Pirate Oriana wrote: Thu Mar 17, 2022 8:02 pm
Unless it's dark chocolate.
Yes indeed. I should have been more specific. Good chocolate (a.k.a. not dark chocolate) is always worth it.
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I definitely dislike the chocolate that's done in percentages and too dark, but Hershey's special dark is my favorite go-to.
Re: Random Tidbit Discussion Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 6:32 am
by TheDinosaurPlanet
Ketchup as medicine? Man, yesteryear was weird.
Re: Random Tidbit Discussion Thread
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2022 8:18 pm
by bookworm
It's impossible to hum while holding your nose.
Learning this was way more interesting to me than it ought to have been for being such an inconsequential realization. I just never thought about the details of how that sound is produced before. (Because why would I have?)
Learning this was way more interesting to me than it ought to have been for being such an inconsequential realization. I just never thought about the details of how that sound is produced before. (Because why would I have?)
Yes, there are so many things we just don't have a reason to think about! Of course I had to give it a try and got a weird sound in my head when I did.
Re: Random Tidbit Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 12:39 pm
by Bren
I had to try the humming thing as soon as I read it.
Happy Resurrection Sunday! He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. Matthew 28:6
While this is not a random tidbit, I felt it important to include this today. I am so thankful to serve a risen saviour today. Who knew that in 2022 I would need Him in so many ways.
Re: Random Tidbit Discussion Thread
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2022 8:40 pm
by Catspaw
Thanks for the Easter reminder, Bren! It's a great way to celebrate Jesus on such an important day.
Re: Random Tidbit Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 1:44 pm
by bookworm
President Lyndon Johnson owned an amphibious car.
Re: Random Tidbit Discussion Thread
Posted: Thu May 12, 2022 8:06 pm
by Catspaw
Talk about a random and interesting fact! That is so odd to watch.
Re: Random Tidbit Discussion Thread
Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2022 11:45 am
by bookworm
McDonald's once tried to sell bubblegum flavored broccoli.
I had never heard about this before, so I assumed it must have been some weird thing they did way back; but it was actually not very long ago!
McDonald's once tried to sell bubblegum flavored broccoli.
I had never heard about this before, so I assumed it must have been some weird thing they did way back; but it was actually not very long ago!
Haha, I was wondering the same thing, so thanks for the link, bookworm! It sounds like it didn't make it very far and that's why we didn't know about it. Crazy.
Re: Random Tidbit Discussion Thread
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 12:46 pm
by bookworm
Canada's lowest recorded temperature is as cold as the surface of Mars!
I don't understand how this can be possible with the difference in atmospheres, but apparently it's true. I'm not a geologist or astronomer.
(The linked article is not about the same incident this tidbit references (which was in 1947), but I used it because it had more details than any that I found about that older occurrence specifically regarding the Mars comparison which is what I was trying to make make sense. And it shows that this temperature equivalency has actually happened more than once.)
Re: Random Tidbit Discussion Thread
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:41 pm
by Catspaw
Yes, that's one of those random facts that seems like it must be made up but isn't! Thanks for the article link, bookworm.
very true
Hey, chocolate is always worth it! 