Soapy FFC Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 On 26/10/2021 at 21:49, Newbornbairn said: The theme tune for Mission Impossible - da da dah dah da da dah dah da da...is "M" "I" in Morse Code. dot dot, dash dash, dot dot, dash dash The theme tune for 'Some Mothers do Ave Em' spells out the title in morse code. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 On 06/12/2021 at 18:26, DiegoDiego said: The 20-man USSR squad for Euro 88 only had one Russian in it. I can name 3 Russian in that squad Rinat Dasayev - Vagiz Khidiyatullin - Sergey Dmitriyev 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 I can name 3 Russian in that squad Rinat Dasayev - Vagiz KhidiyatullinThose two are Tatar, not Russian. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 The polar bear's nose is so powerful it can smell a seal on the ice 20 (aye, twenty) miles away, and even find a seal's air hole in the ice up to 1 mile away. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 52 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: The polar bear's nose is so powerful it can smell a seal on the ice 20 (aye, twenty) miles away, and even find a seal's air hole in the ice up to 1 mile away. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Tonga is 24hrs ahead of American Samoa despite the two being ~580 miles apart. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 (edited) "Good Morning Vietnam" supposedly in Vietnam was actually filmed in Thailand. This might seem like a trivial issue - same part of the world and all that. Except that in Thailand they drive on the left. So every scene in the film where they drove on the right had to be strictly choreographed on a closed film set with normal traffic excluded and tight police control. So if any of you think filmmaking is easy - think again. Edited December 24, 2021 by Fullerene 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Austria used to be spit in half with driving left or right side of the road. This only changed once the Nazis took over and made everyone drive on the right. The more you find out about that Hitler guy the worse he gets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 (edited) My granny saw Hitler when she visited Trier in the 1930s. Taught him everything he knew I suspect... Edited December 25, 2021 by tamthebam 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 29 minutes ago, tamthebam said: My granny saw Hitler when she visited Trier in the 1930s. Taught him everything he knew I suspect... Thank f***, your gran was a crap war strategist. He was a bad egg. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 (edited) On 24/12/2021 at 16:15, Hedgecutter said: Tonga is 24hrs ahead of American Samoa despite the two being ~580 miles apart. The first people to see Christmas each year are citizens of Kiribati which, in the local dialect, means "Christmas". Edited December 25, 2021 by Bully Wee Villa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 The last person to be executed by guillotine was Tunisian born Hamida Djandoubi. He was convicted of kidnap, torture and murder and was the last person to be executed in western europe, with his death sentence being carried out on 10th September 1977 in Marseilles. The last public beheading in France was carried out in 1939. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Dr Guillotin suggested there should be a more humane method of execution and the device was named after him. Ironically he was an opponent of capital punishment Scotland had an early form of guillotine- the Maiden. Ordered by Edinburgh Council in 1564 it is still on show in the Museum of Scotland. The last public execution in Scotland was in 1865 on Glasgow Green. Queens Park FC were formed 2 years later as those who had previously enjoyed a grisly spectacle now denied to them invented Scottish football as a substitute. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, tamthebam said: Scotland had an early form of guillotine- the Maiden. Ordered by Edinburgh Council in 1564 it is still on show in the Museum of Scotland. Aye there's one in the Museo de la Tortura in Guadalest Basically you put your head through the wee hole, the blade s rested on your neck and some guy belts the back of the blade with a big wooden mallet. This was pretty gruesome - The iron band went round your waist and you slowly impaled yourself under your own weight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Newbornbairn said: This was pretty gruesome - The iron band went round your waist and you slowly impaled yourself under your own weight. I reckon if I clenched my arse cheeks I could survive for a horribly long time, like weeks. I bet the arrowhead was a bit narrower in real life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 ^^^ tight arse Going back to the driving. I found out, that Samoa changed from right to left (only country to do), as they can buy cheaper cars from AUS & NZ rather than USA. This only happened in 2009. They announced at 06:00 then they all switched on some date (not sure). Cost them loads to change the signs, but in the long run, saved the people money. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 The burd on the Sweetheart Stout can is W Axl Rose's mother in law.She was married to Don Everly of the Everly Brothers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: I reckon if I clenched my arse cheeks I could survive for a horribly long time, like weeks. I bet the arrowhead was a bit narrower in real life. Is that your Grindr intro? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Patterson Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 On 11/08/2021 at 20:09, Arch Stanton said: Another fun fact is that your hidden content and Brazzaville are the world's closest capital cities. Surely the Vatican and Rome would be closer? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, Ray Patterson said: Surely the Vatican and Rome would be closer? Not sure the Vatican is a capital city - a bit like Singapore not having a capital as it's too small. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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