random fact game

[HappyChristian 3,690]

idnkt

Eyelet is a type of lace.

[5dumplings@home 0]

I knew that!

Did you know I went to school with Larry Bird's baby brother?

Jennifer

[HappyChristian 3,690]

idnkt

I lived down the street from Larry Bird (but not the famous one! )

[5dumplings@home 0]

idkt (is he the one I knew way back when?)

Mt. St. Helen has a webcam you can watch.

[HappyChristian 3,690]

idkt (yes, I'm sure he is! :Green )

My grandparents lived just to the west of where ash fell from Mt. St. Helen's.

[John81 7,400]

I didn't know that.

Even all the way down here, the ash from Mt. Saint Helens eruption was noticed. Early that morning, right before school started and before we knew about the eruption, the sky turned an odd color and several of us were looking at the sky while in the parking lot. It started to hail. Inside the hail was this dark stuff. Turns out, it was ash and stuff from the eruption.

[Ron 4]

idkt

i am nowhere near Mt. St. Helen's

[matie-k 0]

Idkt.

I'm not either.

[John81 7,400]

I knew that.

Montgomery, Alabama was the first capital city of the Confederate States of America.

[matie-k 0]

I knew that.

There is a beautiful river on the Minnesota/Wisconsin border called the St. Croix river.

[John81 7,400]

I didn't know that.

The Mississippi River is much longer and more commercially important than the St. Croix River.

[matie-k 0]

I knew that.

The St. Croix river is an offshoot of the Mississippi River.

[John81 7,400]

I didn't know that.

At the end of The War, Varina Davis (wife of CSA President Jefferson Davis) gave a few of the members of their final escort twenty dollar gold pieces.

[matie-k 0]

I didn't know that.

The St. Croix River and surrounding area is named "St. Croix National Scenic Waterway", and some people like to drive along the river especially in the fall because of the pretty fall colors.

[John81 7,400]

I didn't know that.

CSA General John Hunt Morgan's raid into Ohio was the farthest point north Confederate troops reached.

[falin115 0]

IDNKT

ROBERT E LEE WAS THE OWNER OF ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR. IT WAS HIS PERSONAL RESIDENCE

[John81 7,400]

I knew that.

Robert E. Lee said he was just a poor sinner trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

[matie-k 0]

idnkt

Minnesota is bordered by 4 different states as well as Canada.

[Ron 4]

idkt

The Pacific Ocean borders California :wink

[HappyChristian 3,690]

i did know that

The town I live in is a mere 2 miles from the very southern tip of Lake Michigan.

[Ron 4]

idkt

matie-k just got a new piano

[matie-k 0]

I knew that!

There is a town in Minnesota named Virginia.

[5dumplings@home 0]

Didn't know that.

There is a town in Missouri called Mexico.

[John81 7,400]

I didn't know that.

My maternal grandma and one of my cousins both have the middle name of Virginia and my wife's Dad was born in Virginia.

[matie-k 0]

I didn't know that!

My mom and I have the same middle name.

[John81 7,400]

I didn't know that.

My Mom and I have the same middle name too!

[matie-k 0]

Wow - what name might that be? I didn't know that!

It's a cool cloudy day here today.

[Ron 4]

idkt

it's warm and sunny here.

[HappyChristian 3,690]

i didn't know that

It's getting more humid today because we're supposed to have thunderstorms tonight into tomorrow (my hubby's golf game is on the line!)

[John81 7,400]

I didn't know that.

The loss of Vicksburg on July 4 was actually more significant than the retreat of Confederate forces from Gettysburg.

[Ron 4]

idkt

hummingbirds can fly backwards!

[HappyChristian 3,690]

i did know that

I saw my first live hummingbirds this past May at my parents' house.

[Ron 4]

idkt

the state bird of california is the California Valley Quail

[HappyChristian 3,690]

I did know that

The Indiana state bird is the Cardinal.

[John81 7,400]

I knew that.

The state bird of North Carolina and Illinois is also the Cardinal.