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

Badly Drunk Boy · 02-01-2026 11:06AM

I must have missed this at the time, but when Liverpool won the Premier League in 2025, it meant the the list of Premier League winners forms the start of the Fibonacci sequence.

Obviously it doesn't actually mean anything and it won't apply anymore when this season is won, but it's still a nice little observation.

Kat1170 · 02-01-2026 04:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124110154#Comment_124110154

Also works for helmet sponsorship design 🏍️🏍️🏍️

cj maxx · 03-01-2026 04:04PM

That the country with most time zones isn't Russia or the US . Its France with 12 .

joujoujou · 10-01-2026 01:18PM

More: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47732553

New Home · 10-01-2026 01:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124135129#Comment_124135129

Like the rubber duckies or the severed feet still inside their runners.

Dan Steely · 10-01-2026 01:36PM

Dragonflies can't walk, hear, smell or vocalise.

https://www.nps.gov/articles/species-spotlight-dragonflies.htm

joujoujou · 15-01-2026 12:01AM

** = Golden ratio

Couldn't better resolution, sorry.

fortwilliam · 23-01-2026 07:05PM

Because of the amount of combinations (52 factorial)

If you shuffle a deck of cards, it is entirely feasible if not probable that it is the first time a deck of cards have been shuffled into that sequence in the history of the world!

Bahanaman · 27-01-2026 01:50PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124174005#Comment_124174005

This is the kind of fact that makes this thread worth following.

Quazzie · 28-01-2026 04:39AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124184605#Comment_124184605

The number of ways to arrange a deck of 52 cards (\(52!\) or 52 factorial) is roughly \(8\times 10^{67}\), an unimaginably large number illustrated by a thought experiment involving a drop of water. Start a timer, then you walk around the Earth, taking one step every billion years, and remove a single drop of water from the Pacific Ocean upon each completion, then place a sheet of paper on the ground after emptying the ocean—repeating this until the paper reaches the sun—you will only have utilized a fraction of the possible combinations.

https://youtu.be/8YqIcDWvAZM?si=SZSB9YtH-K4EkhTg

Bahanaman · 28-01-2026 04:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124186402#Comment_124186402

🤯

silliussoddius · 28-01-2026 05:49PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124186402#Comment_124186402

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Dan Steely · 01-02-2026 01:32AM

60,000 entirely AI songs are uploaded to just one (Deezer) of the music streaming sites every day. Figures are estimated to be similar across the other major streamers.

Sky news report.

Kat1170 · 01-02-2026 02:34PM

Redheads may need more anesthesia than individuals with other hair colors due to a genetic mutation that affects pain sensitivity and anesthetic response. Some studies suggest they might require up to 20% more anesthesia for effective sedation.

I've never woken up during a procedure/operation (thankfully) but I have woken up far faster than expected just after.

Vagabond Days · 02-02-2026 09:47PM

Posted this in another forum today:

"Today is actually Candlemas day, which used to signal the end of the Christmas season (40 days after Christmas day) and still does in some quarters. Protestant churches in England and possibly Ireland dismantle their cribs and take down their decorations today.

It's also pancake day in France, where Candlemas is called La Chandeleur."

ArnoldJRimmer · 03-02-2026 08:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124197613#Comment_124197613

I confirmed this fun fact for myself during a root canal many years ago. On a previous occasion, I thought that an anaesthetist had messed up during a surgery to remove a cyst. Thankfully the last time I've needed a local anaesthetic, the dentist was aware of this condition, but it took 45 minutes to get me completely numb

Dan Steely · 06-02-2026 11:06PM

The Nazis tried to recruit the Duke of Windsor, former king Edward VIII.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg_Files

New Home · 20-02-2026 11:04PM

There's an outbreak of hepatitis A in Prague, vaccination is recommended before travelling. Surreal, in this day and age, but we've learnt nothing from C19.

https://www.praguego.com/mag/hepatitis-a-outbreak-update

silliussoddius · 21-02-2026 12:47AM

Welcome to the unlightenment.

adaminho · 21-02-2026 01:18AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124213546#Comment_124213546

The Italians tried to install exiled Prince Milo as King of an Independent Montenegro during WW2 but he had settled in Dublin opening an antiques store. He later moved to Connemara and is buried in St. Mary's Cathedral grounds in Limerick.

humberklog · 21-02-2026 04:32PM

I don't think it's positively known if the Italian's offered Milo the Crown, he was only a prince in that he was a distant relation of the King. You didn't need to be the son of a King to call yourself a prince in that House of minor Royals.

I think I read about him in a Turtle Burnbury book a while back.

Milo's house in Roundstone popped up for sale a couple of years ago. Nice little cottage.

adaminho · 21-02-2026 04:42PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124254252#Comment_124254252

From what I heard he was one of a number of prince's sounded out about it.

joujoujou · 24-02-2026 12:37PM

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joujoujou · 28-02-2026 02:25PM

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Capt'n Midnight · 01-03-2026 12:50AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124261662#Comment_124261662

bc -l

Scale=3000

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:eek:

https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/102682/what-is-special-about-the-numbers-9801-998001-99980001#102684