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

There's a good chance there will never be a US President born in the 1950s. They would be 68 at least when running in 2028.

Washington was born in the 1730s. Only the 1810s and 1930s have failed to produce a President so far.

I think the headline of this article is a bit hyperbolic, but still I didn't realize they were this big/popular as you tend to hear more about the Beatles, Queen, Rolling Stones etc.

During WWII, there was a Syrian Brown Bear in the Polish Army's 22nd Artillery Supply Company that made it to the rank of corporal, being enlisted soldier with his own paybook, rank, and serial number. He ate cigarettes, drank beer, and carried guns and mortar shells for the soldiers. His name was Wojtek (phonetically spelled Voyteck). After the war he was mustered out of the Polish Army and lived out the rest of his life at the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland.

Two of the Strokes - Julian Casablancas (son of Elite Model Management founder John) and Albert Hammond Jnr (son of musician/songwriter Albert Hammond) - met in Switzerland at the exclusive Institut le Rosey boarding school (where Julian's father also went). Considered the most expensive school in the world, its alumni include royalty, children of multi-millionaire celebrities, etc, and its fees as of 2011/12 were CHF 125,000 (approximately US$133,000), without extra fees such as those for sports, etc.

Nikolai Fraiture, the band's bass player? He grew up with his five siblings in a two-bedroom apartment in Yorkville, a rather, erm, affordable neighbourhood of Manhattan. His dad was a security guard in Macy's department store.

Herb Alpert co-founded A&M Records  in 1962

..

Pfft.

Give me a sloppy, homemade bolognese any day of the week. Nevermind that nonsense, all food ends up as shite anyway

The place setting at Kat1170's fancy evening soirée:

😁

Since 1998, the San Francisco's Municipal Metro's Automatic Train Control System (ATCS) still runs on 5.25in floppies. Just recently the authorities made a decision to upgrade way outdated system.