I bet you didn't know that this thread would have a part 2

cj maxx

https://panthera.org/cat/puma

animal with the most names in the world

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joujoujou

How did the town of Ixonia, Wisconsin, get its name?

They put the letters of the alphabet on slips of paper and have young Mary Piper draw them until a name could be formed. As the result, "Ixonia" was the name given town 8 on January 21, 1846, and remains the only town bearing this name in the United States.

https://townofixonia.com/history/

Badly Drunk Boy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121714835#Comment_121714835

The folks of Ixonia wouldn't have been great at Countdown. You could have made a name before the 6th letter came out, whatever it was. And did they double up (some of) the letters they included, since there were two 'i's? 🤨

I'm gonna lose sleep over this...😄

Kat1170

The simple name of I would have been perfectly cromulent and would have saved them time and effort.

Capt'n Midnight

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121716139#Comment_121716139

Already in use as a historical name for the island now known as Iona.

Capt'n Midnight

One of the shortest telegraphs ever sent was ? by Victor Hugo asking about sales of his latest novel Les Misérables.

At the time the advance on it for eight years publishing rights would have bought 97Kg of gold.

The reply was even shorter !

Kat1170

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121716574#Comment_121716574

And it would remain the only town bearing this name in the United States regardless.

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Evade

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121720708#Comment_121720708

You have to wonder what else they had to cut from We Were Soldiers, I had no idea Too Tall did that. I should probably read the book.

KevRossi

In 1975 De Niro was filming Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900 in Italy. In prep for Taxi Driver, he’d finish shooting on a Friday in Rome, fly to New York, spend the weekend driving a cab (having obtained a license) then return to Italy to shoot the following week. This is his taxi licence. He wasn't unknown back then, he had won an Oscar in 1974 for The Godfather II. Probably impossible these days with Twitter and TikTok.

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silliussoddius

Looks like one of the vehicles from Fury Road.

ohnonotgmail

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121720708#Comment_121720708

I hate that they can't even get basic facts rights. He was 81 when he died not 70. He was 70 when he received his medal of honor.

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cj maxx

I never knew pigs can swim . There’s an island in Bahamas where you can see them , though several tourists have reported being bit by the pigs . Several different possibilities of how they got there . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_Beach

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They must've crossed the road to get away from the chicken!

(I'm here all week)

cj maxx

I used to have 2 pigs that I raised , until the father loaded them in a trailer and them and me to a butcher . Poor old pinky and porky were hit over the head with an iron bar and knifed in the throat . Rip . Pork chops and bacon for weeks .

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And that's why they prefer to take a long swim.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121902886#Comment_121902886

Pigs are smart and sociable . I used to pet them and they would rub up against my leg . There’s a thing about genetics that they can grow human organs or something . The fact that they can swim is mad . I would never have guessed that. I might get a pet one and hope there’s loads of truffles on the land .

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Oh, I know they are, I just find heartbreaking how cruel a death many, many, many have been inflicted over the years.

But back on topic, I wonder does their fatty tissue help them with buoyancy.

cj maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121903187#Comment_121903187

I don’t eat pork anymore , but I find it amazing that animals have an instinct to swim . I jumped off a diving board at a lake one time and started floundering until a woman came out and touched my shoulder . I put my feet down and I could stand easily in the water . I guess I don’t have the swim gene

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However quick googling says average adult has 3-4 grams of iron in their bodies, so I guess 3000 enemies rather than 300. :-P

joujoujou

Margaret Dickson a.k.a. Half Hangit Maggie was hanged on the 2 September 1724 at Edinburgh.  Her crime was that of infanticide, namely that she had murdered her newborn baby. According to her the child was born dead and so she had disposed of the body on the banks of the local river Tweed.  The small body was discovered later that same day. She was tried at Edinburgh and although the evidence was weak was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. She was hanged and her body left suspended for the customary 30 minutes.  Her body was cut down and taken away in a coffin on a cart to be buried several miles away.  At one stage the driver of the cart had stopped for a break and thought he heard noises coming from the coffin.  He was right, for some unknown reason Margaret was not dead and had revived and was now trying to get out of the coffin.

This was perhaps seen as devine intervention and she was given a full pardon, she went on to live another 25 years.

Cordell

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121958960#Comment_121958960

I guess you have to start small, with a pocket knife or something, and build your iron reserve gradually.

its_steve116

In 2008, Portishead and The Verve released their respective third and fourth albums, Third and Forth (no "U".)

They were both bands' first albums in 11 years.

silliussoddius

Saturday Night Fever is said to have been based on an article about the disco scene in Brooklyn, well actually it seems to have been based on that other happening locale: Shepherds Bush in West London.

https://thedaydiscodied.home.blog/saturday-night-fever/

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Human beings are despicable.