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Topic: Weird Historical Facts
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Subject: Weird Historical Facts
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 10:49
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I'll begin with two very weird things. One of them is "cool" for anybody, I guess. The other "Simpsonsesque" one might be bewildering for those who take politics too seriously, or are like "Holy f**k, we're living in a simulation!" type of people. For the latter, I'd say "predicting the future" and "shaping the future" is quite a complex issue to discuss. This is just beyond me... But come on guys & gals, there are many mysteries in life. Even Nostradamus doesn't seem like that impressive, for some people into such "dark" stuff... Source for both: https://twitter.com/weird_hist P.S. I hope that the stuff they share are not "fake" at all. It is very hard to fully trust in virtually anything, nowadays... After eating some special plant food that farmer A. L. Butts had sowed on his apple orchard, the grasshoppers grew to an astounding 3 ft. in length  In 1958, the Western TV series 'Trackdown' featured a con man named Trump who promised to build a wall in order to prevent the end of the world. 
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 11:10
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^ i'm super open minded and am a major researcher in all things esoteric including crytozoology however as a biology major who focused in ecology, i have to say that the biophysics would not allow an insect to reach such sizes. This article explains it well enough for the lay person... http://allyouneedisbiology.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/gigantic-insects/" rel="nofollow - https://allyouneedisbiology.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/gigantic-insects/ Of course there are always occulted rules of the universe so i would never say never, just highly unlikely.
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 11:14
Thanks Mike. It would always be good to have some feedback here, from people like you. That way, we can "exterminate" them, if we can prove that they are faker f**kers!  
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 11:44
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My favourite fun story is more of a curius fun fact, in that the 60s artist Long John Baldry is the first voice actor/model for the animated TV show version of Sonic the Headghogs supervillian, Dr Eggman. I just love that coincidence, were my childhoid and grown-up hood meets. -------------  
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 12:23
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The Trackdown story appears to be true: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-trackdown-1958-tv-series-the-end-of-the-world-episode-build-wall/" rel="nofollow - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-trackdown-1958-tv-series-the-end-of-the-world-episode-build-wall/ ------------- 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 12:27
Yea that's just a giant weird lookin chicken!!  -------------   
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siLLy puPPy wrote:Posted By: JD
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 13:02
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I didn't realize they had 'The National Enquirer' in Turkey. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 13:04
JD, Twitter is awesome!!! 
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Posted By: JD
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 13:24
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Don't Tweet...don't intend to Tweet...see very little point in the whole thing. But hey...whatever floats your boat. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 20:58
LOL that's what i was thinking too! as far as i can tell in Turkish it would be ulusal sorgulayıcı
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 19 2021 at 22:31
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^ I'm not a leftist, but a "young Turk", I guess. Ah we, The Young Turks!
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: May 20 2021 at 09:32
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 20 2021 at 09:48
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^ I couldn't understand what this song says... I like Rod Stewart. But if "the young Turks" are implied to try to "change" the point of view of the cute and naive couple; here's my move... I bought this cassette (Face the Heat) about when it was out. Whenever I have to act with my national pride, it serves as a catalyser, or like a "passive skill" (as in Diablo II). I advise everyone to do so, till anarchy is victorious! |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: May 20 2021 at 09:58
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I honestly have no idea why that song was called YOUNG TURKS. The lyrics have nothing to do with Turkey! http://genius.com/Rod-stewart-young-turks-lyrics" rel="nofollow - https://genius.com/Rod-stewart-young-turks-lyrics BTW do you know this band? I discovered this last year and it's a great metal underground band from Kayseri http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/death_oath" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/death_oath
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 20 2021 at 10:02
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^ Death Oath!!! You are a true explorer, a holy diver Mike!!! You actually found a unique and precious pearl! There was a tragic death, I guesss the founder of the band died some years ago. They are truly an impressive, vicious band. Lots of bands from Istanbul and Ankara should worship them!
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 20 2021 at 11:21
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The grasshopper story can't be true. Insects of this size could only grow during the Carboniferous because there was much more oxygen in the air during that time. The trachea breathing system of insects is inferior to the breathing system of vertebrates and only allows them to grow to a certain size. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 20 2021 at 11:29
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Friede, my "title" was a clickbait, of a sort. But with good intentions, so that we can falsify some. Thanks for your input. Anyone else, other than Icarium, cares to add some interesting things here? |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: May 20 2021 at 12:28
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Admin...please move this to the Qanon forum. ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 00:57
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History belongs to the victor. ...which very often metamorphoses into very strange takes on history ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 01:22
You VIKINGS are all like this. Always barbaric and ruthless...  Oops, sorry. This is not the Jerusalem thread. 
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 03:27
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Just for comparison: Percentage of oxygen in the air today: 21%. Percentage of oxygen in the air in the Carboniferous: 35% (it actually rose from 20% to 35% during that geological period). ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 04:16
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My take on the two weird facts (?) that I put here is: The grasshopper thing is likely fake. But I'm a little more convinced that it can be true, compared to Mike's take. About the Trump thing... unless someone that I trust says that s/he had watched that episode of the series before we encountered unce Donald as a president, I'll not be 100% sure that it is true. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 04:42
There is no "likely" about the grasshopper. It is a biological impossibility. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 04:44
| ^ Yes. I have read what you said. No need to repeat. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 04:50
You or Jeanine (it is really a confusing thing, even if I sense that your personalities are very different, but "statements" are quite alike) claimed that a guy with 5 octaves of voice is "the best" in this regard. Sorry, but even I can use 5 octaves of voice. I mentioned Dimash Kudaibergen, who has almost 8 octaves of voice. No reply from you, as usual. Because you're always right (!) |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 04:52
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I did not even mention that the exoskeleton of insects is also a restricting factor. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 04:54
| ^ Wait no reply from me, if you deem yourself as a "know-it-all". It is not amusing for me to make you embarrassed, I assure you. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 05:00
I certainly am not always right; I'll be the first to admit it. But I know a bit about biology. You need not trust me in this regard though: https://amisstome.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/a-sizeable-advantage-why-insects-are-so-small/" rel="nofollow - https://amisstome.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/a-sizeable-advantage-why-insects-are-so-small/ ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 05:01
| ^ Did you ever admit that Dimash's vocal range is FAR SUPERIOR to "your best"s? This is a rhetorical question. I see no point in getting further. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 05:12
About the "eight octave voice": Quote from Wikipedia: Kudaibergen is well-recognized for his extremely wide and developed vocal range. His sung range expands 5 octaves and 10 semitones, from E2 to C6 to F#6 and, finally, D8. I will admit that this is more than 5 octaves, but nothing like 8 octaves.
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 05:16
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Ah... Ah... Ah............................................................... This would last forever...
According to a vast majority of academical vocal trainers, any head voice or falsetto is not within the range. So even 4 octaves seems miraculous. Dimash's final note is a G8. The clueless stupids say it is D8 everywhere. This is nothing but the comedy in the world. Dimash's voice is very close to 8 octaves. Or "was". He could even reach 10 octaves. It is not impossible. Take care... |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 05:21
| ^ I wonder if the people who say Dimash's highest note is a D8 are sort of deaf (like colorblinds), or if there's another reason for this misinformation. Or perhaps there's a problem in my ears? Though all academically trained people praise my musical ear immensely... |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 05:39
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Even G8 would make it 6 octaves only. But it could easily be checked. Let him sing to every key on the piano (which spans eight octaves). ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 05:44
| Nope. I checked all his notes via a piano simulation. his G8 is out of the piano range. I had to check it "differently". His voice is, as far as I remember, 2 full notes below 8 octaves. I believe he must have surpassed it by now. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 05:45
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Also, always be suspicious of Wikipedia.
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 06:31
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As already said, even G8 makes it 6 octaves only. As to ten octaves being possible: A flat no. You would have to sing outside of human hearing range for that. Only bats could hear you. You actually remind me of a guy that once tried to tell me a tale about something being -5000° Celsius cold until I politely pointed out that it can't get any colder than -273.15°C.
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 07:24
| AS I SAID, DON'T TRUST IN WIKIPEDIA. He has performances where he used voices from the 1st octave. It is getting annoying... |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 07:27
There are electronic devices to measure octaves. There are already people with 8 or 9 octaves. PROVEN. But singing beautifully with more than 7 octaves is probably a unique phenomenon. So, you still claim that you admit some things... Ludicrous. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 07:50
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@Friede My final words to you in this discussion (please gracefully transfer it to our probable prospective discussions too): Either begin playing chess again, or leave me alone. Your "habit" obviously hasn't died, but I don't have to play "chess" with you. And I'll not, again. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 08:24
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I am just being reasonable, so I say: Hic Rhodus, hic salta. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: May 21 2021 at 08:30
You won!  But try using your reason next time for having an insight on how science is improving. You're at least lucky not to be in a period when people like you were "sure" that the earth was flat.
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: July 11 2021 at 08:31
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This pendant... It says from B.C. Was such craftsmanship possible then? I was quite surprised BTW, and I still have doubts if this awesome craft is that ancient. Here's the info written ablout it: Fish Pendant ca. 1878-1749 B.C. Middle Kingdom- From Egypt, Haraga, Cemetery A, Tomb 72 Here's the source: https://twitter.com/SumerianHittite/status/1412440063246491658 And here's the image: 
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: August 04 2021 at 10:41
| ^Did you ever see the tut Exhibit? |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: August 04 2021 at 11:10
This ^
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: August 04 2021 at 11:32
Nope. I also haven't read any "sorcery books" in my life. It might seem ironic. I Google-searched that "exhibit", there appeared big statues on my screen. The fish image I shared is likely a small pendant. I really wasn't aware that such micro-craft could be done so masterfully around those years. It could be my ignorance though. |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: August 04 2021 at 11:39
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^okay |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: August 04 2021 at 13:48
| https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2014/09/30/treasures-from-harageh-tomb-72-at-national-museums-scotland/ |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 04 2021 at 14:10
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The grasshopper casts no shadow. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: August 04 2021 at 14:17
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^ One shadowy being is enough for this thread, in other words?
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: August 04 2021 at 14:17
Thank you. |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: August 05 2021 at 10:13
| https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/537885/facts-about-pony-express |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: August 29 2021 at 05:44
Telephone Tower in Stockholm, Sweden before they figured out the whole switching network thing: 5000 lines - 1890. Source: https://twitter.com/weird_hist" rel="nofollow - https://twitter.com/weird_hist
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 16 2021 at 06:29
By the bye, I had a thought about this long long ago, but didn't state it earlier. Lest the bitter discussions "repeat". I kindly request not to discuss it with me. I have a fixed opinion about its probability, and unless you're a genius or you can falsify me with facts, it will not change. Scientific "facts" are always debatable. I mean like a proving that this image is fake. My thought is/was, the formulae of such a thing might have been hidden or might not have been shared with the scientists. The reason for this could be to prevent some real danger. A praying mantis of this size could easily kill humans. Even grasshoppers can do that, if somehow they could have the same movement abilities with their tiny/normal kind. I really am a man of science in principle, but the world is not as it is shown to us. I still think that this is likely fake, but could be real still. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: November 16 2021 at 11:37
It is most definitely fake because of two anatomical features of insects: Trachea and exoskeleton.
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 16 2021 at 11:55
| ^ Ah... Thank you for sharing your supreme wisdom. Good to learn it. Please do it everytime. Over and over again. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: November 16 2021 at 12:05
No problem. I get my supreme wisdom from articles by experts like this one: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00094.x" rel="nofollow - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1502-3931.2008.00094.x ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 16 2021 at 12:09
| ^ As I said, you're lucky to be living in this age. Otherwise, you would definitely be sure that the Earth is flat. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: November 16 2021 at 12:11
I certainly wouldn't; anyone can repeat the experiment of Eratosthenes. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: November 16 2021 at 12:25
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During the period of World War II, there was a secret bomber-making factory south of https://www.themadronagroup.com/puget-sound-communities/seattle-real-estate/" rel="nofollow - Seattle, Washington . To hide the factory, Boeing camouflaged it by entirely covering it with a fake neighborhood created by a Hollywood set designer! The fake neighborhood included fake houses, trees, and artificial sidewalks. The intention was to hide the presence of an airplane production facility down below from other potential bombers. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 16 2021 at 12:26
Oh, you definitely would. By the way, "experts" also say that Dimash's highest note is a D8 and I'm sure that it is a G8. Anyway I'm happy with my imagination. You can be happy with yours too. Have a good night. If you go on making your chess moves, I may use my arcade skills. I really am a grand master in arcade fighting games. I'm really at loss for words, and don't have any other method to "stop" you. All in all, I'll not answer again. Most likely. You can make your "winning" move.
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: November 16 2021 at 17:16
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Well, if you know better than all the scientists I already congratulate you to the forthcoming Nobel prize for medicine. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 16 2021 at 17:47
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^ Ah, I said "most likely" as for not replying to you. Lucky me, I didn't say certainly. So I can reply. I NEVER claimed that I know anything about this matter. Do you want a fact? I would have questioned the certainty about the Earth being in the center of the Universe, and not rotating around its own axis, even if I had been living before the Common Era; and you wouldn't. Discussing with you is like discussing with a robot... Someone bring the Deep Blue chess computer here, please. It has a real rival here!!! So, perhaps I can find some peace of mind... |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 00:59
First of all: You are wrong about me not questioning anything. But there are things that are not worth questioning. There is no need to question that the earth is a globe, and there is no need to question that this thing in the photo can't be a real grasshopper, at least not if one knows a bit about entomology. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 02:26
| ^ This is a progressive music site, science progresses; and you, beyond a shadow of a doubt, don't/can't. I didn't say or mean that "you don't question anything." Period. I meant, you don't question pre-established scientific "facts". Do I have to make you aware that the real scientists do that? At least the progressive ones? If you had been living in the past, you would have taken its scientific "facts" as granted. Ah, you also believe in God. Here's a quote for you. Your "belief" will be like this in the following centuries or millennia: "The altar cloth of one aeon is the doormat of the next." — Mark Twain |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 06:41
Duel at 10 paces   ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 07:33
You don't have to make me aware of that. But they only do so when there is a need for it. For example: The result of the Michelson-Morley experiment called for new explanations for the addition of velocities, which led to Einstein's special theory of relativity. And that the trachea breathing system is way inferior to lungs or gills is nothing that has to be checked anymore.
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 08:50
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^ Nice! You won again! Off-topically, I have a recommendation for you and Jeanine. As your self-righteous grandiose ego(s) probably hasn't/haven't noticed it yet. You have to be made "aware". Read what Beethoven said about Handel and about your ultimate and objectively best Bach. Your partner shared what he said about Bach as a support to Bach's ultimate superiority. The rest is up to you. I'm bored with this stuff. The more I state that I don't want to discuss, the more argumentative you are. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 09:24
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So let me get this straight...you start a thread with an obvious conspiratorial fakery and now you state "I'm bored with this stuff." and "I don't want to discuss". Friede is right-on in presenting her arguments.
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 09:27
| ^ Thank you, JD. But I REALLY don't like recurring things in my life. I'm sincere. I don't like this. I presented a new thought, and I assure that I'm not happy that the same stuff happened. |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 10:26
| Evidently there is a lot to learn from giant grasshoppers. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 11:28
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Like stay the hell outta Miles City Montana ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Zeph
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 11:57
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Four pages about fake grasshoppers. Impressive. Why not leave the giant grasshopper and focus on the title of this topic, which clearly says «facts»? To stay in the world of tiny, some female dragonflies fake death to avoid male dragonflies looking to get laid. The female ones drop down to earth if they are not interested. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 12:14
Please read the previous pages. The reason why I gave this title was explained there, by me. But it failed miserably. I thought we could have some fun... Anyway, such threads by me were already over. No new ones will come. And it feels good. 
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Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 15:17
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I was watching a program from the 1960s on YouTube trying to find out why some frogs were homosexual (it was a lament on government spending priorities)
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: November 17 2021 at 16:02
A strategy some human females have reversed - fainting to get the attention of a man. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 01:49
| ^ The best acting I saw was of a snake species. It acts unimaginably. First it throes (a long scene), when its predator was observing its fake suffering, it fakes death. Strained body, dull eyes, a lolled out tongue. Even lets out a corpse smell. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: November 18 2021 at 05:07
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 13:15
| Former North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il was said to be a great lover of music. He composed six operas while he was in office........none of which are here on prog archives |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 14:13
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 14:56
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There's an extremely tragic event regarding some American anarchists, and a following "leftist" manipulation of it as if those anarchists made a "leftist manifesto". They literally added some leftist propaganda to the original text, and made it look like those anarchist martyrs were leftists. I'm not sure if that's a fact though. I wasn't alive then. But I hear that the leftists still are deceiving people about it cunningly. I'll not share, or even Google it. There was also a statement of Prince (singer) about the illegal MP3's. He was fully supporting it. But when I searched it on Google a couple of years ago, there was no info about that. Guess why?
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 20 2021 at 15:10
George Washington's teeth were made of elephant ivory and walrus tusks.
 Source: https://twitter.com/weird_hist |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: November 30 2021 at 06:11
Weird to one, may not be so to another. This is not "weird" for me, for instance. But cool!
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: December 01 2021 at 02:50
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: December 01 2021 at 08:54
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Miguel Cervantes died Apr 22nd 1616 and William Shakespeare died Apr 23rd 1616, but they did not die on consecutive days because Spain already followed the Gregorian calendar and England still followed the Julian calendar -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: December 01 2021 at 09:30
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Nice one, Jeanine. I realised the one below myself. I'm not sure if it is being talked on the internet. I'm almost certain that it was noticed by many people before though. Lord of The Flies and The Lord of the Rings were released in the same year (1954). The first's author is William Golding, and in the latter, the thing that must be destroyed is a gold ring. |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: December 01 2021 at 09:46
Interesting. In elementary school in the 70's we were always told they were made of wood. Someone in class would invariably add a termite story. I guess nobody questioned it because as George Washington facts go, it played little importance in the grand scheme of things. The cherry tree, however....
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: December 01 2021 at 09:48
| ^ Hahahah. I believe what you were taught could still be true. You know? I don't take the things I share for granted as "facts". |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: December 01 2021 at 09:51
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^Your version is varigoogible. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: December 01 2021 at 09:54
^ Google says that "variggoogible" is a deplorable word. I guess "no results" comes to mean that. 
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Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: December 01 2021 at 10:11
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varigoogible™ adjective the condition of being identified as a fact through the use of a Google search, which may or may not verify it as a profound fact due to the variability of Google sources. I invented it. You may use it with an authorized license agreement obtainable for a nominal fee. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow"> https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: December 01 2021 at 10:14
^ Thank you sir! You're my own personal Jesus OED!!! 
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Date Posted: December 01 2021 at 10:53
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: December 04 2021 at 04:07
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: December 04 2021 at 07:57
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^That's neat. I had to look up the specs on that. It weighed almost 25 lbs (about 11 kg) and had 64 KB in memory. In 1981 I was playing Space Invaders on an Atari 2600 and probably picking my nose. Fun times! ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: December 04 2021 at 08:05
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: December 05 2021 at 05:01
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Some say that money can't buy happiness. Some oppose (sort of) that, saying that they would rather cry in their Ferraris. A thinker once said that money can buy "time" that can be used for the things that one likes, instead of working reluctantly. (This is a plausible argument which can refute the famous saying I mentioned at the beginning of the paragraph.) Can nobility prevent boredom? Oh, it doesn't seem so. Even Prince Charles' "full title" is boring. Hahahah. His full title is: 
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: December 05 2021 at 05:08
From what I recall there was a grab-handle on the underside of the keyboard piece and the exterior was a tough plastic shell. So when you closed it up it basically became a small, heavy suitcase. I would have been about twelve when it came out but I remember it made a splash in all the glossy computer mags at the time, which I was reading avidly. ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: December 07 2021 at 10:20
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: December 09 2021 at 07:16
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Posted By: Shadowyzard
Date Posted: December 31 2021 at 16:50
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