I bet you didnt know that

mzungu · 23-11-2018 09:07PM

Movie trailers were originally shown at the end of a movie, and that is why they were called 'trailers'. The problem was that the audience would leave right after the movie, hence why they are now shown before the movie begins.

Carry · 23-11-2018 09:37PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Mercury and silver are by products.

Are we still the biggest Zinc producer ?

Yes, at least in Europe. The zinc mine in Lisheen, Tipp., has been closed in 2015 but the mine in Tara, Meath, is still the largest in Europe and one of the largest, and deepest, in the world.
Though Tara belongs to a Swedish company.
https://www.boliden.com/operations/mines/boliden-tara

Laois_Man · 23-11-2018 09:39PM

mzungu wrote: »

Movie trailers were originally shown at the end of a movie, hence why they were called 'trailer'. The problem being that the audience would leave right after the movie, hence why they are now shown before the movie begins.

And now people arrive 15 minutes after the advertised time!

retalivity · 23-11-2018 10:50PM

The ashes of Peter O'Toole, the renowned Irish/English actor from Lawrence of Arabia, spent most of 2014 in Aras An Uachtarain.

He died and was cremated in Dec 2013, and requested that his ashes be buried in Connemara after his death. His family were not able to arrange that immediately, so gave the ashes to his old friend from gaillimh, Miggledy Tea-cosy, to look after, until late 2014 until they finally had a ceremony to bury his ashes.

KevRossi · 23-11-2018 11:23PM

The country with the most time zones is not the USA (9) or Russia (11), but France with 12.

And so it's true to say that the sun never sets on French soil.

Le Map

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and Le List.

UTC−10:00 — most of French Polynesia
UTC−09:30 — Marquesas Islands
UTC−09:00 — Gambier Islands
UTC−08:00 — Clipperton Island
UTC−04:00 (AST) — Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin
UTC−03:00 (PMST) — French Guiana, Saint Pierre and Miquelon
UTC+01:00 (CET) — Metropolitan France
UTC+03:00 — Mayotte
UTC+04:00 — Réunion, Crozet Islands, Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean
UTC+05:00 — Kerguelen Islands, Îles Saint-Paul and Nouvelle-Amsterdam
UTC+11:00 — New Caledonia
UTC+12:00 — Wallis and Futuna

Capt'n Midnight · 23-11-2018 11:35PM

China has 1 time zone.

coleria · 23-11-2018 11:52PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

This is believed to be the Last picture ever taken of Titanic (on the right) with her sister ship Olympic.

Taken at Harland & Wolf, Belfast on March 2, 1912.

FYP

Heres an earlier one

https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/904e28/the_titanic_and_olympic_under_construction_at/

Laois_Man · 23-11-2018 11:57PM

This is the last picture ever taken of Titanic - Taken at Crosshaven about 60 hours before the sinking after departing Queenstown (Cobh)

Kat1170 · 24-11-2018 12:05AM

I took it to be the only picture of the two ships together ??

M5 · 24-11-2018 08:57AM

Trading cards didn't get their name how you assume they did....

Before collectors clamored over baseball cards, Victorians couldn’t get enough of trading cards. The middle and upper class had a penchant for collecting the cards, which often came packaged with the products they advertised, and pasting them into scrapbooks. The name “trading cards” is thought to come from the phenomenon of collectors exchanging these cards, which advertised baking powder, Heinz tomato soup, and everything imaginable with images of chefs emerging from giant pickles and poetry-spouting pigs. Collectors such as Waxman refer to them as trade cards, to denote the term used at the time.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 24-11-2018 09:11AM

The Mafia in the US was once spread nationwide. The Commission from NY ran it.

These days only the five families of NY, the Philadelphia Family , the Boston'Office' who did in Whitey recently. Chicago "Outfit' and Detroit 'Partnership' remain active.

It took the FBI and Federal government until 1961 to cop on to the fact that the Italians were running a a nationwide crime syndicate . Joe Valachi of the New York Genovese Family was the first man to break the oath of omerta.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 24-11-2018 10:24AM

Laois_Man wrote: »

This is the last picture ever taken of Titanic - Taken at Crosshaven about 60 hours before the sinking after departing Queenstown (Cobh)

A haunting pic.

Right before they opened the dampers and put her to sea at full steam.

Sad to her sailing away into her doom.

retalivity · 24-11-2018 10:36AM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

The Mafia in the US was once spread nationwide. The Commission from NY ran it.

These days only the five families of NY, the Philadelphia Family , the Boston'Office' who did in Whitey recently. Chicago "Outfit' and Detroit 'Partnership' remain active.

It took the FBI and Federal government until 1961 to cop on to the fact that the Italians were running a a nationwide crime syndicate . Joe Valachi of the New York Genovese Family was the first man to break the oath of omerta.

Pretty sure there are still 'mafias' in most major US cities, its just not organised to the level it was before, now it is more of a loose association.
There are also italian american mafias in Toronto & Montreal that are linked to Boston/Detroit families.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 24-11-2018 11:42AM

retalivity wrote: »

Pretty sure there are still 'mafias' in most major US cities, its just not organised to the level it was before, now it is more of a loose association.
There are also italian american mafias in Toronto & Montreal that are linked to Boston/Detroit families.

Canadian mob is very active still. The Rizzuto family in Montreal who are linked with the Bonnanos in NY for instance.

In the US it's dying..
it has gotten too watered down through the generations.

Only the New York famlies will survive as they still recruit from Italy.

keane2097 · 24-11-2018 12:10PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Canadian mob is very active still. The Rizzuto family in Montreal who are linked with the Bonnanos in NY for instance.

In the US it's dying..
it has gotten too watered down through the generations.

Only the New York famlies will survive as they still recruit from Italy.

Got any reading recommendations on the topic by any chance?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 24-11-2018 12:17PM

keane2097 wrote: »

Got any reading recommendations on the topic by any chance?

Gangster BB is a good forum for US organised crime.Decent source for news and discussion on the modern US Mafia.

oleras · 24-11-2018 04:58PM

BaZmO* wrote: »

Never understood why people would want to hold in a sneeze. A big loud ATCHOOOO!! is one of life’s little pleasures.

Ask someone after bypass surgery how fun sneezes are...:pac:

New Home · 24-11-2018 05:22PM

Back on the subject of Germans having a sense of humour, it seems they also have their own a Leitrim/Roscommon.

mzungu · 24-11-2018 05:52PM

New Home wrote: »

Back on the subject of Germans having a sense of humour, it seems they also have their own a Leitrim/Roscommon.

Bielefield: Germany's Leitrim.

:P:D

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

A haunting pic.

Right before they opened the dampers and put her to sea at full steam.

Sad to her sailing away into her doom.

A theory put out in the past few years suggests that a fire in the ships hull that was at the point where it hit the iceberg may have weakened the steel. The fire was ongoing for ten days prior to departure and reached 1000 Celsius which would have reduced its strength by 75%.

Might be true, then again it might not. But interesting nonetheless.

Link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rms-titanic-evidence-fire-senan-molony-belfast-new-york-southampton-sink-april-1912-a7504236.html

Carry · 24-11-2018 05:53PM

New Home wrote: »

Back on the subject of Germans having a sense of humour, it seems they also have their own a Leitrim/Roscommon.

Bielefeld does not exist. Fact. :pac:

And we have our own Kerrymen, the East Frisians. There are endless jokes about the backwardness of East Frisians, easily replaced by "Kerrymen".

What do East Frisians do when they have a spare bucket full of hot water - they freeze it, because you might always need some hot water.

How do two East Frisians carry a wardrobe? One carries it, the other is in the wardrobe to hold the clothes hanger in place.

How many East Frisians does it take to screw in a light bulb? Five. One stands on the chair, the other four spin the chair.

VW 1 · 24-11-2018 06:12PM

oleras wrote: »

Ask someone after bypass surgery how fun sneezes are...:pac:

Any particular reason or place where it hurts!?

mzungu · 25-11-2018 12:47AM

In 1917, fearing espionage, D.C. National Guard elements were mobilized twelve days before the U.S. officially entered World War I to protect reservoirs and power plants around Washington, D.C. Military officials were concerned that too many of the D.C. units were made up of men with foreign roots, thus the job of protecting vital facilities fell to the all-black 1st Separate Infantry, the only unit the military believed could be trusted to do the mission.

Tell me how · 25-11-2018 06:09PM

M.T. Cranium has been thanked 193,237 Times in 8,059 Posts or an average of 23.97 times per thanked post.
Surely the most respected poster on Boards if such an award were to exist.

VW 1 · 25-11-2018 06:34PM

Was there a comparable stat checked for facekicker?

gozunda · 25-11-2018 06:48PM

VW 1 wrote: »

Was there a comparable stat checked for facekicker?

Go google facekicker :pac:

mzungu · 25-11-2018 07:06PM

VW 1 wrote: »

Was there a comparable stat checked for facekicker?

Thanked 1,184 Times in 5 posts.

236.8 thanks per post.

We have a winner.

VW 1 · 25-11-2018 07:13PM

He didn't burn long, but he burned brightly.

Try_harder · 25-11-2018 07:14PM

Tell me how wrote: »

M.T. Cranium has been thanked 193,237 Times in 8,059 Posts or an average of 23.97 times per thanked post.
Surely the most respected poster on Boards if such an award were to exist.

Second is miles back

Dyr · 25-11-2018 07:42PM

VW 1 wrote: »

He didn't burn long, but he burned brightly.

Lazers Pew Pew probably wasnt far behind him the supernova stakes but it seems he was written out of history

Carry · 25-11-2018 08:09PM

I noticed lately that there is a new Gin Craze around, with lots of artisan and fancy gins and equally fancy tonics.

I love a nice old-fashioned gin and tonic in the summer, just with lots of ice and a slice of lemon, and I wouldn’t notice a difference if it’s artisan, pink, green, small batch or whathaveyou.

I came across an article that was actually about the benefits of juniper berries, and from juniper it went on to gin.

A German/French physician and chemist called Franz de le Boë, teacher at the Southern Dutch University of Leiden, invented this alcoholic drink while looking for a remedy against bladder weakness. He added juniper oil to alcohol, et voilà created Genever, from the French genévrier for juniper. The Dutch distiller Lucas Bols produced the first Genever for mass consumption in 1575.

Around 100 years later William of Orange didn’t only take over the crown of England but gave his new subjects Genever which they shortened to Gin.

Gin became quickly synonymous with cheap booze because the English made a mess of it. The alcohol content was too high and they left out the juniper, just stuffed other herbs or whatever into the mix. It tasted reportedly awful and got you into a stupor in no time. The great Gin Craze broke out since poor people liked to drink it because it got them drunk quickly and cheaply.

In 1791 new distillery methods were introduced and finally juniper added to the mix. This way it became more palatable and less deadly. Eventually gin became the drink of choice for (mostly) posh women, at least in England. It was now socially acceptable to get hammered with gin.

I still didn’t find any proof that juniper in connection with alcohol works as a remedy for bladder weakness. I guess I have to drink a few to find out if I need the loo in the middle of the night or not ...

I bet you didnt know that

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