The "Did you know...?" Game

[Jalynn6]

I did not on account of this..

Did I know who was on what?

He he!

Did you know I do not have television service?  No cable no satellite?

[Izzie Aditi]

I did not!

Did you know it's going to snow where I live?

[JackWhite]

I did know

Did you know that my vacation is over tomorrow?

[Izzie Aditi]

I did not. (People have vacations nowadays?!)

Did you know that reindeers like bananas?

[Shiny]

I did not.

Did you know that reindeer are able to see UV-light?

[Adammair]

I did not.

Did you know that polar bears are invisible to infrared cameras, due to their transparent fur?

[Izzie Aditi]

I did not. That's so awesome!

* Izzie Aditi wants to try this.

Did you know that goldfish can see both ultraviolent and infrared light?

[Adammair]

I did not.

Did you know that goldfish have longer than a 3-second memory?

[Izzie Aditi]

I did not, goldfish are more awesome than I thought!

Did you know macadamia nuts are toxic to dogs?

[Darius]

I did not know that.

Did you know that Scotty from Star Trek ToS does not have a middle finger on his right hand?

[Adammair]

I did not.

Did you know that the phrase "Beam me up, Scotty" was never actually said in the original series?

[NightRabbit]

I did know that.

Did you know that tofu is made from soy?

[Sybl]

I did know that.

Did you know that if you pour straight bleach on the root of poison ivy the whole plant dies, but if you only pour it on the leaves, it just wilts?

[Adammair]

I did not know that. (study poison ivy much, Sybl? )

Did you know that more than half of your typing on a standard qwerty keyboard is done with your left hand?

[DeadCell]

I did not know that but it does make sense.

Did you know the biggest living thing on this planet is a Mushroom.

[Adammair]

I did not know that. Is it some sort of landmark or national attraction? If it's that big it's gotta be, right? I'm not sure I believe that there's a mushroom that's bigger than a whale.

Anyway...

Did you know that the layout of the qwerty keyboard was actually designed to slow down typing, due to the fact that the first typewriters would get jammed up if you typed too quickly?

[DeadCell]

o.o wow I did not know that. Quite intersting and I think now it would be weird to type with the keyboard like ABCDEFG etc etc.

Also, the mushroom is not really that big, but it's roots spread out of 2,200 acre's

Did you know a cat has 32 muscles in each ear

[Sybl]

I did not know that.

Did you know that you can shave a dog bald and barely get a reaction, but shave its tail, and they feel shame?

[Izzie Aditi]

I did not know!
Did you know August has the highest percentage of births?

[DeadCell]

Did you know the calender we use today comes from ancient Rome?


January - Janus - God of Doors - This month opens the year.
February - februo - purify - This was a Roman month of sacrifices and purification.
March - Mars - God of War - Start of year for soldiers (no fighting during winter)
April - aperire - open - This is the month when trees open their leaves.
May - Maia - Goddess of Growth - This is the month when plants really start to grow.
June - Juno - Queen of the Gods
July - Julius Caesar - Ruler of Rome - He reorganised the calendar.
August - Augustus - Ruler of Rome - He thought he was at least as important as Julius Caesar!
September - septem - seven - Seventh month (counting from March)
October - octo - eight - Eighth month (counting from March)
November - novem - nine - Ninth month (counting from March)
December - decem - ten - Tenth month (counting from March)

[Izzie Aditi]

I did!

Did you know the safest car color is white?

[DeadCell]

I did not know that.

Did you know that the colour Red was used by the British Army as a form of comoflage? When they used to have big line battles and a spotter would try to count the front lines, they would often loose count as Red blends together very easily over distance.

[Swordsman18]

No, I did not know that.

Did you know that humans are only able to consume up to 2 pints of blood before the body will naturally expel it through vomiting?

[Sybl]

No I did not know that.    (That's rather gross)

Did you know that scientists can tell the condition of our world from frogs?

[DeadCell]

I did not know that :)

not sure how true this one is
Women smell better than men: Women are better than men at identifying smells.