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Post by sagewing on Jan 9, 2011 10:04:15 GMT -8
Uh, no, I did not.
Did you know..... that Daniel Radcliffe is actually the director's son in Harry Potter?
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Post by moonshine on Jan 9, 2011 10:12:51 GMT -8
It's the producer's friend's son.
Did you know that elephants don't make noise when they walk?
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Post by Fia on Jan 9, 2011 12:41:32 GMT -8
Yep. =3
Did you know that when Hamlet said "To be or not to be? etc..." he was not holding a skull? =3 He was holding a skull when he said, "Alas, poor Yorrick, I knew him well!" Didja know? =D
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Post by e C H O + on Jan 11, 2011 18:33:05 GMT -8
Yes I did!  Did you know that in Japan, until Tokugawa Ieyasu became shogun, the shogun and the emperor were just figureheads controlled by the daimyo? |
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Post by Fia on Jan 11, 2011 18:45:41 GMT -8
I knew they were figureheads, but not what the guys in charge were called, no. XD
Did you know that Hitler said to his inner circle, "No one remembers the Armenian massacres anymore", referring to the genocide of the Armenians in WWI? <____<'
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Post by e C H O + on Jan 11, 2011 18:50:18 GMT -8
Why yes I did. Did you know that the hairstyle called the "queue" (look here for image) is in fact not Chinese, but Manchurian in origin? |
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Post by Fia on Jan 11, 2011 19:13:50 GMT -8
I hadn't a clue. XD
Did you know that most civilized nations have "outgrown" the death penalty, and that America is among the few who have thus far failed/refused to do so? *growls about vegeful barbarians*
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Post by sagewing on Jan 11, 2011 19:25:56 GMT -8
Yes, I did.
Did you know that I-Pods stop working sometimes for no reason at all and turn back on at a random time?
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Post by e C H O + on Jan 11, 2011 19:33:59 GMT -8
Well it happens with iPhones, so why not iPods too? xD
Did you know that Tokyo used to be called Edo?
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Post by Fia on Jan 11, 2011 20:25:54 GMT -8
Not sure. XD
Didja know that Pakistani political parties regularly have each others's leaders assassinated? X3 But like, as a routine thing. Crazy Pakis... XD *would probably attack anyone else who said that*
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Post by e C H O + on Jan 11, 2011 20:58:26 GMT -8
Yep XDD I did a huge-as-hell project on Pakistan last year, after all - ___ -
Did you know that walking on an uneven surface in boots in incredibly painful? DX
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Post by Fia on Jan 11, 2011 21:27:36 GMT -8
(Thought you might know. XD)
YES. I know that. XD
Did you know that in Arizona, since January 2010, anyone over the age of 21 can carry a concealed gun legally? And that there's been a proposal to allow students and teachers to carry them at school? *shudders* Crazy people. Guns don't deter violence any more than capital punishment does.
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Post by e C H O + on Jan 25, 2011 23:34:07 GMT -8
Yesss...
Did you know that Otto von Bismarck unified Germans into a single Germany in 1871 after kicking the asses of Denmark, France, and Austria? Also, he won the Austro-Prussian war in seven weeks.
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Post by blitzy on Jan 29, 2011 17:21:24 GMT -8
No... the only thing I knew was that Germany was at one time a collection of states or something known as Prussia
Did you know that during WWII Hershey Chocolate Bars were used as currency?
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Post by e C H O + on Feb 1, 2011 22:30:04 GMT -8
No, I didn't.
Also, that is not correct. Prussia was ONE state in Germany, the dominant state, but still only one state. There were many other German states that became one with Prussia.
Anyways... Did you know that Earth is the only planet in our solar system with plate tectonics?
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