Melanius Mullarkey Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 26/10/2021 at 21:49, Newbornbairn said: The theme tune for Mission Impossible - da da dah dah da da dah dah da da...is "M" "I" in Morse Code. dot dot, dash dash, dot dot, dash dash That doesn't make sense because the notes lengths are the same for the da and the dah here. Its the pitch that is changing. 1/10 would not read again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 The 52 things I learnt in 20xx post never fails to deliver. Some highlights this year include:BMI of cabinet ministers is positively correlated to corruption.Until 1874 Japanese days had six hours between sunrise and sunset, regardless of season.200 computers are made for every one human being born.The battery in the new electric Hummer weighs more than an original Land Rover. The whole thing is excellent reading, and links to original articles are included. https://medium.com/fluxx-studio-notes/52-things-i-learned-in-2021-8481c4e0d409 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 2 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: The 52 things I learnt in 20xx post never fails to deliver. Some highlights this year include: BMI of cabinet ministers is positively correlated to corruption. Until 1874 Japanese days had six hours between sunrise and sunset, regardless of season. 200 computers are made for every one human being born. The battery in the new electric Hummer weighs more than an original Land Rover. The whole thing is excellent reading, and links to original articles are included. https://medium.com/fluxx-studio-notes/52-things-i-learned-in-2021-8481c4e0d409 You forgot to mention that the weight of all the ants in the world is about the same as the weight of all the humans in the world. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Maybe been mentioned before, but, all the human beings alive at the moment, could be fitted into Loch Ness, if it was drained. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I just happened to be looking at world populations and noticed this. 3rd highest population in the world is United States with 330,790,201 the 2nd highest population in the world is India with 1,399,645,363 So the difference between 2nd and 3rd is over 1 billion people which is kind of mind blowing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Brother Blades said: Maybe been mentioned before, but, all the human beings alive at the moment, could be fitted into Loch Ness, if it was drained. If they were blended? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 There were still Wooly Mammoths alive when the Egyptian pyramids were being built. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted December 6, 2021 Author Share Posted December 6, 2021 The 20-man USSR squad for Euro 88 only had one Russian in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 The 20-man USSR squad for Euro 88 only had one Russian in it. And the English Premier League teams decided this was a very good business model............ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 There is no such word as "Masterful". It is a nonsense word. Full of Master - what does that mean? The correct word is masterly as "in like master". However I admit that "masterly" sounds a bit silly so there you go. Discuss. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Fullerene said: There is no such word as "Masterful". It is a nonsense word. Full of Master - what does that mean? The correct word is masterly as "in like master". However I admit that "masterly" sounds a bit silly so there you go. Discuss. I think you're Master Baiting here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 49 minutes ago, tamthebam said: I think you're Master Baiting here Which is precisely what " masterful" means! Makes it a lot of fun when you watch some program and somebody says masterful! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted December 17, 2021 Author Share Posted December 17, 2021 Along similar lines awful was originally a very good quality, full of awe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 11 hours ago, Fullerene said: There is no such word as "Masterful". It is a nonsense word. Full of Master - what does that mean? The correct word is masterly as "in like master". However I admit that "masterly" sounds a bit silly so there you go. Discuss. I'd argue that it was probably meant to be "full of mastery" or "masteryful", but it sounded better as masterful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Greta Thunberg and Kyle Rittenhouse were born on the same day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Jeremy Brett (who was simply the best Sherlock Holmes actor) was offered the role of James Bond for On Her Majesty's Secret Service, replacing Sean Connery. He turned it down, and they hired George Lazenby. Martin Clunes is Brett's nephew. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 The Union of the Crowns and the Tokugawa Shogunate both occurred/began on the same day: 24th March 1603. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 On 17/12/2021 at 08:43, DiegoDiego said: Along similar lines awful was originally a very good quality, full of awe. But 'awe' originally meant fear or terror, so not all that good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 On 15/08/2021 at 13:21, Ric said: Here's a fun fact for you... your nipples are older than your teeth. Nipples on all males are the exact same distance apart, 9" iirc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted December 20, 2021 Author Share Posted December 20, 2021 Nipples on all males are the exact same distance apart, 9" iirc.No wonder my mother says I was a difficult birth. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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