Fun Fact Friday

[jaye]

Give me your fun facts. They can be about you, the world around us, useless and interesting information, whatever.

Did you know the hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe?

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the "octo-" prefix refers to the eight points on the popular symbol, but the "thorpe" remains a mystery. One theory claims that it comes from the Old English word for "village," based on the idea that the symbol looks like a village surrounded by eight fields!

[kristalund]

Did you know the hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe?


I had no idea! Never even heard that word before.

[Kiana]

Oh wow I had no idea about that either. WOW. That's interesting.

[Kiana]

Hmmm some fun or useless facts for today:
my son is about as responsible as a piece of paper in a fire. rofl

[SweetChar]

Fun. Always learning something new. I didn’t know that about hashtags.

I was looking this up to tell Nathan: A praying mantis lays around 180 eggs. Only about 5 of the babies usually survive.

[jaye]

Hmmm some fun or useless facts for today:
my son is about as responsible as a piece of paper in a fire. rofl

:D

[jaye]

Fun. Always learning something new. I didn’t know that about hashtags.

I was looking this up to tell Nathan: A praying mantis lays around 180 eggs. Only about 5 of the babies usually survive.

oh wow, I never knew that.

I have a friend who is deathly afraid of praying mantis.

[Robin Carlton]

my son is about as responsible as a piece of paper in a fire. rofl

In line with this... my son apparently has enough clothing that he doesn't have to do laundry for a month.

[MamaBee]

In Victorian England... people would say "prunes" when taking a photograph as it would tighten the lips. It wasn't until Kodak came out with their camera for the masses and in the 1920's it became more common to smile for the camera.

[allyanne]

In Victorian England... people would say "prunes" when taking a photograph as it would tighten the lips. It wasn't until Kodak came out with their camera for the masses and in the 1920's it became more common to smile for the camera.

I just tried this--it's like the original duck face for selfies!

[Robin Carlton]

I just tried this--it's like the original duck face for selfies!

OMG! Dying over here. You're right!

[YepBrook]

In line with this... my son apparently has enough clothing that he doesn't have to do laundry for a month.

I realized this was my son's goal too and I regret the last time I bought him some clothes. :D He proudly stated he had enough clean still just the other day when his room was like a literal bomb of dirty laundry!

[allyanne]

I realized this was my son's goal too and I regret the last time I bought him some clothes. :D He proudly stated he had enough clean still just the other day when his room was like a literal bomb of dirty laundry!

Mine does this too. Why are teen boys so gross??

[Kiana]

In line with this... my son apparently has enough clothing that he doesn't have to do laundry for a month.

:huh: roflmaoooooo

[Robin Carlton]

Why are teen boys so gross??

I'm seriously so glad it's not just mine! I'm like... duuuuude... how do you live like this?

[jacinda]

Random fact:
Australia is almost the same size as the United States.

https://i.imgur.com/pr9fRpj.jpg

This blew me away when I found out as although Aussie is big, I never thought it was that big!

https://i.imgur.com/46DjatT.jpg

[JillW]

Here's a fun fact that I'm just not sure I believe - lol ... Froot Loop loops are all the same flavor!

[SweetChar]

Now I'm sitting here saying "Prunes."
:p

[allyanne]

Now I'm sitting here saying "Prunes."
:p

See? You did it too! I think we should all take "prunes" selfies and make a page with them! Prunes challenge! Extra credit if you dress up like a Victorian!

[allyanne]

I'm seriously so glad it's not just mine! I'm like... duuuuude... how do you live like this?

Yaaaasssss.
And sheets. It's so so gross. He doesn't ever want to take them off so I can wash them! I wash mine every single week--sometimes more than once, because I am a hot-flashing middle-aged woman--and he thinks once a month is too much.

[scrappinnewbie]

June 16th is National Fudge Day....

Who knew there is a day dedicated to eating fudge? My family only made and ate fudge during Christmas.

I'll have to pass on indulging in this celebration. The thought of all that crazy sweetness makes me cringe. I do know a few kiddos that would be all about it.

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/National-Fudge-Day-June-16-1.jpg.webp

[MamaBee]

See? You did it too! I think we should all take "prunes" selfies and make a page with them! Prunes challenge! Extra credit if you dress up like a Victorian!

:D :D :D yes!!! That is funny. We should do it!

I wonder why they chose that word… they could have said “soon” or “vacuum”… (was that even invented yet?) I always thought those in pictures looked constipation, maybe that is why they were thinking of prunes.

[MamaBee]

June 16th is National Fudge Day....

Who knew there is a day dedicated to eating fudge? My family only made and ate fudge during Christmas.

I'll have to pass on indulging in this celebration. The thought of all that crazy sweetness makes me cringe. I do know a few kiddos that would be all about it.

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/National-Fudge-Day-June-16-1.jpg.webp



Ooohhh…. I love fudge! Anyone have a good recipe? I like the super creamy kind.

[joelsgirl]

Did you know the hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe?

I did not know that. In my head, I still call it a pound sign. As in, when I see a hashtag, I read it "pound sign scrapbooking." :p

My oldest teenage boy fits all the stereotypes, but Max, who is 15, has a little OCD and goes through more hand soap in his bathroom than the rest of us do in the whole house combined. He keeps his room clean and puts away his dishes. His number one complaint about sharing a room with his big brother for the last year was that Jack farts all the time, and the thing Jack likes best about being on his own now that we're gone is that he can fart whenever he wants. Sometimes I think they choose the things they like/hate just to be the opposite of each other!

[carrie1977]

If you wait long enough to get the oil changed in your car, your husband will eventually take it in himself. :D :D

[tjscraps]

In line with this... my son apparently has enough clothing that he doesn't have to do laundry for a month.

OMG this is my teenager.

[tjscraps]

Your small intestine is the biggest internal organ of your body.

[tjscraps]

I did not know that. In my head, I still call it a pound sign. As in, when I see a hashtag, I read it "pound sign scrapbooking." :p


Where I work we have an automated system that calls people to offer shifts to work. I send out the information to people, and 3 times this past year I've sent out instructions to tell people they need to press "pound" after the number, then had to explain what pound was, and they said - oh, so the hashtag. ;) Makes me feel old lol

[angiekey]

This thread is making me giggle! "Pruuuuuunes..."

I learned a new word this week: contranym. Synonyms are two words with a similar meaning, and antonyms are two words with opposite meanings; contranyms are a single word that has two opposite meanings.

For example: cleave. It can mean to join together (they were cleaved as man and wife) or to separate (they cleaved his head from his body).

Or dust. It can mean to sprinkle with a powder (dusting the cookies with powdered sugar) or removing powder (dusting the shelves).

I'm a total word geek, so learning this made my day!

[nietis]

Now I'm sitting here saying "Prunes."
:p

You are not the only one, Charlene. And here I am giggling like a little girl reading all these comments about prunes :o

[nietis]

contranyms are a single word that has two opposite meanings.

For example: cleave. It can mean to join together (they were cleaved as man and wife) or to separate (they cleaved his head from his body).

Or dust. It can mean to sprinkle with a powder (dusting the cookies with powdered sugar) or removing powder (dusting the shelves).

I'm a total word geek, so learning this made my day!

Ooooo this is so interesting! Thanks for sharing, Angie! :thumbup:

[nietis]

Give me your fun facts. They can be about you, the world around us, useless and interesting information, whatever.

Did you know the hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe?

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the "octo-" prefix refers to the eight points on the popular symbol, but the "thorpe" remains a mystery. One theory claims that it comes from the Old English word for "village," based on the idea that the symbol looks like a village surrounded by eight fields!

When I read it the first time, it made think of it as a dinosaur name :p

[cherrygutz]

omg this is fun!

Well, since I'm binge watching onto Crime Junkie (re-listening) and Cold Case Files, I learned that 'AMBER Alert' came to be for two reasons, in honor of a girl named Amber Hagerman who was abducted in 1996 and also an acronym for America's Missing Broadcasting Emergency Response. I also learned the history of 'Miranda Right' because of Ernesto Miranda. I also learned that there were over 120,000 cases in America and only 1% of those cases were solved.

[StacyLynn]

I did not know that.... never even heard that word before.

[StacyLynn]

Hmmm some fun or useless facts for today:
my son is about as responsible as a piece of paper in a fire. rofl


I totally laughed out loud... Thank goodness I had swallowed my coffee... That was my son as a teen... middle school and high school were sooooo rough... but definitely getting a bit better now.