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07-09-23, 08:03 AM | #2686 |
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GOLF - Dimples are put into golf balls to eliminate aerodynamic drag. The drag acts as an anchor and the ball reduces in speed. Most golf balls today have 250450 dimples.
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07-09-23, 10:14 AM | #2687 |
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only 13 of Titan's 90 descents to the RMS Titanic wreck actually made it to the Titanic...a success rate of 14%??
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07-09-23, 11:58 AM | #2688 |
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The US Navy uses XBox controllers to operate the periscope on the Virginia class submarine. The old joystick system cost over $38,000 each, Xbox controllers about $30.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...x-controllers/
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07-09-23, 12:36 PM | #2689 |
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1982 Michael Fagan breaks into Buckingham Palace and enters the Queen's bedroom in Buckingham Palace, London
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07-10-23, 10:21 AM | #2690 |
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Rainforest - Every second of every day, an area of the rainforest the size of a football field is destroyed.
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07-11-23, 10:08 AM | #2691 |
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Sleep - The record for the longest duration without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The winner suffered hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision and slurred speech.
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07-12-23, 08:47 AM | #2692 |
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United Nations - The UN has its own post office and its own postage stamps.
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07-12-23, 09:23 AM | #2693 |
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Subsim‘s own Ostfriese doesn‘t live in Ostfriesland and hasn‘t done so for at least 17 years.
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07-12-23, 01:23 PM | #2694 |
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...that's a damn lie! The real Ostfriese cannot count that high! ....Actor, Brad Pitt, practised fly-fishing in pal, Melissa Etheridge's Hollywood swimming pool for his role in A River Runs Through It.
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07-13-23, 06:39 AM | #2695 |
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Valentine's Day - In 270AD, Roman emperor Claudius II believed marriage turned his men into bad soldiers and decreed that all young men were barred from marriage. Ignoring the emperor, Bishop Valentine continued to marry young lovers in secret until his disobedience was discovered and he was sentenced to death.
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07-13-23, 10:14 AM | #2696 |
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Interestingly enough: back in the 1980s the people from Ostfriesland were the butt of many German jokes making fun of how stupid they (allegedly) are. This only changed with the Mantafahrer jokes, which were basically the same jokes aiming at a different group of people (the drivers of Opel Mantas).
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07-13-23, 11:37 AM | #2697 |
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I understand completely; my great grandmother, Sarah Koenig, emigrated from the hinterlands of Swabia, Germany to Brooklyn, NY ca: 1900
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07-13-23, 01:04 PM | #2698 |
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WEDDING - Brides in ancient Rome carried sheaves of wheat during their wedding as symbols of fertility.
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07-13-23, 04:41 PM | #2699 |
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As part of the Casa de Fritos operation at Disneyland, "Doritos" (Spanish for "little golden things") were created at the park to recycle old tortillas that would have been discarded. The Frito-Lay Company saw the popularity of the item and began selling them regionally in 1964,
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07-14-23, 06:19 AM | #2700 |
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THE X FACTOR - The most popular audition songs for girls on the TV talent show include Summertime and Hero. For blokes they include Ain't No Sunshine and I Believe I Can Fly.
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