Did you know? (Random things in life)

[Uncle-A]

The average adult human head weighs about 11lbs of which the brain comprises 3lbs. Of course the absence of a brain reduces the total to 8.

With out the brain that must be a politician's oh wait a Hollywood head.

 

[Uncle-A]

The play and the movie West Side Story was based on the story of Romeo and Juliet.

 

[James]

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Average Weight of Human Head
I couldn't find any references for this online, so I asked around my workplace (the Department of Anatomy & Histology, University of Sydney). The most convincing response came from the service room where the technical officers actually cut up the bodies:

"An adult human cadaver head cut off around vertebra C3, with no hair, weighs somewhere between 4.5 and 5 kg, constituting around 8% of the whole body mass."​

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http://danny.oz.au/anthropology/notes/human-head-weight.html

So 9-11 lbs. Plus hair. And blood?

 

[T-Square]

There is a website devoted to shoelaces. https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/index.htm

I learned a new way to tie shoelaces using Ian’s Secure Shoelace Knot. I haven’t had my shoes become untied accidentally for the year I’ve been using it. https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm

Here’s a video of how to tie it:




People’s hobbies can be amazing.

 

[VickiK]

omg
There's a saying in Russian that says something to the effect that we all go quietly insane in our own way.

 

[KingGrump]

omg
There's a saying in Russian that says something to the effect that we all go quietly insane in our own way.

I am sure that is with the presumption some of us are already there.

 

[Bad Bob]

There is a website devoted to shoelaces. https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/index.htm

I learned a new way to tie shoelaces using Ian’s Secure Shoelace Knot. I haven’t had my shoes become untied accidentally for the year I’ve been using it. https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/secureknot.htm

Here’s a video of how to tie it:


Learned a much easier way to do the same thing 30 years ago from a 8 year old. In Ian's' words about "bunny around the tree knot", just take the bunny around the tree twice. Done. It really does work.

 

[mdf]

The diagram right at the end makes it clear -- that shoelace knot is a square knot with one side of it formed with loops instead of single strings. So it makes sense it will be well behaved.

 

[fatbob]

The play and the movie West Side Story was based on the story of Romeo and Juliet.

Not that I've ever seen West Side Story but I assumed that was common knowledge

On a similar note

Sons of Anarchy - Hamlet
Clueless - Emma by Jane Austen
10 things I hate about you - Taming of the Shrew

More or less any middling rom com ever made - Pride & Prejudice

 

[Talisman]

How does cantunamunch know so much?

I am just happy he shares his knowledge with us.

 

[scott43]

omg
There's a saying in Russian that says something to the effect that we all go quietly insane in our own way.

My other favourite Russian saying is "work is like a wolf, it doesn't run away"

 

[scott43]

How does cantunamunch know so much?

He's obviously Joe Turner..

 

[Uncle-A]

Not that I've ever seen West Side Story but I assumed that was common knowledge

On a similar note

Sons of Anarchy - Hamlet
Clueless - Emma by Jane Austen
10 things I hate about you - Taming of the Shrew

More or less any middling rom com ever made - Pride & Prejudice

Common Knowledge for some may be something new for others. Knowing about West Side Story also means that you have reached a certain age.

 

[fatbob]

Common Knowledge for some may be something new for others. Knowing about West Side Story also means that you have reached a certain age.

No doubt. Actually a liitle before my time but the Spielberg remake will make that redundant. But it is interesting that in the creative arts there are very few truly original themes and plots and largely it is a matter of what and how you borrow.

 

[dbostedo]

No doubt. Actually a liitle before my time but the Spielberg remake will make that redundant. But it is interesting that in the creative arts there are very few truly original themes and plots and largely it is a matter of what and how you borrow.

"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."

 

[James]

The case for Shakespeare actually being a woman, Emilia Bassano, is pretty strong.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/who-is-shakespeare-emilia-bassano/588076/

 

[Tricia]

GE has invented a Smart Light Bulb that you can program and it has an app for your smart phone.

@Andy Mink had a lightbulb that is a bluetooth speaker.

 

[Uncle-A]

The case for Shakespeare actually being a woman, Emilia Bassano, is pretty strong.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/who-is-shakespeare-emilia-bassano/588076/

It was also said that someone of royal background wrote for Shakespeare.

 

[James]

Anyone watching Cameroon - England?
A rare call of a pass back to the goalie, who's not allowed to pick it up. This leads to a free kick at the 6yd box with CAM on the goal line. Duggan blasted it in. 1-0 15min.

Edit- wrong thread! But did you know in soccer if you pass to the goal keeper they can't pick it up?

 

[MarkP]

Froot Loops are all the same flavor

Sure those sweetened O's are all different colors but that doesn't mean they are different flavors. Kellogg's, the company who makes them, has admitted that each Froot Loop is 'froot flavored' which they describe as 'a blend of fruit flavors.'