https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 15:24:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts/page/2#post-1808465 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 22:42:17 +0000 travellingbee 1808465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm... SCUBA is an acronym- self contained underwater breathing apparatus. I'm sure I know lots of other useless random info... I'm a teacher!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts/page/2#post-1808463 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 22:36:30 +0000 MoonMoon 1808463@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I got all excited about this, but DH's car didn't have the symbol! :(</p> <p>Fun fact: a factoid isn't a little trivial fact- it means something that is false. That one blew my mind! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts/page/2#post-1805630 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:27:36 +0000 pinkcupcake 1805630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Skadi: I think I read last night that armadillos can do that, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts/page/2#post-1805613 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:23:45 +0000 BananaPancakes 1805613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This might be somewhat common knowledge for those of us born and raised in central FL and who love Disney, but John Lennon officially signed the paperwork ending the Beatles at the Polynesian Resort at Disney. So much for the most magical place earth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts/page/2#post-1805563 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:09:59 +0000 Skadi 1805563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Skunks, otters and kangaroos can delay pregnancy after fertilization until the ideal circumstances arise. The embryos cease developing for a certain period of time before attaching to the uterine wall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts/page/2#post-1805543 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:03:22 +0000 rachiecakes 1805543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Badger: at my last job the entire sales team and three managers had Sept.12-16th birthdays! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts/page/2#post-1805457 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 09:40:22 +0000 LuLu Mom 1805457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: My LO was born on Oct. 1st with a due date of Oct 6th ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts/page/2#post-1805313 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 08:58:54 +0000 cascademom 1805313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Badger: Similar. We conceived LO around Thanksgiving and had him in late August. Our downstairs neighbors have almost the same exact due date I did 2 years ago. Yep, she got knocked up around Thanksgiving too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts/page/2#post-1805274 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 08:49:08 +0000 loki 1805274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My birthday is October 1st and I was late! NYE baby, if I had to guess! </p> <p>Fun fact: Newfoundland has it's own time zone </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1805250 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 08:39:14 +0000 mrs. wagon 1805250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Badger: @Mrs. High Heels: haha my dad's birthday is sept 16th!!! I guess parents put gifts under the tree then got busy since they were up late anyway?? haha! Ew. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1805240 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 08:37:16 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 1805240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Badger: we conceived around Christmas &amp; LO was born September 12th! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1805195 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 08:23:12 +0000 swurlygurl 1805195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, the 40th week of the year is the week of Sept 24 (my bday), so that would be more in-line with NYE, right? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1805128 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 07:33:58 +0000 sorrycharlie 1805128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: @Mrs. Jump Rope: I was thinking the same! I conceived Jan 4th ish and delivered 40 weeks to the day, Sept 27. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1805125 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 07:31:12 +0000 lamariniere 1805125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: amazing! Since we don't own a car but occasionally rent them, we ALWAYS pull up to the gas station not knowing which side it is on. Great tip! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1805102 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 07:06:53 +0000 illumina 1805102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: @Mrs. Jump Rope: S was conceived NYE and her original due date was Sept 26th, born on the 18th :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1805028 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 01:14:36 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1805028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Badger: Interesting that it's Sept 16th now! I remember seeing an infographic just like that one in the past for Oct 5th -- <a href="http://anybirthday.com" rel="nofollow">http://anybirthday.com</a></p> <p>I actually know several people with a Sept 16th birthday, including an aunt and cousin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1805025 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 01:09:32 +0000 Ms.Badger 1805025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Apparently this data is actually a little weirder, most common birthday is September 16 meaning most common conception date is December 24, Christmas Eve.</p> <p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2338283/How-common-YOUR-birthday-Chart-Americans-born-decades-shows-greeting-card-stores-likely-busiest-July-August-September.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2338283/How-common-YOUR-birthday-Chart-Americans-born-decades-shows-greeting-card-stores-likely-busiest-July-August-September.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1805019 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 00:57:45 +0000 PinkElephant 1805019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Elephants are pregnant for 22 months! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1804991 Thu, 07 Aug 2014 23:29:41 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1804991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: well, two weeks later... We know date of conception (12.15), so a NYE conception would be September 23?!</p> <p>Date of conception with C was 2.2 and I was due 10.27 with her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1804977 Thu, 07 Aug 2014 23:02:07 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1804977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: But end of Sept/beg of Oct is pretty close? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1804976 Thu, 07 Aug 2014 23:01:10 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1804976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: Huh! My friends and I have been operating under the assumption that conception would've fallen on New Years all these years. We have a friend that has an Oct 5th birthday so we always joked around with her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1804971 Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:56:43 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1804971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: wait, the math doesn't add up!</p> <p>I conceived this baby in mid-December and am due September 7. If I conceived her on NYE, id be due toward the end of September. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1804961 Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:53:52 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1804961@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: WHOAH! My birthday is October 9th and I was 6 days late. Bet I know when my mom got KU..... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1804958 Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:51:37 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1804958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jump Rope: @Espion: Ding ding ding!<br /> @Espion: So do I! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1804955 Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:49:16 +0000 Espion 1804955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: The only holiday where getting drunk and partying is practically sanctioned! I know several people with an October 5 birthday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1804948 Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:43:50 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1804948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. High Heels: NYE! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1804924 Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:17:11 +0000 jhd 1804924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SleepyMonkey: wow!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1804910 Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:03:46 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1804910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>October 5th is the most popular birthday in the U.S.! Care to guess what big event was about 10 months prior to that? :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1804907 Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:00:48 +0000 Emsmems 1804907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: huh. Never knew that!</p> <p>"Knock on wood" comes from when people would go into the woods to talk privately and they'd knock on the trees so "evil spirits" or "witches" wouldn't hear what they were saying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/share-your-useless-knowledgefun-facts#post-1804899 Thu, 07 Aug 2014 21:55:57 +0000 JennyD 1804899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: @Boogs: it really is. </p>