Share Your Interesting But Not Very Useful Facts

Share Your Interesting But Not Very Useful Facts

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Road2Ruin

5,896 posts

231 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

74,816 posts

232 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

6,527 posts

147 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

8,823 posts

297 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

7,834 posts

197 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

6,527 posts

147 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

30,681 posts

188 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

3,837 posts

213 months

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

Huff

3,288 posts

206 months

Sunday 16th April 2023
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That deserves a big hand.

Milkyway

10,384 posts

68 months

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

Fermit

13,240 posts

115 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

34 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

98 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

24,281 posts

216 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

98 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

7,924 posts

141 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

6,527 posts

147 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

98 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.

Roofless Toothless

6,527 posts

147 months

Monday 17th April 2023
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bongtom said:
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.
Yes, I think you should. It seems that estimating height by the length of the leg bones is fraught with danger. Just think, at some future date some archaeologist might be trying to work out how tall Lionel Messi was by the same technique and should be warned.

john2443

6,441 posts

226 months

Monday 17th April 2023
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Roofless Toothless said:
Yes, I think you should. It seems that estimating height by the length of the leg bones is fraught with danger. Just think, at some future date some archaeologist might be trying to work out how tall Lionel Messi was by the same technique and should be warned.
I'm 6ft but have relatively short legs and long back, my friend who's the same height has huge legs so extrapolating from femurs would make him 6'9" and me 5'0" smile