Mildly interesting

[George K]

@Ivorythumper when intravenous acetaminophen came on the market it was given a rather strange trade name: Ofirmev.

When the drug sales-weasel rep was bribing us with lunch to push our use of it, I asked him about the rather odd sounding name. He told me, without as much detail, the same thing. The FDA is very sticky about names, and his company just asked a computer to come up with something that would get approved.

Some brand names come about because of what they treat or because of a color

A great example is "Dolobid." It was an analgesic to control pain ("dolor") and you took it twice a day ("b.i.d.").

[kluurs]

My favorite drug name was "Soma" - seemed so appropriate - and also comforting.

[bachophile]

Panama red is four syllables

Acapulco gold is five

Never stopped the stoners….

[George K]

[jon-nyc]

[mark]

@jon-nyc I would think we would have a machine to do that. That looks like a very imprecise method and I bet the final result looks like it.

[Catseye3]

More at: https://anglotopia.net/british-identity/dub-thee-get-knighthood-modern-era/

"During Medieval times, becoming a knight was a method of social mobility. Beginning as a page, then moving up to squire, and finally becoming a knight. The position was one that was granted for service to a monarch, almost always for military service. Knights became their own social class, though still divided between noble and non-noble knights, and developed their own code of honour known as chivalry. Knights as a military order began to die out around the 15th Century when nations started to form professional armies. Since this time, what it means to be a knight and how one achieves this honour has changed."

[Mik]

I thought about starting a meaningless factoids thread, but decided this belonged here.

[George K]

@Mik I wonder if that'll work next year...

[jon-nyc]

@George-K it works every year after your birthday has passed.

[Horace]

Mildly interesting that it doesn’t check out. Might be a meme to make people do logic in their heads. Or maybe it is a mistake by the meme creator. Mildly interesting possibilities.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

@George-K it works every year after your birthday has passed.

I knew that. My comment was meant to be sarcastic.

[Catseye3]

Wiki: "In the 19th century and up to World War I, the Ottoman Empire cleared the land of Israel of its natural reserves of pine and oak trees, in order to build railways across the empire. Since it was founded the JNF (Jewish National Fund) has planted in Israel more than 185 million trees creating 280 forests, and still operates today."

[Mik]

Making the desert bloom.

[jon-nyc]

[jon-nyc]

[Ivorythumper]

@Mik said in Mildly interesting:

I thought about starting a meaningless factoids thread, but decided this belonged here.

Every time you post that sort of link I get a blank page.

[jon-nyc]

[George K]

@jon-nyc the HOA rules must be interesting.

[Klaus]

The problem of aiming.