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Offline Bob

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Re: Did you Know???
Reply #350 on: April 12, 2011, 11:21:45 PM
Not so much a 'did you know' but on par with the thread.

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Reply #351 on: April 13, 2011, 03:45:23 AM
Favorite new teacher quote -- "You found the only possible wrong answer."

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Reply #352 on: April 13, 2011, 05:19:09 AM
There's a lot behind the theory of practising with your eyes closed...

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Re: Did you Know???
Reply #353 on: April 13, 2011, 05:21:35 AM
https://www.benunderwood.com/

Religious elements aside, he is an incredible person. there are also mini documentaries on youtube of him playing basketball and psp and stuff.

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Reply #354 on: April 14, 2011, 02:41:22 AM
https://www.benunderwood.com/

Religious elements aside, he is an incredible person. there are also mini documentaries on youtube of him playing basketball and psp and stuff.

I posted that doco in this thread a while back, he has passed away.


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Reply #355 on: April 14, 2011, 12:24:28 PM
- Did you know that people from all over the internet posted themselves singing this one song and then they where all edited to fit together into this wonderful masterpiece?

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Reply #356 on: April 14, 2011, 02:51:59 PM
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Re: Did you Know???
Reply #357 on: April 16, 2011, 03:08:30 AM
I'd still rather eat bananas ;D

Today I found out that bananas taste good with hummus and pita bread o.o :)
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Reply #358 on: April 16, 2011, 04:02:39 AM
*Bob shakes head*  Did you know... Some mistakes can go unnoticed for awhile?

I thought this thing looked a little off.




https://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110415/us_yblog_thelookout/post-office-uses-vegas-liberty-statue-for-stamp-by-accident




The real one, as far as I can tell....

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Reply #359 on: April 16, 2011, 05:03:55 AM
Yeah, she looks really smug in the first shot.

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If this work is so threatening, it is not because it's simply strange, but competent, rigorously argued and carrying conviction.

-Jacques Derrida


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Reply #363 on: April 19, 2011, 04:16:37 AM
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for the people that were laughing at the idea of playing the piano with your feet.

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Reply #364 on: April 21, 2011, 12:13:47 AM
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Reply #365 on: April 22, 2011, 02:05:45 PM
- Did you know that this is how a professional game of foosball is played? Talk about wrist technique!

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Reply #366 on: April 27, 2011, 03:19:19 PM
- Did you know that being a concert pianist in the 21st century is this easy?

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Reply #368 on: May 20, 2011, 06:01:18 AM
- Did you know that this is some mean accordion playing! So many small little buttons it makes the mind boggle how he does it! He has many other videos, a real virtuoso!


This also blew my socks off.

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Reply #369 on: May 20, 2011, 09:16:31 AM
- Did you know that this is hilarious?!
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Reply #370 on: May 20, 2011, 04:26:00 PM
That is really awesome!  The soprano has the funniest expression when he gives her the look  :D
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Reply #371 on: May 21, 2011, 05:59:20 AM



 ;D  8)

This must have taken an eternity to rehearse!!!  :o

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Reply #372 on: May 21, 2011, 08:48:50 PM



 ;D  8)

This must have taken an eternity to rehearse!!!  :o

those guys are great
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Reply #373 on: May 22, 2011, 01:45:03 PM
- Did you know that there are some plants that are over 1000 years old?

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Reply #374 on: May 24, 2011, 06:34:16 AM
- Did you know elephants like piano?  ;D
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Reply #375 on: May 24, 2011, 06:58:11 AM
- Did you know that the Flight of the Bumble Bee could be played this way?

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Reply #376 on: May 26, 2011, 07:29:58 AM
Did you know that Bach played near a Bach can sound quite interesting and natural?



Those tremoli crack me up  ;D

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Reply #377 on: May 27, 2011, 12:25:54 PM
- Did you know that this is a lot of ducks?

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Reply #378 on: May 27, 2011, 12:48:40 PM
--Did you know that you can open your garage from your mobile phone if the other speaker presses the "open" botton at the other side of the line?
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Reply #379 on: May 27, 2011, 01:49:07 PM
Did you know the Americans spent a few million dollars to make a ballpen that wrote in weightlesness, and that the Russians used a pencil?
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Reply #380 on: May 28, 2011, 03:05:56 AM
Did you know they found the missing mass in the universe?

https://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/4358/aussie-student-find-missing-mass


I'm still not sure what filaments are.  Maybe ropes of matter through the universe.
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Reply #381 on: May 28, 2011, 03:11:35 AM
- Did you know that this is a lot of ducks?



That is a lot of ducks.  Haha.

It's like a duck drive.  (Like a cattle drive.)

Maybe there's a reason, but... It never dawns on any of them that there's another mode of transportation available?
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Reply #382 on: May 28, 2011, 06:29:22 AM
actually it means "health," with the implied meaning "to your health."  some germans will say "schoenheit" instead, which means "beauty," and hopefully I don't have to explain the rest of the joke.  :)

did you know...a million seconds is about 10 days, but a billion seconds is about 33 years?

did you know:
One Trillion Seconds = 31,688 Years, 269 Days, 1 Hour, 46 Minutes, 40 Seconds

Read more: https://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_years_is_1_trillion_seconds#ixzz1Ncs6pXic

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Reply #383 on: June 02, 2011, 04:09:54 PM
- Did you know that this is one good reason not to swim with bears?

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Reply #384 on: June 03, 2011, 06:19:04 PM
Did you know that Wikipedia also exists in Latin?

https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagina_prima

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Reply #385 on: June 04, 2011, 12:50:24 AM
Favorite new teacher quote -- "You found the only possible wrong answer."

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Reply #386 on: June 09, 2011, 02:00:58 AM
- Did you know that this takes crowd surfing to a new level?


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Reply #387 on: June 18, 2011, 04:25:30 PM
- Did you know you could pick things up and put them back down like this?

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Reply #388 on: June 19, 2011, 08:25:08 PM
- Did you know that this takes crowd surfing to a new level?




Seems strange after the tsunami.


And with the polar bear video.  Or you would think some little kid would pee in that pool.
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Reply #389 on: June 22, 2011, 04:26:27 AM
- Did you know that birds can play guitar? Here are an example of Finches :)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/willgompertz/2010/02/40_wild_birds_play_a_gibson_le.html
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Reply #390 on: June 22, 2011, 04:35:49 AM
Bob posted a while back a sea turtle making a video.

-Did you know that an octopus can also make videos? :)

https://www.mustwatchvideos.com/video/octopus-steals-video-camera-to-make-short-video-film
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Reply #391 on: June 23, 2011, 07:56:46 AM
Did you know that Wikipedia also exists in Latin?

https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagina_prima

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Reply #392 on: June 23, 2011, 08:16:33 AM

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Reply #393 on: June 23, 2011, 12:31:32 PM
- Did you know this guy is both funny and musical? :)

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Reply #394 on: June 25, 2011, 12:00:38 AM








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Reply #395 on: June 25, 2011, 12:14:20 AM




Favorite new teacher quote -- "You found the only possible wrong answer."

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Reply #396 on: June 30, 2011, 04:04:13 AM
- Did you know that this young man's life a real inspiration? His father is such an amazing person.

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Reply #397 on: June 30, 2011, 11:09:01 AM
It must be a day for inspirational stories.

- Did you know that this man took a chance and it paid off tremendously?

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Reply #398 on: July 02, 2011, 05:48:26 AM
- Did you know there are many ways of perceiving the world? Perception ideas from a quite famous savant. I believe this connects strongly with to how we play and feel music with emotion.

https://www.dump.com/2011/06/24/different-ways-of-knowing-video/
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Reply #399 on: July 03, 2011, 10:29:05 PM
Did you know that Sergio " Marvelous" Martinez ,is the best boxer in the world and is from my country, Argentina ?
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