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Post by Riddick » 06-05-2015 01:52 PM

WWLTW for Friday 6/5/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • Your brain will never be full.

    An Olympic cyclist can barely power a toaster.

    It's pretty easy to make an untraceable assault rifle.

    A red-hot nickel ball is no match for a hockey puck.

    Someone is murdering hundreds of thousands of chickens.
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Post by Riddick » 06-13-2015 12:29 AM

WWLTW for Friday 6/12/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • Satanic art peaked in the 18th century.

    Instagram has many beautiful mules.

    You can make any cut of steak with meat glue.

    The best professional gamer in the world has no future.

    Laser rifles are real.
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Post by Riddick » 06-19-2015 04:41 PM

WWLTW for Friday 6/19/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • Organ meat is tasty and good and you should eat it.

    Heavy Metal will never die, nor will it ever be popular.

    Your brain does not suck at passwords.

    The humble hockey puck is almost indestructable.

    Teens have lost faith in the American Dream.
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Post by Riddick » 06-26-2015 05:13 PM

WWLTW for Friday 6/26/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • People love pretending they're at work.

    The Internet is where unsolved crimes go to ferment.

    The key to happiness is in your poop.

    High quality salt comes from the sea.

    It's not easy being a famous tree.
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Post by Riddick » 07-10-2015 05:18 AM

WWLTW for Friday 7/10/2015

Among other things we learned...
  • Nancy Drew video games have a diehard following.

    We're all made up of millions of tiny machines.

    Google's Deep Dream makes one tasty, trippy pizza.

    Handwriting will never go away.

    Teens love to joke about 9/11.
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Post by Diogenes » 07-10-2015 01:42 PM

Riddick,

Thanks as I had no idea relative to Nancy Drew.

I have all of my old books and can still pick one up on a rainy day, go off by myself in a corner and read away and go back in time.

Simple pleasures for simple minds.;)
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Post by Riddick » 07-17-2015 12:16 PM

WWLTW for Friday 7/17/2015

Among things we learned...
  • Pluto could be burning from the inside.

    Identity theft is an art.

    There are plenty of ways hackers can kill us.

    Before Photoshop, graphic design was really tedious.

    For some, their biggest toe isn't their big toe.
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Post by turtle101 » 07-21-2015 09:52 PM

read the book Dead Wake, was totally shocked how many children were killed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_o ... _Lusitania

I'm a late reader of history, hated it in High School but Larson now does a good book...read by by Scott Brick....
Due to current economic conditions the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

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Post by Riddick » 07-25-2015 12:45 AM

WWLTW for Friday 7/24/2015

Among things we learned...
  • People mosh for the unspoken sexual energy, among other things.

    Aliens in film have gotten much better looking over the years.

    The coolest job in the world is being a Foley artist.

    The first promo for 'Reboot' is amazing hot garbage.

    This weekend, cook your loved ones a hamburger cake.
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Post by Riddick » 07-31-2015 05:17 PM

WWLTW for Friday 7/31/2015

Among things we learned...
  • Going viral is like doing drugs.

    California's San Bernardino county started 'TFW'.

    The Mini VW Bus 'Soundwagon' vinyl player sucks in the best way possible.

    We have yet to create the perfect strawberry.

    We created a robot to make us breakfast sandwiches.
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Post by Riddick » 08-08-2015 01:11 AM

WWLTW for Friday 8/7/2015

Among things we learned...
  • You're slicing your bagels wrong.

    The Lexus hoverboard is kinda real.

    Young blood could make us younger.

    Losing your sense of smell matters more than you'd think.

    What would happen if the Hiroshima bomb hit your city.
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Post by Riddick » 08-14-2015 04:34 PM

WWLTW for Friday 8/13/2015

Among things we learned...
  • MIT built a robot with the reflexes of a human.

    LaCroix is the PBR of seltzer.

    We're close to a war in space.

    We all have a little Teflon inside of us.

    The Flying Spaghetti Monster is real.
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Post by Riddick » 08-22-2015 12:28 AM

WWLTW for Friday 8/20/2015

Among things we learned...
  • Falling into a k-hole could lift you out of your depression.

    Rats are coming for your b-hole.

    Getting annoyed at people chewing is a medical condition.

    Watching a corpse flower bloom is both relaxing and horrifying.

    Studies confirm men orgasm more than women.
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Post by Riddick » 08-28-2015 05:15 PM

WWLTW for Friday 8/28/2015

Among things we learned...
  • You don't need to drink so much water.

    We must go back to the Moon.

    Wingdings was the proto-emoji.

    The Silver Foxes of the Major League can still hit a baseball.

    Liquid magic tricks are so frickin' cool.
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Post by Riddick » 09-04-2015 07:49 AM

WWLTW for Friday 9/4/2015

Among things we learned...
  • Hunters are still clubbing seals.

    The best knives in the world are made from space rocks.

    Seeing your doppelganger will make you go crazy.

    Swiss golf is hard-mode golf.

    Earth's first predator was a six foot sea scorpion.
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