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eightbo
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...that Nike's tick logo is called "The Swoosh"?

I didn't until today :idea:
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Moniac
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And Nike was a Greek goddess.
dt888
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And Adidas is called Adidas because the founder was called Adi Dassler :!:
dt888
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Did you know... if it were possible to capture the energy realised by the sun in just one second, you would have enough to power America for around 9 million years. Love facts like that

Don't worry, I'm here all evening 😀
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jimibt
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did you know, about did you know :) :

https://www.did-you-knows.com/
http://didyouknowblog.com/

etc..
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Kafkaesque
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dt888 wrote:
Fri May 11, 2018 8:40 pm
And Adidas is called Adidas because the founder was called Adi Dassler :!:
And Puma started by his brother....as they went their separat ways after running Adidas together under a different name, which escapes me right now. A lot of bad blood if I remember a documentary, I saw ages ago, correctly. Intriguing story as I cannot at all understand how you can fall out that badly with a siebling. If you never got along in the first place, maybe, but working side by side for years and years, and then boom. Stunning.
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jimibt
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Kafkaesque wrote:
Fri May 11, 2018 11:02 pm
dt888 wrote:
Fri May 11, 2018 8:40 pm
And Adidas is called Adidas because the founder was called Adi Dassler :!:
And Puma started by his brother....as they went their separat ways after running Adidas together under a different name, which escapes me right now. A lot of bad blood if I remember a documentary, I saw ages ago, correctly. Intriguing story as I cannot at all understand how you can fall out that badly with a siebling. If you never got along in the first place, maybe, but working side by side for years and years, and then boom. Stunning.
mr goggle:
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http://content.time.com/time/specials/p ... 89,00.html
eightbo
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Haha great replies guys. I love a bit of useless knowledge

Try putting a mate on the spot with a quick "Random fact. Go." some time and see what they come out with... :lol:
mobius
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No offence intended chaps, but I like telling people they should get an award for their latest achievement......................................
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http://www.darwinawards.com/

The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of
the human genome by honoring those who
accidentally remove themselves from it...
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jimibt
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mobius wrote:
Sun May 13, 2018 8:25 pm
No offence intended chaps, but I like telling people they should get an award for their latest achievement......................................
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http://www.darwinawards.com/

The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of
the human genome by honoring those who
accidentally remove themselves from it...
sadly, i almost qualified for those about 6 weeks ago. was *fixing* my shed roof by placing the ladders against the front apex of the roof. forgetting that gravity is a weird and wonderful force, i leaned across the roof at a 45% degree angle to remove some wooden strapping. of course, the ladders followed suit and i ended up tumbling 8 feet, shoulder 1st into the concrete below. i literally lay there dazed for about (what seemed like) 30-45 seconds, before the pain took hold. I'd crushed a nerve but luckily not broken anything. still in recovery, tho there is a small positive, excluded from odd jobs, even cutting the grass -lol.

i guess my point is, that although maybe not in true Darwin Award style, it just shows how a millisecond of ape-like behaviour can either kill or maim you for want of a bit of grey matter deduction. i know which tree i swing from :D
mobius
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Ouch!! :shock: But you must try much harder to <get> an award. Get well soon. ;)
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while on the subject of sportswear.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_Sportswear
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