Tell Me Something I Don't Know

[sms001]

Government stupidity in action.

More likely some tongue-in-cheek humour. But of note is that it is Agriculture, Customs, Immigration, and Public Health. iirc (Nine at the time) there were serious concerns that there would be viable bugs brought back; so much so that I believe they quarantined astronauts for quite some time. (Never mind their contact with all those sailors in the interim... ) Which all makes that "To Be Determind" line pretty ominous.

[wolfie]

On July 24, 1969 in Honolulu, HI Neil Armstrong was forced through customs

Government stupidity in action. He flew from Florida to a "ditching" in the Pacific, was picked up by a U.S. Navy ship, and disembarked in Hawaii. By requiring him to clear Customs, the U.S. government was in effect stating that he made a stopover in territory controlled by an entity other than the U.S. It would have been more appropriate to treat the moon as "terra nulla" (i.e. not owned by anyone). The items he brought back (moon rocks) were not produced in a non-U.S. country, so it's not a question of importation. After all, Columbus didn't need to clear Customs when he returned from the New World.

There were 3 ways this could have been handled:
- Interpreting the moon as belonging to a non-U.S. entity, Customs clearance required. Consequence: expect other countries to follow this logic by claiming ownership of the moon.
- Interpreting the moon as "terra nulla", no Customs clearance required. Consequence: U.S. implying "the moon isn't ours, but it's not yours either".
- Interpreting the moon as U.S. territory, no Customs clearance required. Consequence: probable objections from other countries.

[Aethian]

I don't remember seeing this one..

On July 24, 1969 in Honolulu, HI Neil Armstrong was forced through customs.

[AnaKhouri]

In my home state, at any given time there are more barrels of bourbon than people.

[Aethian]

In Journey's Don't Stop Believing,he's a 'city boy,born and raised in South Detroit'.Most of South Detroit is Windsor,Canada.

Excuse me? No Detroit is NOT Canada. There is a lake that separates us. Besides, there really is a part of Detroit known as South Detroit that is not labeled. It's because of the rail lines.

[wolfie]

In Journey's Don't Stop Believing,he's a 'city boy,born and raised in South Detroit'.Most of South Detroit is Windsor,Canada.

I75 is the only interstate where you can enter the U.S. heading southbound, leave it heading southbound, and wind up in the same country where you started.

[AnaKhouri]

Ray Bradbury got the name of his most famous book while doing research for it. He called a fire station and asked at what temperature books burn.

THe fireman who answered told him, "451 degrees Fahrenheit."

[Kit-Ginevra]

In Journey's Don't Stop Believing,he's a 'city boy,born and raised in South Detroit'.Most of South Detroit is Windsor,Canada.

[Kit-Ginevra]

Guantanamo Bay camp has a library-the most popular author in terms of amount of books borrowed? That'd be...er... Danielle Steel.

[fireheart]

During the filming of Season 6 of Wipeout, a contestant lost their shoe in the mud on one of the courses. Normally it can be found, but not at that time.

Three things happened from that event:

-They had to halt production while an assistant raced to get a replacement shoe (she needed it to compete)
-They now stock tennis shoes of every adult size.

They managed to find the shoe while filming for Season 7.

[sms001]

Margaret and HA Rey fled Paris on bicycles ... 'Curious George'...

Now that is interesting! (And I had no idea Curious George was that old. Thought it was a sixties thing.)

[AnaKhouri]

In 1940, children's book creators Margaret and HA Rey fled Paris on bicycles just hours before the Nazis occupied the city. They took only their coats and some manuscripts of unpublished works.

One of which was 'Curious George'.

[Kitten in the box]

I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance with Geico

[Kit-Ginevra]

Today,within my lunchbox....

A treat for the ladies

[dalesys]

Today, within my lunchbox...

A beef and bean burrito ice cream bar...