If you learn something, read something interesting or see a neat video post it in here.

This is kind of like the "common things i just learned" thread except that it doesn't have to just be simple knowledge

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5/27/2012 10:55:21 PM

I think this is a good idea, but with some of the people on here I could imagine it quickly turning into "I can't believe you are so stupid and you didn't know that."

5/28/2012 1:15:13 PM

this thread really isn't broad enough

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5/28/2012 1:24:25 PM

Isn't this basically what the entire Internet is? Or at least why message boards exist...?

5/28/2012 1:25:46 PM

^Message boards exist to enlarge your e-peen.

5/28/2012 1:47:05 PM

^^ well, he is asking for 'knowledge'. that rules out most of the things posted in chit chat, as they are just funny/gross/wtf pics, or news articles about crimes or weird people.

a lot of the threads i create are about things that would be a perfect fit for this thread (science/nature news).

5/28/2012 1:59:12 PM

cool so instead of trashing this idea, maybe you could keep the chit chat in chit chat.

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5/28/2012 2:51:28 PM

still waiting on you to drop some knowledge on us.

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5/28/2012 2:59:50 PM

Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day

5/28/2012 3:03:37 PM

well i haven't read anything of interest to the general public (ie the point of the thread) in the last few days on the internet but if you want to know the difference between the black arts toneworks pharoah and LSTR feel free to ask.

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5/28/2012 3:04:26 PM

actually this may be more relevant to the general public

http://www.harmonycentral.com/docs/DOC-1951

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5/28/2012 3:37:31 PM

stuff i have known for a while, but i am sure many on here don't

http://now.msn.com/now/0528-mathematician-billion-definition.aspx

5/28/2012 6:33:47 PM

Short System ftw

5/28/2012 7:03:37 PM

^

5/29/2012 9:37:37 PM

Those blue reflectors on the road are to show that there is a fire hydrant there.

The more you know.

5/29/2012 10:17:41 PM

Disney lent the image of Bambi to the smokey the bear campaign for one year when it was first starting out.

The prevention of forest fires was related to our success in WW2

5/29/2012 11:07:19 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment

Quote :

"Rosenhan's study was done in two parts. The first part involved the use of healthy associates or "pseudopatients" (three women and five men) who briefly simulated auditory hallucinations in an attempt to gain admission to 12 different psychiatric hospitals in five different states in various locations in the United States. All were admitted and diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. After admission, the pseudopatients acted normally and told staff that they felt fine and had not experienced any more hallucinations. Hospital staff failed to detect a single pseudopatient, and instead believed that all of the pseudopatients exhibited symptoms of ongoing mental illness. Several were confined for months. All were forced to admit to having a mental illness and agree to take antipsychotic drugs as a condition of their release. The second part involved an offended hospital challenging Rosenhan to send pseudopatients to its facility, whom its staff would then detect. Rosenhan agreed and in the following weeks out of 193 new patients the staff identified 41 as potential pseudopatients, with 19 of these receiving suspicion from at least 1 psychiatrist and 1 other staff member. In fact Rosenhan had sent no-one to the hospital."

5/29/2012 11:15:03 PM

Russia knew there were detectable amounts of water on the moon back in 1976

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57443940-71/was-russias-discovery-of-water-on-moon-in-1976-ignored/

5/30/2012 10:16:00 PM