Did you Know?

@gambrel said
Did you know Annie Oakley was a real person? And she may well have been Jewish? Interesting little bio
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Thank you for your contribution to the thread.

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/hamlet-skull


The Polish composer who left his body to science... apart from his skull. His wish for that would finally be granted over 20 years later

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/great-moon-hoax

In 1835, New Yorkers were informed that there was life on the moon. The reactions that came next were brilliant

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/cold-war-aliens

In 1985, Reagan and Gorbachev finally agreed on one event that would be more terrifying than a nuclear blast. Can you guess what it was?

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/keep-calm

'Keep Calm and Carry On' is considered the slogan of 1940s Britain. But did you know the iconic phrase was never actually used?

-VR

@very-rusty said
https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/keep-calm

'Keep Calm and Carry On' is considered the slogan of 1940s Britain. But did you know the iconic phrase was never actually used?

-VR

I think they used it, but in an alternate dimension. People since 2016 remember it because of the Mandela effect.
Just a possibility.

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/the-bender-family

This cabin was once a welcoming inn for weary travelers. It would eventually be stripped of every item by souvenir-hunters... for the most terrifying reason

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/piglet-paternity

The strangest paternity case in history took place in 1642. It showed the growing pains in what would one day come to be the modern justice system

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/surname-history


The fascinating history of surnames. Can you guess which English monarch ordered that children receive their father's surname?

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/wilhelm-scream

Can you guess the most famous 2 second sound-bite in movie history? Clue: It's believed to have come from this man

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/the-bender-family

This cabin was once a welcoming inn for weary travelers. It would eventually be stripped of every item by souvenir-hunters... for the most terrifying reason

-VR

@Very-Rusty
Nice story, but you already posted it.

@gambrel said
@Very-Rusty
Nice story, but you already posted it.

Well nice to see someone is paying attention and not just giving the post a thumbs down. 🙂

-VR

@very-rusty said
Well nice to see someone is paying attention and not just giving the post a thumbs down. 🙂

-VR

As I said before, I don't do thumbs down but I gave you some thumbs up so you might believe me.

@gambrel said
As I said before, I don't do thumbs down but I gave you some thumbs up so you might believe me.

The thumbs down thing has been going on long before YOU came into the thread gambrel.

They have increased a bit since I had the falling out with goad (Ghost). 🙂

I pretty much have a good idea of where they are coming from. Best of it is they don't read it or comment on it just thumb it down...LOL...Kind of childish in my opinion.

-VR