The "Did you know" thread.....

[Greenman]

Did you also know that in the story of Dracula he is found lying down reading a copy of Bradshaw's Railway Guide - no neither did I until it was mentioned by Michael Portilo on his Great Continental Railway Journeys tonight!

[zhora]

Did you know porn legend/dominatrix Porsche Lynn is a firearms enthusiast, and has won shooting competitions? She actually knows exactly how to operate that weapon she's holding. Be nice to her.

[old alal]

Originally Posted by zhora

Did you know porn legend/dominatrix Porsche Lynn is a firearms enthusiast, and has won shooting competitions? She actually knows exactly how to operate that weapon she's holding. Be nice to her.

If all soldiers looked like that no one would want to kill them, but we would have more wars. Hell I'd enlist!

[Greenman]

There was a rumour going around at the time of the Berlin Wall that someone had written somewhere on the Wall, "Don't worry, Baldrick has a cunning plan" a reference to the character from the Blackadder comedy series played by Sir Tony Robinson.

[GailFan]

Did you know...
Although Lou Ferrigno voices the character of The Hulk in the current Marvel movies, he did not actually voice the character in the original TV series?

[bloke57]

Did you know...

That there was a bi-plane version of the Hawker Hurricane fighter?

It was built and tested in 1942/3 - the idea being that it could climb faster and take a heavier payload. The second wing could then be jettisoned once the desired altitude was reached.

Needless to say it didn't work very well and came to nothing.

[tygrkhat40]

Originally Posted by tygrkhat40

Since the formation of the NBA in 1946 as the BAA, seven US cities have lost two or more pro sports franchises in the four major league sports.

In baseball, New York lost the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles and the Giants to San Francisco in 1957.

In basketball, the Chicago Stags, an original BAA team folded in 1950. The Chicago Packers were an expansion team in 1961, changed their name to the Zephyrs in 1962 and left for Baltimore in 1963. The former Zephyrs were a replacement for the original Baltimore Bullets who played from 1947 until 1955. The second Bullets team stayed in Charm City until 1973 when they moved to Washington, becoming the Capital Bullets, Washington Bullets and finally, the Washington Wizards. San Diego was given an expansion franchise called the Rockets in 1967. In 1971, the Rockets blasted off to Houston. The Buffalo Braves moved to San Diego in 1978 and became the Clippers, who abandoned San Diego for LA in 1984.

In football, Los Angeles has lost three teams. The Rams moved to LA from Cleveland in 1946 and then moved to St. Louis in 1994. The Chargers were a charter member of the AFL in 1960, but they surrendered LA to the Rams and left for San Diego in 1961. And the Raiders came to LA in 1983 then returned to Oakland in 1995. Curiously, all three teams have been rumored to return to LA. Football-mad Dallas has lost two teams. The Texans were the first major league team in Texas in 1952 and by the end of the season they were playing out of Hershey, PA and at the end of the season, they folded, the last NFL team to do so. The AFL Texans were the charter franchise of the league, but owner Lamar Hunt moved the team to Kansas City in 1963 for the good of the AFL.

In hockey, Atlanta has had two franchises flee. The Flames were born in 1972 and moved to Calgary. The Thrashers were Atlanta's second chance at the NHL in 1999, but in 2011 they also fled north to Winnipeg.

New York and Los Angeles lost teams in the same year, 1957 for NY and 1994 for LA. Atlanta lost both it's teams to Canadian cities.

I completely forgot about Washington losing two baseball teams, the original Senators in 1960 and the replacement expansion Senators in 1971.

[thunderfly]

Did you know that both the British and the United States versions of Dennis The Menace made their comic book debut in the very same month of 1951 with each author having absolutely no knowledge of the other character?

[Greenman]

This year( 8th September, 1966) was the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek and a new blu-ray DVD collection has been released which also contains the cartoon series which featured many of the original cast members' voices.

[Mal Hombre]

All the original sets had been destroyed so They made it into a cartoon..