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[2smokinberyls smockfrocks]

the reason belfast by orbital is called belfast is because they had just written it and didn't have a name for it yet, so while travelling to belfast for a gig they wrote it on the set-list as belfast and the name stuck.
one of the best chill-out tunes ever

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

The equals sign (=) was invented in 1557 after Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde got tired of having to write “Is equal to” over and over again.

 

[2smokinberyls smockfrocks]

Finally...a completely true story. And his name was Bulmer.

they have found entrances to caves on the moon.

Radar evidence of an accessible cave conduit on the Moon below the Mare Tranquillitatis pit - Nature Astronomy

A void tens of metres in size below the Mare Tranquillitatis pit on the Moon is revealed by radar images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. This finding implies that lava tubes or conduits are possibly common below lunar maria.

www.nature.com

imagine if, long ago, apple trees grew on the moon.
it's quite possible that there is still cider at the bottom of them,
albeit very strong by now.

 

[1.618034]

The equals sign (=) was invented in 1557 after Welsh mathematician Robert Recorde got tired of having to write “Is equal to” over and over again.

IIRC the symbol reflected the way they'd highlight their answers by drawing parallel lines above and below the results.

 

[bluethrunthru]

 

[Blue Mist]

I'm in Spello, Umbria. It's hot, very hot. I went for a walk and was using my phone to take pictures. At some point it froze and despite it telling me to swipe the screen to unlock it, it wouldn't let me.
I put it in the fridge for a few minutes and it's working !!!!

 

[metalblue]

Wife selling, whilst not entirely (or even remotely) lawful, occurred in England as an alternative to the prohibitively expensive divorce. It seems to have been something unique to England.

One of the last recorded instances of wife selling happened in 1913 when a man sold his wife to a workmate for £1.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Stories like that are why I've never got round to having the much needed routine hernia op.
"I'm sorry sir but due to unforseen complications we had to remove your penis"
Be just my luck that.

They do tell you about the (albeit extremely slim) possibility of having to remove a necrotised testicle should things go particularly awry.

But got it done (2nd one) and.now only 2 more weeks away from complete recovery.

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

Malaria is estimated to be the cause of death for around half of everyone who ever lived.
In 2022 there were 24 million reported cases and over 600,000 deaths.

 

[2smokinberyls smockfrocks]

37037 x 3 = 111111
37037 x 6 = 222222
37037 x 9 = 333333
37037 x 12 = 444444
37037 x 15 = 555555
37037 x 18 = 666666
37037 x 21 = 777777
37037 x 24 = 888888
37037 x 27 = 999999