Today I learned...

[nivrip]

TIL that there are 324 possible answers to "Whodunnit" in Cluedo.

Very simple really, 6 suspects, 6 weapons and 9 rooms. 9x6x6=324

 

[EvanDavis]

Well, if you don't buy newspapers then you must buy this sort of paper......................





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[Urmas]

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NOTA BENE

 

[Becky]

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NOTA BENE

That was very interesting!

 

[Becky]

Today I learned that self-driving hover taxis will soon become a thing.

http://www.sciencealert.com/dubai-is-set-to-launch-the-world-s-first-hover-taxis-within-months

 

[nivrip]

Today I learned that self-driving hover taxis will soon become a thing.

http://www.sciencealert.com/dubai-is-set-to-launch-the-world-s-first-hover-taxis-within-months

Wonder how much it will cost to get me home from the pub?

 

[bootneck02]

Wonder how much it will cost to get me home from the pub?

If it comes all the way from Dubai a lot
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[Urmas]

TIL: Space poop challenge

"I thought about what I know regarding less invasive surgeries like laparoscopy or arthroscopy or even endovascular techniques they use in cardiology — they can do some amazing things in very small openings.

"I mean, they can even replace heart valves now through catheters in an artery. So it should be able to handle a little bit of poop!"

ONCE UPON A TIME... (Apollo 10 onboard voice transcription, .pdf, pages 414-415)

05 13 29 44 CDR Oh - Who did it?

05 13 29 46 CMP Who did what?

 

[nivrip]

$30,000 prize.

I've decided to start working on it. Kathy not keen on all the pipes and gadgets in the loo though.

 

[Becky]

Too late, you missed it @nivrip! Winners have already been announced I'm afraid

 

[nivrip]

Too late, you missed it @nivrip! Winners have already been announced I'm afraid

Drat ! I thought I might become an expert.

Well, I am told that I talk a load of s***

 

[Urmas]

Today I learned that Danes have come up with this gem:

 

[Becky]

Beautiful

 

[Urmas]

TIL: Pizzagate 2.0

I like pineapples, just not on pizza. I do not have the power to make laws which forbid people to put pineapples on their pizza. I am glad that I do not hold such power. Presidents should not have unlimited power. I would not want to hold this position if I could pass laws forbidding that which I don´t like. I would not want to live in such a country. (SOURCE)

Icelandic Presidential Flag

More I
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[nivrip]

And, don't forget Folks, that if you have a pizza that is a centimetres thick and z centimetres radius then the volume of the pizza is Pizza (Πr²a)

 

[nivrip]

TIL that the maiden name of Buzz Aldrin's mother was Moon.

Fair old coincidence.

 

[Becky]

Today I learned that bumblebees can be trained to play fetch

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt...ould-a-bumblebee-learn-to-play-fetch-probably

Research is showing more and more that animals — including tiny insects with 100,000 times fewer neurons than a human — can learn new skills quickly if their brains are wired right.

Bees, for example, can count. They can make decisions by weighing uncertainty, and can even learn to pull a string in order to reveal a hidden cache of sugar water.

All this new evidence for bees' mental flexibility is changing people's views of what insects are capable of.

 

[Urmas]

TIL: NRK is “taking the edge off rant mode” by making readers pass a quiz before commenting

 

[Becky]

@Urmas looks like a good idea

 

[Urmas]

... looks like a good idea

Well, let's hope it works. Something needs to be done, that's for sure.