Things that I don't know but I should know

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re the island not tipping over (lol so cute PP)
the dictionary says: a tract of land completely surrounded by water and my geography professor would say that anything completely surrounded by water is a floating poop. the island is surrounded by water in all but 2 sides - the upside and the downside since they emerge from the bottom o the ocean/river

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Anonymous wrote:re the island not tipping over (lol so cute PP)
the dictionary says: a tract of land completely surrounded by water and my geography professor would say that anything completely surrounded by water is a floating poop. the island is surrounded by water in all but 2 sides - the upside and the downside since they emerge from the bottom o the ocean/river

a few images to help you to understand...

[Anonymous]

Why pennies continue to be part of our currency. Why not change prices so they become unnecessary?

How a dehumidifier works.

How to respond when someone says "what do you say?" as a greeting.

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I'd recommend "Don't know much about history" for those who have history questions - I think the author is Alan Davis. The Bill Bryson book is great for the science stuff. I think a lot of us learned a lot of these things in school, but when you don't use something EVER again, your brain forgets it in favor of more important stuff. I work in Finance, and I use certain mathmatical concepts all the time (algebra) and other concepts almost never (geometry of circles) so I never remember things like how to calculate the area of a circle, because who the hell cares?

For the person who wants to learn the rules of football, there are some great books out there; a book is how I learned. It's shallow but useful knowledge for anyone who's felt like an idiot watching the game with people who live/breathe the game. (My friend Amy used to use the same sentence whenever she felt lost in a football conversation: "Well you know, free agency changed everything.")

To another PP - my friend and I used to joke that all roads in Virginia lead to the Pentagon, because every time we tried to go anywhere our first year in VA, that's where we ended up. Or the airport. I can't count how many times we drove through the airport just so that we could follow the signs to wherever we actually needed to go. (which wasn't a foolproof plan, either.)

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Anonymous wrote:When it stays on topic, this is one of the best threads ever! More things I should know, but just don't:

.How the internet works. Ummmm...Al Gore invented it??? (lol, I have no idea! I'm just glad it does!)

.The difference between socialism and communism. I'm still not sure and my dad has explained it to me over and over!

.Whatever happened to the hole in the ozone layer -- is this still a problem? I seem to remember it being THE big environmental issue in the '80s. It's still a huge issue. It has grown quite a bit. The only reason that people may not really be talking about it is because there are so many other environmental issues that are occurring. It's like the hole in the ozone layer is flying in under the radar.
.And speaking of the '80s -- why was Central America so turbulent then? Has the situation actually gotten better or did it just fall off of our collective radar?

That's another question that is a toughie. I have no clue!

Best. Thread. Ever

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Ohhh! Me, me.

Can someone explain why Israel was formed where it was? I get that after WWII, it was decided (by who?) that the Jews needed a place to live -- how was it decided that *that* piece of land would be Israel? Who owned it at the time? (The British?) Why did it seem okay to take the land away from the Palestinians who lived there at the time? I've always thought it would have made more sense to take a piece of Germany away and create Israel there. Either way you'd have a country that was hated by its neighbors.

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Anonymous wrote:Ohhh! Me, me.

Can someone explain why Israel was formed where it was? I get that after WWII, it was decided (by who?) that the Jews needed a place to live -- how was it decided that *that* piece of land would be Israel? Who owned it at the time? (The British?) Why did it seem okay to take the land away from the Palestinians who lived there at the time? I've always thought it would have made more sense to take a piece of Germany away and create Israel there. Either way you'd have a country that was hated by its neighbors.

i learned that in sunday school..
the jews lived there from the beginning and they were kicked out in the diaspora... so they were RETURNED to where they always belonged...

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Anonymous wrote:i am 33 years old and cannot tie my shoes. i still do bunny ears.

Dont feel bad. I'm 31 and still do it a really silly way. I manage to pull one side of the loop through the knot, then I just kind of poke the other end in. My husband watched me one day and then told me he'd be more than happy to teach the kids how to tie their shoes when the time comes.