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.
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?
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!
TIL an animated loading icon is called a Throbber. Kind of ruins it when a call someone a throbber now.
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
That reminds me, on the theme of fizzy fruit drinks. The Nazis created Fanta when there was no trade with the US in the 40's. Technically it was the coca-cola company I guess.
Today I mostly learned about 'Memorial Record Tubes' after playing about with a coffin and wondering what the hell they'd need a test tube / vial for. https://www.quora.com/Why-is-there-...n information,tube without opening the casket.
According to my OHs mum, in the city she lives in in Finland they have those robot delivery services. The two most popular items ordered? Kitty litter and lube. Hopefully it's not the most common combination order.