The "I Didn't Know" Thread

[claws]

Post here about things you didn't know. I'll start with


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

[Trevor]

Post here about things you didn't know. I'll start with
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. 

[Trevor]

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. 

[claws]

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.

[Flick James]

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.  

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

[RCMerchant]

THERE IS NOTHING I DON'T KNOW. 



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. 

[El Misfit]

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

[ImaginaryFoot]

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

[RCMerchant]

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. 

[Mr. DS]

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

[Couchtr26]

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.)

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.  

[Paquita]

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.

[El Misfit]

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

[Jack]

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

[Mr. DS]

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?