What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The Saint Paul Saints baseball team's mascot is a pig.  I have no idea why

Pierre ‘Pig’s Eye’ Parrant was one of the first settlers in what is now Saint Paul, Minnesota. The village that grew around his tavern was briefly know as ‘Pig’s Eye’ before the name was changed by a Catholic missionary. The wife of the owner of the team ran across this factlet and decided that the team’s mascot should be a pig.

In Google We Trust

Boru

[arewethereyet]

Post on a Facebook page I recently found on the history of the Outer Banks has a photo of old, old store. It just happened to have been owned by my great, great grandparents. Learning lots of interesting stuff on that page.

A few days ago someone posted a link with pictures of the naval base that used to be there and I thanked them and said my dad helped build that base and I was born there. A lady responded with, "Was Fritz your dad and Brenda your mom?" I said yes and she said she is a friend of one of my aunts and remembers when I was born.

I am going to need to scroll back on that page to see what other interesting stuff I can find.

[brewer]

It's official...the guy at work tries really hard to blame his errors on me.  grrrrr

Baseball bat to kneecap, only option.

[Angrboda]

I learned that the thin, elongated peppers that were on my Chicago dog last night are called sport peppers.

I was shopping for peppers to add to chili and saw them on the shelf. I'm still not sure what they're good for, but I have a slogan, "Monkey see, monkey buy!" So, I had to have them.

[Rev. Rye]

That the Magic Schoolbus reboot is disturbing on a level I would never have expected. Why?

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Their version of Ms. Frizzle is apparently a corprophile. And this isn’t some disgusting fanfic, this is actually fucking canon.



Until today, If I were to list properties that somehow reminded me of Salo, The Magic Schoolbus would have been close to the very bottom. Now, at the very best, it’s in the top percentile. I even tried to make a meme from that episode, but the episode is apparently so cursed that Imgflip won’t even accept the screenshot I found from the official wiki. MANGIA!!

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Thank Jah Netflix had the sense to at least not make the original Ms. Frizzle the star of the show.

Also, manure isn’t the most efficient fertilizer for orchids, so using them as the flower catalyst is strange.

[Angrboda]

The Simpson's has had 32 seasons. I feel old.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

It is with a deep sense of regret that I report that, in August of 1892, a topless sword fight (triggered by a dispute over a floral arrangement) between Princess Pauline and Countess Anastasia, both of Austria, did NOT take place.

I feel so cheated.

Boru

[Fake Messiah]

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Christopher Lee taught Oliver Reed fencing.

Boru

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The Afghanistan war is the only major US military conflict with every American soldier accounted for - no MIAs or unidentified remains. This makes it the only US war (to date) which will not be represented in one of the various 'unknown' tombs.

Boru