What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?

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Frobester Oct 2013 10:13am, 10 Oct 2013 23,688 posts	0 Frobester That the God Particle, aka the Higgs Boson, was so-called because the original publisher of the book featuring it was loathe to give it its original title of the God-damn Particle (because it was so god-damn difficult to find!). Occasionally Thought For The Day is pretty informative, as well as thought-provoking.
ChrisHB Oct 2013 10:23am, 10 Oct 2013 9,405 posts	0 ChrisHB The other day I learned that Mr Higgs had been awarded a Nobel prize for that piece of work, but Mr Boson got nothing.
Frobester Oct 2013 10:36am, 10 Oct 2013 23,691 posts	0 Frobester Apart from a ticking off for bad spelling...
Wriggling Snake Oct 2013 10:40am, 10 Oct 2013 5,068 posts	0 Wriggling Snake time to start wearing my beanies again
Meerkath Oct 2013 2:09pm, 10 Oct 2013 47 posts	0 Meerkath That it's national porridge day after having toast for breakfast for a change. Also, how to change the belt on my treadmill
Frobester Oct 2013 3:12pm, 10 Oct 2013 23,695 posts	0 Frobester That in American English you can construct the following sentence, and it actually has meaning: en.wikipedia.org
mulbs Oct 2013 3:21pm, 10 Oct 2013 9,683 posts	0 mulbs *applauds
Winded Oct 2013 5:10pm, 10 Oct 2013 1,095 posts	0 Winded Too difficult. I was buffaloed.
Night-owl Oct 2013 9:46pm, 11 Oct 2013 16,066 posts	0 Night-owl Andros Townsend was born in the same hospital as David Beckham
JamieKai chameleon Oct 2013 11:24am, 12 Oct 2013 8,812 posts	0 JamieKai chameleon Quite a lot actually from a discussion via Facebook last night. Including discussion on how unpleasant people are. Also, what Snapchat is.