I never knew that!

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Sherlock Holmes NEVER said "Elementary, my dear Watson".

Never in the books, but many times in the movies and radio programs.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Never in the books, but many times in the movies and radio programs.

Ah, but only the books have the "real" Holmes.

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Ah, but only the books have the "real" Holmes.

But who was the "real" Holmes in the films.. B. Cumberbatch or .. Hans Albers

Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ma...herlock_Holmes


Film:




Best-known sound track:

[Jimbuna]

An old law in Bellingham, Washington, made it illegal for a woman to take more than 3 steps backwards while dancing.

[Jimbuna]

The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.

[Platapus]

The Canary Islands were named after a type of animal.

Dogs actually. From the Latin Canariae

[Jimbuna]

The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

[Platapus]

Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?

Technically no one is. Grant and his wife are entombed as their bodies are above ground level

[Von Due]

Apparently, if one for one reason or the other wants to type in Vietnamese on a computer, one can use a Finnish multilingual keyboard.

[Jimbuna]

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages the suit and the much lower air pressure in a space capsule causes intestinal gas to expand to 3 times normal volume, insuring a major local "environmental impact".

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages the suit and the much lower air pressure in a space capsule causes intestinal gas to expand to 3 times normal volume, insuring a major local "environmental impact".

Having farted at 4 atm, I can attest to how gases react to changing pressures.

However, evidently eating beans is a tradition with the ground controllers

https://www.nasa.gov/content/beans-a-launch-tradition/

Nothing like celebrating one blast with another.

[Platapus]

India Ink was first manufactured in China, where it is called China Ink.

[Jimbuna]

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages the suit and the much lower air pressure in a space capsule causes intestinal gas to expand to 3 times normal volume, insuring a major local "environmental impact".

I knew that

Bats always turn left when exiting a cave.

Prove that.

[Aktungbby]

Originally Posted by Catfish

I knew that



Prove that.

IT IS IN FACT A MYTH

A common myth is that bats always turn left when exiting caves. This is one of those fun "facts" that shows up in trivia books Web sites, but nobody seems to be certain where this batty story got started. Nothing in the literature of chiropterology (the study of bats) seems to verify it.
Instead, it would appear that bats turn in whichever direction provides the most open space. Bats use a sophisticated sonar system that enables them to navigate their way in the dark. This system, known as echolocation, entails emitting high-pitched sounds and listening to the echo to determine the size, shape and location of objects in the vicinity.