Today I learned...

[nivrip]

WOTD: Gutter oil

That's even more yeuky than my original article about the fatberg.

 

[V_R]

That's ******* disgusting.

 

[Becky]

Ok here's a brain cleanser...

TIL that 'apricity' means 'the warmth of the sun in winter'. Quite appropriate for today!

 

[nivrip]

Ok here's a brain cleanser...

TIL that 'apricity' means 'the warmth of the sun in winter'. Quite appropriate for today!

Not here it ain't.

 

[Urmas]

'the warmth of the sun in winter'

Not available in Finland.

 

[Urmas]

TIL:

These 16,000 BBC Sound Effects are made available by the BBC in WAV format to download for use under the terms of the RemArc Licence. The Sound Effects are BBC copyright, but they may be used for personal, educational or research purposes, as detailed in the license.

http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/

 

[Becky]

TIL:



http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/

I see that Finland has it's own category! There's also a category called 'Acid blobs', whatever that may be...

 

[nivrip]

TIL:



http://bbcsfx.acropolis.org.uk/

Am I doing something wrong? Every one I click on comes up "Invalid Source".

 

[Becky]

Am I doing something wrong? Every one I click on comes up "Invalid Source".

Hmmm works fine for me...

 

[nivrip]

Strange !!! Still doing it.

I've emailed the BBC.

 

[nivrip]

Seems it doesn't work on IE which I still use. Tried it on Edge and it works just fine.

 

[EvanDavis]

Seems it doesn't work on IE which I still use. Tried it on Edge and it works just fine.

I just checked on Edge and IE and works fine for me.

 

[nivrip]

I just checked on Edge and IE and works fine for me.

Computers are WEIRD !!!!

 

[Abarbarian]

I see that Finland has it's own category! There's also a category called 'Acid blobs', whatever that may be...

I see there are only two entries in the Execution category

 

[Urmas]

TIL: Robutt

 

[Becky]

TIL: Robutt

"robotic bottom simulator"

 

[Becky]

TIL that the oldest known star chart is over a thousand years old

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/chinese-star-chart

The Chinese star chart is the earliest known manuscript atlas of the night sky.

It was produced in central China around 700 and it shows over 1,300 stars visible to the naked eye – centuries before the telescope was invented.

The scroll was one among 40,000 manuscripts in a Buddhist library cave, and lay hidden after the cave was sealed in about AD 1000 until its rediscovery in 1900. Who made it and how it ended up there will probably always be a mystery.

Makes you wonder what other treasures have been hidden away, just waiting to be found. Amazing!

 

[Urmas]

TIL: Not Big Mac's

 

[nivrip]

 

[Becky]

TIL: Not Big Mac's

Ah I've noticed stuff about Big Macs trending on Twitter, guess that's what it was about! Kinda fancy one now...