe at Auschwitz for delousing distracted a SS guard, stole his pistol and shot him dead. CBF
Shamrock Posted September 9, 2017 Posted September 9, 2017 You can safely wear the robe around a 6. Have far to the edge of the bell curve was the 6. Circumstance can change a 6... seriously if you travel to Australia, a 6 in New Castle is maybe an 8 in other places...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted September 11, 2017 Author Posted September 11, 2017 TIL that North Korea is sitting on 6-10 trillion dollars worth of minerals it can't access due to lack of technology and equipment. CBF
DC Tom Posted September 11, 2017 Posted September 11, 2017 TIL that North Korea is sitting on 6-10 trillion dollars worth of minerals it can't access due to lack of technology and equipment. CBF bull ****. A South Korean mining firm that wants business in the North reports that North Korea has twenty times the mineral wealth of the South? That doesn't pass the smell test. All the times I've heard this story, and I've never seen anybody provide the original analysis.
Canadian Bills Fan Posted September 11, 2017 Author Posted September 11, 2017 TIL on September 11th, 2001 when the US Airspace was shutdown following the attacks, Canada took in 255 flights bound for the USA making this known as Operation Yellow Ribbon. There were over 30,000 people on all 200 flights. Many Canadians hosted the passengers at home for several days. CBF
DC Tom Posted September 11, 2017 Posted September 11, 2017 TIL on September 11th, 2001 when the US Airspace was shutdown following the attacks, Canada took in 255 flights bound for the USA making this known as Operation Yellow Ribbon. There were over 30,000 people on all 200 flights. Many Canadians hosted the passengers at home for several days. CBF And after the Americans went home, everyone thought "Hey, maybe those Quebecois aren't all that bad."
Gugny Posted September 11, 2017 Posted September 11, 2017 And after the Americans went home, everyone thought "Hey, maybe those Quebecois aren't all that bad." Yes, they are.
Canadian Bills Fan Posted September 12, 2017 Author Posted September 12, 2017 TIL English sailors on the HMS Dolphin in 1766 discovered that native women on islands would trade sex for iron, and began pulling nails out, causing loss of the ship's structural integrity. CBF
DC Tom Posted September 12, 2017 Posted September 12, 2017 TIL English sailors on the HMS Dolphin in 1766 discovered that native women on islands would trade sex for iron, and began pulling nails out, causing loss of the ship's structural integrity. CBF Although the captain of the Dolphin claimed in his log that the loss of structural integrity was accidental, the Board of the Admiralty in London eventually concluded it was on porpoise.
Saxum Posted September 12, 2017 Posted September 12, 2017 And after the Americans went home, everyone thought "Hey, maybe those Quebecois aren't all that bad." Please, do not let us get carried away! Although the captain of the Dolphin claimed in his log that the loss of structural integrity was accidental, the Board of the Admiralty in London eventually concluded it was on porpoise. I was not aware there were porpoises in South Pacific.
DC Tom Posted September 13, 2017 Posted September 13, 2017 Please, do not let us get carried away! I was not aware there were porpoises in South Pacific. Of course. Spectacled porpoise, Burmeister's porpoise, and the Indonesian finless porpoise. How could you not know that, you idiot?
Canadian Bills Fan Posted September 13, 2017 Author Posted September 13, 2017 TIL Abolitionist Cassius Clay was shot during an 1843 debate for the Kentucky House of Representatives; then, “Despite being shot in the chest, Clay drew his Bowie knife, tackled Brown, cut-out his eyes, and finally threw him over an embankment.” He would later become US Ambassador to Russia. CBF
Saxum Posted September 13, 2017 Posted September 13, 2017 Of course. Spectacled porpoise, Burmeister's porpoise, and the Indonesian finless porpoise. How could you not know that, you idiot? I thought you would have figured it in context but you are an idiot. I was not aware there were porpoises in South Pacific involved with HMS Dolphin and sailors stealing iron nails. What were the sailors doing, riding on back of the porpoises?
DC Tom Posted September 13, 2017 Posted September 13, 2017 I thought you would have figured it in context but you are an idiot. I was not aware there were porpoises in South Pacific involved with HMS Dolphin and sailors stealing iron nails. What were the sailors doing, riding on back of the porpoises? Yes, yes they were.
Canadian Bills Fan Posted September 14, 2017 Author Posted September 14, 2017 TIL That having both red hair and blue eyes is the rarest combination in humans, occurring naturally in only one percent of the human population. CBF
Canadian Bills Fan Posted September 15, 2017 Author Posted September 15, 2017 TIL Liam Neeson was training to be a Teacher until he punched a 15 year old student in the face for pulling out a knife CBF
Augie Posted September 15, 2017 Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) TIL That having both red hair and blue eyes is the rarest combination in humans, occurring naturally in only one percent of the human population. CBF Interesting. I'm Irish with brown hair and blue eyes. In college I had a beard that came in red! Scruffy and a ridiculous RED. Really ridiculous looking! My wife is Lebanese, and our kids look NOTHING like me. If the oldest needed a haircut you'd be nervous if he came onto your plane. He has a son and the mother is half Native American Indian, and looks 100%. Jet black hair, dark complexion. Their son? Light brown/reddish hair with blue eyes and he's a lefty. Looks NOTHING like his parents, but people put the two of us together at first glance. Weird stuff. Go figure.... Edited September 15, 2017 by Augie
Recommended Posts