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Most Brazil buts actually come from Bolivia
people living with mental health problems just call them Brazils
That makes no sense.
On any level.
I recently discovered that Hugo Boss designed the Nazi uniform
And the man behind L'Oreal was a Nazi collaborator and funded French fascism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Schueller
people living with mental health problems just call them Brazils
That makes no sense.On any level.
Well you wouldn't really expect it to would you
Pete Ramished and Hector Bungry played with the Shadows, yet it is still Hank Marvin who gets all the rhyming slang glory.
And the man behind L'Oreal was a Nazi collaborator and funded French fascism.
He probably thought it was worth it.
Apologies if it's been done but...
Harry Shearer (Ned Flanders etc from The Simpsons) played Derek Smalls in Spinal Tap.
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The largest CNC machining company in the World? Apple. There's a good argument that they're not an electronics company at all, they're an engineering company.
http://atomicdelights.com/blog/why-your-next-iphone-wont-be-ceramic
Well, I thought it was interesting 😉
people living with mental health problems just call them Brazils
[quote=Jamie]That makes no sense.
On any level.
[quote=avdave]Well you wouldn't really expect it to would you
a bit harsh there, avdave. Jamie, on occasion can be quite perceptive, this is more of an exception.
Bon Scott of AC/DC fame moved to Australia from his native Scotland. Locals there started calling him "Bonnie Scotland" - hence, Bon Scott.
A Piano is a percussion instrument - not as many think, a string instrument.
not according to the widely-used Hornbostel-Sachs classification system where is classed as a chordophone
Stretched string produces the sound. How it is hit is less important than how it makes the sound
You may as well call a guitar a percussion instrument because i hit it with my fingers.
IIRC the orchestra places it in percussion instruments though so it may well be a debatable point.
There are more tigers in captivity in Texas than wild in the rest of the world.
Bon Scott of AC/DC fame moved to Australia from his native Scotland. Locals there started calling him "Bonnie Scotland" - hence, Bon Scott.
I guess you heard that on the radio earlier - not quite correct. He's originally Ronald Scott and Bon came partly from the Bonnie thing but mainly from just being a shortening of Ronald.
Ronald being the most rock 'n' roll name of course:
Bon Scott
Ronnie van Zant
Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie Wood
Ronnie Lane
And so on 😆
Another good Brazil nut fact, in Brazil they just call them nuts.
Brazil nuts are not nuts, they are seeds.
I guess you heard that on the radio earlier
I did. I fully expected a follow-up 'fact' on here to be someone knowing what radio station I listen to. (-:
Brazil nuts are not nuts, they are seeds.
Peanuts are not nuts, they are are legumes (as are peas).
During Roman times Cs in latin were pronounced hard, Caesar was pronounced kaisar.
I never knew Chris Ryan (ex SAS bloke) is actually called ** *****G
& he's got a brother who's a Major in the Para's.
Caesar was pronounced kaisar
Kaiser... German for emperor.
the word "assasin" dereives from the Arabic for "Hash".
the word "assasin" dereives from the Arabic for "Hash".
I discovered that fact a few years ago whilst reading the excellent "Hashish by Robert Connell Clarke"
Hassan al-Sabbah was a charismatic leader in the 12th century, a brilliant mathematician, a devoted religious scholar, an awesomely diabolical mastermind, and the founder and first Grand Master of one of history's deadliest and most lethal mystery cults - the Hashashin, the secret Order of Assassins.
Recruits came to Alamut to study the mysterious ways of the Isma'ili, and Hassan housed them in small, modest, windowless apartments deep beneath the mountain. They stayed there for a while, studying shit and learning, until one day a servant arrived with a magical potion for the initiate to drink which consisted of Hashish and a combination of psychoactive herbs that induced vivid hallucinations.
And Bannana's are not fruit, they are herbs.Brazil nuts are not nuts, they are seeds.
Peanuts are not nuts, they are are legumes (as are peas).
No way I'm going through the entire thread to see if it's been mentioned but on the subject of nuts the use of the humble cashew was quite an education, in particular the stuff between the shell outer and inner and its uses.
I also read somewhere it (the shell) could be used to produce phone cases or something - might be wrong. Google it for your daily fix...
The ink on banknotes doesn't set. Mind = blown.
Yeah, it's an anti-forgery technique. Doesn't work so well with old notes, but with a new one you rub the geometric shape on a piece of paper and it leaves a mark.
Glass is not a solid. it is actually a [url= https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-fiction-glass-liquid/ ]liquid[/url]
There are more tigers in captivity in Texas than wild in the rest of the world.
in the entire U.S. maybe? a quick google suggests 5,000 in captivity in the US compared with just under 4,000 in the wild...still an astonishing thought though.
Brazil nuts are not nuts, they are seeds.
Peanuts are not nuts, they are are legumes (as are peas).
Cashew nuts are not nuts, they are seeds of the cashew apple.
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Gah
Britain has defeated every other country in the world.
Okay, maybe some pseudo-facts here (or do we call them Alt facts now)
Glass is not a solid. it is actually a liquid
I thought that was a myth? Old glass is thicker at the bottom due to an immature manufacturing process?
johndoh - Member
Apologies if it's been done but...
Harry Shearer (Ned Flanders etc from The Simpsons) played Derek Smalls in Spinal Tap.I DID NOT KNOW THAT!
The football shirt he's wearing in the airport scene is a Shrewsbury Town top.
Glass is not a solid. it is actually a liquid
I thought that was a myth? Old glass is thicker at the bottom due to an immature manufacturing process?
Think you're right Cougar - paper back in 1996/97:
http://www.edu-observatory.org/physics-faq/General/Glass/glass.html
There are more plastic flamingos in the world than real living flamingos.
Not particularly amazing when you think there are more plastic dinosaurs on my desk than there are living dinosaurs in the entire world.
Glass is not a solid. it is actually a liquid
Err - the link you quoted refutes this myth!
There are more plastic flamingos in the world than real living flamingos.
My wife has been on at me to stop doing my flamingo impersonation. I had to put my foot down.