Did you Know?

@divegeester said
Very Rusty educating Ponderable.

Now there’s a thing you don’t see every day.

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/broken-arrow

The term "broken arrow" will send shivers down your spine. But what exactly does the phrase refer to?

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/ernest-seton

On his 21st birthday, this man's father presented him with a shocking gift. It was an itemized invoice for every expense since (and including) his birth

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/disney-fbi

In 1940, the FBI hired an unlikely informant. But what information did they think Walt Disney could find?

-VR

Did you know…

The purple starfish or ochre sea star is found in the rocky shorelines of the Pacific Ocean from Prince William Sound, Alaska, to Baja, California. In addition to its colorful hue, this large, sturdy echinoderm is known for its healthy shellfish appetite and its ability to live for hours in oxygen-rich shallow water.

https://animals.mom.com/purple-starfish-1150.html

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/lady-chatterley

The banned British book that caused stampedes in 1960. What was everyone so desperate to read about?

-VR

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Do you know the origin of the term "piping hot?"
It might not be what you think.

Everyone has heard piping hot. An apple pie hot out of the oven. Did the term come from tobacco pipes? They get very warm. Did it come from hot water pipes or pipes carrying steam? They indeed get piping hot. No, the term comes from the whisting and hissing sounds piping hot foods make. How they sound like a pipe organ.
And now you know the rest of the story.
Believe it or not.

@gambrel said
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Do you know the origin of the term "piping hot?"
It might not be what you think.

Everyone has heard piping hot. An apple pie hot out of the oven. Did the term come from tobacco pipes? They get very warm. Did it come from hot water pipes or pipes carrying steam? They indeed get piping hot. No, the term comes from the whisti ...[text shortened]... w they sound like a pipe organ.
And now you know the rest of the story.
Believe it or not.

Did you know …

“Going nowhere” is a song by Gabrielle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Nowhere

@divegeester said
Did you know …

“Going nowhere” is a song by Gabrielle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_Nowhere

How to trill your own thread 👆🏻

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/scunci

In 1987, this singer invented one of the era's iconic fashion accessories. Named after her poodle, the "scunci" remains divisive

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/wellington-burt

This tycoon left a shocking "spite clause" in his will. What was the "golden egg" that shattered his children's dreams?

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/ramesses-2

When this mummified Egyptian king had to travel to France, the country issued a very strange request

-VR

Did you know:
Pizza hut made a delivery to the International Space Station in 2001.
It cost them $1 million.