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There are less than 200 stone circles in Ireland, though it's still one of the highest in the world. But we are very much outdone by the Senegambia stone circles, spread along the Gambia river in Africa. Over an area of 350 km from East to West and 100 Km from North to South, they number well over 1,000. About 10 times the density of Ireland.
This is a map of them, the distance east to west is wider than from Clifden to Dublin. This link shows the east/west line roughly on Google Maps.
They are mostly made of laterite, not much is known about them, but they were erected from around 300 BC to 1600 AD, possibly as burial grounds. No proper connection between them and ones found in Europe has been found, but I've been to a fair few of them and the similarities are uncanny. There were certainly trade routes along these areas so IMO the possibility is there.
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This is one of the best threads on Boards.ie, but the first post in the original thread has only received 8 Thanks to date.
Anyway, there are 7 islands that are divided by international borders.
Here they are:
Timor comes form the Malay for "East" so East Timor/Timor-Leste is "East East".0 -
In 2008 a box of CD's containing the details of 7 million bank customers was lost on a train in the UK. In his column in The Sun, Jeremy Clarkson rubbished the idea that the details could be used by criminals to withdraw money from people's accounts, arguing that only a deposit could be made.
To prove the point, he placed his bank details and PIN number in his Sun column, as well as details of his car, and how his address could be found on the electoral roll. He challenged anybody to attempt to hack his account. Some days later he found that £500 had been paid via direct debit to the British Diabetic Association. This had been done annonymously, Clarkson had not realised that some charities do not need a signature to set up a direct debit. He allowed them to keep the money and apologised in his next column.
He mentions the incident in this clip from QI. (starts at 1:48)
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There are more; including St Martin/Sint Maarten.
The smallest island split between 2 countries is Mårket island in the baltic, between Sweden and Finland. The Finns built a lighthouse on the highest point, and only realised after it was on the swedish side. Not wanting to give up the lighthouse and the swedes not wanting to give up any territory, they came to an agreement to re-draw the border as shown below.
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Actually, another interesting example - and this is more suited to the Interesting Maps thread I guess, but anyway - is Passport Island. It's the small figure-of-8 shaped island here -
It's an artificial island built on a bridge connecting Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and as the name implies, it serves as the customs point between the two countries. The border is at the narrow central part, which is where the actual customs point is. It's 0.3 square miles in size, has a permanent population of nil - but does, of course, have its own McDonalds.
The Atlas of Unusual Borders by Zoran Nikolic is a fun read for those interested in that sort of thing; it mentions Market Island and the Sint Maarten/Saint Martin borders too0 -
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A small bit more on origins of words, in this case the origin of the Irish expression to chance your arm.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFhO1fUHtq0/?igshid=1vc9v1h63ptwr
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This is an antique design. It originated when midwives decades ago used to take needlework and embroidery to while away the hours waiting until delivery. They were multipurpose and are usually pretty sharp.
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LostinBlanch wrote: »Some of you might have heard of Jack B Yeats, or seen some of his pictures in the National Gallery. But did you know that this one, won him a silver medal in the 1924 Olympics?
Oliver St John Gogarty won a bronze medal for a poem.
Letitia Marion Hamilton won a bronze medal for this painting. Well not quite this painting. this is an image of a study for the winning painting.
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You keep seeing variations of this from across the pond.
It's like they are wimps who've never even considered the existence of something like a Bramley
But it turns out that each successive birth cohort reports more pain at any given age than the cohorts that came before it.0 -
Taken from YLYL10:
When the euro bank notes were designed, they used European-style bridges that did not really exist so as not to have to choose between countries.
The Dutch town of Spijkenisse claimed them all for the Netherlands simply by building them all.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eiw-QtYU4AEM9c8?format=jpg&name=large0 -
secondrowgal wrote: »Taken from YLYL10:
When the euro bank notes were designed, they used European-style bridges that did not really exist so as not to have to choose between countries.
The Dutch town of Spijkenisse claimed them all for the Netherlands simply by building them all.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eiw-QtYU4AEM9c8?format=jpg&name=large
I did know this and I have always loved it.0 -
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The pitch in the Veltins Arena, which is the home stadium of Schalke 04 is retractable. So after a match they wheel it outside so it can get the best growing in sun and light. The stadium has a retractable roof as well, meaning the opening would be a lot smaller than normal.
They wheel it in under one if the end stands, which is consructed like a bridge and is held up with hydralic jacks during matches.
It weighs 11,000 tons, takes 5 hours to set up and move (70cm per minute when it's actually rolling) and costs €13,000 to do this every time.
The stadium has 5 Km of beer pipelines, meaning it can serve 40,000 litres per hour.
You can see the pitch parked outside the stadium here. https://www.google.com/maps/place/VELTINS-Arena/@51.553676,7.0649102,492m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xdfce5aff64fdbf72!8m2!3d51.5546309!4d7.0675262
FWIW, it seats 62,000 (Aviva 55,000), has a retractable roof and cost €191million in 2001 (Aviva €400million+ in 2007). Germany's construction costs per hour are higher than here. Stadium is in use 12 months of the year for all sorts of events. Makes you think.
And there's a video, auf Deutsch, about the process here.
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100 years later the US Navy was operating two paddle steamer aircraft carriers.
In fairness they were converted luxury cruisers on the Great lakes that were just used for training. Don't think they had to go anywhere fast!
http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/421/The-Great-Lakes-Paddlewheeler-Aircraft-Carriers.aspx
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Dermot Bannon was on the 'Freak or Unique' segment on TFI Friday's 2000 St Patrick's day special from Dublin.
Go to 29m30s
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retalivity wrote: »Dermot Bannon was on the 'Freak or Unique' segment on TFI Friday's 2000 St Patrick's day special from Dublin.
Go to 29m30s
It says it is restricted...was he a freak or unique?0 -
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The world's smallest capital is...?
Plymouth, Montserrat.
Population, nil.
It was destroyed in the 1995 volcanic eruption and buried pretty much the same way Pompeii was. The entire city was evacuated, and in fact half the population left the country entirely. But Plymouth is still considered the capital - the only capital city in the world that's also a ghost town.
Irish was one of the main languages of Montserrat until the early 20th century, even among the black slaves and their descendants.0 -
The world's smallest capital is...?
Plymouth, Montserrat.
Population, nil.
It was destroyed in the 1995 volcanic eruption and buried pretty much the same way Pompeii was. The entire city was evacuated, and in fact half the population left the country entirely. But Plymouth is still considered the capital - the only capital city in the world that's also a ghost town.
Irish was one of the main languages of Montserrat until the early 20th century, even among the black slaves and their descendants.
Irish indentured servants made up the majority of the population of montserrat at one point.0 -
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