Really TRUE odd factoids

[Profpointy]

There are ultrasonic remotes as well.
Infra Red are cheaper make as a system, and the remotes can be replaced with a non OEM one should they break.

Indeed. Back in about 1980 I recall the TV in a student common room would change channels when people shouted at it watching the rugby

 

[Beebo]

Indeed. Back in about 1980 I recall the TV in a student common room would change channels when people shouted at it watching the rugby

We had a remote on a wire in the 80s.
How’s that for flash!

 

[Andy in Germany]

Indeed. Back in about 1980 I recall the TV in a student common room would change channels when people shouted at it watching the rugby

Early AI.

 

[Chris S]

Rule 201 of the Highway Code requires drivers to reverse into their driveways, if possible.

 

[classic33]

Former Liberian president, Charles King, is in the Guinness Book of Records for the most fraudulent election in history.
He won the 1927 election with a majority of 234,000 votes, in a country with a population of only 19,000 registered voters.

 

[T4tomo]

We had a remote on a wire in the 80s.
How’s that for flash!

when we first got a tv with a remote, my dad insisted the remote lived on the shelf next to the TV so we didnt "lose it". thus to change channels etc one had to get off the sofa, walk to the TV, use the remote, put it back down again and resume your position on the sofa. I'm not convinced that was progress....

 

[Electric_Andy]

when we first got a tv with a remote, my day insisted the remote lived on the shelf next to the TV so we didnt "lose it". thus to change channels etc one had to get off the sofa, walk to the TV, use the remote, put it back down again and resume your position on the sofa. I'm not convinced that was progress....

My parents and Grandparents had the same idea about cordless landline phones. It lived in its holster on the telephone table, where the previous fixed telephone used to live. They thought if they actually used the cordless one for convenience, it would catch fire and explode or something

 

[raleighnut]

when we first got a tv with a remote, my day insisted the remote lived on the shelf next to the TV so we didnt "lose it". thus to change channels etc one had to get off the sofa, walk to the TV, use the remote, put it back down again and resume your position on the sofa. I'm not convinced that was progress....

In my HiFi system the CD player, Minidisc and Cassette all have remotes....................never used one of them.

 

[Chris S]

My car radio had a remote. It was easier to just press the buttons on the facia. I suppose it was for people in the back seat.

 

[roley poley]

granddad would poke the button on his old tv that looked like abit of wooden furniture with his walking stick

 

[classic33]

In 2013, Benjamin Careathers sued Red Bull over their slogan "Red Bull gives you wings" when he failed to get any wings.
Red Bull paid $13,000,000 in compensation.

 

[classic33]

Divers who recover golf balls from lakes on or around golf courses can earn over $100,000 a year. With an average of just over $52,300 a year.

 

[Alex321]

In 2013, Benjamin Careathers sued Red Bull over their slogan "Red Bull gives you wings" when he failed to get any wings.
Red Bull paid $13,000,000 in compensation.

Not quite as silly as it sounds. He wasn't claiming that the advertising suggested you would literally grow wings, but rather that the advertising suggested it was more of a stimulant than it actually is, given it actually contains less caffeine than an average coffee shop coffee.

And he wasn't paid $13 million, it was a class action suit, with each person who claimed getting $10, with a cap at a total overall payout of $13 million.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

When we were kids, we were the remotes.

 

[Chris S]

Divers who recover golf balls from lakes on or around golf courses can earn over $100,000 a year. With an average of just over $52,300 a year.

I did a Google search and they typically get paid 10 cents per golf ball. They must recover an awful lot of them.