Douglas Collier wrote:The Professor's name was Roy Hinkley.
on a related note, despite being a high school science teacher and his proficiency with mechanical stuff like a coconut radio, most of his college degrees were in the arts, and he was primarily a botanist.
Douglas Collier wrote:The Professor's name was Roy Hinkley.
on a related note, despite being a high school science teacher and his proficiency with mechanical stuff like a coconut radio, most of his college degrees were in the arts, and he was primarily a botanist.
What is the source of all this?
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Douglas Collier wrote:The Professor's name was Roy Hinkley.
on a related note, despite being a high school science teacher and his proficiency with mechanical stuff like a coconut radio, most of his college degrees were in the arts, and he was primarily a botanist.
What is the source of all this?
well I'm only getting it from the wikipedia, and there doesn't seem to be a source listed for most of it. It may have come from the show runners or the actor himself (one of the sources linked is his old blog but it only seems to have one post on it), or maybe gathered from various episodes (his list of degrees is attributed to being from an episode).
I tend to trust Wikipedia as a source for trivia about TV shows though. For every jerk willing to edit in incorrect info, there's probably 2 nerds fact checking and editing it back.
one fact that is definitely attributed to both the actor and the show is that the Professor was asexual, apparently expressing his lack of interest in sex or romance to Ginger.
This is from memory so please forgive if I mess up the facts.
The Russians had a better time comparatively to the Germans during WWII on the east front because they had clothes for General Winter's battering, their technology was made to stand the colder temperatures, and the Russian train tracks were of different width from German train tracks making German supply lines into Russian territory more difficult to achieve. The Russians also blew up any trains that were to be lost to the Germans.
I'd say this information would only be useful to say, a WW2 German intelligence officer. So I suppose it would fit here.
The big American restoration Pizza Hut never opened a shop in Italy (they shouldn't neither think to do that... ). Anyway, Autogrill S.p.A., who has its competitor Spizzico, owns some franchising rights on the brand.
The Pittsburgh Pirates were originally known as the Pittsburgh Alleghenies. In 1880, after stealing away second-baseman Louis Bierbauer from the Philadelphia Athletics, a local newspaper called the team “a bunch of pirates.” The nickname suited them just fine, and they’ve been flying the Jolly Roger ever since.
Also, the Steelers were founded as the Pirates on July 8, 1933. This was until 1940 when Art Rooney had enough of the name and ran a contest to find a new name. The former coach helped select the winning name.
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~Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks~
There is a Super Smash Brothers fanfiction with over 4 million words and 220 chapters, and is still currently being updated. It has been going on since 2008. Some of the longest novels in the English language cap at a little over 1 million words.
It's been suggested to bring owls to New York City to rid it of its rat problem. The only reason it has not been attempted is because people think it'd be too spooky.
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Sleet wrote:It's been suggested to bring owls to New York City
Ooh, that would be handy. I'd like to be able to send letters if I go to NYC.
Er... I mean...
*quickly hides his wand in his pocket*
In Australia, there are two popular brands of insect repellent. Both have the same active ingredient (DEET) but one is 20% DEET and the other 80% (four times stronger). I have no idea why the weaker one is so popular. I never use it myself.
Hlaoroo wrote:Both have the same active ingredient (DEET) but one is 20% DEET and the other 80% (four times stronger). I have no idea why the weaker one is so popular. I never use it myself.
That... is a lot of DEET. Like, quite a few insect repellents in the US don't even have DEET in them. From what I saw last summer, it was the "deep woods" (The extra strength ones, if you will) insect repellents that had DEET, and for some reason I want to say they hovered around the 3-5% range. MAYBE I'm mistaken and they were around 15%, but not 20%, and I've never even heard of 80%. I'm going to have to look this up tomorrow and read into it.
Oh, we have non-DEET ones too but I find the DEET works better.
If you're interested the brands are Aeroguard and Bushmans with Bushmans being the stronger one.
Sleet wrote:It's been suggested to bring owls to New York City to rid it of its rat problem. The only reason it has not been attempted is because people think it'd be too spooky.
Yeah, because rats running around aren't spooky at all...
If life gives you lemons, ask for salt and tequila.
WD-40 was originally developed as an anti-rust coating for American nuclear missiles that would withstand both the high heat of the launch and the freezing temperatures of the upper atmosphere. WD stands for Water Displacement, and the 40 is because it was on the 40th attempt that they found the right formula for the job.
Douglas isn't my real name, but because of a name block put on me by a higher-order being known as Djinni, I can't say my real name.
Too young to join the U.S. military during World War I, a sixteen-year-old Walt Disney went to Canada in an unsuccessful attempt to enlist in the military there.
According to this chart, the average size of a new house in Australia in 2009 was bigger than the average size of a new house in America in 2009 (2,303 sq ft vs 2,164 sq ft).
Douglas isn't my real name, but because of a name block put on me by a higher-order being known as Djinni, I can't say my real name.
