Useless (but interesting) trivia

[The Demon]

This reminds me of when the Vdara was built in Las Vegas.

https://www.businessinsider.com/the...l-is-still-burning-people-in-las-vegas-2016-6

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[lacanteen]

Even though our fingers are different lengths, they all line up when you curl all your fingers in.

 

[martinjlm]

Talk about breath that kills… The Komodo Dragon (world‘s largest lizard) typically has so much bacteria in it’s mouth from rotting meat that it is capable of biting its prey and then just following it around until it dies from infection and blood poisoning. Oh, and it can run faster than a human.

 

[Vlad Soare]

Even though our fingers are different lengths, they all line up when you curl all your fingers in.

No, they don't.

 

[Reap]

No, they don't.

Mine neither.

 

[TexasMetallic5.0]

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[lacanteen]

Every odd number has the letter E in it.

 

[lacanteen]

We're closer to 2070 than 1970.

 

[martinjlm]

In 1936, a building was erected at the corner of Elizabeth and Woodward in Detroit and named the Elwood Bar. Prime location, across from the Fox Theatre. In 1997, Detroit was in the midst of reimagining the downtown. The plan including building a baseball stadium (Comerica Park) and a football stadium (Ford Field) side by side. To accomplish this, investors and the city needed to buy up property surrounding the new sports zone. Enter Chuck Forbes. In 1997 he owned the Elwood Bar and also owned the Gem Theatre. He refused to sell either property for the stadium developments. The city backed down from forcing sale through invoking Imminent Domain. Time for a Hail Mary. The investors and the city agreed to move both of Forbes’ properties in order to clear space for the stadiums. As a result, Elwood Bar (now called Elwood Bar & Grill) and the Gem Theatre were lifted off their foundations and moved at a rate of 300 ft per day to their current locations. Elwood Bar & Grille is now on a corner just south of a secondary entrance to Comerica Park and just west of the main entrance to Ford Field. Probably one of the best bar locations in the country.

Original Elwood Bar location

Elwood Bar & Grill with Comerica Park (Detroit Tigers) in view

Elwood Bar & Grill with Ford Field (Detroit Lions) in view

Gem Theatre being moved.

Arrow on the left points to where Gem Theatre was. Arrow on the right points to where it is now. Blue dot is where Elwood Bar was. Green dot is where Elwood Bar & Grill is today. Ford Field was just starting construction when this picture was taken and now covers the red outlined area. Chuck Forbes is the man.

 

[Bikeman315]

In 1936, a building was erected at the corner of Elizabeth and Woodward in Detroit and named the Elwood Bar. Prime location, across from the Fox Theatre. In 1997, Detroit was in the midst of reimagining the downtown. The plan including building a baseball stadium (Comerica Park) and a football stadium (Ford Field) side by side. To accomplish this, investors and the city needed to buy up property surrounding the new sports zone. Enter Chuck Forbes. In 1997 he owned the Elwood Bar and also owned the Gem Theatre. He refused to sell either property for the stadium developments. The city backed down from forcing sale through invoking Imminent Domain. Time for a Hail Mary. The investors and the city agreed to move both of Forbes’ properties in order to clear space for the stadiums. As a result, Elwood Bar (now called Elwood Bar & Grill) and the Gem Theatre were lifted off their foundations and moved at a rate of 300 ft per day to their current locations. Elwood Bar & Grille is now on a corner just south of a secondary entrance to Comerica Park and just west of the main entrance to Ford Field. Probably one of the best bar locations in the country.

Original Elwood Bar location

Elwood Bar & Grill with Comerica Park (Detroit Tigers) in view

Elwood Bar & Grill with Ford Field (Detroit Lions) in view

Gem Theatre being moved.

Arrow on the left points to where Gem Theatre was. Arrow on the right points to where it is now. Blue dot is where Elwood Bar was. Green dot is where Elwood Bar & Grill is today. Ford Field was just starting construction when this picture was taken and now covers the red outlined area. Chuck Forbes is the man.

Not "useless" at all. I think this is awesome. And to add some flavor there is this:

FORBES, CHUCK
Born in Detroit, but raised in Highland Park, Chuck Forbes worked for the Ford Motor Company for 31 years as a salaried employee. After retiring in 1979, Forbes began to invest in real estate across the country, including his hometown of Detroit. Forbes jumpstarted the movement to purchase and preserve historic buildings in Detroit’s theater district, a move that created long-lasting effects throughout the downtown area.
He began his preservation efforts in 1984 with the purchase of the 1925-built State Theatre, known now as The Fillmore Detroit, and the Fox Theatre, built in 1928 and once the largest theater in the city. That same year he also purchased the combined Gem and Century building, along with The Colony Club on Park Avenue, a 1928-era women’s club, now restored and used for a variety of events. In 1987, the Ilitch family bought the Fox Theatre, and gave it a $12 million face-lift. The Forbes family restored their other purchases, most recently a 2018 upgrade to The Fillmore.
In 1997, the Gem/Century building was faced with possible demolition to make way for new stadiums for the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Lions. Forbes reached an agreement with the city which included relocating the building five blocks, a distance of 1,850 feet, to its new and current residence. The move placed the Gem/Century building into the Guinness Book of World Records as the heaviest building to be moved on wheels, at about 2,700 tons. Joining the move was the Elwood Bar and Grill, also owned by Forbes Management Group.

 

[WERA49]

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20427391-600-alices-adventures-in-algebra-wonderland-solved/

Alice in Wonderland is about math, not dreams, shrinking or drug use.

 

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[martinjlm]

Clint Malarchuk was a goalie for the Buffalo Sabres. There was a violent collision in the goal crease. A skate blade sliced Clint’s neck and he almost died that night. An equally strange fact…he played hockey for two more years after this incident.

 

[lacanteen]

Trying to win the lottery by playing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 statistically is no better or worse than playing any other combination.

 

[lacanteen]

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