Useless (but interesting) trivia

[Sivi70980]

Very good, and surprisingly detailed about the combined effort involved.


For me, "Sink the Bismarck" has always been a Johnny Horton song (circa 1960, so no neat video). Johnny also sang "The Battle of New Orleans" and "The Sinking of the Reuben James".


Norm

The lead singer of Sabaton cracks me up to watch. I LOVE the knee pound thing he does and his armored vest with abs hahaha. The music is actually really pleasing to my ear holes too although it's a bit softer than my normal choices.

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[Balr14]

Hell, a Camry today can run mid 14's, which is what the 68 Cobrajet 428 did in stock form.

The reason

I know many people who jump out of planes insist on packing their own shutes. Did you allow anyone else work on the diff?

It wasn't my car. I was just a fill-in driver because the regular driver was injured when the blower exploded. That certainly didn't increase my comfort level!

 

[Classic Lover]

The band Sabaton made a great song about the Bismarck too.

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[lacanteen]

Lincoln will have lived closer to the detonation of the first nuclear bomb, than people born after 2025.

 

[Classic Lover]

When Sherlock Holmes was updated to modern day in 1942 for Universal’s film, Sherlock Holmes and the voice of terror, with Basil Rathbone, it was only 40 years since Conan Doyle published The Hound of the Baskervilles. It’s has now been 79 years since that film was released.

By the way I wouldn’t recommend The voice of terror, it’s horribly dated. That being said I would definitely recommend The adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939, or the scarlet claw 1944, both are classics with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

I'm a direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln.

 

[Reap]

The Earth is not a perfect sphere, but rather an "oblate spheroid". This means that the top and bottom are flattened, and the equator bulges out. Rotational forces causes this bulging and flattening effect.

Gravity is not uniform at every point on the Earth's surface. Between the differences in density, and non-uniform shape, the force gravity varies depending on location.

Maybe that's why there are some flat earthers. They've only seen the flat parts.

 

[Bikeman315]

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-12-26-8503290655-story.html

Great, next thing you're going to post is that professional wrestling is a sport.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-12-26-8503290655-story.html

I was referring to the Abraham Lincoln responsible for me being here.

His death certificate:

Bonus trivia: I understand the sex question on the latest form is labeled "sex at time of death".

 

[Sivi70980]

Great, next thing you're going to post is that professional wrestling is a sport.

 

[martinjlm]

Great, next thing you're going to post is that professional wrestling is a sport.

Did I ever mention the story of how I found out wrestling was…ummm…not real? Long story short, went to a friend’s house as a kid and Bobo Brazil, Ernie Ladd, The Sheik, and a few Buffalo Bills players were in the basement playing cards And drinking….a lot. My friend’s dad was an event promoter. At the time, the Sheik was the mortal enemy of both Bobo Brazil and Ernie Ladd. Oh well… bubble burst.

 

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[lacanteen]

Dang, I put this on the wrong thread. It is still funny.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Dang, I put this on the wrong thread. It is still funny.

You could delete it instead of quoting it in another post.

 

[lacanteen]

People that don't eat bacon eventually die too.

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