Factoids - useless but interesting snippets

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[Bill W]

4 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

 

The birth of a volcanic island and it didn't even need a midwife.  And then the squatters moved in - seals, puffins, and many species of birds, and the soil was perfect for plant life to spread from surrounding areas.  Isn't Mother Nature wonderful? 

[Page Scrawler]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: A 36-letter word that means "fear of long words" 

[Bill W]

1 minute ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: A 36-letter word that means "fear of long words" 

I'll stick with "fear of long words".  It's easier.  🤪

[Page Scrawler]

This is the Takachiho Amaterasu Railway, a popular sightseeing tourist attraction in Japan. The train runs on biodiesel made from leftover oil used in ramen production. 

[Zombie]

Carlos Alcaraz

if the 22yo Spaniard wins on Sunday, he will be the second youngest player in the Open Era to win three consecutive Wimbledon titles after Bjorn Borg 

tbh this is just a pathetic excuse to show some gratuitous shirtless pics of Carlos taken from today’s match when he beat Taylor Fritz 

[Zombie]

Satnav - AI learning? 

my Sat nav has learned some illegal turns 
naughty satnav!  *smack!*

[Zombie]

When civilisations ‘disappear’ (which they’ve all done so far) their ‘traces’ can also disappear surprisingly quickly  

 

Edited August 6, 2025 by Zombie

[Ron]

@Zombie I believe that the talking babydoll near the end of The Planet of the Apes was first proof that not everything disappears. 

[Zombie]

1 hour ago, Ron said:

@Zombie I believe that the talking babydoll near the end of The Planet of the Apes was first proof that not everything disappears. 

don’t watch movies with dolls in them  

(see ‘Dolls are Evil’ thread which proves that dolls r evil and will kill you  )

[Ron]

@Zombie I see your reactive Wow, and I raised you a Wow.

What are you going to do now, huh?  

[Zombie]

24 minutes ago, Ron said:

What are you going to do now, huh?  

try to forget about these nightmare dolls before I go to bed

[Zombie]

You CAN dress like a dandy  

 

 

Edited August 10, 2025 by Zombie

[Bill W]

10 hours ago, Zombie said:

You CAN dress like a dandy  

 

 

I not only watched this video, but I watched another one as well, and I've made two observations.  The first is that he must be from an upper-class family, and the second is that he's a fantastic designer and tailor.  Some of his designs would rival the best from the 19th century, and he's very patient, since he does all of the sewing by hand.  He does not use a machine, at least not the I saw in the videos, and he uses a variety of different stitches, depending on the location and their use.  I was extremely impressed.  

[Zombie]

Distribution maps

used to love these in school geography classes 

strangely, Mr Slidewell (or was it Glidewell? 🧐 ) never showed us these distributions…  

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US favourite searches 

[Ron]

If we combine Southern Africa with North America and South America and Russia with a side order of Australian seduction, what do we get?

Meanwhile, in Massachusetts we are just sitting on one another’s faces. 

Edited October 19, 2025 by Ron

[Page Scrawler]

In 1858, a brawl exploded on the floor of the US House of Representatives. Fifty men were involved. The fight ended after one man's powdered wig was knocked from his head. When he retrieved the wig, he placed it backwards on his head. The two sides stopped fighting, overcome with laughter.

Edited October 19, 2025 by Page Scrawler

[Bill W]

2 hours ago, Zombie said:

Distribution maps

used to love these in school geography classes 

strangely, Mr Slidewell (or was it Glidewell? 🧐 ) never showed us these distributions…  

World favourite gay porn searches (Pornhub - 2024)

US favourite searches 

I, like you @Zombie, am intrigued by things like this!  The maps paint an interesting picture of some of those places and what they 1) don't know what those terms mean or 2) what the majority of the people are trying to get hooked up with.  A side note to those living in California - beware of your friends that are trying to hook up with your mom, because they may end up becoming yoou step-daddy.  😵

[Bill W]

2 hours ago, Ron said:

If we combine Southern Africa with North America and South America and Russia with a side order of Australian seduction, what do we get? 

One very large group of horny bastards!  😜

 

2 hours ago, Ron said:

Meanwhile, in Massachusetts we are just sitting on one another’s faces. 

Thank god they're not babysitting.  😈

[Bill W]

2 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

In 1858, a brawl exploded on the floor of the US House of Representatives. Fifty men were involved. The fight ended after one man's powdered wig was knocked from his head. When he retrieved the wig, he placed it backwards on his head. The two sides stopped fighting, overcome with laughter.

Well, they finally agreed on something!  

[Zombie]

Architect builds Death Ray…

When architect Rafael Viñoly designed the ‘Walkie-Talkie’ building in London (officially ‘20 Fenchurch Street’) he built a solar powered ‘Death Ray’…  

https://www.dezeen.com/2013/09/06/we-made-a-lot-of-mistakes-with-this-building-says-walkie-scorchie-architect-vinoly/

Edited November 8, 2025 by Zombie

[Bill W]

11 minutes ago, Zombie said:

Architect builds Death Ray…

When architect Rafael Viñoly designed the ‘Walkie-Talkie’ building in London (officially ‘20 Fenchurch Street’) he built a solar powered ‘Death Ray’…  

https://www.dezeen.com/2013/09/06/we-made-a-lot-of-mistakes-with-this-building-says-walkie-scorchie-architect-vinoly/

That's what I call supersizing solar power on earth! 

[Zombie]

The Way We Were - is now forgotten… 

for most of the 20th century boys swam naked in schools across the USA

and this wasn’t a choice - it was compulsory 

But here’s the thing - this has been officially ‘forgotten’, erased from social memory 

Pt1 (2+3 on YT)

 

Edited December 5, 2025 by Zombie

[Page Scrawler]

 

[Zombie]

how Real Men 💪 scream…