What I Learned Today

Discussion in 'Education & Learning' started by Hedi Mitchell, Aug 6, 2019.

  1. Bess Barber

    Bess Barber Veteran Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2019
    Messages:
    3,760
    Likes Received:
    7,604
    Yeah, that was another thread. I actually thought of that after I posted because I get them confused sometimes too. Word of the Day, Thought of the Day, Something I Learned......I'm of an age where this seems to all run together from time to time. :)
     
    #316
  2. Bess Barber

    Bess Barber Veteran Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2019
    Messages:
    3,760
    Likes Received:
    7,604
    Hey!!!! :p We are a very resourceful people.

    images - 2019-10-05T194158.524.jpeg
     
    #317
  3. Bess Barber

    Bess Barber Veteran Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2019
    Messages:
    3,760
    Likes Received:
    7,604
    I learned today, from my daughter while watching a documentary, that Chinese Checkers were actually invented in Germany. Apparently, the Germans were the second to open trade routes with China during the Victorian Era. They named the game based on the port trade route.
     
    #318
  4. Beth Gallagher

    Beth Gallagher Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 11, 2018
    Messages:
    22,061
    Likes Received:
    47,089
    I learned that the word Avocado comes from a Nahuatl Indian (Aztec) word “ahuácatl” meaning testicle. :D
     
    #319
  5. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    56,537
    Likes Received:
    24,140
    I learned that these are called Jacob's Ladder.

    Jacob's ladder.jpg
     
    #320
  6. Bess Barber

    Bess Barber Veteran Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2019
    Messages:
    3,760
    Likes Received:
    7,604
    That particular knowledge could explain this........:p

    download - 2019-10-07T175113.699.jpeg
     
    #321
  7. Beth Gallagher

    Beth Gallagher Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 11, 2018
    Messages:
    22,061
    Likes Received:
    47,089
  8. Bess Barber

    Bess Barber Veteran Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2019
    Messages:
    3,760
    Likes Received:
    7,604
    #323
    Micki Pembroke likes this.
  9. Beth Gallagher

    Beth Gallagher Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 11, 2018
    Messages:
    22,061
    Likes Received:
    47,089
    I dunno... krill?? :D
     
    #324
    Bobby Cole and Micki Pembroke like this.
  10. Hedi Mitchell

    Hedi Mitchell Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Mar 18, 2017
    Messages:
    9,433
    Likes Received:
    16,592
    I learned Mr Rogers was green ,red color. blind and most of the sweaters he wore were red or green. Also his mother made all the cardigans he wore.
     
    #325
    Bess Barber and Micki Pembroke like this.
  11. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    56,537
    Likes Received:
    24,140
    I learned that a blue whale can blow a fart bubble big enough to fit a horse in it.

    Laughing haha .gif
     
    #326
  12. Bess Barber

    Bess Barber Veteran Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2019
    Messages:
    3,760
    Likes Received:
    7,604
    Well a dead krill smelling fart the size of a horse CAN'T smell good. :p
     
    #327
    Bobby Cole and Micki Pembroke like this.
  13. Shirley Martin

    Shirley Martin Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 9, 2015
    Messages:
    56,537
    Likes Received:
    24,140

    Ocean Spray?
     
    #328
  14. Bess Barber

    Bess Barber Veteran Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2019
    Messages:
    3,760
    Likes Received:
    7,604
    I learned I don't like this avatar, but I don't like looking at myself in every post either. :D
    You have to be retired to really give something this unimportant so much thought.
     
    #329
    Bobby Cole and Micki Pembroke like this.
  15. Beth Gallagher

    Beth Gallagher Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jan 11, 2018
    Messages:
    22,061
    Likes Received:
    47,089
    I went with my alter-ego for October.

    IMG_0010.jpg
     
    #330

Share This Page