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Post by Fia on Nov 28, 2010 14:05:51 GMT -8
Yep! XD
Did you know that the word 'trivia' is from the name of the Roman equivalent of
Hecate, the Greek goddess of magic/sorcery? =D I love mythology.
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Post by e C H O + on Nov 28, 2010 22:10:25 GMT -8
No, I didn't.
Did you know that when speaking of Leonardo da Vinci, you should call him "Leonardo" and not "da Vinci" because "da Vinci" isn't his name (it literally translates to "of Vinci")?
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Post by Fia on Nov 29, 2010 0:41:38 GMT -8
Uh... no. Cool. XD
Didja knows planets and contellations aren't the only things in space to be named for Roman/Greek mythological figures? =3 (Like how Saturn is Cronos and Jupiter is Zeus and there's a constellation called Orion?) Their various satellites (e.g. Neptune's Triton) and frozen minor planets called centaurs (like the first one discovered, 2060 Chiron) are from mythology, too. Chiron being, y'know, the centaur who trained Achilles and all. |
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Post by e C H O + on Nov 30, 2010 0:18:55 GMT -8
I did know that, yes.
Did you know that in the play Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar dies in the beginning of the third act, which means that the rest of act three and acts four and five are left still?
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Post by -->SAPHiRE on Nov 30, 2010 7:55:51 GMT -8
Yep! Had to do a trial about it. Evil. Pure evil. But my group kicked butt, so it was okay. xD
Did you know that a female ferret will die if it goes into heat and doesn't find a mate? We compare our World Studies teacher to a ferret. It would be interesting if he died because he couldn't find a mate... *is totally out of it right now* |
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Post by Fia on Nov 30, 2010 16:51:38 GMT -8
Yes, actually. XD
Hmmm... didja know that the phrases on the back on a one-dollar bill, 'annuit coeptis', 'novus ordo seclorum', and 'e pluribus unum' mean 'he has approved our undertaking', 'a new order of the ages', and 'from many, one', respectively? =3 Roughly translated, anyway. |
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Post by e C H O + on Dec 2, 2010 0:55:57 GMT -8
No, I did not.
Did you know that my AP world teacher actually DOES change your grade depending on how much he likes you?
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Post by Fia on Dec 8, 2010 23:07:16 GMT -8
No, but I knew some teachers do, yes. XD
Did you know that the Greek word 'eureka' ('I have found it') is on the California state seal? =3 |
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Post by e C H O + on Dec 10, 2010 0:54:07 GMT -8
Yep!
Did you know that up until about the 16th and 18th centuries, Europe was the most backwards continent on the planet? But about in the 1700s, they developed the idea of "progress," and that was a real game-changer.
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Post by Fia on Dec 14, 2010 18:02:50 GMT -8
Yep! XD
Did you know that India's creeping up as one of the most Westernized countries on Earth? The cities, anyway. Now, I'm supposed to hate India as a rule, so if you magically run into my Pakistani friend sometime, don't quote me- the Indians are being much smarter about running their country than their neighbors. XD
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Post by e C H O + on Dec 15, 2010 0:04:54 GMT -8
Yes, I did know that e w e
Did you know that before Jewish peoples settled into sedentary communities, women were very involved in religious practices, but afterwards were excluded?
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Post by Fia on Jan 8, 2011 10:41:23 GMT -8
...I might have. Sounds familiar, but I'm not sure.
Didja know that the leaders of some of the major European countries in World War I were cousins with no personal bad blood between them? XD
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Post by moonshine on Jan 8, 2011 11:06:37 GMT -8
I did not.
Did you know that Obama is the only president who gives speaches without the American Flag in the background?
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Post by sagewing on Jan 8, 2011 14:08:31 GMT -8
No, I did not.
Did you know that Canada's most famous Canadian lives in China, nobody in anywhere else kniws him, but since these are so many chinese people, he's famous?
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Post by Fia on Jan 8, 2011 22:54:23 GMT -8
Nope. XD Had no idea.
Didja know the President of Pakistan is a slimy, thieving son of a three-legged dog, and steals huge amounts of money from his poor collapsing country on a daily basis? *glares at Zardari* My uncle gave him a good shouting one time, for not showing up at my grandparents' fiftieth anniversary, but I doubt it made much impression.
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