Really TRUE odd factoids

[Drago]

Hotel California was a rip off of a Jethro Tull song.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

 

[Drago]

Sharks do not sleep.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

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.

 

[classic33]

It's a year ago today, 29th June 2022, since the shortest day so far was recorded.

1.59 milliseconds short of 24 hours!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

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.

 

[Dave7]

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]

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).

I bloody well would, if it's on offer, then sod it, I'm 'avin' it! 😆

 

[markemark]

Saw a program on it a few years back and it’s pretty much steak or KFC for everyone. The also only get a small choice despite the myth of it being anything.

 

[Beebo]

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

 

[classic33]

NASA invented the first scratch-resistant plastic lenses while working on a spacecraft water purification system.

 

[Jameshow]

Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

And half a brain iirc...

 

[Emanresu]

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

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

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.

 

[classic33]

Arachibutyrophobia: The fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
While
Nomophobia: is the fear of being without your mobile phone.