BaZmO* wrote: » This post is the 10,000th post
(Split from the Interesting Maps thread)
Talking about cartoons, Hungary had two other cartoon series which were very famous in the '70s and '80s and were exported a lot. One was "A kockásfülü nyúl", an adorable rabbit who could fly using his chequered ears as propellers.
The other, much, much, much more sinister, was the Mézga Family.
The first handful of episodes were hilarious, but they turned more and more surreal as they progressed. Some of them were very unsettling, almost disturbing, especially those in space. I remember getting the distinct impression that both writers and animators must have decided to work while on acid, or something.
Some of the episodes can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLhOnau-tupRhtMP4hleF2bPSU2Chp18u
^^ I remember I watched cartoons with that rabbit when I was a kid.
Never heard of another one though.
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22/2/22 is a 2's day
That's mad, Ted! 😀
It's also a palindrome: 22/02/2022, i.e. 22022022. 😊
Did you mean 10:02:20 PM ? ie. 22022022022022
Of course I did! (whistles nonchalantly)
How's your luggage packed into a cargo bay:
They grow up so quickly.
In March 1900 Edward Jessen, who had made some money in the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898, sold two buildings and all his possessions, bought a standard, unmodified bike for todays equivalent of $5,000 and cycled the 1,600 km, alone from Dawson City, Canada to Nome, Alaska.
He had never been on a bike before he purchased it and when he first tried to cycle it, the tyres and grease were frozen solid.
He cycled an average of 90 km a day in temperatures from -20 C to -45 C. There were no roads, just some sled tracks. Although he broke his handlebars, he had no punctures and broke no spokes on the journey. This was probably helped by cycling in snow and ice the whole route.
He took the following: “The day I left Dawson was clear and crisp, 30 degrees below zero. I was dressed in a flannel shirt, heavy fleece-lined overalls, a heavy mackinaw coat, a drill parka, two pairs of heavy woolen socks and felt high-top shoes, a fur cap that I pulled down over my ears, a fur nosepiece, plus fur gauntlet gloves.
“On the handlebars of the bicycle, I strapped a large fur robe. Fastened to the springs, back of the seat, was a canvas sack containing a heavy shirt, socks, underwear, a diary in waterproof covering, pencils, and several blocks of sulfur matches. In my pockets, I carried a penknife and a watch.”
It was one of the longest cycles (possibly the longest one-way) ever taken by a human at that point. All the more remarkable when you consider the conditions involved. He needed to get to Nome ASAP to stake a claim for gold prospecting, that's why he set off in the middle of winter. To this day, Nome has no rail or road links to the rest of Alaska. Cycling and walking there are strongly advised against due to potential bear attacks.
The USA used to have several different railway gauges, but the majority of the big lines ran on two; Standard (4ft 8,5in) in the north and Broad (5ft) in the south. With the end of the Civil War and the completion of the first transcontinental railway in 1867, it was decided to change over to standard gauge.
Southern train companies had to move over 11,500 miles of track and thousands of wheels on trains and carriages to the Standard Gauge.
It took them only 36 hours.
Video is here:
even more amazing is that it took 4000 men a month to get it ready to fire and 500 men to actually fire it. it only ever fired 47 shells.
It's two's-day
The weapon that Al Pacino used at the end of Scarface and the weapon used by Schwarzenegger in Predator were the same weapon. Not the same type of weapon, the same actual weapon.
John McClane and Martin Riggs use the same Beretta too. The grenade launcher is a mock up, real M203s were restricted when Predator was made.
The Pope has only got one fully functioning lung. Most of the other one was removed when he was 21.
He also spent some time working as a bouncer.
I mentioned this in the annoyances thread but it's still annoying me. The first time Pip meets Miss Havisham in Great Expectations, it's estimated that she's 37. And not in her 60's like most people presume.
Growing up, I'd heard of Mrs Beeton and her cookbook, always imagining some auld granny baking buns, but she died when she was 28. Here's a picture of her as a 24-year-old (so maybe Miss Havisham's image isn't so wrong):
That Les Battersby of Coronation Street fame ( Actor Bruce Jones) found the body of one of the Yorkshire Rippers victims.
