Things I learned today (Part 1)

I prefer smarties

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Buisness Wars is a fantastic podcast. Im listening to the Space X v Blue Origin one at the minute

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I’m after listening to most of them at this stage, I have them on in the background at work. The day goes fair quick with them on. The space x must be a new one is it? The last one I listened to was tik tok v Instagram .

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Yeah the Space X one is only out.The Rewatchables podcast with Bill Simmons is very good too depending on the film.

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What’s the best one? I might throw it on for my run. I’ve listened to Pizza Wars and that was enjoyable

Yea, know a girl who has lost the sight in one eye from the chemo.

Scary is right.

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The first game of polo played in the British Isles (ahem) was played in Southill.

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They’re all good but long,most are 4 or 5 parts long by maybe an hour.I really enjoyed the Diamond wars one.

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There’s a society for people who collect paperweights.

https://www.paperweightcollectorscircle.com/

I wonder who here is a member?
@Fagan_ODowd are you in it?

The Atlantic opening of the Panama Canal is further west than the Pacific opening

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Yes, it runs in a general south easterly direction from Atlantic to Pacific.

A similar anomaly is when you cross the US -Canada border from Detroit into Windsor Ontario, you go almost due south.

It is not possible to flag a post by a TFK admin

cc @Bandage

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Oh dear. Who said what and where?

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Anyone who has ever driven from Gorey in Wexford to Carnew in Wicklow is familiar with this concept.

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The band UB40 was named after the unemployment benefit form in England.

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I thought everybody knew that.

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Kids these days…

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You’d be amazed at how ignorant some people are

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Feck youve never been on the sites in London then

Their song one in ten refers to being in the 10% unemployed bracket

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