Did you Know???

[Bob]

Did you know seaturtles can make videos?

[lostinidlewonder]

- Did you know that some people can sing very low notes? Here are some examples.

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f8b_1274367332


- Did you know that this company might have changed the name of their product if they could have seen into time just a little further.

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=da9_1274030650

[lostinidlewonder]

- Did you know that on 23 May 2010 a man and woman had an "incredible" and "mind-boggling" escape when their sports car fell 270ft (82m) down a ravine in Powys, UK? The pair managed to free themselves from their wreckage.



https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/wales/mid_wales/10144148.stm

[lostinidlewonder]

- Did you know that Raymond Crowe from Australia is known around the world for his hand shadow puppetry?

[liordavid]

-Did you know that the sentence "The quick fox jumps over the lazy brown dog." uses all the letters of the alphabet?

no offense but there are many sentences like that. I can think of one off the top of my head. For example, Apples, bananas, cucumbers dried edible for guilty hoaxes is jellied king-sized lumpy manipulative neurotically overselling plastic-quilt-wrapped raised stereo-phonically transformed into way very zestfully shipped boxes.         

[lostinidlewonder]

Yeah but your example is complicated

[qoogla_55]

[lostinidlewonder]

- Did you know that the piano can be played this way? This group was first introduced to my by furtwaengler and I thought I would share it with the rest of you via youtube videos links

[pianisten1989]

Did you know that the bird is the word?

[thalbergmad]

- Did you know that Raymond Crowe from Australia is known around the world for his hand shadow puppetry?

Also well known are some other Australian puppeteers who use something else other than the hand.

Thal

[lostinidlewonder]

Did you know that the bird is the word?

lol!

[lostinidlewonder]

Also well known are some other Australian puppeteers who use something else other than the hand.

Thal

I wonder how those guys would have measured up against this!

[Bob]

I liked that hat on that one horse.  

[lostinidlewonder]

- Did you know that there is a fungus that could possibly produce fuel for our future? It is the only organism in the world known to "breath" hydrocarbons.

https://www.gmagazine.com.au/news/398/rainforest-fungus-can-make-biodiesel

[lostinidlewonder]

- Did you know that there is a piece of music that has been playing for over 10 years by a computer. To complete the entire piece will take 1,000 years. I listened to this music for a small moment and it was quite a wild experience, to realize you are only listening to a small section of a thousand year long piece. It does loop but every time you tend to listen to something new, a real spiritual experience!

Longplayer has been playing since 1999 and will continue to play till 2999.

Here is the website:
https://longplayer.org/

Here is a video:
https://vimeo.com/6682614

[birba]

I'm usually not one for these guiness book of records feats.  But this is special.  Wish I could participate.  Thankx for posting.

[lostinidlewonder]

- Did you know that I started teaching a student who is a distant cousin of Claudio Arrau? She's pretty good at the piano too!

[liordavid]

- Did you know that there is a piece of music that has been playing for over 10 years by a computer. To complete the entire piece will take 1,000 years. I listened to this music for a small moment and it was quite a wild experience, to realize you are only listening to a small section of a thousand year long piece. It does loop but every time you tend to listen to something new, a real spiritual experience!

Longplayer has been playing since 1999 and will continue to play till 2999.

Here is the website:
https://longplayer.org/

Here is a video:
https://vimeo.com/6682614

wouldn't it take even longer to compose?

[lostinidlewonder]

Not really since it is not composed note for note but altered every time through a mathematical system. If you check the website and click the WHAT link it will explain. Here's an extract:

Longplayer was developed and composed by Jem Finer between October 1995 and December 1999, with the support and collaboration of Artangel. .... A full account of Longplayer's development can be found in the 2003 book Longplayer, published by Artangel, London.

Longplayer is composed in such a way that the character of its music changes from day to day and – though it is beyond the reach of any one person’s experience – from century to century. It works in a way somewhat akin to a system of planets, which are aligned only once every thousand years, and whose orbits meanwhile move in and out of phase with each other in constantly shifting configurations. In a similar way, Longplayer is predetermined from beginning to end – its movements are calculable, but are occurring on a scale so vast as to be all but unknowable.

Longplayer’s composition uses a minimum amount of information and material to create the maximum amount of variety, in terms of both sound and form. While it is a system-based composition, it is made out of very expansive and resonant musical material, which in itself is not ‘systematic’ sounding. This material (the ‘source music’) is played on Tibetan singing bowls, which possess a simple but harmonically rich sound, and a quality which is at once both physical and ethereal. A simple form of synthesis arises from the interactions of these instruments’ waveforms, with the consequence that while Longplayer’s score is deterministic, its music at any given time is unpredictable.

[Bob]

zebra + donkey = zedonk

https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100728/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_newborn_zedonk;_ylt=AjlBdb7zOyPJQkdW6DCmZnHtiBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtc2Rhb3R2BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNzI4L3VzX29kZF9uZXdib3JuX3plZG9uawRjcG9zAzEEcG9zAzIEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDemVkb25raHlicmlk





*Bob double checks that his zebras and donkeys are locked up and kept separate.*

*Bob double checks the spelling of donkeys.*

[Bob]

https://www.funnyordie.com/videos/7115261225/snake-game-on-college-dorm-from-that-happened

They must have hooked the lights up to a computer somehow.  I thought it was edited at first.

[littletune]

Well did you know some kids are very very tall  (I found some videos on youtube cause I really wanted to know how tall are the tallest kids ) and now I started feeling kinda small   

[lostinidlewonder]

- Did you know that this girl who has autism is amazing? A real eye opener for those who do not know much about autism.

[go12_3]

- Did you know that this girl who has autism is amazing? A real eye opener for those who do not know much about autism.

I do know about autism; I taught a student, Justin,  of 9 years old and he played quite well.  What he did was read the whole page from top to bottom of a new piece and then plays it.  He did have extensive therapy since he was 3 years old.  He attended regular school and classes. Justin had an impeccable technique and loved playing the piano very much.  Some of the pieces brought him much joy and smiles.  I regret to say that he had to quit lessons because of too many school activities, which is sad...he needed to enjoy learning the music that he grew to love and enjoy.  I hope that Justin will continue to play piano because I know how music truly touched his life for the better. 

[Bob]

Did you know dogs can be surgeons?

It's a little gross but kind of interesting.  Interesting in the way animals can sense earthquakes and that cat that detects cancer in people.  Same idea here.

https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100804/us_nm/us_dog;_ylt=AtE.Xwg7KfUrEOdos2Cp.IsDW7oF;_ylu=X3oDMTJicWozNGltBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAwODA0L3VzX2RvZwRwb3MDOQRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA2RvZ2NoZXdzb2ZmbQ--

[wert718]

Very interesting.

[Bob]

Did you know...

Snails are hermaphrodites.  Both male and female.  At the same time.

https://www.somers.k12.ny.us/sis/main/sis/research/gr.3research/snails/snailquestions.html


That means they can't actually get married as you so often see snails doing... or could they?  I don't think there are any laws against that for snails.  That just puts a different spin on Mr. Snail.

[thalbergmad]

Snails are hermaphrodites. 

I think my next door nieghbour is one of those as well.

I have seen him mowing the lawn and doing the dishes.

Thal

[ahinton]

I think my next door nieghbour is one of those as well.

Which? - a snail or a hermaphrodite? Just curious - I mean, one kever knows in Gravesend, does one?!...

Best,

Alistair

[birba]

Did you know...

Snails are hermaphrodites.  Both male and female.  At the same time.

https://www.somers.k12.ny.us/sis/main/sis/research/gr.3research/snails/snailquestions.html


That means they can't actually get married as you so often see snails doing... or could they?  I don't think there are any laws against that for snails.  That just puts a different spin on Mr. Snail.

I'm just curious.  Where did you get this snail fetish from?  Where I live we get really big ones at times and I always watch my step because it kills me (as well as them) when I step on them.  I love their big "antennae" when they're "walking".

[littletune]

Did you know...

Snails are hermaphrodites.  Both male and female.  At the same time.

https://www.somers.k12.ny.us/sis/main/sis/research/gr.3research/snails/snailquestions.html


That means they can't actually get married as you so often see snails doing... or could they?  I don't think there are any laws against that for snails.  That just puts a different spin on Mr. Snail.

Well I kinda knew that... we learned that at school  but well I'm not sure if all sorts of snails are like that  so I thought maybe this ones from pianostreet are just male or just female... well but it doesn't really matter that much... I mean if they are both male and female at the same time they can still get married of course! It just means they can get married to anyone they want cause they're all the same anyway   

[Bob]

I'm just curious.  Where did you get this snail fetish from?  Where I live we get really big ones at times and I always watch my step because it kills me (as well as them) when I step on them.  I love their big "antennae" when they're "walking".

It's an easy little character.  I found the first snail post -- Oct 8, 2004, "Snail Race!"

I'm only a fan of the emoticon snails.  Real snails are gross, esp the big ones.

[birba]

I'm going to try it.

              /                       For some reason that doesn't look right.
          _@

[birba]

_@/  YES!

[littletune]

_@/  YES!

cool! and you have 1000 posts or maybe 1001 already 

[birba]

I can't believe it.  1001!   
In a way, this is SOOOOOO depressing...

[birba]

8 days, 14 hours, 56 minutes...
That's 206 hours.  OMG.  I could have learnt the whole romeo and juliet suite by now...

[littletune]

Well you better not look at how much time I have already spent on Pianostreet    and I've joined Pianostreet less than 1 year ago!    But I have learned really a lot form Pianostreet and besides it makes me feel happy     

[Bob]

I wonder how accurate that is.  If you leave the forum window open, how long is it still thinking you're online when you're not? 

[birba]

That would be true, except I sign in and sign off after every look.

[Bob]

Did you know....

Somewhere the girl with the two digits on each hand is cursing this guy out.

https://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/realityrocks/385927/armless-pianist-liu-wei-defies-odds-on-chinas-got-talent/


*Bob wonders how his octaves are.*    And if he practiced too much, he might not be able to walk away from the piano.

Hmm.  I thought it would be more impressive.  They don't show his feet a whole lot, but I think he's using his big toes a lot.  Balance would be tough too if he doesn't have anything to balance his heel on to steady himself.   Maybe he's using big toe and pinkie toes -- just four digits that way.  Interesting, but not quite as virtuosic as iI thought it would be.  I don't think I would want to play on that keyboard after that guy had his feet on it. 

[birba]

That was wonderful.  Sure,  it was hyped up to play on your feelings, blah blah.  But when he said you have a choice:  go die quickly, or accomplish something,  it really hit hard.
What a man.

[lostinidlewonder]

Very good feet playing, he should be playing the pipe organ though like in this past post.

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=33636.msg423500#msg423500

They should really design something so people without arms or a hand can play the piano, perhaps it would be cool if they could play single lines, record them on a digital and then play in layers like that. Thats what I would do if I lost my arms.

[lostinidlewonder]

- Did you know that the guitar can be played this way? Very clever synchronization.

Mozart would've approved I'm sure.

[birba]

Yes, I saw it in concert once.  A unique four-handed duet. 

[lostinidlewonder]

- Did you know that in Brazil they discover a new species of flower every couple of days? From the end of 1990 to the beginning of the year 2006, 2.875 new species of angiosperms, varying from herbs to trees were discovered, averaging 170 descriptions per year. Yet for example only 7% of the original Mata Atlantica area forest remains. I have always wondered if we are going to or have already lost the cure for cancer or other incurable diseases that could be simply found in some of these plants.
https://knol.google.com/k/vivian-amy-haynes/brazil-discovers-new-species-of-flowers/2cw3pcn8y9h5v/2#


Here is a slideshow of some interesting new animals/plant documentations for this year. No 7 is mildly amusing
https://www.treehugger.com/galleries/2010/05/top-ten-new-species-2010-psychedelic-frogfish-dracula-minnow.php


This newly discovered dune spider scares me.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100111102534.htm



- Did you know that there are only 2 mammals in the world that lay eggs? The platypus and the echidna. Mammals that lay eggs are called Monotremes.

The platypus has got to be one of the strangest animals in the world, as an Australian I have grown up knowing about them but when anyone looks at them closer they soon discover that nature has gone crazy! They have genes of a bird (lay eggs) mammal (milk for young) and reptiles (poison spur).

When the first platypus specimens were brought to England from Australia in the 18th century, most of the naturalists who looked at them thought they were some kind of fake. People suspected that a taxidermist had gotten creative and sewn the bill of a duck on some sort of beaver-like creature and added webbed feet for a joke.


The platypus is the only animal in the world to have a bill, webbed feet, fur and lays eggs. Platypus like to live in the deep water of creeks, so they can't be seen. They don't like to have their eyes open underwater. The platypus has a number of unique body parts. They have a spur which is full of poison on their hind leg (being only one of six mammals in our world that can produce poison but the only one that delivers it without a bite).

Platypus Is Even More Strange Than It Looks
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90228565

[lostinidlewonder]

- Did you know that there is an evil scale? Columbia University professor Michael Stone devised his own 22 point system of evil rating.

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129175964

[thalbergmad]

- Did you know that in Brazil they discover a new species of flower every couple of days? 

Regretully, that number might be exceeded by the number of species that become extinct before being discovered.

Thal

[lostinidlewonder]

Regretully, that number might be exceeded by the number of species that become extinct before being discovered.

It is rather depressing and to imagine it has happened only in the last hundred or so years There is a natural rate of extinction it is a natural process but with us humans everything around us tends to become extinct a lot faster. I wonder what that says about what we are at our core.

[lostinidlewonder]

- Did you know that there is a *nom nom* cat?

https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=560_1260022037