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[Road2Ruin]

The name Jack was historically short for John....

[Dibble]

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]

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...---...

[Byker28i]

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]

William the Conqueror’s wife Mathilda was only four feet two inches tall. She had nine children.

[evenflow]

Mercedes F1 take their own mattresses to hotels to ensure that the drivers get a good sleep.

[RedWhiteMonkey]

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]

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

[Doofus]

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]

An estimate of Jeremy Beadle's total charitable fund raising is around £100 million.

[Huff]

That deserves a big hand.

[Milkyway]

The longest golf putt in the World is 9.23 miles.

[Fermit]

Huff said:

That deserves a big hand.

Very good!

Jesting aside, that's some legacy.

[Raccaccoonie]

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]

The woman who was "Eileen" in the Dexy's song was the sister of Siobhan Fahey's (Bananarama)

[shirt]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.