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Post by Doodoo » February 2, 2020, 7:21 am

1) All giant pandas in zoos around the world are on loan from China.
The panda at your local zoo may look like it's at home in its cozy sanctuary. But unless you live in China, the pandas that you're seeing are just visiting. That's because every one of the gentle giants in zoos around the world are on loan from China. Despite many of the bears' international credentials, they're technically the property of the government of China, according to Vox.

2) The "most typical human" fits this description.
According to a study developed for National Geographic in 2011, the world's "most typical" person is right-handed, makes less than $12,000 per year, has a mobile phone, and doesn't have a bank account.

3) Canada has nine percent of the world's forests.
Our neighbors to the north boast 396.9-million hectares of forests, or nine percent of all of the forest area in the entire world, according to Natural Resources Canada.

4) There's a website that tracks the world's population in real time.
As of 2019, the overall human population is estimated to be more than 7.7 billion people. And if you want to watch that increase in real time, you can tune into the World Population Clock, which shows the upticks and downticks as babies are born and other people die. You can also see the current populations of different countries, including China (1,420,000,000+), India (1,368,000,000+), and the U.S. (329,000,000+).

5) Facebook has more users than the population of the U.S., China, and Brazil combined.
Do you use Facebook? If you don't, you're among a number that gets increasingly smaller every day. In fact, 2 billion active users have an account on the social media platform, which is more than the population of the United States, China, and Brazil combined. Facebook's co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted about the milestone, saying, "We're making progress connecting the world, and now let's bring the world closer together."



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Post by karonsteve » February 2, 2020, 8:01 am

Sateeb wrote:
February 1, 2020, 4:37 pm
newtovillagelife wrote:
January 31, 2020, 8:15 am
Who needs GOOGLE when we have DOODOO!!!!

AKA...Mr. COPY AND PASTE.
I like reading his posts. It's stuff I normally wouldn't go looking for. Easier on the eye than your quote inside a quote inside a quote inside a quote that's wearing the skin off of my fingertip.
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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by jackspratt » February 2, 2020, 9:58 am

Doodoo wrote:
February 2, 2020, 7:21 am

5) Facebook has more users than the population of the U.S., China, and Brazil combined.
Do you use Facebook? If you don't, you're among a number that gets increasingly smaller every day. In fact, 2 billion active users have an account on the social media platform,.............


Be interesting do know who among the UM readership has a Facebook account.

I'm a "don't". [-(

ps keep up the good work, Dd.

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I have 5 facebook accounts, only 1 active

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1) Tokyo is the world's largest city with 37 million inhabitants.
Tokyo is a booming city, not only by Japanese standards, but also compared to cities around the world. With around 37 million people living in Tokyo, it's the world's largest city when it comes to population size, according to Reuters. The next largest city is Delhi, India (population 29 million) and Shanghai, China (26 million).

2) Interpol began in 1914 when legal professionals from 24 countries got together to discuss catching fugitives.
These days, Interpol (or the International Criminal Police Organization) may be well known for tracking down outlaws around the world. But the group dates all the way back to 1914 when the International Criminal Police Congress was held in Monaco. That meeting saw police and judicial representatives from 24 countries get together with the goal of improving contacts between police forces in different countries in order to increase the effectiveness of international investigations.

3) When we think of the first car, we think of Henry Ford's Model T, first introduced in 1908. It was a swell automobile, but not by any stretch of the imagination the "first" horseless carriage. That happened back in the 19th century, when European engineers like Carl Benz and Emile Levassor were making automobile innovations that were light years ahead of Ford. Benz patented the first automobile in 1886. Ford wasn't even the first to sell cars in the U.S. That would be Ransom E. Olds, who was selling Oldsmobiles in 1901 for the low price of $650

4) Zero Is the Only Number That Can't Be Represented In Roman Numerals
There are a total of zero zeros in Roman numerals. While the ancient Greeks were aware of zero as a concept, they didn't consider zero to be a number at all. For example, Aristotle decided zero wasn't a number because you couldn't divide by zero. Instead of a Roman numeral, the Latin word "nulla" would have been used to represent the concept of zero. The reason no numeral existed for zero is because there was no need for a numeral to represent it.

5) 1918: Spanish flu
During the influenza epidemic of 1918, quarantine centers and emergency military hospitals like this one in Camp Funston, Kansas, were constructed at various outposts throughout the U.S. A third of the world's population was infected, and at least 50 million died (675,000 in the U.S. alone)—making the Spanish flu among the deadliest outbreaks in human history.

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Udon Map » February 3, 2020, 6:58 am

Doodoo wrote:
January 31, 2020, 5:25 am
4) The Canary Islands are named after dogs, not birds.
It might seem safe to assume that the Canary Islands were named after canary birds, but the location was actually named after dogs. Although it's off the coast of northwestern Africa, the archipelago is actually part of Spain. In Spanish, the area's name is Islas Canarias which comes from the Latin phrase Canariae Insulae or "island of dogs."
Um, no. There's no "r" in any form of the Latin word for dog, canis. "Island of dogs" is expressed in Latin as "insula canum", which translates literally to "island of dogs" or "island of the dogs," regardless of what Wikipedia says. Wikipedia cites to two mentions in Natural History by Pliny the Elder; however, if you go back to the original Latin, dogs are mentioned separately in various forms of the word, canus and canum, and the name of the islands identified as Canarii.

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Post by stattointhailand » February 3, 2020, 6:42 pm

Mrs Statts has about 5 or 6 due mainly to her changing phones and forgetting her "mega secure" password each time :lol:

If there are 2billion "active" users there must be 5+ billion when unused/duplicate and deceased a/c are included (plus off course the millions of cats/dogs/horses etc etc that seem to have facebook a/cs :confused: ) :-k

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Earnest » February 3, 2020, 10:07 pm

karonsteve wrote:
February 2, 2020, 8:01 am
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Plus 2! :D
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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » February 4, 2020, 5:57 am

1)
New Zealand’s largest city, home to over 142,000 Maori, is known as Ta-maki Makaurau in Maori and what in English?

A. Auckland

B. Wellington

C. Dunedin

D. Christchurch

2)
Who built a private apartment near the top of the tower named for him and entertained Thomas Edison in it?

A. Richard Warren Sears

B. John D. Rockefeller

C. Solomon R. Guggenheim

D. Gustave Eiffel

3)
Cricket stars Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell were all born in which city within 18 months of each other?

A. Johannesburg, South Africa

B. Bridgetown, Barbados

C. Mumbai, India

D. Colombo, Sri Lanka


4)
Sahti is a type of beer that’s trad­itionally flavoured with juniper. You’re most likely to find it in which country?

A. Sweden

B. Finland

C. Norway

D. Denmark

5)
There are an estimated 1,864 of which bear species in the wild?

A. The giant panda

B. The white bear

C. The Gobi Grizzly

D. The Himalayan brown bear


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1)
Answer: A. Auckland
Auckland is also home to the Sky Tower, currently the 25th tallest tower in the world.

2)
D. Gustave Eiffel
Over 250 million people visited the Eiffel Tower in 2015, making it the world's most popular paid monument.

3)
Bridgetown, Barbados
Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, referred to by locals as "the Mecca of Cricket," was the site of the 2007 Cricket World Cup final.

4)
Finland

5)
The giant panda
While newborn pandas are about the size of a brick, both adult males and females can grow to about 200 pounds!

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » February 4, 2020, 9:16 am

A Few Extra items today concerning the Super Bowl

1) Super Bowl attendees were outraged over 'ridiculous' concession prices. Fans attending Super Bowl LIV likely paid more than $6,000 per ticket, but that’s before they got to the concession stand. Along with buckets of popcorn were going for $15, while a large Bud Light cost fans $17.

2) A total of 12 teams have never won a Super Bowl That list includes: the Browns, Lions, Jaguars, Texans, Chagers, Titans, Cardinals, Panthers, Falcons, Bengals, Bills and Vikings. Of that group, the Browns, Lions, Jaguars and Texans have never made it to the big game in their existence.

3)There’s only one starting quarterback who has won a Super Bowl title with two different teams And his name is Peyton Manning.

4) The game has gone to overtime once
That was Super Bowl LI, better known as the championship game in which the Falcons blew a 28-3 lead to the Patriots.

5) The Patriots have appeared in the most Super Bowls
That would 11 as of the 2019 season, three more than the Steelers, Cowboys and Broncos.

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Post by stattointhailand » February 4, 2020, 10:52 am

Doodoo wrote:
February 4, 2020, 9:16 am
A Few Extra items today concerning the Super Bowl

1) Super Bowl attendees were outraged over 'ridiculous' concession prices. Fans attending Super Bowl LIV likely paid more than $6,000 per ticket, but that’s before they got to the concession stand. Along with buckets of popcorn were going for $15, while a large Bud Light cost fans $17.

2) A total of 12 teams have never won a Super Bowl That list includes: the Browns, Lions, Jaguars, Texans, Chagers, Titans, Cardinals, Panthers, Falcons, Bengals, Bills and Vikings. Of that group, the Browns, Lions, Jaguars and Texans have never made it to the big game in their existence.

3)There’s only one starting quarterback who has won a Super Bowl title with two different teams And his name is Peyton Manning.

4) The game has gone to overtime once
That was Super Bowl LI, better known as the championship game in which the Falcons blew a 28-3 lead to the Patriots.

5) The Patriots have appeared in the most Super Bowls
That would 11 as of the 2019 season, three more than the Steelers, Cowboys and Broncos.
And ....(thats dot dot dot dot for those unfamiliar with DJT tweets) Kansas City Chiefs play in Missouri NOT Kansas :-"

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Post by Doodoo » February 5, 2020, 6:05 am

1) Bubble wrap was originally invented as wallpaper.
Can you imagine how little you would get done if there was bubble wrap covering your walls? Engineer Al Fielding and Swiss inventor Marc Chavannes probably didn't consider that when, in 1957, they invented bubble wrap while trying to create a textured wallpaper that would appeal to the Beat generation. Fortunately, the partners soon realized that their invention was much better suited as a packing material.

2) Breathing Mumbai air for one day during Diwali is the same as smoking 113 cigarettes.
Diwali is the festival of lights, which is why the celebration includes plenty of fireworks. And while the dramatic displays thrill participants and onlookers, they also create a sudden increase in air pollution. According to the India Times, breathing the air in Mumbai during Diwali is "like smoking 113 cigarettes every day for 7 days."

3) Shellac is made from bug excrement.
Shellac is sometimes called "confectioner's glaze," due to the fact that it gives a shiny coating to candies like jelly beans and candy corn. But whatever you happen to call it, shellac, which is also used as a brush-on colorant and a wood finish, comes from the excrement secretions produced by female Kerria lacca insects. In other words, it's bug poop.

4) Grapes light on fire in the microwave.
You already know not to put tin foil and metal forks in the microwave, but what about grapes? In 2011, a physicist at the University of Sydney went viral after he placed a grape in the microwave and filmed the fiery aftermath.

But oddly enough, scientists couldn't explain the phenomenon until fairly recently. A March 2019 study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
reported that the fruity fireball occurs as a result of the loose electrons and ions that cluster to form plasma when grapes get hot.

5) If you sneeze while driving at 60 mph, your eyes are closed for around 50 feet.
When you sneeze, your eyes automatically close for a moment. But if you sneeze in a car that's traveling at 60 mph, then your eyes will be closed for around 50 feet. According to one 2014 study by Halfords Autocentres, drivers who temporarily lose vision due to sneezing are the cause of 2,500 accidents every week in England.

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Post by Doodoo » February 6, 2020, 5:52 am

1) About 99 percent of all wasabi sold in the U.S. is fake.
Plenty of people like to enjoy a little wasabi with their sushi—or a lot, depending on their tolerance for the stuff. But it turns out that real wasabi is pretty pricey (around $160 per kilogram), which is why 99 percent of what's called wasabi in the U.S. is actually a mix of horseradish and hot Chinese mustard, plus green dye to give it the right color, according to a report published in The Atlantic.

2) It's possible to use cooking oil to fuel flights.
Planes burn a lot of fuel transporting passengers around the world, which is why Qantas airlines, one of the largest carriers in Australia, has been looking for eco-friendly alternatives. One option? A blended fuel that is half conventional fuel and half cooking oil. The end result produces around 60 percent fewer carbon emissions than traditional options.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce told ABC, "We need to get ready for a future that is not based on traditional jet fuel or, frankly, we don't have a future."

3) The world's oldest unopened bottle of wine has been sealed since the 4th century.
The Römerwein, or Speyer wine bottle, is a 1.5-liter glass vessel which was found in a Roman nobleman's tomb in what is now Germany and dates back to sometime between 325 and 359 AD, which makes it at least 1,650 years old. No one is sure how the wine smells or tastes due to the fact that they can't predict how it would react to being exposed to the air if the bottle were to be opened.
"There's also the danger that, after all this time, it could have become poisonous, although scientists suspect the alcohol would not be dangerous, but just taste disgusting," writes German newspaper The Local.

4) Oklahoma's state vegetable is the watermelon.
Watermelon is a summer staple and the preferred fruit for a delicious picnic. It's also Oklahoma's state vegetable—yes, vegetable. Senator Don Barrington, who sponsored the 2007 bill that saw the watermelon earn the honor, reportedly backed up the decision by saying that watermelon comes from the cucumber and gourd families, which are classified as vegetables.

5) A man in India had 116 iron nails removed from his stomach.
When a 43-year-old man named Bhola Shankar visited a hospital in north-west India because he was experiencing abdominal pains, doctors found 116 iron nails in his stomach that were each 2.5-inches long. Luckily, none of the nails—which the man had reportedly eaten, although he couldn't give a reason as to why—had injured his stomach lining and the medical staff was able to successfully remove them. The ordeal could have been a result of pica, a disorder that involves the ingestion of items with no nutritive value, such as soil, hair, wood, and metal.

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Post by Doodoo » February 7, 2020, 7:32 am

1) The apples you buy at the supermarket might be almost a year old.
The fruit you buy at the grocery store isn't as fresh as you think it is. Frankly, thanks to the picking, shipping, and storing process, the apples that you find at your local store might already be a year old by the time you pick them up, according to a Today.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture explains how they manage to make it so long, writing, "To slow the proverbial sands of time, some fruit distributors treat their apple bins with a gaseous compound, 1-methyl cyclopropane (1-MCP). It extends the fruits' post-storage quality by blocking ethylene, a colorless gas that naturally regulates ripening and aging."

2) Santa Claus has an official pilot's license.
He's not just flying around without any authority! In 1927, Saint Nick got a pilot's license from the assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics, William P. MacCracken.

According to the Library of Congress, Santa had his picture taken as he was given his license, airway maps, "and the assurance that the lights would be burning on the airways on Christmas Eve."

3) Lettuce is a member of the sunflower family.
It may not seem like lettuce and sunflowers have much in common, other than the fact that they're both plants and they both have leaves. Frankly, there are plenty of ways that they're quite different. For instance, lettuce grows close to the ground while sunflowers reach rather impressive heights. Despite those differences, lettuce is of the Lactuca genus, which is member of the Asteraceae family, which is also known as the aster, daisy, or sunflower family. Who knew?!

4) French fries might be the best food to pair with champagne.
You might think that cheese, chocolates, or cookies are the ideal food pairings for a glass of champagne. But according to Marie-Christine Osselin, Moët & Chandon's wine quality and communication manager, french fries might actually be the best thing to nosh with your bubbly. Osselin told The Drink's Business that the saltiness and crunchiness of fries complement the acidity and bubbles in the champagne.

5) Urea, a chemical that is found in urine, is added to cigarettes to enhance flavor.
You might have gone your entire life without knowing what urea is, but now you'll be able to tell others that it's a chemical found in human urine. It's also something that's added to some cigarettes in order to enhance their flavor, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Post by Doodoo » February 8, 2020, 7:53 am

1) Most expensive music video
“Scream” — Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson (1995)
Production cost: $7 million

“Scream,” by Michael and Janet Jackson, is considered the most expensive music video of all time, but may not actually deserve this top spot. Director Mark Romanek denies being a crazy perfectionist who spent $7 million on this video brimming with special effects. He claims that most of the budget went to paying for the numerous assistants hired by the two artists and accommodating restrictions caused by a tight shooting schedule.

2) A 450 gram jar of Honey requires 1152 bees to travel 180, 246 kms and visit 4.5 million flowers That is 156kms per bee

3) The most prolific boxer in history was Great Britain’s Len Wickwar who, between 1928 and 1947, fought 463 bouts. He also holds the records for the most wins (336) and most losses (127) of any boxer.

4) George Foreman has made more money selling his grills than for his boxing career in which he was a 2-time heavyweight champion.

5) The most heavyweight title defenses is 25 by Joe Louis.

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Post by Earnest » February 8, 2020, 12:03 pm

Doodoo wrote:
February 8, 2020, 7:53 am
2) A 450 gram jar of Honey requires 1152 bees to travel 180, 246 kms and visit 4.5 million flowers That is 156kms per bee
Well, that's an eye opener. There's an old dear in our family's village who assures me her honey is local to that part of Suffolk. But your 'Yes, it really happened' fact could place my Suffolk bees as far away as Leicester.

I might ask for my money back.
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Post by Doodoo » February 9, 2020, 7:50 am

#4 is a real winner

1) The longest noodle ever was more than 10,000 feet.
On October 28, 2017, the Xiangnian Food Co., Ltd. in Nanyang, Henan, China, made the longest noodle ever recorded, which stretched for 10,119 feet and 1.92 inches, according to Guinness World Records. It took more than 88 pounds of flour, more than 7.5 gallons of water, and more than a pound of salt, as well as 17 hours, to make the noodle. The impressive pasta was eventually chopped up and served to staff and elderly guests.

2) There are more than 500 varieties of bananas.
You might think that all bananas are pretty much the same—yellow, long, slightly curved, and oh-so-sweet—but it turns out that there are more than 500 different kinds of bananas. Fruit-lovers in the United States tend to eat Cavendish bananas, but there are also Baby (Niño) bananas, Orinoco bananas, Ice Cream (Blue Java) bananas, Manzano bananas, and even red bananas.

3) Wild pigs cost the U.S. an estimated $1.5 billion each year.
While you might not spot a lot of wild pigs roaming around your particular neighborhood, they still cause quite a problem. According to The Public Library of Science, Gail Keirn, a public affairs specialist at the USDA-APHIS-WS National Wildlife Research Center, estimated that there are between 5 and 6 million invasive swine in at least 35 states. These problematic hogs cost the country well over a billion dollars every year to control and deal with the damage they've done.

4) What's next!!!! Amazon sells chicken harnesses to help your birds cross the street safely.
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because it could do so safely, of course. For less than $20, you can order a harness that is suitable for either a chicken or a goose. The harnesses even feature snazzy bowties for fancy fowl.

5) Laughing while being tickled is part of a defense mechanism.
There's a reason why it's nearly impossible not to laugh when someone is tickling you—and it has nothing to do with the situation being overwhelmingly funny. Instead, your body is likely employing a natural defense mechanism.

Scientists from the University of Tuebingen in Germany found that when we're being tickled, the part of the brain that anticipates pain is triggered. Because our brain thinks we're in trouble, we might strike at whoever is tickling use or we might laugh, which is a sign of submission.

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Earnest wrote:
February 8, 2020, 12:03 pm
Doodoo wrote:
February 8, 2020, 7:53 am
2) A 450 gram jar of Honey requires 1152 bees to travel 180, 246 kms and visit 4.5 million flowers That is 156kms per bee
Well, that's an eye opener. There's an old dear in our family's village who assures me her honey is local to that part of Suffolk. But your 'Yes, it really happened' fact could place my Suffolk bees as far away as Leicester.

I might ask for my money back.
"But your 'Yes, it really happened' fact could place my Suffolk bees as far away as Leicester."

Any sign of "curry flavouring" in your Suffolk Honey could be the tell tale sign Earnest :-k

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Post by Earnest » February 9, 2020, 6:58 pm

That wouldn't do, Statto.
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Post by Doodoo » February 10, 2020, 7:28 am

1) OSCAR
He May Be Small But He Is Mighty
The statuettes weigh 8-1/2 lbs, are 13-1/2 inches tall and cost about $400 each to make.

2) The Biggest Winner
Walt Disney has earned the most nominations (59!) and won 26 times. Not bad for a doodler.

3) Oscar's Television Debut
In 1953, the 25th Academy Awards was the first to be televised. About 40,000 people watched the broadcast and host Bob Hope had to wear a navy shirt with his tux because it was determined white would have looked too bright on camera.

4) The Hosts With The Most
Bob Hope wins for hosting the most Oscar ceremonies (19 times!). Runner-up is Billy Crystal, who's hosted nine times, while Johnny Carson comes in third with five kicks at the can.

5) There Are Rules About Speeches
When Greer Garson won for Best Actress in 1943, her acceptance speech was clocked in at nearly six minutes. Since then, Academy rules stipulate that speeches can't run over 45 seconds. Winners can take inspiration from Alfred Hitchcock whose famously concise acceptance consisted of “Thank you," and, "Very much indeed."

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