Did You Know...

No, I did not know that.

Did you know that George Washington was plagued with 9 Deadly Diseases over his lifetime: Tuberculosis, Malaria, Smallpox, Dysentery, Diphtheria, Quinsy, Carbuncle, Pneumonia and Epiglottitis.

No, I did not know that.

Did you know that the Bible actually has two sets of "Ten Commandments" the first of which was only seen by Moses, as he destroyed them in a fit of pique upon returning to his people, this in it's modernized form is what most people think of as the definitive list, but the second set of Ten Commandments, which the Bible says were identical to the first set, is actually quite different, containing such commandments as, "The first born males of all your families, flocks and herds belong to me." (ie. they must be sacrificed) "You can save the life of the first-born donkey by sacrificing a lamb, you must save every first-born son." (So why include sons in the first place? Who knows?) and my personal favourite, "Don't boil a young goat in its mother's milk."

Rules to live by. As true now as they were then... I guess.

I did hear of this a long time ago in a far away documentary (sorry I love to make this reference). What a creepy guy.

Did you know during the rule of Louis XIV in France it was a honor to watch the king... I'm disgusted to talk about this... defecate?

I do believe I'd heard that previously...especially since defecating was rather an uninhibited and messy business in days-of-yore.

Did you know that as part of the New Deal Elanor Roosevelt devised a plan intended to take impoverished laborers, farmers, and coal miners from the destitute Appalachians and move them to a rural community where they could become economically self-sufficient? However the conditions in the area declined and Congress cut the funding for the project. Now it is still one of the most impoverished areas in one of the richest countries in the world.

Mmm yummy, just like mom used to make. No... I did not know that.

Did you know that most people can tell whether you're pouring hot or cold water just from hearing it?

I actually recall hearing that, but I'd scrubbed it from my working memory until just now. Thanks for that.

Did you know that this forum used to be called, "Writing Exercises, Prompts, and Games" until April 1st some years back when all the AW forums got Steampunk makeovers, and the mods just never changed it back?

No, I didn't know that.

Did you know that it's impossible to hum with your nose closed?

Yes, I did know that.

Did you know that there are multiple kinds of banjos? 4-string (tenor) banjo, 5-string open-back banjo, 5-string resonator banjo (it has a huge circular bit of wood across the back and is louder), and 6-string banjo. Technically the 6-string banjo is to be tuned like a guitar, which opens up more types of banjos as there are other banjo-other instrument hybrids out there.

I didn't know all the types, but I did know there are multiple types of banjo.

Did you know that Bruce Lee's home in Hong Kong was said to have really terrible Fung Shuei, including the problem that he was nicknamed "Little Dragon" and his house had a view of mountains known as the Twin Dragons. To deflect the bad Fung Shuei, he had an octagonal mirror installed on his property. The night he died, he was at a friend's house in Hollywood. He took a couple of aspirin, and just died. Nobody really knows why he died, there's speculation that with his incredibly low body fat he had no cushion against a reaction to the aspirin, but nobody knows for sure. In the morning the mirror from his property in Hong Kong was found broken after a windstorm on the night he died.

No, I did not know that.

Did you know that Theodore Roosevelt's mother and first wife both died on Valentines day, within 24 hours of one another, in the same house, and from different ailments?

No. Didn't know that. I guess Cupid loved them to death?!

Did you know an octopus has three hearts?

Yes, I did.

Did you know wombat dung is cube-shaped?

I did! I love natural science.

Did you know a young Mick Jagger lost his virginity in a mental institution?

Yes, I did know that.

Did you know that indoor toilets in England were championed by Thomas Crapper and you can still see his name today on manhole covers in London.

I knew there were some people genetically resistant to HIV, but not the reason.

Did you know, there was a man who had a company that made and sold soap, and to help encourage housewives buy soap, he threw in packages of baking soda. Well, that baking soda was so popular, he soon dropped the soap and focused on making and selling baking soda, and to encourage housewives to buy it, they packaged gum with it. Well, guess what? Soon demand for the gum outstripped the demand for his baking soda, so William Wrigley Jr. switched one last time, to making and selling chewing gum.

I did not know that, but considering we still have trouble keeping manufacturers from using known poisons in the products they sell for consumer use it's hardly surprising.

Did you know [Stranger Things spoiler alert!] the girl who cruelly rejected Dustin at the dance during the ending of Season 2 was the same girl El exploded soda all over at the mall in the beginning of S3?

Tell any guy you know that his dick has fallen off, but it's okay, because it's still on the floor right in front of him and I guarantee he won't say, "Oh, well then everything's fine."

No... I did not know that.

Did you know that the scene in Indiana Jones where Indy is faced with a massive sword-wielding fanatic in the Bazaar was actually supposed to be a huge action-packed sword fight between Indy and the big dude, but Harrison Ford was feeling sick that day, so he said, "This is stupid, I have a gun, why wouldn't I just shoot the guy." So they filmed it that way instead. And George Lucas was furious, because in his opinion, Indy would want to "fight fair" but he was powerless to change it. Of course, like the shooting of Greedo, it became one of the best-remembered scenes in the film.