Really TRUE odd factoids

[Electric_Andy]

I did read that. Surely must have been cheaper and easier to buy a new phone, port the number and restore the backup from the cloud, rather than walking back to the clouds....

When I was in Uni halls in the first year, another student (also Chinese) had lost his room keys. Instead of requesting a new key, or just leaving his door unlocked for a while, he locked his door from the inside and jumped from the first floor window to get out!

 

[classic33]

When I was in Uni halls in the first year, another student (also Chinese) had lost his room keys. Instead of requesting a new key, or just leaving his door unlocked for a while, he locked his door from the inside and jumped from the first floor window to get out!

And got back in how?

 

[Electric_Andy]

And got back in how?

I think he climbed back in through the window up the drain pipe and someone spotted him and reported it

 

[Chris S]

A climber airlifted from Mount Fuji last week returned a second time to retrieve his phone just four days later—only to be rescued again, authorities said Monday.
The 27-year-old Chinese student living in Japan had first been airlifted after developing symptoms of altitude sickness.
Then, he returned to the nearly 10,000-foot-high Fujinomiya trail to recover his phone and other items left behind. Another climber found him there unable to move after he apparently got sick for a second time, police said.

They should have charged him for the cost of the second rescue.

 

[Beebo]

Crystal Palace and England forward Eberechi Eze has just won a chess competition, pocketing £15,000.

It might be a lot of money for most chess players, but it’s a day’s wages for him.

 

[classic33]

In 1930, the Mars family lost their beloved racehorse, Snickers—a cherished companion whose name would soon gallop into history in an unexpected way. Seeking a name for their new chocolate bar, packed with nougat, caramel, and peanuts, they chose “Snickers” as a heartfelt tribute. what began as a small act of remembrance turned into a global sensation.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

In 1930, the Mars family lost their beloved racehorse, Snickers—a cherished companion whose name would soon gallop into history in an unexpected way. Seeking a name for their new chocolate bar, packed with nougat, caramel, and peanuts, they chose “Snickers” as a heartfelt tribute. what began as a small act of remembrance turned into a global sensation.

MARATHON!! Nggg! NGGGGGGGGGG!

 

[ClichéGuevara]

The area of Maida Vale is named after a pub (closed in the 90's), which itself was named after a battle in Italy.

 

[Alex321]

MARATHON!! Nggg! NGGGGGGGGGG!

It was only called Marathon outside the US, it was always Snickers there.

 

[markemark]

It was only called Marathon outside the US, it was always Snickers there.

It’s now been Snickers in the U.K. longer than it was a Marathon.

 

[classic33]

It was only called Marathon outside the US, it was always Snickers there.

It was only called Marathon outside the US, it was always Snickers there.

They already had the Marathon name in use in North America. Similar to the Curly Wurly over here. So they couldn't use the name Marathon on another chocolate bar.

Snickers was in use on a chocolate product, by a company over here, so they couldn't use Snickers over here.



Here being the UK and Ireland.

 

[Gwylan]

It was only called Marathon outside the US, it was always Snickers there.

They already had the Marathon name in use in North America. Similar to the Curly Wurly over here. So they couldn't use the name Marathon on another chocolate bar.

Snickers was in use on a chocolate product, by a company over here, so they couldn't use Snickers over here.



Here being the UK and Ireland.

Gosh, hold the front page

It's sticky, unhealthy and expensive.

 

[PeteXXX]

The flag flying atop Buckingham Palace for the VE Day celebrations, today, is the size of a tennis court..

 

[classic33]

On this day in 1961, the first American reached space, when NASA - astronaut Alan Shepard launched for the suborbital Mercury-Redstone 3 or Freedom 7 mission.
The launch took place from Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral, using a Mercury-Redstone rocket. Shepard reached an apogee of 187.5 km, well above the Kármán line, and splashed down in the North Atlantic, 15:28 minutes after liftoff.

 

[Gwylan]

On this day in 1961, the first American reached space, when NASA - astronaut Alan Shepard launched for the suborbital Mercury-Redstone 3 or Freedom 7 mission.
The launch took place from Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral, using a Mercury-Redstone rocket. Shepard reached an apogee of 187.5 km, well above the Kármán line, and splashed down in the North Atlantic, 15:28 minutes after liftoff.

Woz he like a ninfluencer, sortof good like innit? Like our Katie n'arl.