http://didyouknow.org/onlineshopping/ Stuff worth knowing. Fascinating facts and interesting stories about people, places, and history, with top lists and trivia factoids. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://didyouknow.org/onlineshopping/comment-page-1/#comment-3265 Anonymous Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:45:00 +0000 http://didyouknow.org/info/?p=36#comment-3265 I like the fact about the pig bladders, I guess those people really needed exercise! All in all, love this site and the facts that you don't find elsewhere. I like the fact about the pig bladders, I guess those people really needed exercise! All in all, love this site and the facts that you don’t find elsewhere.

]]> http://didyouknow.org/onlineshopping/comment-page-1/#comment-3258 Anonymous Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:39:00 +0000 http://didyouknow.org/info/?p=36#comment-3258 One sport fact you missed out is that 18% of athletes in endurance sports such as swimming, running, and cycling use steroids like winstrol or anadrol. Also people in certain, physically demanding occupations, like law enforcement, bouncers, or military per-sonnel may use them to build strength and endurance. One sport fact you missed out is that 18% of athletes in endurance sports such as swimming, running, and cycling use steroids like winstrol or anadrol. Also people in certain, physically demanding occupations, like law enforcement, bouncers, or military per-sonnel may use them to build strength and endurance.

]]> http://didyouknow.org/onlineshopping/comment-page-1/#comment-3011 txtface Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:25:00 +0000 http://didyouknow.org/info/?p=36#comment-3011 Truth is, no one knows when the wheel was invented or by whom. There are various references but new archaeological discoveries are made continually and invention dates are adapted accordingly. The guesstimation that the wheel was based on a potters wheel is, well, at this stage just a guest. One thing we know for sure: "the guy who invented the wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three - he was a genius." Truth is, no one knows when the wheel was invented or by whom. There are various references but new archaeological discoveries are made continually and invention dates are adapted accordingly. The guesstimation that the wheel was based on a potters wheel is, well, at this stage just a guest. One thing we know for sure: “the guy who invented the wheel was an idiot. The guy who invented the other three – he was a genius.”

]]> http://didyouknow.org/onlineshopping/comment-page-1/#comment-3005 Vorlauf Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:41:00 +0000 http://didyouknow.org/info/?p=36#comment-3005 The info regarding wheels on this site is incorrect: 1) The wheel was originally invented in Mesopotamia in the 5th millennium BC, originally in the function of potter's wheels. 2) Evidence of wheeled vehicles appears from the mid 4th millennium BC, near-simultaneously in Mesopotamia, the Northern Caucasus and Central Europe. 3) The earliest known depiction of what may be a wheeled vehicle (here a wagon—four wheels, two axles), is on the Bronocice pot, a ca. 3500–3350 BC clay pot excavated in southern Poland. The info regarding wheels on this site is incorrect:
1) The wheel was originally invented in Mesopotamia in the 5th millennium BC, originally in the function of potter’s wheels.
2) Evidence of wheeled vehicles appears from the mid 4th millennium BC, near-simultaneously in Mesopotamia, the Northern Caucasus and Central Europe.
3) The earliest known depiction of what may be a wheeled vehicle (here a wagon—four wheels, two axles), is on the Bronocice pot, a ca. 3500–3350 BC clay pot excavated in southern Poland.

]]> http://didyouknow.org/onlineshopping/comment-page-1/#comment-3002 JKK Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:29:00 +0000 http://didyouknow.org/info/?p=36#comment-3002 Which NFL QB threw 6 TDs in one half of an NFL game after 1940? There has been only one! Which NFL QB threw 6 TDs in one half of an NFL game after 1940? There has been only one!

]]> http://didyouknow.org/onlineshopping/comment-page-1/#comment-2936 txtface Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:55:00 +0000 http://didyouknow.org/info/?p=36#comment-2936 Green Bay Packers - in 1967. See list of Super Bowl champions at http://didyouknow.org/lists/superbowl/ Green Bay Packers – in 1967. See list of Super Bowl champions at http://didyouknow.org/lists/superbowl/

]]> http://didyouknow.org/onlineshopping/comment-page-1/#comment-2935 Anonymous Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:53:00 +0000 http://didyouknow.org/info/?p=36#comment-2935 I disagree, you do get excitement out of fishing, when you catch big fish :) I disagree, you do get excitement out of fishing, when you catch big fish :)

]]> http://didyouknow.org/onlineshopping/comment-page-1/#comment-2886 rubber bracelets Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:01:00 +0000 http://didyouknow.org/info/?p=36#comment-2886 Fishing sport i don't think so, for me fishing sport is boring, Unlike basketball,football and soccer you feel the excitement their. And all the player are wearing wristband. Fishing sport i don’t think so, for me fishing sport is boring, Unlike basketball,football and soccer you feel the excitement their. And all the player are wearing wristband.

]]> http://didyouknow.org/onlineshopping/comment-page-1/#comment-2841 jsl Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:06:00 +0000 http://didyouknow.org/info/?p=36#comment-2841 fear of the quiet could be one fear of the quiet could be one

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