General Trivia and Miscellany

[Section_31]

The Pulp song "common people" was inspired by the wife of Yanis Varoufakis.

[Karl_b]

6 hours ago, Section_31 said:

The Pulp song "common people" was inspired by the wife of Yanis Varoufakis.

It's a good one that, it's one of the questions when you sit your Sheffielder citizenship test.

[Karl_b]

Early 20th century Finnish architect Alvar Aalto is one of the most influential figures in skateboarding history. He used concrete to create a kidney-shaped swimming pool at a house in Finland in 1938 which was seen by landscape architect Thomas Church. Church took the idea back to California where it became a go-to design in wealthy LA gardens. 

 

There was a drought in the 70s and the pools were drained; young kids saw these curved forms and started skating on them.

[Remmie]

Dolphins liked to gently cradle pufferfish in their mouths so that they get just enough poison to get fucked up on. If they bite them and therefore take in too much poison they will die.

[manwiththestick]

42 minutes ago, Remmie said:

Dolphins liked to gently cradle pufferfish in their mouths so that they get just enough poison to get fucked up on. If they bite them and therefore take in too much poison they will die.

A risky way to get your kicks, like an aquatic Michael Hutchence.

[Bjornebye]

Leo Fender couldn't tune or in-fact even play the guitar. 

[Remmie]

30-50% of water on the planet is older than the Sun

[Babb'sBurstNad]

The theme tune to Grange Hill was used in a slightly different arrangement for the first series of Give Us a Clue.

[littletedwest]

On 18/02/2021 at 23:01, littletedwest said:

John Tyler former US president born in 1790 has one grandson still living

This is still true 

[manwiththestick]

There has been no human born after 1935 that has set foot on the moon.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

4 hours ago, littletedwest said:

This is still true 

@stringvest?

[AngryOfTuebrook]

Sharks have been around longer than the Pole Star.

[Creator Supreme]

8 hours ago, littletedwest said:

This is still true 

I thought you were having me on, but amazingly it is true. The gent in question is 95 years old. If his father was still alive he'd be 170 years old, and if his grandfather was still alive he'd be 233 years old!

[manwiththestick]

16 minutes ago, Creator Supreme said:

I thought you were having me on, but amazingly it is true. The gent in question is 95 years old. If his father was still alive he'd be 170 years old, and if his grandfather was still alive he'd be 233 years old!

He died a couple of years ago. 

[KMD7]

8 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

He died a couple of years ago. 

 

Think that was another of his grandsons. Born in 1925. 

[Creator Supreme]

10 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

He died a couple of years ago. 

 

1 minute ago, KMD7 said:

 

Think that was another of his grandsons. Born in 1925. 

It was the one born in 1925 who died, the other grandson born in 1928 is very much alive.

[Fowlers God]

13 hours ago, Creator Supreme said:

I thought you were having me on, but amazingly it is true. The gent in question is 95 years old. If his father was still alive he'd be 170 years old, and if his grandfather was still alive he'd be 233 years old!

 

America is only 3 people old. (Not the natives).

 

Let that sink in. 

[Strontium]

 

[Creator Supreme]

10 hours ago, Strontium said:

 

That's a belter.