The "Did you know" thread..... - Page 445

**tsunamiSD** · January 16th, 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** · January 29th, 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** · January 30th, 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** · January 30th, 2017, 10:31 AM

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

Estreeter · January 30th, 2017, 11:14 AM

Did you know

The Chinese soft-shelled turtle urinates through its mouth

But more importantly

**Greenman** · January 30th, 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** · January 30th, 2017, 11:12 PM

Liberals do not believe in Democracy.

**tygrkhat40** · January 31st, 2017, 02:06 PM

Neither do conservatives.

**bombermouse** · January 31st, 2017, 03:43 PM

Did you know democracy is all well and fine until it results in something you don't like?

**ManofKent** · February 1st, 2017, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bombermouse

Did you know democracy is all well and fine until it results in something you don't like?

Who was it that said that "If democracy actually worked it would be BANNED!" ?

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January 30th, 2017, 04:28 AM	#4443
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January 30th, 2017, 11:14 AM	#4445
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Greenman Live Legend of VEF Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Underground lair somewhere in the world Posts: 20,353 Thanks: 30,936 Thanked 383,520 Times in 19,356 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 was only ONE Greenman, and you accepted no substitutes! To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Rest in peace MaxJoker-you will be sorely missed. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 20,000: Milestone reached!

January 31st, 2017, 02:06 PM	#4448
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January 30th, 2017, 10:31 AM	#4444
ManofKent Vintage Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: U.K Posts: 1,130 Thanks: 10,125 Thanked 13,833 Times in 1,113 Posts	Cobalt is the only element on the Periodic Table that ends with 'T'.

January 30th, 2017, 11:12 PM	#4447
tamsmith Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Coming close to the Slippery Slope. Posts: 7,800 Thanks: 77,915 Thanked 280,415 Times in 9,078 Posts	Liberals do not believe in Democracy.

January 31st, 2017, 03:43 PM	#4449
bombermouse Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: In the fog Posts: 3,855 Thanks: 105,658 Thanked 33,499 Times in 3,826 Posts	Did you know democracy is all well and fine until it results in something you don't like?