What did you learn today TIL

[ChirpingGirl]

I learned there are people so awful they can't behave themselves in large crowds and around children. 

We took the kids to an event at the park today, everyone was having a great time and here comes some beer gutted asshole wearing a literal wife beater tank top cussing at his wife and tossing a beer can into the park. Sometimes I wonder if people like that either do it on purpose for attention or really are just that trashy.

[_priapism]

Sometimes I wonder if people like that either do it on purpose for attention or really are just that trashy.

[watcher1]

That the word "skyscraper" did not always mean a tall building. The earliest reference to the word is 1788 when it was used to describe a really tall horse. By the 1790s, a Philadelphia physician had used the term to describe the triangular sail at the very top of a ship's mast.

[_priapism]

That the word "skyscraper" did not always mean a tall building. The earliest reference to the word is 1788 when it was used to describe a really tall horse. By the 1790s, a Philadelphia physician had used the term to describe the triangular sail at the very top of a ship's mast.

Interesting.

Before the word skyscraper described enormous buildings, it was used to describe anything that “stood out.” You could refer to a tall man, a high-standing horse, a sky-sail, etc. by using the word skyscraper. The Italian word grattacielo means scraping the sky. ... It is now the modern day word for skyscraper.

[psiberzerker]

That the word "skyscraper" did not always mean a tall building. The earliest reference to the word is 1788 when it was used to describe a really tall horse. By the 1790s, a Philadelphia physician had used the term to describe the triangular sail at the very top of a ship's mast.

I knew about the trim sails, but not the Horses.  Thanks!

[Remington555]

I learned that the proper flag etiquette for Memorial Day is to fly it at half-mast from sunrise until noon, then raise it to the top until sunset.

Remmy

[MintJulie]

I learned that the proper flag etiquette for Memorial Day is to fly it at half-mast from sunrise until noon, then raise it to the top until sunset.

Remmy

I didn't know that either.   Thank you, Remmy.

[ObiDongKenobi]

[ChirpingGirl]

I learned the same minigun used in predator was used in terminator 2. 

[watcher1]

I learned the same minigun used in predator was used in terminator 2. 

And Arnold starred in both. 

That there is a tea that is made from panda droppings that goes for $200 a cup. 

[_priapism]

I learned the same minigun used in predator was used in terminator 2. 

And Arnold starred in both. 

That there is a tea that is made from panda droppings that goes for $200 a cup. 

I saw that on Jeopardy also.  The price for a single cup of kopi luwak (civet cat poop) coffee runs $ 35 to $80 and a one pound bag of beans costs $100 to $600.

[Jed_]

I learned the same minigun used in predator was used in terminator 2. 

And Arnold starred in both. 

That there is a tea that is made from panda droppings that goes for $200 a cup. 

I saw that on Jeopardy also.  The price for a single cup of kopi luwak (civet cat poop) coffee runs $ 35 to $80 and a one pound bag of beans costs $100 to $600.

Wasn’t Jack Nicholson drinking something like this in ‘The Bucket List’?

[_priapism]

I learned the same minigun used in predator was used in terminator 2. 

And Arnold starred in both. 

That there is a tea that is made from panda droppings that goes for $200 a cup. 

I saw that on Jeopardy also.  The price for a single cup of kopi luwak (civet cat poop) coffee runs $ 35 to $80 and a one pound bag of beans costs $100 to $600.

Wasn’t Jack Nicholson drinking something like this in ‘The Bucket List’?

Bucket List Coffee is the colloquial name given to kopi luwak (a.k.a. civet coffee or cat poop coffee) because of the 2007 movie by the same name: The Bucket List, starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson.

[MintJulie]

That there is a tea that is made from panda droppings that goes for $200 a cup.  

Yep, learned that also.  

I rarely miss Jeopardy, aka 'The James Holzhauer' show.   We usually watch it later in the evening.   I'm freaking Dan out that I have answered Final Jeopardy right the last 10 shows.    
Nobody needs tell him that I get the answer here while we watch the dvr'd show.
 https://thejeopardyfan.com/category/recaps
Shhhhh


BUT, I did get Austria last night without the websites help.

[msslave]

Umm, er...Jules, did you forget Dan is a member of KB?

Maybe as a mod you've blocked him from seeing your posts.

[MintJulie]

Umm, er...Jules, did you forget Dan is a member of KB?

hahaha Nope, didn't forget.  He's too busy with golf and being outside.  Plus he's usually reading his kindle and if he does come on won't look at most posts. 

He's been really engrossed in a book series he started reading 25 years ago.  Read the first however many (8 or 9?) and then stopped.   He just started up again about a year ago.    Last 3 books.   He says he's in the final 200 pages.  He's really sucked into it.  No time for us fun people.

[_priapism]

I believe I could do very well on Jeopardy, but Holzhauzer is a freaking cyborg computer from the future.  His recall on truly obscure subjects just blows me away.

[MintJulie]

In reading a Nope Nope Nope Nope post made by Athos, I discovered that there is a grading scale for erections called the EHS (Erection Hardness Score).

https://www.sexhealthmatters.org/erectile-dysfunction/erection-hardness-score

[msslave]

In reading a Nope Nope Nope Nope post made by Athos, I discovered that there is a grading scale for erections called the EHS (Erection Hardness Score).

https://www.sexhealthmatters.org/erectile-dysfunction/erection-hardness-score

Well thanks Jules.  Now I know my inadequacies can be quantified.
 

[RopeFiend]

I'd like to enhance that 5-point test a little... 

   0 – Penis does not enlarge.

   1 – Penis is larger, but not hard.

   2 – Penis is hard, but not hard enough for penetration.

   3 – Penis is hard enough for penetration, but not completely hard.

   4 – Penis is completely hard and fully rigid.

   5 – Penis is so hard it can occasionally strike sparks against flint.


Here's a PDF link to the longer 15-question International Index of Erectile Function:
http://files.sld.cu/urologia/files/2011/08/iief.pdf