Share Your Interesting But Not Very Useful Facts

Share Your Interesting But Not Very Useful Facts

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Road2Ruin

5,167 posts

215 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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The name Jack was historically short for John....

Dibble

12,927 posts

239 months

Monday 20th March 2023
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The length of the characters in Morse code is roughly proportional to their frequency in English, so the letter E, the most frequent letter used in English, is one dot. T is one dash.

Road2Ruin

5,167 posts

215 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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Dibble said:
The length of the characters in Morse code is roughly proportional to their frequency in English, so the letter E, the most frequent letter used in English, is one dot. T is one dash.
What is S and O, just in case I need to know...---...
hehe


Byker28i

58,864 posts

216 months

Tuesday 21st March 2023
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Dibble said:
The length of the characters in Morse code is roughly proportional to their frequency in English, so the letter E, the most frequent letter used in English, is one dot. T is one dash.
The easiest way to learn morse is through pattern groups

Roofless Toothless

5,613 posts

131 months

Thursday 30th March 2023
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William the Conqueror’s wife Mathilda was only four feet two inches tall. She had nine children.

evenflow

8,784 posts

281 months

Friday 31st March 2023
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Mercedes F1 take their own mattresses to hotels to ensure that the drivers get a good sleep.

RedWhiteMonkey

6,807 posts

181 months

Friday 31st March 2023
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Byker28i said:
The easiest way to learn morse is through pattern groups
The Mission Impossible theme uses a musical version of the initials M I - dash dash dot dot, dash dash dot dot.....

Roofless Toothless

5,613 posts

131 months

Friday 31st March 2023
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The Inspector Morse theme music, written by Barrington Pheloung, contains the Morse Code M - O - R - S - E.






Doofus

25,732 posts

172 months

Sunday 9th April 2023
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Last Saturday, there was a £20,000,000 lottery 'superdraw' in which, if the jackpot wasn't won, the prize money woild roll down to the lower tiers.

That's what happened, but only £19,845,372 was redistributed, saving Camelot £154,628.

heisthegaffer

3,347 posts

197 months

Sunday 16th April 2023
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An estimate of Jeremy Beadle's total charitable fund raising is around £100 million.

Huff

3,141 posts

190 months

Sunday 16th April 2023
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That deserves a big hand.

Milkyway

9,292 posts

52 months

Sunday 16th April 2023
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The longest golf putt in the World is 9.23 miles.

Fermit

12,787 posts

99 months

Sunday 16th April 2023
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Huff said:
That deserves a big hand.
Very good!

Jesting aside, that's some legacy.

Raccaccoonie

2,797 posts

18 months

Monday 17th April 2023
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Fermit said:
Very good!

Jesting aside, that's some legacy.
From what I've heard, and considering all the stars around him in his era, he was a decent bloke, which is rare.

bongtom

2,018 posts

82 months

Monday 17th April 2023
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The woman who was "Eileen" in the Dexy's song was the sister of Siobhan Fahey's (Bananarama)

shirt

22,508 posts

200 months

Monday 17th April 2023
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Road2Ruin said:
The name Jack was historically short for John....
Can anyone explain why? Same with Harry being the nickname for Henry, I don’t get why.

bongtom

2,018 posts

82 months

Monday 17th April 2023
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Roofless Toothless said:
William the Conqueror’s wife Mathilda was only four feet two inches tall. She had nine children.
I knew that would be false, just like Napoleon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Flanders#...

"In 1959 Matilda's incomplete skeleton was examined and her femur and tibia were measured to determine her height. Her height was 5 feet (152 cm), a normal female height for the time.[34] However, as a result of this examination she was misreported as being 4 feet 2 inches (127 cm)[35] leading to the myth that she was extremely small."

rodericb

6,663 posts

125 months

Monday 17th April 2023
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As the relevant threads seem to have been culled this spot seems the best place for this one.

Everyone in Washington knew about what Epstein was up to but were too afraid to do anything about it.


Roofless Toothless

5,613 posts

131 months

Monday 17th April 2023
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bongtom said:
Roofless Toothless said:
William the Conqueror’s wife Mathilda was only four feet two inches tall. She had nine children.
I knew that would be false, just like Napoleon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Flanders#...

"In 1959 Matilda's incomplete skeleton was examined and her femur and tibia were measured to determine her height. Her height was 5 feet (152 cm), a normal female height for the time.[34] However, as a result of this examination she was misreported as being 4 feet 2 inches (127 cm)[35] leading to the myth that she was extremely small."
Well, she must have been four feet two at some point ...

bongtom

2,018 posts

82 months

Monday 17th April 2023
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Roofless Toothless said:
bongtom said:
Roofless Toothless said:
William the Conqueror’s wife Mathilda was only four feet two inches tall. She had nine children.
I knew that would be false, just like Napoleon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Flanders#...

"In 1959 Matilda's incomplete skeleton was examined and her femur and tibia were measured to determine her height. Her height was 5 feet (152 cm), a normal female height for the time.[34] However, as a result of this examination she was misreported as being 4 feet 2 inches (127 cm)[35] leading to the myth that she was extremely small."
Well, she must have been four feet two at some point ...
Good point. I’ll edit the Wiki page.