row_33 Posted September 30, 2019 Posted September 30, 2019 3 hours ago, apuszczalowski said: And today I have now learned that this is what they were refering to on Seinfeld in that episode. I assumed at the time it was regular rat and just another name for it........ we are here to help all understand
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 3, 2019 Author Posted October 3, 2019 TIL that the final science exam for 8th grade students in Ketchikan Alaska is a 2 night survival trip on an uninhabited island.
row_33 Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 On 9/30/2019 at 1:26 PM, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Despite the Kramerized Jerry’s insistence the “the difference is negligible”, they weren’t fooling Ipswich with the ‘rat hat’. ? Ipswich.... thanks!!! you looked that up, right???
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 1 hour ago, row_33 said: Ipswich.... thanks!!! you looked that up, right??? Sadly, no. I recall the scene where Elaine is lamenting to the ‘Seinfeldized’ Kramer that she had to produce the ‘rat hat’, or she’s in big trouble. The Ipswich name is unusual enough that it stuck in my memory, and that whole episode is one of my favourites. Please do not, however, ask me where I set my car keys ten minutes ago...?
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 3, 2019 Author Posted October 3, 2019 TIL Teen Bill Hader got fired from his job at a cinema for spoiling the ending of "Titanic" to a group of rude sorority girls.
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL Teen Bill Hader got fired from his job at a cinema for spoiling the ending of "Titanic" to a group of rude sorority girls. I recall some comedian working the line ‘the boat sinks!’ into their routine mocking the hoopla surrounding the movie. I always thought Hader was going to get fired over lampooning Keith Morrison. Edited October 3, 2019 by Ridgewaycynic2013
row_33 Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Sadly, no. I recall the scene where Elaine is lamenting to the ‘Seinfeldized’ Kramer that she had to produce the ‘rat hat’, or she’s in big trouble. The Ipswich name is unusual enough that it stuck in my memory, and that whole episode is one of my favourites. Please do not, however, ask me where I set my car keys ten minutes ago...? well played, I would note the name from Ipswich Town's magic in top levels of English soccer with Bobby Robson, then the cratering for the last 30 years... Edited October 3, 2019 by row_33
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 4, 2019 Author Posted October 4, 2019 TIL Jason Statham almost drowned during the filming of The Expendables 3 when a truck's brakes failed and it plunged into the Black Sea, but survived thanks to being an Olympic-class diver.
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 7, 2019 Author Posted October 7, 2019 TIL: Tom Cruise is obsessed with sending his co-stars cakes, even ones he worked with decades ago. Louis Theroux, documentary maker, even went to his grandmother's 100th Birthday Party to find 100 cupcakes from Tom Cruise, after Tom worked with his cousin.
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 8, 2019 Author Posted October 8, 2019 TIL The mother of a sick baby asked Ronaldo for an autographed shirt so she could sell it for the baby's treatment. He sent her a signed shirt and cheque for $83,000. 2 1
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 8, 2019 Author Posted October 8, 2019 TIL that the world's largest cannabis grow-op is Canada's Aurora Sky near Edmonton, Alberta. The 800,000 sq. ft. greenhouse is the size of 14 football fields and produces 8,000 kg (17,363 lbs) of marijuana (roughly 12 million joints) per month.
Just Jack Posted October 9, 2019 Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) TIL that Canada and the US, since the 1800's, have had a border dispute on who owns an island off the coast of Maine... https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/us-canada-island-dispute Edited October 9, 2019 by Just Jack
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 11, 2019 Author Posted October 11, 2019 TIL; Alice Cooper used to babysit Keanu Reeves.
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 17, 2019 Author Posted October 17, 2019 TIL that after years of competition between Chuck E Cheese and Showbiz Pizza, Chuck E Cheese went bankrupt and was bought by Showbiz Pizza, who then proceeded to rebrand their locations as Chuck E Cheese. 1
apuszczalowski Posted October 17, 2019 Posted October 17, 2019 38 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that after years of competition between Chuck E Cheese and Showbiz Pizza, Chuck E Cheese went bankrupt and was bought by Showbiz Pizza, who then proceeded to rebrand their locations as Chuck E Cheese. Nice, usually the opposite happens as it makes more sense to keep the business name of the business that doesn't go bankrupt.... On 10/11/2019 at 8:41 AM, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL; Alice Cooper used to babysit Keanu Reeves. I believe Cher used to watch Anthony Keidis from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers when he was a kid There's a few others like this too
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) TIL The US is the second-largest producer of apples in the world. Of the 2,500 varieties grown in the US, about 100 are popular commercially. On 10/11/2019 at 8:41 AM, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL; Alice Cooper used to babysit Keanu Reeves. flashback a long long time ago when I started working at Harris in Rochester back in 1977 One woman said to me (in a crowd) Hey, I used to change your diapers when you were a baby. talk about being embarrassed ... She had lived across the street from where I grew up. Edited October 22, 2019 by SlimShady'sGhost
Gary M Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 (edited) TIL The Bills beat the Bengals 5-0 in 1978, one of 3 times out of 16,008+ regular season games its happened. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197810220buf.htm Edited October 22, 2019 by Gary M
row_33 Posted October 22, 2019 Posted October 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Gary M said: TIL The Bills beat the Bengals 5-0 in 1978, one of 3 times out of 16,008+ regular season games its happened. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197810220buf.htm the over/under was 10 that game, many laughed heading into it
Canadian Bills Fan Posted October 29, 2019 Author Posted October 29, 2019 TIL that velociraptors were only slightly bigger than the average chicken.
BUFFALOKIE Posted October 29, 2019 Posted October 29, 2019 6 hours ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: TIL that velociraptors were only slightly bigger than the average chicken. Velociraptor was a mid-sized dromaeosaurid, with adults measuring up to 2.07 m (6.8 ft) long, 0.5 m (1.6 ft) high at the hip, and weighing up to 15 kg (33 lb), though there is a higher estimate of 19.7 kg (43 lb) That's a big phuggin chicken!
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