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Platapus · 04-12-21, 09:31 AM

Scotland has over 400 words meaning snow.

Some examples:

“snaw” (snow), “feefle” (swirls of snow), and “flindrinkin” (a light snow shower). And that giant 15 inch snowflake that fell in Montana—that would be called a “skelf.”

mapuc · 04-12-21, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Scotland has over 400 words meaning snow.

Some examples:

“snaw” (snow), “feefle” (swirls of snow), and “flindrinkin” (a light snow shower). And that giant 15 inch snowflake that fell in Montana—that would be called a “skelf.”

Iceland should have 200 words for snow more correctly 200 words for snow/snow weather variations

Markus

Jimbuna · 04-12-21, 02:07 PM

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.

Jimbuna · 04-13-21, 01:55 PM

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

Platapus · 04-13-21, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/carrot-topped/

Platapus · 04-13-21, 03:24 PM

In 1386, in France, a Pig was convicted and executed for killing a child. The defendant, a young pig, was arrested for attacking a baby’s face. When complications from the injuries ultimately killed the three-month-old, the pig was sent to jail and later, publicly executed after failing to provide a solid defense for its crimes.

Von Due · 04-14-21, 12:58 AM

The dire wolf was not a wolf.

Aktungbby · 04-14-21, 02:49 AM

/\ But when it dogpaddles across narrow Fjords, it is often in dire straits!

Jimbuna · 04-14-21, 05:58 AM

The electric chair was invented by a dentist.

Platapus · 04-14-21, 04:02 PM

In 2006, an Australian man opened a bid on the e-commerce platform for the country of New Zealand. Bids started at $0.01. Bidding prices climbed all the way to $3,000 before e-bay officials shut it down, adding “clearly New Zealand is not for sale.” Still, New Zealand was salty about the prank. The country’s foreign minister at the time even called it “nonsensical stupidity.”

Aktungbby · 04-14-21, 04:07 PM

John Waye had a speaking role in Starwars IV!

Platapus · 04-14-21, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

John Waye had a speaking role in Starwars IV!

Cool trivia.

Jimbuna · 04-15-21, 10:31 AM

The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II Killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.

Jimbuna · 04-15-21, 10:31 AM

More people are killed annually by donkeys than airplane crashes.

Platapus · 04-15-21, 01:07 PM

The US city of Boring has a sister city in Scotland named Dull.

04-12-21, 09:31 AM	#631
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,970 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Scotland has over 400 words meaning snow. Some examples: “snaw” (snow), “feefle” (swirls of snow), and “flindrinkin” (a light snow shower). And that giant 15 inch snowflake that fell in Montana—that would be called a “skelf.” __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-12-21, 02:07 PM	#633
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-13-21, 01:55 PM	#634
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-13-21, 03:24 PM	#636
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,970 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	In 1386, in France, a Pig was convicted and executed for killing a child. The defendant, a young pig, was arrested for attacking a baby’s face. When complications from the injuries ultimately killed the three-month-old, the pig was sent to jail and later, publicly executed after failing to provide a solid defense for its crimes. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-14-21, 02:49 AM	#638
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,886 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	/\ But when it dogpaddles across narrow Fjords, it is often in dire straits! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

04-14-21, 12:58 AM	#637
Von Due Sea Lord Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,660 Downloads: 30 Uploads: 0	The dire wolf was not a wolf.

04-14-21, 05:58 AM	#639
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The electric chair was invented by a dentist. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-14-21, 04:02 PM	#640
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,970 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	In 2006, an Australian man opened a bid on the e-commerce platform for the country of New Zealand. Bids started at $0.01. Bidding prices climbed all the way to $3,000 before e-bay officials shut it down, adding “clearly New Zealand is not for sale.” Still, New Zealand was salty about the prank. The country’s foreign minister at the time even called it “nonsensical stupidity.” __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-14-21, 04:07 PM	#641
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,886 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	John Waye had a speaking role in Starwars IV! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

04-15-21, 10:31 AM	#643
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II Killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-15-21, 10:31 AM	#644
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	More people are killed annually by donkeys than airplane crashes. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-15-21, 01:07 PM	#645
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,970 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The US city of Boring has a sister city in Scotland named Dull. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.