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I Didn't Know ... that Glenn Miller was missing in action. I just found out today while clicking around wikipedia.

A few years ago, there was an article in a local magazine from a ex- Royal Airforce tailgunner who said that his aeroplane was the one that shot Glenn Miller's aeroplane down.  :buggedout:

Another thing that I didn't know ~ until March 18, 2010, that is ~ was that Uwe Boll was capable of making a good film. March 18 was when I saw Darfur for the first time: it is still haunting me.  :buggedout:

I didn't know they fixed the Lance Henriksen shot in Aliens (1986), when he holds on to Newt. Gone is Henriksens real body bit sticking out the hole, laminated with (more) synthetic entrails. The movie looks absolutely gorgeous on Blu-ray btw.

Okay. Now I want to see Aliens in Hi-Def.

I didn't know until just recently how gorgeous I am.

How do I know this? My wife works at a private school where there is a daycare center on site for the kids of the employees. At least twice a week I here her talk about how often the girls at the daycare and many teachers and other staff are constantly raving about what a gorgeous baby my 7-month-old son is. Then, these same people talk about how much he looks like his father.

baby is gorgeous + baby looks just like his father + I am his father = I am gorgeous.   :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:

My wife always jokes about it saying "are these women trying to tell me that my husband is hot? What the hell?"

THERE IS NOTHING I DON'T KNOW.  :hot:



Except how to spell. Or stay sober. Or act like a human being instead of a drooling idiot around big breasted women.(I really have this bad habit of just turning into a stuttering moron around big breasted women.) Or knowing when to keep my mouth shut when my boss tells me to do something-(my response last time was F@ck You! Not very original-or smart.) But seriously folks....
 I dint know that Clyde Parker didnt have erictle disfunction or homosexual tendencies (a myth the movie worked on) untill I read a very documented book on the subject. ( About Bonnie and Clyde-not homosexual tendencies.)
 I still cant get the hang of video games. Dont know how to do them.
 I had no clue that Dennis Hopper died untill about a week ago. Or that Beverly Garland died.  :bluesad:

I didn't know that 20 year old drivers still act like 17 until this past Friday, when I was driving (permant- my dad was with me) back home from Lowes, where my dad got my mum a rock fountain for Christmas. some people just needs brains

I didnt know that my dad likes Santana until today. We were going to get one of my tires replaced and he starts singing Black Magic Woman when it came on the radio. When i was a kid, according to him, all rock music was written by Satan

I found out my Dad listened to AC/DC! And James Brown! We were going to Grandmas on Xmas eve-and he had 3 (count em) 3!!!! AC/DC tapes in his truck! And he played 'em! " "I like the little guy.He can play good."-He says. Dang. From a guy who's record collection back in the 70's consited of Elvis,Neil Diamond,Waylon Jennings,Porter Wagner,and Johnny Paycheck. ( I think about it...mebbe not so weird.) He's 73 years young! From the man who never missed an episode of HEE HAW or GREEN VALLY JAMBOREE-with Rem Walt-look it up-! in his life! My whole perception of him changed! Does he like fat girls in tiny nighties too? And Kid Colt Outlaw comics? And Bela Lugosi movies? Im shocked.  :buggedout:

I didn't know Lindsey Buckingham sung the theme song "Holiday Road" to the Vacation movies.

Been there RCMerchant.  I can remember forgetting that a dollar equaled 100 cents when giving change one time.  

I didn't know that Dino de Laurentis died this year.  I, also, didn't know that a whirring sound from a DVD motor was a bad thing.  

I didn't know there was a difference between tube socks and crew socks until today when my mom asked me to get tube socks for my brother, I couldn't find anything except crew socks and just assumed that "tube socks" was an oldster's way of describing normal socks which all the hip people now call crew socks.

I didn't know that a vuvuzela is useful until I saw Xanadu. shoulda kept it (we made the noise- sorta though)

I didn't know that mayonnaise and Miracle Whip were two different things - I always just assumed Miracle Whip was a brand of mayonnaise. 

Wait a minute...who told you that?

Somebody here did a poll once asking if people like Miracle Whip of mayonnaise better.  I assumed that meant they were two different things. They do taste different - Miracle Whip has that "zing" to it, while mayo is bland.

Am I just completely confused again?  Maybe I should go back to bed.

From Wikipedia...
I dunno man, if its near the mayo at the supermarket I'm going to call it "mayo". 

I didn't know this until I found out a few months back,
but I have some sad news to report:

Japanese child star Mitsunobu Kaneko, aka "Johnny Sokko" was hit and killed by a truck in 1997, shortly after winning some sort of award for the show that made him famous, Jonny Sokko And His Flying Robot.

Alas, my life is one less light brighter than it used to be.  Not sure, but he may have been related to Toho director Shusuke Kaneko and actor Iku Kaneko.

As a fan of the show, I myself am deeply saddened, and so are many of both sides of the Big Pond, I imagine.  :bluesad:

I didn't know until this year that Santa isn't real.

I didn't know Russell Johnson aka The Professor from Gilligan's Island was in two Twilight Zones.

Back There 1961 and Execution 1960. That's so awesome!

As well as Attack Of The Crab Monsters from the late 1950's. Got to see that one o' times on WNEW 5's Creature Features.

The man was made for "B"

I didn't know until a few years back that there was actually thirteen (yes, 13) "Alice In Wonderland" books.  I knew the movie was based on a book (with lots of details changed) but didn't know there were twelves more stories. 

Also, did you know Mark Twain did two more books with Tom Sawyer?  Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894), and Tom Sawyer, Detective.  Guessing neither of these two did so great.

I didn't know until recently that the ABC song and Twinkle Twinkle little star had the same melody.

I have a 3-year-old that sings both constantly. Believe me. I KNOW!

I KNOW NOTHING!

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Don't forget Baa Baa Black Sheep.  Now you can sing all three songs at once!  Twinkle twinkle E F G H I J K three bags full!

I'm a huge fan of Toho movies and anything Godzilla and look what I found out today...

I didn't know Goro Mutsumi aka Alien Leader Kuronuma (top middle) and Shin Kishida aka Interpol Agent Nanbara (right) from Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla 1974 was in something called the Scientific Attack Force (SAF) from Magma Man (TV Series 1973) Japan.

I'm also 99% sure the man to the left is in Terror of Mechagodzilla. The Alien Henchman that says "dont try to escape earthling or you will force me to kill you".

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I didn't know until a week ago that Patrick Stewart was knighted by the Queen.

Some Star Trek fan I am.....  :lookingup:

Chickens lose the yellow coloring in their beaks and legs as they lay eggs. The better layer the chicken is, the whiter the beak. The yellow returns when they molt.

I guess the yellow goes into making yolks.

He was also in THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN.  That Tom Sawyer sure got around . . .

I did not know until this weekend that Matt Roberts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_doors_down) is the great nephew of one of my sister's closest friends.

I didn't know that Dr Pepper is actually a type of Cherry Soda.  Swear to God, just found that out about a year ago.  Dunno if Mr Pibb as well, or not though. 

Well, I meant books as a main character, but yeah, that's true.

I thought it was actually called Tom Sawyer: A Broad, and was about his experiments in cross-dressing.

 :wink:

Or it could be about his sex change operation.  :bouncegiggle:

Hmmm. Is that what Rush were referring to when they were singing about "Today's Tom Sawyer?"

I didn't know anything about Manos the Hands of Fate or Torgo... the guy that shakes right?

I'm watching it now, looks like pretty bad. But I need to see it. I'm a "B movie lover".

The guy all the way to the left? He looks like Mako ih his younger days...

On that note ( :teddyr: ) For He's a Jolly Good Fellow and The Bear Went Over the Mountain have the same melody.

Before last night, I didn't know that my undies could actually be clean.
Today I still don't know as I left them as they were.  :tongueout:

I didn't know that author Michael Crichton died a couple of years ago.  I've always been a fan of his books even though I haven't read anything of his for a while.  I was totally shocked and saddened. 

Another thing I didn't know until yesterday:  David Hyde Pierce (Niles from Frasier) is gay!

Not that there's anything wrong with that or that I really care either way. And sure, he's a little too refined and femmy for my tastes but it still surprised me.

Was I misinformed?  Does anyone know for sure?

I didn't know it was so easy to get your name changed here. I'm losing track as to who is who.

No, you're not misinformed. I remember reading a news article at some point in the last few years where he had officially come out. I'm sure if you google it you'll come across such articles.

I didn't know it would be so hard to come up with something I didn't know.  I've been thinking for days and I'm coming up blank.

I guess that means you know everything.

I didn't know there was such a big difference between country fried steak and chicken fried steak. Adding to the confusion, apparently a chicken fried steak can be made of beef.
Country fried (chicken) steak origins stem from Austria's wiener schnitzel.
so, frozen country fried steak (Tyson) may resemble a typical schnitzel, but it is nothing like a typical country fried steak even though its origins are from a schnitzel.

However, the main culprit lies apparently in the breading: a country fried steak is sort of flaky, a schnitzel is not.

In other words, Tyson's frozen country fried steak is technically everything a country fried steak should be, but its not.

I learned this the hard way  :bluesad:

Also the sci fi classics THIS ISLAND EARTH and IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE!

I had no idea that good cigars were well good. 

On the 'Spinal Tap' page on the imdb, it goes up to 11 !
I'm not kidding !!!  :teddyr:

Funny you should mention It Came From Outer Space: it was the movie that featured the opening theme song for WNEW 5's Creature Features, called "Visitors From Space."  Dick Jacobs And His Orchestra remade the song in 1958 and added a theremin and some weird combos of brass, drums and other instruments. It's way better than the one in the movie!

If you lived in the Tri-State area as a kid, you never forgot the Creature Features themesong, that's for sure, nor did you forget that creepy distorted monster face that glowed on and off as the music played! Some say it was a picture of Glenn Strange's Frankenstein Monster.