Totally Original discussion

Pretty much you write random DYK "facts".

So....did you know...that pineapples arent really pinecones or apples? They're................*wait for it*..................................PINEAPPLES!!!!! Now you know :-)

Did you know that popcorn is the exploded insides of corn?! Did you know that watermelon is a vegetable?! ((well at least I think it is))

DYK cheetahs are the only felines without retractable claws?

The White House and the First Lady recently got their own Instagram accounts.

... How does the white house use instagram? Its a house. Its not sentient. And it has no eyes.

Dyk that the Australian prime minister (read: President) was recently replaced as leader of their party by the very person they replaced as Prime Minister, who was indeed the person Australia had elected? I hate politics.

I see Katie's still the same as always.

DYK that Finn from Fox TV show Glee died of drug overdose :'(

Yes

Did you know that I'm human?

Yes

Did you know that I live in Chicago?

Yes

DYK I really wanted to go to Chicago over the summer to stalk the Divergent set?

I ride the L downtown all the time, and I haven't noticed a thing about the movie.

If I had know that they were filming hear, I would have tried to ask Shaileen Woodley about The Fault in Our Stars.

And, no.

Did you know that my father works at his birthplace in Quito, Ecuador?

No that's cool

Over the summer they filmed in different parts of the city and they had to close of certain areas sometimes but you could see what was going on if you were in the right place. The Abnegation sector was built very publicly in the city and some guy living in a building nearby filmed the people building it and posted his videos online. Well, obviously he got a ton of feedback and funniest thing is that he had no clue what Divergent is. He just kind of thought it was interesting, posted it online, and then got millions of people fangirling about it.

Thanks.

Woah. I didn't know that. Did they film it more in the North or the South side? I live in the south

Did you know that the train is called the El in Chicago?

No

I don't know if it was filmed in south or north Chicago. I know some of the locations but it seems like they filmed all over the city.

Can you tell me some of the locations? Like, Millennium Park? Neighborhoods would also be helpful. They most likely filmed downtown.

Did you know that I love tea?

Navy pier, Milwaukee Ave, Wells street, and N. Streeter Dr.

Navy Pier is downtown, Milwaukee Avenue is on the North Side, Wells Street is downtown, near the Willis/Sears Tower, and North Streeter Drive is right next to Navy Pier?

Did you know that before it became a place for commerce and carnival rides, Navy Pier was a training base for people in the Navy, then a university campus for U of I?

Nope

DYK that I have two cats?

No.

Did you know that I am a bibliophile?

I don't think so.

Did you know that I'm OCD?

Wait, do you have OCD or are you saying an initialism I am not aware of?

Um I'm actually OCD. I don't say I have OCD because to me that just sounds weird.

Oh. Then, no.

Did you know that I am reading A Study in Scarlet?