Things I learned today (Part 1)

Things
9020

His issue was probably that he asked for suudacreeem.

9021

Surprised it was still made there to be honest

9022

A tub of Sudocream could last years

9023

The pin on your dashboard fuel gauge points to the side of the car that the tank is on (when empty)

Mind blown

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9024

Post number 3 on this very thread @backinatracksuit from 8 years back! Donā€™t ever say this place isnā€™t a world of wisdom!

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9025

Mesut Ozil has over 26M Twitter followers. 26 fucking million, presume the Turks are stone mad for the twitter

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9027

The qwerty keyboard was designed to be very inefficient as early typewriters would jam if the keys were hit too rapidly in succession

9028

Iā€™m going to need some proof for this one.

9029

Heard this actually, very interesting tid bit, probably a factoid.

9030

It also spells out ā€œtypewriterā€ in the top row so the salesmen wouldnā€™t look like idiots searching for the keys.

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9031

Iā€™m putting it here as a fact, my source is impeccable

9032

I like you tracksuit but I have conflicting sourcesā€¦

9033

Tom Hanks? As he is the true master of all things typewriter.

9034

Ah I just read it in the book ā€˜Guns Germs and Steelā€™, he mentioned studies conducted in the 20th century which proved that it was incredibly inefficient though by that stage there were so many with vested interests in keeping the old system to the fore that it was gonna be more trouble than it was worth to fix it

9035

Thereā€™s a theory there alright but I donā€™t think weā€™ll ever know for sure.

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9036

Bill Wymanā€™s son married Mandy Smithā€™s mother.

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9037

Alan McLoughlin grew up on Maine Road and was classmates with Noel Gallagher. Despite being a united fan, Alan and Noel went to many a City game together as youngsters.

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9038

Thomas Tuchel is 6 foot 3 inches tall and played as a central defender. Iā€™d have put him down as a small weakling, the sort of chap who gets sand kicked on his face at the beach.

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9039

More like 5ft 15 inches

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9040

Bandon was formed during the Munster plantation in 1603. Catholics forbidden from residence. Above the gates of the town read:

Jew, Turk or atheist
May enter here, but not a papist