The thread of learning something new every day

taniwharugby

haha fair enough, just need to ensure your privacy settings are set properly (and check them now and then) and it is sweet for what you are wanting it for.

Tim

<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park'>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postman's_Park</a> <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://everydayheroism.co.uk/PHPSQL/hero.php?heroname=92&shownav=true'>http://everydayheroism.co.uk/PHPSQL/hero.php?heroname=92&shownav=true</a> 

<div style="margin-left:40px;">From early in the First World War, the people of London had experienced the realities of aerial attacks, with the first bombing raids by German airships taking place in May 1915. The allies quickly developed ways and means of attacking and destroying airships and by 1917 their activities had been severely curtailed, leading the German's to seek alternative ways to bomb the capital. The answer came in the shape of the Gotha, a twin-engined bi-plane, capable of flying for 5-6 hours and delivering 1,300lbs of bombs. On the 13th June 1917, London experienced its first daylight bombing by aircraft, as a squadron of fourteen Gotha dropped around 126 bombs, killing 162 people and injuring over 400, most of whom were civilians. In Central Street, on the eastern edge of the City of London, P.C. Alfred Smith was patrolling when the unfamiliar sound of aircraft was heard above and bombs began to fall on the surrounding area. Panic ensued and as people ran out into the street, several were injured by flying debris, prompting Smith and others to try and get them back into buildings. Smith had just warned some passers-by to take cover and was in the process of ushering other women back into a textiles factory when a bomb landed close by and he was caught in the explosion which knocked him to the ground and killed him.</div>

Tim

Roman "Swiss Army Knife" 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opac/search/cataloguedetail.html?&priref=70534#3'>http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opac/search/cataloguedetail.html?&priref=70534#3</a>

Voltron

Not really learning something new, but something interesting to reflect on, Christian Cullen is a full year younger than Brad Thorne

Paekakboyz

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Not really learning something new, but something interesting to reflect on, Christian Cullen is a full year younger than Brad Thorne
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Amazing. Brad Thorne does not believe in time hence he does not age!!

Tim

<a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.smh.com.au/world/bangkok-bombing-who-are-the-turkish-terrorist-group-the-grey-wolves-20150830-gjavjz.html">Bangkok bombing: Who are the Turkish terrorist group the Grey Wolves?</a>

NTA

Can we just ban religions yet?

Tim

Even without the religious aspect those guys would still be ultra-nationalist/fascist terrorists.

Tim

[b][url=https://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/cryptologic_quarterly/Dodging_Armageddon.pdf]Dodging Armageddon, the Third World War That Almost Was, in 1950[/url][/b]

Hooroo

I learnt something new just a few moments ago.
 
Auckland is the most populous region in NZ but what is the second? I was slightly surprised to read it is Canterbury.
 
I thought the Wellington Region would have had more people with the Kapiti coast etc included

red terror

John Key learns how to watch the Yankees get their asses kicked. 
 
<img src="http://media.cmgdigital.com/shared/lt/lt_cache/thumbnail/960/img/photos/2015/09/29/36/a6/3fd4402ba99c4b72918ca20c7c6c9312-5bd0dc061f1446fd9bc8026492d870c1-0.jpg" alt="3fd4402ba99c4b72918ca20c7c6c9312-5bd0dc0">
 
 
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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key prepares to take in the Red Sox-Yankees baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, in New York. "This is a totally unique experience," said Key. "You can't get this anywhere else." In fact, it was Prime Time at the big ballyard in the Bronx. Curacao Prime Minister Ben Whiteman also was in attendance. (AP Photo/Ben Walker)
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2015/09/29/prime-ministers-from-new-zealand-curacao-at-red-sox-yankees'>http://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2015/09/29/prime-ministers-from-new-zealand-curacao-at-red-sox-yankees</a>
 
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Yankees get pummelled 10-4. Magic Number is 1.

Hooroo

I thought that game would sell out? Looks half empty

red terror

Might have been pre-game, but Yankee fans are bailing on the team like the front-runnin' pieces of garbage they are.

MajorRage

Out of interest, why are Yankees fans front runnin' pieces or garbage? (Whatever that means from a sporting point of view...)

taniwharugby

I learnt that despite my best intentions of zoning out when my wife talks about her chickens, I am still absorbing what she says!

red terror

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Out of interest, why are Yankees fans front runnin' pieces or garbage? (Whatever that means from a sporting point of view...)
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<img src="http://izquotes.com/quotes-pictures/quote-rooting-for-the-yankees-is-like-rooting-for-u-s-steel-joe-e-lewis-307729.jpg" alt="quote-rooting-for-the-yankees-is-like-ro">
 
A GIF of some Yankees fans (saw this at Deadspin today):
 
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And then there's this -- just today:
 
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A judge has tossed the $10 million defamation lawsuit of a drowsy Yankees fan who sued ESPN for mocking him on air when he fell asleep in his seat during a home game.
 
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://nypost.com/2015/09/30/judge-tosses-sleeping-yankees-fans-lawsuit-against-espn/'>http://nypost.com/2015/09/30/judge-tosses-sleeping-yankees-fans-lawsuit-against-espn/</a>
 
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You learn something new every day.

red terror

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Out of interest, why are Yankees fans front runnin' pieces or garbage? (Whatever that means from a sporting point of view...)
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Last night was another fine example. All season the Yankees were old and injured, and yet overachieved and won more games than any experts predicted. They made the wildcard playoff spot, a one-game knockout against Houston. That game was played last night, at home in Yankee Stadium. Bottom of the 8th-inning - - Yankees trailing 3-0 - - still an inning to go and not an insurmountable lead. You might have expected that Yankee "supporters" might be encouraging their boys for the comeback rally, but instead were raining hard boos down on their players and manager.
 
Update: Deadspin is on it...

<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://deadspin.com/booing-yankees-fans-got-the-misery-they-deserve-1735150384'>Booing Yankees Fans Got The Misery They Deserve</a>

Siam

Dunning-Kruger Effect
 
Courtesy of our own NTA (Nicholai the Armenian)
 
Provides a nice little box to put all the conspiracy theorists, and about every second fluffybunny I meet (well used to meet, now I don't talk to fuck all foreigners) in bars.
 
Thank you Nick!

dogmeat

I learned that TALKING IN CAPS and using a lot of !!!!!!!!! renders rigorous scientific discourse obsolete and that an argument is always won by the person who first manages to get corporate greed, imbecile, denyers (not deniers which is a reference to hosiery), [insert hobbyhorse]-gate, naÃ¯ve and pseudo-science into one sentence.

Donsteppa

I learnt that people reading things on the Internet is far more important to the advancement of civilisation than actual researchers. Especially if they publish and then have those publications cited. Wake up Sheeple.

The Silver Fern

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