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WELCOME TO PAGE 768 - AN ODE TO TOM !!
Over 70% of people would reveal their passwords for chocolate.
In a 2004 study, 71% of office workers stopped on the street agreed to give up their computer passwords for a chocolate bar. Who could blame them?
A Boeing 747 airliner is made of over 6,000,000 separate parts.
The Boeing 747-8 is known as the world’s longest aircraft. It takes four months to finish building.
The word "testify" is based on… testes?
The term “testify” is said to be rooted in the Ancient Roman custom of making men swear on their testicles in court. However, there is no written confirmation that this is the case. Instead, people may have taken the Latin word testis out of context: it can mean testes, but also translates to witness. You decide which one makes more sense.
“Pants” used to be a dirty word.
Shortened from pantaloons, “pants” was considered vulgar by some language commentators. In Ambrose Bierce’s 1909 book Write It Right, he wrote the following on using the term “pants” for trousers: “Abbreviated from pantaloons, which are no longer worn. Vulgar exceedingly.”
Palindromes are the most difficult kind of phrase to form.
According to language experts, the hardest phrase to create is a palindrome: a sentence or group of sentences that are the same when reading forward or backward. Examples include:
01 A man, a plan, a canal – Panama
02 Madam, I’m Adam
03 Never odd or even
The oceans contain 200,000 different kinds of viruses.
Dive deep into this next fun fact: Marine viruses have been found in the ocean from the surface down to 4,000m deep and from the North to the South Pole. Most of these viruses are harmless to humans. However, they can infect marine life such as whales and crustaceans.
The tallest tower of cupcakes ever made is over 35 feet.
On Sep 23, 2017, Cupcakes of Hope (ZAF) built a tower of cupcakes standing at 35 ft 4” (10.77 m) tall in Vereeniging, South Africa.
The biggest grill out of all time had 394 people grilling meat.
On August 19th, 2017, the Yuca Expoeventos (MEX) gathered 394 barbecuers to a grill out at the Plaza de la Mexicanidad in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.
The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
According to a 2016 U.K. study, the most common activity while waiting at a red is adjusting the stereo (59%). More than a third of people adjust the air-conditioner (38%) and a similar number eat a snack (36%).
A single lightning bolt has enough energy to toast 100,000 slices of bread.
One typical lightning strike could power a 1000 Watt, 2-slice toaster for 84,000 minutes. During this time, you could make around 100,000 slices of toast.
Apparently, saying "Wow, you've grown since I last saw you" isn't deemed socially acceptable when said to adults.
You know you're over seventy when your chiropractor sends you birthday cards.
The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Finland. Now Santa Claus is missing.
It's so cold outside, I actually saw a gangster pull his pants up.
Had a good amount of sleep. You guys are awesome. 1K odd comments more and we cross the BF thread.
Does it bother you when a show that you love is abruptly cancelled by the network, for bogus reasons? Well, we've all been there. Recently had a similar experience with the Stephen Amell-starrer Heels. Anyways, here are some shows that were either cancelled or ended in 2023.
CANCELLED OR ENDED TV SHOWS 2023
1899 (Netflix)
Premiered on: November 17, 2022
Canceled after 1 season.
CANCELLED OR ENDED TV SHOWS 2023
Inside Job (Netflix)
Premiered on: October 22, 2021
Canceled after 1 season.
CANCELLED OR ENDED TV SHOWS 2023
Uncoupled (Netflix)
Premiered on: July 29, 2022
Canceled after 1 season.
CANCELLED OR ENDED TV SHOWS 2023
Dead End: Paranormal Park (Netflix)
Premiered on: June 16, 2022
Canceled after 2 seasons.
CANCELLED OR ENDED TV SHOWS 2023
Vampire Academy (Peacock)
Premiered on: September 15, 2022
Canceled after 1 season.
CANCELLED OR ENDED TV SHOWS 2023
One of Us is Lying (Peacock)
Premiered on: October 7, 2021
Canceled after 2 seasons.
CANCELLED OR ENDED TV SHOWS 2023
Astrid & Lilly Save the World (Syfy)
Premiered on: January 26, 2022
Canceled after 1 season.
CANCELLED OR ENDED TV SHOWS 2023
61st Street (AMC)
Premiered on: April 10, 2022
Canceled after 1 season.
A second season was filmed and will not air.
@noob404 you can take it from here, I'm going to spend some time with the wife.
Have a good one.
CANCELLED OR ENDED TV SHOWS 2023
Pantheon (AMC+)
Premiered on: September 1, 2022
Canceled after 1 season.
CANCELLED OR ENDED TV SHOWS 2023
The Mosquito Coast (Apple TV+)
Premiered on: April 30, 2021
Canceled after 2 seasons.