Did you Know?

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/hans-langseth

There's something very unusual about this skipping rope. Can you work it out?

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/hansel-and-gretel

Hansel and Gretel is based on a true period of history that will forever change the way you look at a gingerbread house

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/drowned-towns

In order to supply water to New York City, dozens of towns were drowned. The displaced residents were often left with a chilling task before they were forced to move away

-VR

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/jumbo-the-elephant

The celebrity elephant of the 19th century, whose keeper found a shocking way to keep him calm

-VR

@very-rusty said
https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/hans-langseth

There's something very unusual about this skipping rope. Can you work it out?

-VR

@drewnogal said
Ha! It is made from the old gent’s plaited beard. You can see it is thicker and darker at the far end 😀

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210815-an-immense-mystery-older-than-stonehenge

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/beauty-tips-of-old

The shocking truth behind the ornate wigs of the 18th century. Why did women wear cages around them?

-VR

Did you know this thread will be ongoing with useless crap until rusty pops his clogs? Of course you did.

@trev33 said
Did you know this thread will be ongoing with useless crap until rusty pops his clogs? Of course you did.

@rookie54 said
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210815-an-immense-mystery-older-than-stonehenge

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE MILKY WAY IS BROKEN?

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/astronomers-find-a-break-in-one-of-the-milky-way-s-spiral-arms

i sure as heck ain't gonna fix it
gummit overreach
want me to "repair" a galaxy
pfffft

https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/alaskan-wilderness

At age 51, this man set off on an incredible 30 year adventure in the wilderness. How would you fare?

-VR

@very-rusty said
https://www.didyouknowdaily.com/story/alaskan-wilderness

At age 51, this man set off on an incredible 30 year adventure in the wilderness. How would you fare?

-VR