uart Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Interesting fact, February 10th, 2009: The little plastic bits on the ends of your shoelaces are called "aglets." Tune in again tomorrow for some more awesome trivia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Trivia toilet paper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Here's one I heard today: Why are keyboards QWERTY and not just ABCD...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbro22 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Here's one I heard today: Why are keyboards QWERTY and not just ABCD...? The first 6 keys, that's easy. Did you know you could spell out typewriter with only the top row of keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 The first 6 keys, that's easy. Did you know you could spell out typewriter with only the top row of keys. You didn't answer. Why are the first 6 keys QWERTY instead of any other combination? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jets Voice of Reason Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 You didn't answer. Why are the first 6 keys QWERTY instead of any other combination? Did some french dude make it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbro22 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 You didn't answer. Why are the first 6 keys QWERTY instead of any other combination? Cause typewriter salesman would go door to door selling them. And as examples they would spell out the name of the product, TYPEWRITER which could be spelled using just the top row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Did some french dude make it? Actually no. Ours starts with AZERTY. Cause typewriter salesman would go door to door selling them. And as examples they would spell out the name of the product, TYPEWRITER which could be spelled using just the top row. Well it does go back to the typewriting days when the stick would go go hit the page with the letter on it. They mapped out the keys so that the probability of having 2 sticks criss-cross would be the lowest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbro22 Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Actually no. Ours starts with AZERTY. Well it does go back to the typewriting days when the stick would go go hit the page with the letter on it. They mapped out the keys so that the probability of having 2 sticks criss-cross would be the lowest. That's true, didn't know that, but I wasn't wrong either. from wiki Sholes struggled for the next six years to perfect his invention, making many trial-and-error rearrangements of the original machine's alphabetical key arrangement in an effort to reduce the frequency of typebar clashes. Eventually he arrived at a four-row, upper case keyboard approaching the modern QWERTY standard. In 1873 Sholes' backer, James Densmore, succeeded in selling manufacturing rights for the Sholes-Glidden "Type Writer" with E. Remington and Sons and within the following few months the keyboard layout was finalised by Remington's mechanics. Their adjustments included placing the "R" key in the place previously allotted to the period mark, thus enabling salesmen to impress customers by pecking out the brand name "TYPE WRITER" from one keyboard row. Vestiges of the original alphabetical layout remained in the "home row" sequence FGHJKL.[4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 That's true, didn't know that, but I wasn't wrong either. from wiki I'm not surprised. Your explaination sounded plausible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLMiCKMANTLE Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 WOW ive had a QWERTY keyboard on my cellphone for almost 3 years now and never knew why they called it QWERTY... you really do learn something knew everyday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verde Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Interesting fact, February 10th, 2009: The little plastic bits on the ends of your shoelaces are called "aglets." Tune in again tomorrow for some more awesome trivia. And the eyelit it goes into is called a grommet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afosomf Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 When did Twitter become a word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uart Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 And the eyelit it goes into is called a grommet! Well, there goes tomorrow's Knowledge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Jet Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Interesting fact, February 10th, 2009: The little plastic bits on the ends of your shoelaces are called "aglets." Tune in again tomorrow for some more awesome trivia. THANKS UART !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTM Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Actually no. Ours starts with AZERTY. Well it does go back to the typewriting days when the stick would go go hit the page with the letter on it. They mapped out the keys so that the probability of having 2 sticks criss-cross would be the lowest. hmm, I read that it was done to purposely slow typists down cause the old machines couldn't keep up with fast typers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war ensemble Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 hmm, I read that it was done to purposely slow typists down cause the old machines couldn't keep up with fast typers.. I heard the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uart Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 Interesting fact, February 11th, 2009: The first city to reach the population of 1 million people was Rome. Ancient Rome, to be exact. The city reached that population in the year 5 B.C. No other city would reach that milestone until 1800, when London joined the "club." Tune in again tomorrow for some more awesome trivia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachEY Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Interesting fact, February 11th, 2009: The first city to reach the population of 1 million people was Rome. Ancient Rome, to be exact. The city reached that population in the year 5 B.C. No other city would reach that milestone until 1800, when London joined the "club." Tune in again tomorrow for some more awesome trivia. Ancient Rome? Was that what the called it then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uart Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 Ancient Rome? Was that what the called it then? As opposed to Modern Rome, which is much different. Besides, pointing out that it was ancient is to stress that they had such a high population waaaaay before any other city. If I had made it a question, what would you have guessed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uart Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 Interesting fact, February 13th, 2009: A random sampling of dollar bills from major U.S. cities found that more than 70 percent tested positive for the virus that causes genital warts. Tune in again later for some more awesome trivia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZachEY Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Interesting fact, February 13th, 2009: A random sampling of dollar bills from major U.S. cities found that more than 70 percent tested positive for the virus that causes genital warts. Tune in again later for some more awesome trivia. I guess I should start using condoms made of 5s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uart Posted February 13, 2009 Author Share Posted February 13, 2009 I guess I should start using condoms made of 5s. 5s are obviously clean because Lincoln was too ugly to get laid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Division Marduk Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Interesting fact, February 13th, 2009: A random sampling of dollar bills from major U.S. cities found that more than 70 percent tested positive for the virus that causes genital warts. Tune in again later for some more awesome trivia. Every euro note tested in Ireland has tested positive for cocaine. Make of that what you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Every euro note tested in Ireland has tested positive for cocaine. Make of that what you will. Explains a lot about our friend... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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