Did you Know?

@contenchess said
@lemondrop

I saw what you wrote lemonpoop. 🤨

@very-rusty said
LOL...I like the new nickname for him suits very nicely as he is full of it! 🙂

-VR

@gambrel said
I knew all the stuff in this thread already.

@drewnogal said
Bet you don’t know what Pogonophile means - without looking it up 😀

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/houdini-ww1

During WW1, magicians offered their services to the war effort. As a result, a select few soldiers learned Houdini's secrets from the man himself

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/syphilis-name

When Syphilis began spreading in Europe, people were so horrified with the associated immorality that they all became rather nasty to their neighbors

-VR

@very-rusty said
IF and I say IF you knew all the stuff in this thread, that would make you much smarter than the average Joe. 🙂

-VR

CMLXXXIII

@gambrel said
The average IQ is about 100. Being smarter than that would hardly be a bragging point
I mean everybody is smarter than average.

@very-rusty said
You still didn't know everything in this thread. Unless you're counting after you read it if you even bothered to do so. How much of what you read can your re-call later?

-VR

@gambrel said
It depends
I have a photographic memory, but I don't always have film.
Seriously I have good recall, it used to be near total, but after having a series of mini strokes, not so much now.

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/hollinwell-incident

In 1980, hospitals near a British town filled with nearly 300 fainting children. The mysterious incident would become known as "All Fall Down"

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/suitcase-thief

Thefts were plaguing a Spanish airport bus, but nobody could've guessed the unlikely culprit Clue: It wasn't an animal...

A funny one to lighten things up.

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/mercury-jackson-duet

Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson recorded duets in 1983. There's a very strange reason why they weren't released

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/stalin-applause

In the days of Stalin's rule, applause often lasted for over an hour. The reason why will send a shiver down your spine

-VR