Drago
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Hotel California was a rip off of a Jethro Tull song.
Really TRUE odd factoids
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Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
Drago
Legendary Member
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Sharks do not sleep.
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
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- Craggy Island
2001 A Space Odyssey was filmed on 70mm film.
When Nasa went to the moon, they used Hasselblad cameras that normally give square images of 60x/60mm.
'Hasselblad's Appoloblads' had to be modernised with motor winding and various other things to prevent the film plane and ultimately the image, from being distorted from the lack of gravity.
Unfortunately, I have forgotten the precise details, seeing as I last read about this stuff about 20 years ago as a photographic student.
I still have my (very terrestrial) 1967 Hasselblad 500c, though.
When Nasa went to the moon, they used Hasselblad cameras that normally give square images of 60x/60mm.
'Hasselblad's Appoloblads' had to be modernised with motor winding and various other things to prevent the film plane and ultimately the image, from being distorted from the lack of gravity.
Unfortunately, I have forgotten the precise details, seeing as I last read about this stuff about 20 years ago as a photographic student.
I still have my (very terrestrial) 1967 Hasselblad 500c, though.
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Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
The tradition of death row meals started due to a fear of ghosts. In ancient Greece they fed them in order to prevent the people coming back from the underworld as "hungry ghosts" as that was one of their greatest fears.
I seriously wonder what % of prisoners take that option up ??
Ohh, they are going to execute me in x hours......mmm think I fancy a bacon and egg sarnie (or caviar).
Mad Doug Biker
Just a damaged guy.
- Location
- Craggy Island
I bloody well would, if it's on offer, then sod it, I'm 'avin' it! 😆
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Quite interesting wiki page.
It seems that in US the “last” meal is actually a “special” meal eaten a day or two before the big day.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_meal
It seems that in US the “last” meal is actually a “special” meal eaten a day or two before the big day.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_meal
Jameshow
Veteran
And half a brain iirc...
Emanresu
Senior Member
Viagra was originally developed for heart related pain. One of its side effects is blurred vision so don't take it before getting on the bike.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sildenafil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sildenafil
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
The co-founder of Encyclopædia Britannica was a 4'6" tall Scot with crooked legs and an enormous nose that he would sometimes augment with a papier-mache version. He deliberately rode the tallest horse available in Edinburgh, dismounting by a ladder to the cheers of onlookers.
