# Did you know? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117 "2013-05-12T01:25:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/61 "2013-05-16T05:13:54Z")
[ul] [li]“Happy Birthday to You” is copyrighted.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/62 "2013-05-16T05:20:23Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > Well, if you want to talk strawberries… > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYopf8KSy4o](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYopf8KSy4o) > > Did you know a man can be jealous of a berry? I’ll be in my bunk. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/63 "2013-05-16T05:22:00Z")
Did you know that ducks can not be legally used as desk ornaments in Oregon? ---
**Author:** ![bartleby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bartleby/32/10491_2.png) [@bartleby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bartleby)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/64 "2013-05-16T19:34:18Z")
Herbert “Zeppo” Marx held several patents, and manufactured the clamp used in the bombing of Nagasaki. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/65 "2013-05-21T01:42:47Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > Did you know that ducks can not be legally used as desk ornaments in Oregon? Makes it twice as hot! ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/66 "2013-05-21T03:42:40Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Did you know ducks enjoy homosexual necrophilia? cite [http://www.ted.com/talks/kees\_moeliker\_how\_a\_dead\_duck\_changed\_my\_life.html](http://www.ted.com/talks/kees_moeliker_how_a_dead_duck_changed_my_life.html) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/67 "2013-05-21T04:33:14Z")
[ul][\*]Artichokes are flower buds. And if allowed to grow on the stalk, the fuzzy part you dig out to get to the heart after the leaves are gone [becomes a gorgeous purple flower](https://www.google.com/search?q=artichoke+flowers&safe=off&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=_feaUebfHKWqigLR-oEo&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=614)![/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/68 "2013-05-21T05:16:21Z")
> [@j\_sum1](#): > > cite > [http://www.ted.com/talks/kees\_moeliker\_how\_a\_dead\_duck\_changed\_my\_life.html](http://www.ted.com/talks/kees_moeliker_how_a_dead_duck_changed_my_life.html) Thank you! I’ve looked high and low on the internet for that damn paper and couldn’t find it, nor remember the author’s name or anything. I was beginning to doubt if it was even real. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/69 "2013-05-21T12:24:17Z")
Gold is yellow because some of its electrons are moving fast enough that relativity alters their apparent mass. ---
**Author:** ![Jerry\_in\_Canada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e495f1/32.png) [@Jerry\_in\_Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerry_in_Canada)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/70 "2013-05-25T06:17:09Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > Speaking of ducks… > Daffy Duck first appeared on April 17, 1937. He’s older than WWII! You have to be an American. Poland and China were both invaded before that. For some unknown reason Americans believe that that war started Dec. 7, 1941; they also seem to believe WWI started in 1916 when America finally showed up. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/71 "2013-05-25T06:34:50Z")
> [@echo7tango](#): > > Daffy Duck first appeared on April 17, 1937. He’s older than WWII! > [@Jerry\_in\_Canada](#): > > You have to be an American. Poland and China were both invaded before that. > For some unknown reason Americans believe that that war started Dec. 7, 1941; they also seem to believe WWI started in 1916 when America finally showed up. This must be like the historical equivalent of Gaudere’s Law. Daffy Duck appeared on April 17, 1937. China was invaded on July 7, 1937. Poland was invaded on September 1, 1939. No need to thank me. I’m just an American who’s always glad to teach a little history. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/72 "2013-05-25T11:43:51Z")
The first attack by the Japanese on Western forces occurred on December 8, 1941, two hours before the Pearl Harbor attack. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/73 "2013-05-25T12:20:46Z")
The _average_ number of legs humans have is less than 2. Same with arms. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/74 "2013-05-25T15:17:07Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > Oh, balls. That’s completely ridiculous. When we say ducks quack, we’re saying that they make a particular sort of vocalization which we have given that name, not that they make the sound represented in IPA by /kwæk/. > . But does every duck in the world then have an echo-proof vocalization, regardless of whether we represent it as /quack/ or some other phonetic sound? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/75 "2013-05-25T15:19:38Z")
About 1/5 of all classified mammal species in the world have wings and are capable of sustained flight. ---
**Author:** ![Klutzbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@Klutzbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klutzbird)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/76 "2013-05-25T22:58:10Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Did you know ducks enjoy homosexual necrophilia? > [@j\_sum1](#): > > cite > [http://www.ted.com/talks/kees\_moeliker\_how\_a\_dead\_duck\_changed\_my\_life.html](http://www.ted.com/talks/kees_moeliker_how_a_dead_duck_changed_my_life.html) The scientist who documented that was the winner of the [2003 Ig Noble Prize in Biology.](http://www.improbable.com/ig/winners/) I’ve been a fan of the awards since 2002 when, in Straight Dope-ian fashion, they awarded the Economics prize to: > [@](#): > > The executives, corporate directors, and auditors of Enron, Lernaut & Hauspie [Belgium], Adelphia, Bank of Commerce and Credit International [Pakistan], Cendant, CMS Energy, Duke Energy, Dynegy, Gazprom [Russia], Global Crossing, HIH Insurance [Australia], Informix, Kmart, Maxwell Communications [UK], McKessonHBOC, Merrill Lynch, Merck, Peregrine Systems, Qwest Communications, Reliant Resources, Rent-Way, Rite Aid, Sunbeam, Tyco, Waste Management, WorldCom, Xerox, and Arthur Andersen, for adapting the mathematical concept of imaginary numbers for use in the business world. [NOTE: all companies are U.S.-based unless otherwise noted.] ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/77 "2013-05-26T00:38:33Z")
did you know that there’s an image of a dog hidden on a duck’s bill? ---
**Author:** ![Jerry\_in\_Canada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e495f1/32.png) [@Jerry\_in\_Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerry_in_Canada)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/78 "2013-05-26T04:11:58Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > This must be like the historical equivalent of Gaudere’s Law. > > Daffy Duck appeared on April 17, 1937. > > China was invaded on July 7, 1937. Poland was invaded on September 1, 1939. > > No need to thank me. I’m just an American who’s always glad to teach a little history. My apology for the enthusiasm, and thanks for making me check the facts, your dates are correct. My Premise still stands, Americans for the most part do not understand that they were late starters in both WWI and WWII. Manchuria was invaded in 1931. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/79 "2013-05-26T04:23:10Z")
> [@Jerry\_in\_Canada](#): > > Manchuria was invaded in 1931. True. But while China claimed sovereignty over Manchuria at the time, they did not actually control the region and for all practical purposes it was an independent country. So it arguably doesn’t count as an invasion of China. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117/80 "2013-05-26T06:46:22Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > [ul] > [li]“Happy Birthday to You” is copyrighted.[/li][/ul] Specifically the melody, not the lyrics. The original song had the lyrics “Good morning to you” instead, and those are out of copyright. It’s a little confusing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know/658117.md?page=5)