TIL: Today I Learned... (5 Viewers)

[Tapxe]

Some snakes can fart.

When threatened, many snakes produce clear warning sounds. Some hiss, others rattle. But place a Sonoran Coral Snake in the same situation, and the best it can do is fart.

Snakes' Defensive Farts

 

[Galbreath34]

TIL that the senseless killing of a 7 year old boy helped to triple organ donation rates in Italy.

My son died in 1994 but his heart only stopped beating this year - BBC News

 

[Galbreath34]

TIL that there was once a theme park called "Canadian World" in Japan.

Anne of Green Gables: The most popular redhead in Japan - BBC News

Canadian World

 

[bigdog]

The Cockney English accent comes from a part of London that is actually defined by the ringing of church bells. If you are within the sound of Bow Bells in London, you are in the Cockney region.

 

[Galbreath34]

TIL after seeing someone else's TIL about the US Constitution being the only one still in use from the 18th century that only 11 Constitutions around the world are over 100 years old (and Mexico's only turned 100 in February). Only 40 are more than 50 years old.

I know we revere ours, and I'd be way too afraid in the current political climate to have modern politicians draw one up, but it's hard to imagine we get by with interpreting words older than 90% of the countries on the planet get by with.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_constitutions can be sorted by date using the header.

 

[Tapxe]

There's been an experiment running since 1927 involving pitch. There have been only 9 drops with the 10th due in 2020.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017...running-pitch-drop-lab-experiment-in-history/

 

[bigdog]

A horses eyeball is the same size at birth as it will be during it's entire lifetime.

 

[Saint_Ward]

Japan wants to clean up space.

'Satellite catcher' uses magnets to clean up space junk - CNN.com

 

[t_rav_82]

Today I learned that there aren't enough random pictures on the Internet for my liking.


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[Bishop]

Cops are reluctant to pull over tinted out cars with out of state plates. Tint laws vary between so many states that most wont bother.

Source: RI Trooper today as we were each getting our new rides tinted.

Looking back: I've never been pulled over due to tint in other states. I've also driven from RI to Nova Scotia and Niagara Falls. I'm careful not to drink and drive knowing I'm ridin dirty, yet still, have never been pulled over due to tint. They have every right according to RI law, tho...



so now I'm gonna get pulled over in 3...2...

 

[saintmdterps]

Cops are reluctant to pull over tinted out cars with out of state plates. Tint laws vary between so many states that most wont bother.

Source: RI Trooper today as we were each getting our new rides tinted.

Looking back: I've never been pulled over due to tint in other states. I've also driven from RI to Nova Scotia and Niagara Falls. I'm careful not to drink and drive knowing I'm ridin dirty, yet still, have never been pulled over due to tint. They have every right according to RI law, tho...



so now I'm gonna get pulled over in 3...2...

Buy a Prius, then drive however the hell you want. You won't get pulled over

OK back to the topic, there are no swear words in any of the Native American languages. So in addition to introducing them to alcohol, guns, and smallpox, we taught the Native Peoples to cuss.

 

[Saintshizzle]

Cops are reluctant to pull over tinted out cars with out of state plates. Tint laws vary between so many states that most wont bother.

Source: RI Trooper today as we were each getting our new rides tinted.

Looking back: I've never been pulled over due to tint in other states. I've also driven from RI to Nova Scotia and Niagara Falls. I'm careful not to drink and drive knowing I'm ridin dirty, yet still, have never been pulled over due to tint. They have every right according to RI law, tho...



so now I'm gonna get pulled over in 3...2...

You can have standard tint, regulation tint, Louisiana approved tint, but if you have Zulu-king on your license plate, I give a damn what tint you have...you are getting pulled over in Louisiana on over and up to North Carolina.

Believe it

 

[Saint_Ward]

Today I learned that Michael Keaton of Batman and Beetle juice fame is really Michael Douglass.

He had to change his stage name to avoid confusion with the other Michael Douglass, son of Kirk Douglass.

 

[insidejob]

TIL that USA is really just the NCIS and Law and Order SVU network but they also have wrestling on two nights a week.

 

[dtc]

Today I learned that 20 packs of boudin I bought last month is actually andouille and I'm out of boudin.

Not sure whether I'm happy or sad, but no boudin for breakfast.