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Post by songstarliner on Mar 21, 2022 16:06:45 GMT -5
That Jared Leto is 50 years old. Shine on, you crazy diamond.
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Post by Prole Hole on Mar 21, 2022 18:37:28 GMT -5
That Jared Leto is 50 years old. Shine on, you crazy diamond.
Wax on, wax off. |
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Post by pantsgoblin on Mar 22, 2022 16:58:38 GMT -5
Study: In human crowds, as in many other animal groups, "flocking" behavior emerges from interactions between individuals, Warren explained. Understanding these interactions involves identifying rules of engagement that govern how an individual responds to their neighbors in a crowd, and how multiple neighbors are combined.
To produce a realistic individual trajectory of movement, the team conducted experiments through Warren's Virtual Environment Navigation Lab (VENLab). Study participants in a large open room wore virtual reality headsets that showed animated 3D virtual humans who were manipulated to move in different ways -- for example, some people within the virtual crowd might turn in one direction, while others continued as a group. The participants were instructed to walk with the crowd, while researchers tracked their movements and their path.
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Mar 24, 2022 9:17:59 GMT -5
Dorothy Parker was one of the writers of "A Star is Born".
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Post by Ben Grimm on Apr 4, 2022 17:54:46 GMT -5
Ciabatta has only been around since 1982.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Apr 6, 2022 7:45:44 GMT -5
Consuming axolotls was considered a Mexican folk remedy for respiratory illness and, in the 20th Century, you could buy an over-the-counter syrup made from the creatures.  |
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Apr 7, 2022 14:19:20 GMT -5
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Post by Nudeviking on Apr 12, 2022 2:22:33 GMT -5
The Pokemon Geodude's name in Korean is 꼬마돌 (ggomadol) or literally "Kid Rock."
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Apr 28, 2022 18:05:23 GMT -5
The Pokemon Geodude's name in Korean is 꼬마돌 (ggomadol) or literally "Kid Rock." Did they manage to keep Girafarig’s name a palindrome in Korean? |
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Post by Nudeviking on Apr 28, 2022 18:59:09 GMT -5
The Pokemon Geodude's name in Korean is 꼬마돌 (ggomadol) or literally "Kid Rock." Did they manage to keep Girafarig’s name a palindrome in Korean? After a quick internet check it does appear that they did. That particular Pokemon is named "kiringki" which doesn't look like a palindrome when romanized but when written out in Korean it's 키링키 which totally is. |
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Post by songstarliner on Apr 29, 2022 22:08:36 GMT -5
Istanbul (not Constantinople) is a note-for-note cover of a song from the 50s by The Four Lads. I really had no idea. Look at these Lads!
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Apr 30, 2022 9:05:32 GMT -5
That the dubious saying "his girl Friday" didn't originate with the old-timey film His Girl Friday. Also that the film doesn't explain at all what the saying "his girl Friday" means. Had to look it up on the Internet to finally learn what it actually means.
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on May 2, 2022 22:09:52 GMT -5
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on May 4, 2022 10:29:09 GMT -5
I don't know if any newspapers in Cuba have NYC tabloid style back page pun headlines. But if they do a Guantanamo based team seems ripe for lots of imprisonment and waterboard based puns. |
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on May 5, 2022 10:00:55 GMT -5
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Post by pantsgoblin on Jun 15, 2022 14:23:59 GMT -5
There was a 2016 quasi-sequel to Raging Bull starring William Forsythe that actually had one hell of a cast. I like to imagine this happened on set: [Forsythe arrives the first day with 60 pounds packed on] DIRECTOR: Please, William, we're trying not to emulate the Scorsese movie! FORSYTHE: What Scorsese movie? |
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Post by Dr. Rumak on Jun 25, 2022 20:34:39 GMT -5
TIL that Tennessee has 10 different state songs.
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Jul 18, 2022 17:55:25 GMT -5
TIL that Tennessee has 10 different state songs. One for each tooth in the state? |
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Jul 20, 2022 15:07:43 GMT -5
Today I had it pointed out to me that the rhythm to the Mission: Impossible theme is MI (-- ..) repeated in Morse code.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Aug 2, 2022 10:50:16 GMT -5
The prolific writer Anne Perry changed her name after serving 5 years in New Zealand prison for killing her mother as a teenager with her best friend. She's Kate Winslet's character in Heavenly Creatures. |
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Post by Celebith on Aug 2, 2022 15:01:04 GMT -5
TIL that the guy who wrote Stacy's Mom also wrote That Thing You Do, music for Music and Lyrics, Josie and the Pussycats, and most of My Crazy Ex-GF
Trash Theory is a fun channel.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 2, 2022 15:22:47 GMT -5
TIL that the guy who wrote Stacy's Mom also wrote That Thing You Do, music for Music and Lyrics, Josie and the Pussycats, and most of My Crazy Ex-GF Trash Theory is a fun channel. Dude, Adam Schlesinger was amazing, as were Fountains of Wayne (who were so much more than Stacy's Mom)... RIP. |
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Aug 2, 2022 16:04:57 GMT -5
If you go by the value of silver Judas gave up Jesus for between $90 and $400, but if you think of it in terms of daily wages at the time it was between $5k and $7k.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 3, 2022 9:00:23 GMT -5
TIL that Tony Hawk's son, Riley, is also a pro skater and is in a relationship with Frances Bean Cobain.
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Aug 3, 2022 9:43:01 GMT -5
The prolific writer Anne Perry changed her name after serving 5 years in New Zealand prison for killing her mother as a teenager with her best friend. She's Kate Winslet's character in Heavenly Creatures. Yep, and once I watched that movie, I had to stop reading her books. It skeeved me out too much, which is a shame because they're very fun novels. |
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Post by pantsgoblin on Aug 3, 2022 10:15:19 GMT -5
The prolific writer Anne Perry changed her name after serving 5 years in New Zealand prison for killing her mother as a teenager with her best friend. She's Kate Winslet's character in Heavenly Creatures. Yep, and once I watched that movie, I had to stop reading her books. It skeeved me out too much, which is a shame because they're very fun novels. It really is one of the gnarliest deaths in cinema history. |
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Post by Celebith on Aug 9, 2022 11:12:31 GMT -5
That Huey Lewis (at least for a time) played with Thin Lizzy, mostly because his band Clover was an opening act for their tour. On 'Live and Dangerous', during 'Baby Drives Me Crazy', Lynot introduces all of the band members and mentions Huey Lewis on harmonica, so I had to go look it up and see if it was the same guy.
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Post by Rainbow Rosa on Aug 9, 2022 13:53:03 GMT -5
That Huey Lewis (at least for a time) played with Thin Lizzy, mostly because his band Clover was an opening act for their tour. On 'Live and Dangerous', during 'Baby Drives Me Crazy', Lynot introduces all of the band members and mentions Huey Lewis on harmonica, so I had to go look it up and see if it was the same guy. Clover also were the backing band on Elvis Costello's first album. And their singer co-wrote "867-5309/Jenny." Oh, and their drummer was briefly Jeff Porcaro from Toto.
What a weirdly accomplished band that did absolutely nothing of note themselves.
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Post by LazBro on Aug 10, 2022 10:40:50 GMT -5
That there is an Australian travel website - effectively the Australian Travelocity - called WotIf.com. |
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Post by pantsgoblin on Aug 11, 2022 13:11:05 GMT -5
Michael Burry, the financial trader who Christian Bale played in The Big Short, has sunk almost his earnings from shorting the market into buying up water rights across the country. He knows the way the winds are blowing.
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