I know, right? Like, Star Trek's Scotty I can see as a veteran. But Maxwell Smart? Not so much.
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Relatively easy to do when you’re a rich & famous, eccentric and still relevant/talented director. Let’s see someone that looks like him who isn’t those things snag these kinds of broads.
Three Surprisingly Practical Uses for Dryer Lint
Don't throw your dryer lint away. You're going to need it.
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DNA From Beethoven's Hair Reveals a Surprise Almost 200 Years Later
One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig von Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness.
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Nemo's Garden...
... is smaller than I thought.
(Still qualifies as awesome, though : http://www.nemosgarden.com )
... is smaller than I thought.
(Still qualifies as awesome, though : http://www.nemosgarden.com )
My parents surprised me with an early birthday gift. It's a framed document that details the history of our family name. Today I learned that the earliest know recorded use of our name was in the late 15th century by a man that had the same first name as my late grandfather. Obviously, that's purely coincidental, but still pretty cool.
Before "Stayin' Alive" became widely used, the chorus for "Nellie the Elephant" was used to teach the rhythm of CPR.
The TV depiction of CPR as something you just do for a bit until the person comes round will never not infuriate me.
Oh yeah, that's bad. Though apparently sticking tourniquets on for everything is now somewhat justified, in that the victim can generally get to a hospital before they become a problem.
In medieval Europe, it was not unknown for people to cast mace heads out of bronze, if the shape of a head. If the person had a pointy nose and ears and spiky hair, it could work, I guess. Also, for a time people had shields with decorative faces in them...for some reason.
But the weirder one is that you could have trials by combat with a man fighting a woman, and to make it fair, the man stands in a hole and has a club, and the woman stands on ground level and is armed with a rock in a sock. This, apparently, was totally a thing that happened.
But the weirder one is that you could have trials by combat with a man fighting a woman, and to make it fair, the man stands in a hole and has a club, and the woman stands on ground level and is armed with a rock in a sock. This, apparently, was totally a thing that happened.
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That I don't truly want to work on a three-masters after all.
And that I want to re-play Obra Dinn instead.
And that I want to re-play Obra Dinn instead.
You know how ballistas shoot spear like things and catapults shoot rocks or whatever (over simplification, but you know what I mean)?
Apparently the ancient Romans used those words the over way round, but the meaning shifted over time.
Apparently the ancient Romans used those words the over way round, but the meaning shifted over time.
Today I learned that apparently, Yoda is of an unknown species. I'm not a fan of Star Wars, so the scale of my knowledge within its universe is quite limited, but I thought surely a character as prolific as Yoda is of a named species. Nope.
Apparently British soldiers in WW1 had to have coloured handkerchiefs, for fear that if they had white ones they'd use them to surrender.
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Plants scream when they are unhappy.
In ultrasound.
(Thankfully.)
www.theguardian.com
In ultrasound.
(Thankfully.)
Plants emit ultrasonic sounds in rapid bursts when stressed, scientists say
Thirsty or damaged plants produce up to 50 staccato pops in an hour, which nearby creatures may respond to, researchers find
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The United States Navy had an Ice Cream Barge during WW2 to raise the Morale of Sailors and Marines in the Pacific theater.
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And that is one of the coolest things I've ever heard.
Ice cream barge - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
And that is one of the coolest things I've ever heard.
They should re-introduce them and have dedicated ice cream task forces.The United States Navy had an Ice Cream Barge during WW2 to raise the Morale of Sailors and Marines in the Pacific theater.
Ice cream barge - Wikipedia
And that is one of the coolest things I've ever heard.
Okay, on reflection, Ice Cream Flotilla would have been better.
This makes me to want to write my congressional representatives and DEMAND the USN create an Ice Cream Task Force...for Morale purposes.
Even questioning the idea is hating the brave people defending your nation.