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  1. ModSquid

    ModSquid Multimodder

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    But Alaskan Pipelines are fine if you're in a Berlin nightclub.
     
    ModSquid, 19 Mar 2024
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  2. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    TIL, that an author called Alex Hill wrote a play called, Why I Stuck a Flare Up My Arse For England, first presented at The Edinburgh Festival.
     
    Mr_Mistoffelees, 23 Mar 2024
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    bawjaws, 24 Mar 2024
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    c0nstruct What's a Dremel?

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    TIL that Shawshank was written by SK, having only seen the film, I never knew this - can't remember if it was even in the opening credits?
     
    c0nstruct, 14 Apr 2024
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  5. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    TIL: Whilst I have no problem building and configuring a PC and, keeping it working and performing as expected, I'm up Sh!t Creek when it comes to sending a text message on my iPhone...

    I had to ask my wife what I had done wrong! :duh::duh::duh:
     
    Mr_Mistoffelees, 14 May 2024
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  6. Cookie Monster

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    TIL an animated loading icon is called a Throbber. Kind of ruins it when a call someone a throbber now.
     
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    Cookie Monster, 16 May 2024
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    fix-the-spade Multimodder

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    TIL Someone else is getting Thor in their doomscroll feed...
     
    fix-the-spade, 16 May 2024
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  8. Cookie Monster

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    TIL about doomscrolling. It was actually forwarded to me by a dev friend.
     
    Cookie Monster, 16 May 2024
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  9. ModSquid

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    More of an LWIL (last week) the Pap of Glencoe is so named because it looks like a booby.
     
    ModSquid, 20 May 2024
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  10. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    TIL - Mickey Mouse's dog is named for the ex-planet, as he was "born" just a few months after Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto
    • Planet 9 discovered - February 18th 1930
    • Named "Pluto" - May 1st 1930
    • Pluto first appears in cartoons - September 5th 1930
    • Named "Pluto" - April 30th 1931
     
    IanW, 20 May 2024
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