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Capt'n Midnight

Anders Shy Aircraft wrote: »

You should try to catch a few episodes - particularly the Stephen Fry chaired ones- it's riveting stuff.

How many moons does the Earth have ?

maudgonner

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

How many moons does the Earth have ?

What is the triple point of water?

Capt'n Midnight

KingBrian2 wrote: »

The American civil war was the bloodiest war in American history.

More died in the Mexican Revolution.

and it's possible more also died in the War of the Triple Alliance in which Irishwoman Elisa Lynch played a prominent part.
http://www.economist.com/news/christmas/21568594-how-terrible-little-known-conflict-continues-shape-and-blight-nation
A truly horrible conflict , madness all round.

The number who died in the Spanish conquest of the Americas was far higher , if you include disease victims then maybe as high as 100 million overall.

Capt'n Midnight

Froshtbit wrote: »

But you go home. why? Because home is considered an adverb of direction similar to backwards, forwards etc.

Home is, apperently, short for 'homeward'.

Simple really.

Centurion: "Eunt"? What is "eunt"? Conjugate the verb, "to go" !
Brian: Er, "Ire". Er, "eo", "is", "it", "imus", "itis", "eunt".
Centurion: So, "eunt" is...?
Brian: Third person plural present indicative, "they go".
Centurion: But, "Romans, go home" is an order. So you must use...?
[He twists Brian's ear]
Brian: Aaagh ! The imperative !
Centurion: Which is...?
Brian: Aaaagh ! Er, er, "i" !
Centurion: How many Romans?
Brian: Aaaaagh ! Plural, plural, er, "ite" !
Centurion: [Writes "ite"] "Domus"? Nominative? "Go home" is motion towards, isn't it?
Brian: Dative !
[the Centurion holds a sword to his throat]
Brian: Aaagh ! Not the dative, not the dative ! Er, er, accusative, "Domus" !
Centurion: But "Domus" takes the locative, which is...?
Brian: Er, "Domum" !
Centurion: [Writes "Domum"] Understand?

Cartouche

The swastika has been around for over 3,000 years and it was once commonly used to symbolize goodness and luck. That was until German Nazis reviled the image that was used in different cultures all over the world, including Hinduism, Christianity, and Buddism. The swastika was still a prominent image right before the rise of the Nazis after WW1. There were even a few American soldiers who had the symbol on their uniform. Even Coca-Cola once used it in their adverts

Capt'n Midnight

maudgonner wrote: »

What is the triple point of water?

The Lapse Rate for dry air is 9.8 °C/km

So the triple point isn't the temperature Dara thought it was, it's the temperature 1.02 meters lower down. One of the disadvantages of being tall.

ahlookit

Cartouche wrote: »

The swastika has been around for over 3,000 years and it was once commonly used to symbolize goodness and luck. That was until German Nazis reviled the image that was used in different cultures all over the world, including Hinduism, Christianity, and Buddism. The swastika was still a prominent image right before the rise of the Nazis after WW1. There were even a few American soldiers who had the symbol on their uniform. Even Coca-Cola once used it in their adverts

I've gotten wedding invites from Indian colleagues with swastikas on them. As you say, they are a symbol of good luck in Hinduism.

There was also a well known laundry in Ballsbridge....
https://comeheretome.com/2010/04/26/swastika-laundry-1912-1987/

Wombatman

Most scientists agree that humans are the only animals who produce emotional tears. While animals may not weep like humans, they do, however, emit cries which seem to indicate emotional distress. Since tear production, called lachrimation, is necessary for healthy eyes, most vertebrates are capable of producing tears.

There must have been some point in time, evolutionarily, when the tear became something that automatically set off empathy and compassion in another. Actually being able to cry emotionally, and being able to respond to that, is a very important part of human communication.

A small study in the journal Science that was widely cited—and widely hyped by the media—suggested that tears from women contained a substance that inhibited the sexual arousal of men.

Cartouche

A good night’s sleep used to mean that one would wake up in the middle of the night. According to research on the sleeping habits of people prior to the 20th century, many studies show that people did not always sleep for a consistent 8 hours. Instead they would briefly wake up in the middle of the night to split their sleep into two sessions. During this time it was common for people to engage in various activities. Many would use this time to read and write while couples would use to time for intimacy.

The two-part sleeping routine is believed to be due to the fact that people would go to bed much earlier before the invention of electricity. This meant that the world actually would go dark after the sun set. Even though they had access to candlelight at the time, so many people were accustomed to this sleeping routine that they would not use them. There just wasn’t any type of social value that came along with staying up all night.

Red Kev

The flag of the President of Finland has a Swastika on it..

The St Brigids Cross is a Swastika, which meant that RTE had a Swastika as a logo for several decades.

Jack the Stripper

It's possible to maintain an erection after ejaculation.

bogwalrus

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Fascinating story over on the BBC from 25 January 2017

The Irish novel that seduced the USSR:



I heard of The Gadfly, but only as a suite by Shostakovich. Now, I know it's based on the book The Gadfly by one Ethel lilian Voynich (1864-1960), a native of Ballintemple, Cork.
Is it really 'the bestselling Irish novel of all time', though?

Here she is on her ninety fifth birthday in 1959:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYoxNOJ5fwk

Considering the number of posts in this thread to do with binary and computer science I think it is fitting to point out that the father of Ethil Voynich is in fact George Boole, father of computer science .

tryfix

In the year of 1916 Murderous Mary was hanged in Erwin Tennesee. She was an Elephant who had killed her trainer.


During the Napoleonic War a French Ship was shipwrecked off Hartlepool, the only survivor was a monkey who was tried as a spy and hanged. To this day people from Hartlepool are still called monkey hangers.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Amalgam wrote: »

Cat $hit tastes like marzipan.

I'll take your word on it...

worded

The endangered Siberian snow leopard can whistle but chooses not to ...

4068ac1elhodqr

About 1/100 people have a small mark on the front, top of their ears (reminiscent of fish gills) this is because we were once fish-like creatures and some of the dna is still present.

Just today they discovered one of mankind's earliest relatives, a fish chap from around 450m years ago.

Riddle101

In the days of the American Old West, it wasn't uncommon to see camels being used. In fact the United States Army had it's own Camel Corps.

Chancer3001

Somebody studying atoms is just a bunch of atoms trying to understand themselves

D0NNELLY

Red Kev wrote: »

The flag of the President of Finland has a Swastika on it..

The St Brigids Cross is a Swastika, which meant that RTE had a Swastika as a logo for several decades.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika_Laundry

Squall Leonhart

Alanna Thousands Valley wrote: »

Just today they discovered one of mankind's earliest relatives, a fish chap from around 450m years ago.

Yes, fascinating really, this fella:



Article about it here; http://www.thejournal.ie/saccorhytus-discovery-3214163-Jan2017/

razorblunt

Jack the Stripper wrote: »

It's possible to maintain an erection after ejaculation.

Yeah, but don't touch the fúcking thing and stop doing whatever it was that you/someone were doing post haste!

Armchair Andy

razorblunt wrote:

Yeah, but don't touch the fúcking thing and stop doing whatever it was that you/someone were doing post haste!

I'll bite.

Why?

Wibbs

Armchair Andy wrote: »

I'll bite.

Why?

Outrageous over sensitivity post pop, to the degree that a gnat buzzing its wings in another room could be felt as a breeze. For me anyway.

osarusan

The Automobile Association once had to pay Ordnance Survey 20 million quid after the AA included an Ordnance Survey copyright trap on one of their maps - copyright traps are deliberate mistakes (fictitious streets, rivers etc) inserted into maps, which, if replicated by a different map maker, prove that they have used/stolen the copyrighted material.

ahlookit

osarusan wrote: »

The Automobile Association once had to pay Ordnance Survey 20 million quid after the AA included an Ordnance Survey copyright trap on one of their maps - copyright traps are deliberate mistakes (fictitious streets, rivers etc) inserted into maps, which, if replicated by a different map maker, prove that they have used/stolen the copyrighted material.

Then there's the case of Agloe, the copyright trap town that actually got built!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agloe,_New_York

jameorahiely

The Michelin star food thing was started as a way to sell more tyres on cars. Michellen tyres needed a way to get people to drive longer distances so they'd sell more tyres. They started a guest house and food guide, awarding stars. The food stars still remain

foxy farmer

The AA was founded originally back in 1905 to help motorists by warning them of nearby speed traps.

4068ac1elhodqr

Squall Leonhart wrote: »

Yes, fascinating really, this fella:



Article about it here; http://www.thejournal.ie/saccorhytus-discovery-3214163-Jan2017/

Yes indeed, it may have been closer to 560m years ago, a long time anyway.

Here's where the trace fish dna shows up on some folks it's an ‘evolutionary remnant of fish gills’.

It's a tiny hole in the top of the ear, chances are they're all decent swimmers. Effects between 1-10% of the population.



Don't try breathing through your ears though.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Boliva lost its coastline to Chile in the War of the Pacific over a century ago. The Bolivian navy have ships on Lake Titicaca and some rivers in case they ever get their coast back.

Ironically, they didn't have a navy when they had a coast which is one of the reasons they lost that war so badly.

razorblunt

Armchair Andy wrote: »

I'll bite.

Why?

It's about as sensitive as a safe place in an American college campus.