Mildly interesting
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wrote on 2 Jan 2024, 12:16 last edited by
How often does one need to count that high using fingers? I can do similarly in my head for all practical purposes.
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wrote on 2 Jan 2024, 14:21 last edited by
Shepherds of old would count by touching their thumb to the segments of the four fingers, starting with the top of the index finger and moving down, then to the middle finger, etc.
That counted 12, and they’d keep track of how many sets of 12 they had counted with the other hand the same way.
That’s how base 12 entered our world (time of day, dozen, gross).
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wrote on 4 Jan 2024, 00:17 last edited by
We talked about this about a year ago:
Link to video
Today a grand jury decided not to charge the shooter.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/01/03/harris-county-grand-jury-declines-to-charge-customer-who-shot-killed-robber-during-taqueria-heist/ -
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When you almost never leave, but then have to take a few days for a funeral:
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wrote on 6 Jan 2024, 19:47 last edited by
Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.
Depending on your point of view, it either shows that Texas is really big or Europe is very small.
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Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.
Depending on your point of view, it either shows that Texas is really big or Europe is very small.
wrote on 6 Jan 2024, 19:52 last edited by@Mik said in Mildly interesting:
Map shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas.
Damn, that's interesting.
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wrote on 6 Jan 2024, 21:20 last edited by
And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City
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@Copper said in Mildly interesting:
And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City
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wrote on 7 Jan 2024, 03:21 last edited by
Offhand, I’m going with Texas is really big. It is. I’ve driven a whole lot of it.
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wrote on 7 Jan 2024, 12:30 last edited by
As long as we're comparing countries' sizes...
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Vikki Dougan
is most famous for appearing at social events in daring low-cut backless dresses throughout the 1950s. In 1957 and 1961 Dougan appeared in Playboy magazine. Among the prominent Hollywood men she dated was Frank Sinatra.
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Vikki Dougan
is most famous for appearing at social events in daring low-cut backless dresses throughout the 1950s. In 1957 and 1961 Dougan appeared in Playboy magazine. Among the prominent Hollywood men she dated was Frank Sinatra.wrote on 10 Jan 2024, 20:42 last edited by@mark said in Mildly interesting:
Among the prominent Hollywood men she dated was Frank Sinatra.
"In 1961, her backless dresses and "callipygian cleft" were celebrated in the song "Vikki Dougan" by The Limeliters in their album The Slightly Fabulous Limeliters.
"Throughout the 1950s, she dated a string of prominent men, including Barry Goldwater, Mickey Rooney, Henry Fonda, Frank Sinatra and Glenn Ford."
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Gotta be pretty horny to do that.
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wrote on 11 Jan 2024, 21:36 last edited by
@Mik OK, you made me look it up....
Link to videohttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57800/horrors-anglerfish-mating
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wrote on 11 Jan 2024, 22:20 last edited by
I guess it’s better than being a male praying mantis. Marginally.
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wrote on 11 Jan 2024, 22:50 last edited by
I knew a guy that pretty much happened to in high school