Mildly interesting

[Mik]

How often does one need to count that high using fingers? I can do similarly in my head for all practical purposes.

[jon-nyc]

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).

[Horace]

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/

[Horace]

When you almost never leave, but then have to take a few days for a funeral:

[Mik]

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.

[George K]

@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.

[Copper]

And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City

[George K]

@Copper said in Mildly interesting:

And if you overlayed Paris on Paris, at the same scale, London would be over OK City

[Mik]

Offhand, I’m going with Texas is really big. It is. I’ve driven a whole lot of it.

[George K]

As long as we're comparing countries' sizes...

[taiwan_girl]

[George K]

Smooth ride.

[mark]

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.

[George K]

@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."

[Mik]

[xenon]

Gotta be pretty horny to do that.

[George K]

@Mik OK, you made me look it up....

Link to video

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/57800/horrors-anglerfish-mating

[Mik]

I guess it’s better than being a male praying mantis. Marginally.

[Doctor Phibes]

I knew a guy that pretty much happened to in high school

[George K]