Well that's Quite Interesting

mud · 24-03-2016 08:22PM

Owls aren't waterproof.

ThisRegard · 24-03-2016 08:26PM

The Guinness World Record for the most faces painted in 4 hours by a team took place last Sunday in Blanchardstown Town Centre. They painted 738 faces, breaking the previous record of 680 which was done at an Aston Villa game.

Rubberlegs · 24-03-2016 08:29PM

Mike the headless chicken was a chicken from Colorado who lived for 18 months after having his head chopped off in 1945. Some vein or something wasn't severed, so he didn't die. His owner fed him with an eye dropper down his neck. He toured with a freak show, but he eventually died from choking. There's a festival dedicated to him, and a Mike the headless chicken day too. Only in America

Speedsie · 24-03-2016 08:31PM

mud wrote: »

Owls aren't waterproof.

Neither are donkeys.

recylingbin · 24-03-2016 08:33PM

ThisRegard wrote: »

The Guinness World Record for the most faces painted in 4 hours by a team took place last Sunday in Blanchardstown Town Centre. They painted 738 faces, breaking the previous record of 680 which was done at an Aston Villa game.

Those guys must be millionaires

After Bruce Willis, Louis pasteur is responsible for saving more lives than anyone else in history.

shamrock2004 · 24-03-2016 08:35PM

Griffith avenue in dublin, is the longest tree-lined avenue in the northern hemisphere!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasnevin

Huntergonzo · 24-03-2016 08:36PM

Chimborazo (an inactive stratovolcano in Ecuador) is not the highest mountain by elevation above sea level, but its location along the equatorial bulge makes its summit the farthest point on the Earth's surface from the Earth's centre.

Laois_Man · 24-03-2016 08:37PM

When George W Bush arrived at the White House on January 20 2001 having just been sworn in, it was discovered that members of Bill Clinton's staff had removed the letter 'W' from almost every keyboard in the building!

CaraMay · 24-03-2016 08:38PM

whatismyname wrote: »

Ooops... yes you're right... so useful to know that a female kanagroo has three vaginas

Who knows...?

It would be for Adam Johnson. He not only likes kids, seemingly he likes animals too.

holy guacamole · 24-03-2016 08:41PM

The phrase "your name is mud" derives from Dr Samuel Mudd who treated the injured John Wilkes Booth after he'd assassinated Abraham Lincoln.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 24-03-2016 08:56PM

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Nekarsulm · 24-03-2016 09:00PM

A pig can only sweat from the tip of its nose.

ToddyDoody · 24-03-2016 09:00PM

Japan, in general.

http://www.toptenz.net/10-strange-things-japan-baffle-foreigners.php

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 24-03-2016 09:17PM

ISBN 978-0-571-30894-1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=ISBN+978-0-571-30894-1+

buried · 24-03-2016 09:17PM

Have much respect for Japan. Hollywood basically stole every single genius idea Japanese film directors utilised in the 50's and 60's. There would be no 'Star Wars' if it wasn't for Akira Kurosawa and no Tarantino either only for Masaki Kobayashi

maudgonner · 24-03-2016 09:20PM

Brian Rua Ó Cearbháin was Mayo's answer to Nostrodamus. In the early 1600s he predicted that "carriages on iron wheels, emitting smoke and fire would carry coffins to Achill both at the beginning and end of a new era of transport".

The Westport to Achill railway line (now repurposed as the Greenway) was near completion in 1894 when the Clew Bay drowning tragedy happened. A boat carrying islanders to a steamer bound for Glasgow capsized in Westport quay. 32 bodies were recovered and it was decided that the best way to transport them home would be to finish the remaining work on the railway. The first train into Achill Sound carried the coffins of the victims.

The Westport-Achill railway closed in 1937 due to falling profits and people thought that Brian Rua's prophecy had not been fulfilled. As the line was being dismantled news reached Achill of a tragic fire in Glasgow. Ten islanders had burned to death in the house where they had been staying. A special train was laid on from Dublin to Achill and the line reopened one last time to bring the bodies home.

Alf Stewart. · 24-03-2016 09:45PM

buried wrote: »

Have much respect for Japan. Hollywood basically stole every single genius idea Japanese film directors utilised in the 50's and 60's. There would be no 'Star Wars' if it wasn't for Akira Kurosawa and no Tarantino either only for Masaki Kobayashi

Why, is that Tarantinos dad?

buried · 24-03-2016 09:54PM

Alf Stewart. wrote: »

Why, is that Tarantinos dad?

All the 'revenge' themed blockbuster films Tarantino has been bleeding to death for over the last decade started with Masaki Kobayashi's movie "Harakiri" (1962), if that film was never made Tarantino would still be working/laid off in an american xtravision

Capt'n Midnight · 24-03-2016 10:11PM

Eugene Norman wrote: »

The biggest exporter of bananas in Europe is Ireland.

Actually at one stage we were the biggest manufacturer of bananas in Europe.

Iceland is the biggest grower of bananas in Europe.

The Backwards Man · 24-03-2016 10:24PM

Polar bears are Irish

Capt'n Midnight · 24-03-2016 10:43PM

buried wrote: »

There would be no 'Star Wars' if it wasn't for Akira Kurosawa

That's untrue.

Lucas also took huge chunks from Dune.
Desert planet.
Magic religion.
Moisture farming.
Orphan seeking revenge on the Evil Empire with it's special soldiers.
Baddies related to hero.

Dogfight scenes were lifted from WWII movies

Yes Sergio Leone's Fistful of Dollars was a scene by scene remake of Yojimbo. But he reinvented the western while he was doing it.

maudgonner · 24-03-2016 10:43PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Polar bears are Irish

And should immediately be reintroduced to the wild here.

Wibbs · 24-03-2016 10:51PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

That's untrue.

Lucas also took huge chunks from Dune.

+ 1000. Star Wars is basically Dune watered down(no pun) mixed with the aforementioned Japanese flics. Though his earliest drafts owed much more to the Japanese stuff. To the degree that his first few drafts were vetoed because studio lawyers were sure the same Japanese dudes would sue and win.

Capt'n Midnight · 24-03-2016 10:54PM

Huntergonzo wrote: »

Chimborazo (an inactive stratovolcano in Ecuador) is not the highest mountain by elevation above sea level, but its location along the equatorial bulge makes its summit the farthest point on the Earth's surface from the Earth's centre.

Actually the tallest mountain on earth is Mauna Kea, because the bottom of the mountain is below sea level.

The Beatles' had a song about Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

And 50 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus there is a star called Lucy. The diamond is 4000 Km across, the size of Australia.

buried · 24-03-2016 11:00PM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

That's untrue.

Lucas also took huge chunks from Dune.
Desert planet.
Magic religion.
Moisture farming.
Orphan seeking revenge on the Evil Empire with it's special soldiers.
Baddies related to hero.

Dogfight scenes were lifted from WWII movies

Yes Sergio Leone's Fistful of Dollars was a scene by scene remake of Yojimbo. But he reinvented the western while he was doing it.

Dd you ever see "The Hidden Fortress"? IMO That movie is the actual 'Star Wars'

Wibbs · 24-03-2016 11:03PM

buried wrote: »

Dd you ever see "The Hidden Fortress"? IMO That movie is the actual 'Star Wars'

+1 That's the "oh god George, we can't take this early script or we'll be sued into penury" film in question.

bnt · 24-03-2016 11:05PM

Just heard that comedian Garry Shandling has died. One of his last public appearances was on Jerry Seinfeld's web show Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee, in an episode entitled “It's Great That Garry Shandling Is Still Alive”.

failinis · 24-03-2016 11:05PM

Apparently if you did not have nipples you could not be High King in Ireland.

“Sucking a king’s nipples was a gesture of submission in ancient Ireland,” says Kelly. “Cutting them would have made him incapable of kingship.”

http://archive.archaeology.org/1005/bogbodies/clonycavan_croghan.html

buried · 24-03-2016 11:07PM

"The Hidden Fortress" is so f**king brilliant, I wish i never seen or heard of it just so I could watch it again without having seeing it the first time

maudgonner · 24-03-2016 11:09PM

So Eskimos (or Inuits if you prefer) have 500 words for snow? Well Irish has around 90 words for potatoes.

A small sample:

buirillín: a potato in seed
cailleach: a bad or shrivelled potato
caistín: a potato shrivilled from frost or heat
cnámharlach: A potato stalk
cnámhthóg: potatoes with the starch extracted
cnap phráta: a good lump of a potato
creataide: a small seed potato
creathán: a small potato
croidhealacán: the portion of a potato remaining after sets (scioltáin) have been cut off for sowing

Etc etc...

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