From the Department of Goofy Detroit Trivia, we bring you ...
Today in Michigan history: Circus hippopotamus escapes into the Detroit River
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In 1863 a circus hippopotamus escaped and jumped into the Detroit River
DETROIT – On this day, nearly 160 years ago, a circus hippopotamus escaped his cage and jumped into the Detroit River, according to Michigan Day by Day, a website run by a retired Michigan State University librarian....
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Originally Posted by Jimaz
What, no video?
History of Edison Motion PicturesQuote:
Originally Posted by Honky Tonk
So, no. No video existed before 1888.Quote:
Edison's laboratory was responsible for the invention of the Kinetograph {a motion picture camera} and the Kinetoscope {a peep-hole motion picture viewer}. Most of this work was performed by Edison's assistant, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, beginning in 1888.
But you knew that, didn't you?
Grow up.
Aw cmon Jimaz... give him some entertainment.... :o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSKQ3ZNQ_O8
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Originally Posted by Gistok
Hey you're wife's calling you...
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Originally Posted by Jimaz
Grown men making fart jokes and playing with Legos, now that's maturity.
Old Honky Tonk seems to go off the rails whenever his Blood Pressure meds run out... But his level of maturity is never too high to make fun of people's ethnicity or family. :eek:
Wow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Honky Tonk
Within the quote in the first post above there is a link to Michigan Day by Day. It's worth bookmarking. From its "About" page:
There appear to be some useful links there but some of them don't work for me. YMMVQuote:
A Michigan history blog pulling together anecdotes about Michigan-related events and stories arranged by date, compiled by Jon Harrison, a retired librarian who used to work for the Michigan State University Libraries....
That was NOT a fart; that was a full blown crap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gistok
Jcole... yeah I saw that on Youtube, had never seen anything like that, and thought it would be funny to post on DYES. But dayyum... he got downright nasty... He goes off in an almost apoplectic rage like that without warning from time to time... I try to ignore him when I can.
The tail-wagging action is hilarious. Hippo has a built-in aeration/ t-paper unit!
Maybe Hippos were the inspiration for the term "when the shit hits the fan"... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Zacha341
^ For REAL! --- https://bonesmart.org/forum/jofox_images/hysterrkr.gif ---