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Barns are red because of mold. 18th century American farmers prevented mold growth by covering their barns with a mixture of milk, lime, iron, and rust, which turned the wood red. Once mass-produced paint became available, red was not only a familiar color, it was also the least expensive. It’s still the cheapest today, so red barns continue to be a popular, affordable tradition.

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Every day is a gift- cherish it!

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need."

The infamous "38th Parallel" that divides the two Koreas is the same latitude as that of Richmond Virginia. So its only a little south of America's "Mason-Dixon" line between north and south. Lol!

walkaround stumled on this, short story, http://www.siliconvalleyhistorical.org/ ... s-history/

and some fish too

http://www.computerhistory.org/siliconengine/timeline/

Queen Ants can live to be 30 years old.

The oldest cat ever lived to be 38 years old.

Germany's Autobahn is actually much safer than the US Interstate!

-LegoMaster2149 (Written on September 15, 2017)

Balthy Bratt's English robot buddy, Clive, is named for Clive Sinclair and modelled on ROB.

Bill Murray was a pre-med student until he got busted for pot on his 20th birthday. While waiting to board a plane in Chicago on September 21, 1970, he jokingly told another passenger he had bombs in his bag. A ticket agent overheard him, US Marshals searched his luggage and found $20k worth (10 lbs) of weed, he was put on 5 years probation, and, in a flash, his college career was over… so he became an actor instead.

Happy Birthday, Bill Murray!

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The Canadian Football League - What We're Made Of

Feel free to talk to me, if you wish.

Every day is a gift- cherish it!

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need."

Ketchup used to be sold in pharmacies as medicine.

Buster Poindexter, of Hot Hot Hot fame, was really David Johansen of the New York Dolls. He used a pseudonym as he didn't want to be known just for that one song.

The U.S.S. Cyclops was a big freighter, and coaling ship of the US Navy that became a celebrated mystery when it vanished in the Devil's Triangle en route from Brazil to the Baltimore in 1921.

Just learned an interesting little fact. That the Cyclops was a sister ship to the U.S.S. Langley, the U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier. Originally build to the same blueprint as the Cyclops as a cargo ship and collier the Langley was converted to an aircraft carrier. They put a flight deck on it and converted its cargo spaces to plane hangers. Basically experimental the Langley was used in the twenties to work out the basics of how to do aviation at sea from a ship (how to catapault, and how to set up arresting hooks, etc). The Langley was superceded by bigger faster aircraft carriers in the later Twenties, and was repurposed as a seaplane tender. And that was its role in the Pacific War.

Salt was once used as currency.

People used to throw salt over their left shoulder when they spilled it. Why? Because they believed that
1. The reason you spilled it was because the devil pushed you.
2. The devil hung out around your left shoulder
3. If you through the salt you spilled over your left shoulder it would blind the devil and he would leave you alone.

Salt is still used in Shinto purification rituals, including before sumo matches.