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Post up facts and things that hardly anyone knows...... (for entertainment purposes only. NO need to fact check)

The Appalachian Mountains are older than the Atlantic Ocean.​

 
“If a crow is in trouble, his buddies will defend him against the attacker. Btw, they can recognise different faces and if someone who attacked them pass by again, they’ll probably attack on sight.


If you’re being consistently friendly to a crow (by, say, feeding him), he’ll remember and will become your friend. He may even bring you some shiny stuff as a thank you.
 
Kern Dog said:
“If a crow is in trouble, his buddies will defend him against the attacker. Btw, they can recognise different faces and if someone who attacked them pass by again, they’ll probably attack on sight.


If you’re being consistently friendly to a crow (by, say, feeding him), he’ll remember and will become your friend. He may even bring you some shiny stuff as a thank you.
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If you're wrong about this you're going to have to eat crow.
 
Hodaka was a joint Japanese and American company that manufactured motorcycles from 1964 to 1978. Close to 150,000 motorcycles were produced within that time. Prior to 1964 Hodaka made engines for the Yamaguchi motorcycle brand. The worldwide distributor of Hodakas was PABATCO, which stood for Pacific Basin Trading Company. Pabatco was owned by - wait for it - Shell Oil Company from 1965 to 1978. The name Hodaka comes from a mountain near the factory and means "To grow taller…"

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Kern Dog said:
Hodaka was a joint Japanese and American company that manufactured motorcycles from 1964 to 1978. Close to 150,000 motorcycles were produced within that time. Prior to 1964 Hodaka made engines for the Yamaguchi motorcycle brand. The worldwide distributor of Hodakas was PABATCO, which stood for Pacific Basin Trading Company. Pabatco was owned by - wait for it - Shell Oil Company from 1965 to 1978. The name Hodaka comes from a mountain near the factory and means "To grow taller…"

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Man.....
...you really are knowledgeable Greg. :poke:
 
I mentioned this recently. For those who watched the TV show F Troop. The creators named the Indians Hekawi. So, when the troops asked who they were, they replied "We're the Hekawi" ( "where the heck are we" ). They originally wanted to name the tribe "Fakawi". You see where that goes... :lol:
 
Crows? That reminds me:

Mad Hatter: ‘Why is a raven like a writing-desk?’
‘Have you guessed the riddle yet?’ the Hatter said, turning to
Alice again. ‘No, I give it up,’ Alice replied: ‘What’s the answer?’
‘I haven’t the slightest idea,’ said the Hatter.
–Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
 
Ravens differ from crows in several key ways: they are larger, have a wedge-shaped tail when flying, and have a deeper, more croaking call.
 
Once you've read a thesaurus, all other books are just remixes.
 
Besides water, no beverage is consumed by more individuals across the globe than tea.
 
The Dome of the Pantheon, built in ancient Rome, is the world's largest un-reinforced concrete dome.
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In has been in almost continual use since it was re-built by the emperor Hadrian, around 1,900 years ago. The original building on this site was older but had been damaged by fire more than once.
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The building originally had ornate marble facades with a bronze tiled roof, but most of that was stripped away and repurposed centuries ago.

Rome was well versed in concrete, using a mixture of burnt lime and crushed volcanic ash as the cement.

The above was not their only famous domed structure; the Baths of Caracalla are now in ruins, but originally had a dome nearly as large.

The current ruins:
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As they would have looked originally:
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A bit of modern trivia: the original Pennsylvania Station design was inspired by these baths.
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Meanwhile....there are still people living in straw huts in Sub-Saharan Africa.
We are not the same.
 
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Penny auction at foreclosed Michigan farm (1936). At penny auctions farmers would conspire to offer low bids, resulting in a low return to the creditor. The final buyer would then return the property to the destitute farmer. Hangman nooses served as a warning to squirrelly bidders.
This haunting photograph from 1936 captures a penny auction at a foreclosed farm in Michigan, one of the most defiant and ingenious acts of resistance to emerge during the Great Depression. When banks repossessed farms after families could no longer meet their mortgage payments, local communities often took matters into their own hands.
Farmers would gather in large groups and agree beforehand to bid only pennies on each item — from livestock to land — driving the auction prices down to virtually nothing. The final “buyer,” usually a trusted neighbor, would then return the property to the original owner, ensuring the family could remain on their land.
The nooses seen hanging in the background weren’t decorative; they served as chilling warnings to outsiders who might attempt to outbid the crowd. These were not empty threats — solidarity and survival left little room for betrayal.
The penny auctions became powerful symbols of rural unity and defiance. They weren’t just about saving one farm, but about preserving a way of life, one desperate bid at a time.
Added Fact: By 1933, more than 200,000 farms were foreclosed across the Midwest, sparking organized movements like the Farmer’s Holiday Association, which fought to halt foreclosures entirely.
 
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