The "did you know" thread..... - Page 430

**Greenman** · 01-15-2017, 09:48 PM

In 2009 James May(he of Top Gear fame) along with his team of professional helpers and members of the public/residents that lived near Brooklands race track, created a 4.75km-long Scalextric track breaking the Guinness Book of Records world record. It was equally poignant as they laid track along the last bit of existing Brooklands race track-once the home to British motor racing.

**Greenman** · 01-16-2017, 07:48 PM

Origin of the Frisbee. Inventor Fred Morrison claims he first had the idea for a flying disc toy while tossing a cake pan around on a beach in 1937. The toy was also originally named the Flyin' Cake Pan, then the Pluto Platter before Morrison settled on the world-renowned name Frisbee. There is an alusion to how it came about in the film Back to the Future II or was it III ? anyway it was when Marty McFly picks up a 'pan' and throws it like a frisbee to try and stop a thief. Source:
A Century of Classic Toys-article Daily Express(30 top best selling toys) 29-12-2016 edition. More to come.

**tsunamiSD** · 01-16-2017, 10:15 PM

That the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech is owned by Martin Luther King’s family, and cannot legally be used by anyone without their consent.

Star version of article originally in the NY Times

Quote:

Taylor Branch, author of a Pulitzer Prize-winning trilogy of books that chronicles King’s life and the history of the civil rights movement, said a few years ago that it is harder for Americans to learn about the speech because it is not in the public domain and that he has, to no avail, talked with the King family about it. “They are making a mistake,” he said in 2013.
The King Center, which sells a DVD of the speech for $20 on its website, did not respond to phone calls and emails about the speech and licensing. Unless the family decides to put it in the public domain beforehand, it will happen in 2038, under copyright law.
There is, however, a copy of it on YouTube .

**gordian_knot** · 01-29-2017, 08:18 PM

Did you know that the woman who says "you have email" for AOL UK customers is none other than the delightful Joanna Lumley?

Now Joanna speaks to me whenever I get an email message, a step up from the default Windows sound.

**chris chunt** · 01-30-2017, 04:28 AM

Did you know
Propaganda in North Korea is given out for free .

But in Britain we're charged £150 a year for it and it's called the BBC licence fee .

Keeping Hampstead lefties in the style to which they've become used to tax is what it should be called

**ManofKent** · 01-30-2017, 10:31 AM

Cobalt is the only element on the Periodic Table that ends with 'T'.

**Estreeter** · 01-30-2017, 11:14 AM

Did you know

The Chinese soft-shelled turtle urinates through its mouth

But more importantly

**Greenman** · 01-30-2017, 09:05 PM

Another 2 toy facts from 100 Years of Iconic Toys book(listed in Daily Mail)
Guess Who?
Theo Coster, designer of Guess Who? was born in Amsterdam in 1928 and developed the concept of the game in 1979. Coster was a schoolmate of Anne Frank and would walk with her to school before their families went into hiding to escape the Gestapo.

Not so much a toy. Derived from 'craie', the French for chalk and 'ola' a then popular shorthand for 'oily', Crayola crayons first made an appearance in 1903. In 1996 the Crayola factory produced its 100 billionth crayon and today the crayons come in 120 different shades.

More if you want em!

**tamsmith** · 01-30-2017, 11:12 PM

Liberals do not believe in Democracy.

**tygrkhat40** · 01-31-2017, 02:06 PM

Neither do conservatives.

01-15-2017, 09:48 PM	#4291
Greenman Former Mod/80's Page 3 Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: An attic in England Posts: 18,514 Thanks: 28,926 Thanked 301,197 Times in 17,755 Posts	In 2009 James May(he of Top Gear fame) along with his team of professional helpers and members of the public/residents that lived near Brooklands race track, created a 4.75km-long Scalextric track breaking the Guinness Book of Records world record. It was equally poignant as they laid track along the last bit of existing Brooklands race track-once the home to British motor racing. __________________ There is only ONE Greenman, accept no substitutes! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ""I'm OLD not OBSOLETE!"- Arnold Schwarzenegger-Terminator: Genisys 2015 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

01-16-2017, 07:48 PM	#4292
Greenman Former Mod/80's Page 3 Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: An attic in England Posts: 18,514 Thanks: 28,926 Thanked 301,197 Times in 17,755 Posts	Origin of the Frisbee. Inventor Fred Morrison claims he first had the idea for a flying disc toy while tossing a cake pan around on a beach in 1937. The toy was also originally named the Flyin' Cake Pan, then the Pluto Platter before Morrison settled on the world-renowned name Frisbee. There is an alusion to how it came about in the film Back to the Future II or was it III ? anyway it was when Marty McFly picks up a 'pan' and throws it like a frisbee to try and stop a thief. Source: A Century of Classic Toys-article Daily Express(30 top best selling toys) 29-12-2016 edition. More to come. __________________ There is only ONE Greenman, accept no substitutes! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ""I'm OLD not OBSOLETE!"- Arnold Schwarzenegger-Terminator: Genisys 2015 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

01-29-2017, 08:18 PM	#4294
gordian_knot Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Gordium Posts: 1,098 Thanks: 5,940 Thanked 10,772 Times in 1,104 Posts	Did you know that the woman who says "you have email" for AOL UK customers is none other than the delightful Joanna Lumley? Now Joanna speaks to me whenever I get an email message, a step up from the default Windows sound. __________________ - "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." - FDR "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence...but that's the way you'd bet."

01-30-2017, 04:28 AM	#4295
chris chunt Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,961 Thanks: 5,173 Thanked 19,528 Times in 1,933 Posts	Did you know Propaganda in North Korea is given out for free . But in Britain we're charged £150 a year for it and it's called the BBC licence fee . Keeping Hampstead lefties in the style to which they've become used to tax is what it should be called Last edited by chris chunt; 01-30-2017 at 04:35 AM..

01-30-2017, 11:14 AM	#4297
Estreeter Waste Management Consultant Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Both Of The Garden States Posts: 22,307 Thanks: 181,705 Thanked 359,139 Times in 22,713 Posts	Did you know The Chinese soft-shelled turtle urinates through its mouth But more importantly __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

01-30-2017, 10:31 AM	#4296
ManofKent Vintage Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: U.K Posts: 962 Thanks: 8,062 Thanked 9,499 Times in 942 Posts	Cobalt is the only element on the Periodic Table that ends with 'T'.

01-30-2017, 09:05 PM	#4298
Greenman Former Mod/80's Page 3 Enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: An attic in England Posts: 18,514 Thanks: 28,926 Thanked 301,197 Times in 17,755 Posts	Another 2 toy facts from 100 Years of Iconic Toys book(listed in Daily Mail) Guess Who? Theo Coster, designer of Guess Who? was born in Amsterdam in 1928 and developed the concept of the game in 1979. Coster was a schoolmate of Anne Frank and would walk with her to school before their families went into hiding to escape the Gestapo. Not so much a toy. Derived from 'craie', the French for chalk and 'ola' a then popular shorthand for 'oily', Crayola crayons first made an appearance in 1903. In 1996 the Crayola factory produced its 100 billionth crayon and today the crayons come in 120 different shades. More if you want em! __________________ There is only ONE Greenman, accept no substitutes! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ""I'm OLD not OBSOLETE!"- Arnold Schwarzenegger-Terminator: Genisys 2015 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

01-30-2017, 11:12 PM	#4299
tamsmith Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Coming close to the Slippery Slope. Posts: 6,873 Thanks: 51,960 Thanked 197,188 Times in 6,974 Posts	Liberals do not believe in Democracy.

01-31-2017, 02:06 PM	#4300
tygrkhat40 Long Suffering Bills Fan Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The City of Good Neighbors Posts: 8,486 Thanks: 256,144 Thanked 109,431 Times in 8,464 Posts	Neither do conservatives. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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