# Hey, did you know...Oh, you've heard that 1,000,000 times? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625 "2011-11-21T09:53:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/61 "2011-11-24T04:07:26Z")
Spaghetti was invented in China. Speaking of China, did you know the Great Wall is the only man-made structure you can see from space? ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/62 "2011-11-24T04:37:06Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Tomatoes are actually fruit. I always want to respond, “Yes, we all learned that in elementary school when we grew our first seed into a plant.” Or “So is squash.” The local one is: Minnesota actually has \*more \*than 10,000 lakes. Yeah, I know. I live here. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/63 "2011-11-24T05:53:48Z")
Some contrived construction “proving” we need serial commas or everybody’s going to think your parents are Ayn Rand and God. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/64 "2011-11-24T05:57:28Z")
Tomatoes are vegetables. They are also fruit. The idea that something is either one or the other is a taxonomical fallacy. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/65 "2011-11-24T06:23:40Z")
It takes more muscles to frown than to smile. 🙂 Hmmm, according to **Snopes** the status is [Undetermined](http://www.snopes.com/science/smile.asp). ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/66 "2011-11-24T06:25:28Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Spaghetti was invented in China. But the fortune cookie wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/67 "2011-11-24T20:04:02Z")
Around here, it’s "Did you know that Syracuse gets more snow on average than Buffalo? It’s just that Buffalo is more prone to blizzards, and its southern suburbs get a lot more snow than anyplace else because due to lake effect. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/68 "2011-11-24T20:28:29Z")
> [@saje](#): > > N > In every state I’ve lived in or visited I hear “Well, you know what they say about _[state]_, right? If you don’t like the weather, just wait _[time period]_, it’ll change! Har har har!!” That only is true in Blaine, MO, the stool capitol of the world. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/69 "2011-11-26T00:11:14Z")
I just remembered the second example I was going to use in the OP. I don’t know how many times and how many people feel the need to mention that when Bob Saget does stand up comedy, he works blue. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/70 "2011-11-26T00:53:58Z")
It’s not the heat; it’s the humidity. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/71 "2011-11-26T01:53:29Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I don’t know how many times and how many people feel the need to mention that when Bob Saget does stand up comedy, he works blue. I don’t get it. What does “working blue” mean? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/72 "2011-11-26T02:06:23Z")
“Blue”, for a stand-up comic, means “dirty”. And personally, I’m mystified by the tomato one. You never hear people arguing about whether a carrot is a root or a vegetable, or whether lettuce is a leaf or a vegetable. Some vegetables are fruits, some are roots, some are leaves, and some are various other parts of a plant. Deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/73 "2011-11-26T02:56:55Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s not the heat; it’s the humidity. I was just coming in to post that one. Dang. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/74 "2011-11-26T14:19:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And personally, I’m mystified by the tomato one. You never hear people arguing about whether a carrot is a root or a vegetable, or whether lettuce is a leaf or a vegetable. Some vegetables are fruits, some are roots, some are leaves, and some are various other parts of a plant. Deal with it. A banana, however, is actually a berry! Bet you didn’t know _that!_ Oh, you did? Uh… OK. _Slinks out of thread._ ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/75 "2011-11-26T18:11:42Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > A banana, however, is actually a berry! Bet you didn’t know _that!_ > > Oh, you did? Uh… OK. _Slinks out of thread._ The plant is a fruiting herb. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/76 "2011-11-26T18:29:14Z")
What Americans call “soccer” is called “football” in most other countries. Oddly, what Americans call “basketball” is called “tennis” in most other countries. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/77 "2011-11-26T18:32:42Z")
> [@brocks](#): > > Oddly, what Americans call “basketball” is called “tennis” in most other countries. Is this serious or a joke? I’ve never heard that one before. ---
**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/78 "2011-11-26T18:38:44Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Is this serious or a joke? I’ve never heard that one before. Sorry, I couldn’t find a joke BB code. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/79 "2011-11-26T18:40:41Z")
::Googles BB code:: Oh, OK. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625/80 "2011-11-26T18:47:06Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > It’s not the heat; it’s the humidity. Similarly, “But it’s dry heat.” I know. it’s still hot, damn it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-did-you-know-oh-youve-heard-that-1-000-000-times/603625.md?page=5)