Today I Learned

xoxoxoBruce · 09-23-2017, 12:07 AM

There was an investigation by the New York Academy of Medicine into marijuana, signed in ink by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1945. It was the first American study to declare that the drug wasn’t addictive or dangerous.

Gravdigr · 09-25-2017, 11:47 AM

TIL that hyraxes are incapable of regurgitation.

Dey don't be urrpin'.

Griff · 09-25-2017, 05:12 PM

TIL that hyraxes are small, thickset, herbivorous mammals.

Gravdigr · 09-28-2017, 01:13 PM

TIL that some horses can grow a mustache.

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Moar

Living, as I do, in Kentucky, I've seen a horse or two...Never seen one with a mustache.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-29-2017, 12:32 AM

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More common in certain breeds such than others, it can occur to any horse that carries the right gene, male or female.

I've never seen one in person either. I think that "any horse that carries the right gene" statement is bullshit. What is the likelihood of that gene traveling to distant breeds and continents?

Griff · 09-29-2017, 06:30 AM

I think you're supposed to eat the ones with that gene. /Anthony Bordain

Gravdigr · 10-24-2017, 11:38 AM

You know Malcolm and Angus Young of AC/DC fame, right?

Well, they have an older brother, George, who just died (on Oct 22nd). This guy had a songwriting/producing partnership with Harry Vanda (Vanda & Young produced several of AC/DC's albums).

Well, I told ya that to tell this:

Today I learned Malcolm's and Angus' older brother George (along w/Harry Vanda) wrote this song:

I was sorta stunned. George was also in a band called The Easybeats. They wrote and recorded Friday On My Mind, which has been recorded by, well, damn near everybody.

Gravdigr · 07-05-2018, 01:48 PM

Today I learned about The Ring of Silvianus

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(through a Did You Know about The Vyne estate on Wiki's front page), and that it may have been Tolkien's inspiration for The One Ring.

Griff · 07-06-2018, 06:41 AM

I did not know that.

09-23-2017, 12:07 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There was an investigation by the New York Academy of Medicine into marijuana, signed in ink by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1945. It was the first American study to declare that the drug wasn’t addictive or dangerous. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-25-2017, 11:47 AM	#2
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	TIL that hyraxes are incapable of regurgitation. Dey don't be urrpin'. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-25-2017, 05:12 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	TIL that hyraxes are small, thickset, herbivorous mammals. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-28-2017, 01:13 PM	#4
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	TIL that some horses can grow a mustache. Moar Living, as I do, in Kentucky, I've seen a horse or two...Never seen one with a mustache. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-29-2017, 06:30 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I think you're supposed to eat the ones with that gene. /Anthony Bordain __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-24-2017, 11:38 AM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	You know Malcolm and Angus Young of AC/DC fame, right? Well, they have an older brother, George, who just died (on Oct 22nd). This guy had a songwriting/producing partnership with Harry Vanda (Vanda & Young produced several of AC/DC's albums). Well, I told ya that to tell this: Today I learned Malcolm's and Angus' older brother George (along w/Harry Vanda) wrote this song: I was sorta stunned. George was also in a band called The Easybeats. They wrote and recorded Friday On My Mind, which has been recorded by, well, damn near everybody. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-05-2018, 01:48 PM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Today I learned about The Ring of Silvianus (through a Did You Know about The Vyne estate on Wiki's front page), and that it may have been Tolkien's inspiration for The One Ring. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-06-2018, 06:41 AM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I did not know that. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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