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    A popular misconception about Vienna is that the river it was built on is the Danube. In actual fact, it was built on the river Wien, a tributary of the Danube. Wien is also the name of the city in German. The boundary of the city only reached the Danube in the nineteenth century.


    Talking of the Danube...


    If you're ever in Vienna and want to visit the Danube, make sure you specify which one when asking for directions, because there's (technically) three of them:

    In the sixteenth century, the Danube was still quite far away from the city, so a canal was built (Donaukanal) to allow ships to offload next to the old walls. The water enters the canal unimpeded from the upstream Danube (Northwest) and rejoins it downstream (South-East), and is technically now a free flowing river in it's own right.

    In the 19th century, the city of Vienna then decided to straighten the main part of the river. They built a long, straight ditch between the ends of a large curve of the river, then knocked down either end and let the river flood through. They then blocked up the original river curve, which is now a long narrow lake called the Alte Donau (Old Danube), which is much further away from the city centre... Incidentally, this was completed in 1875


    Ergo, Vienna has three River Danubes.


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    A popular misconception about Vienna is that the river it was built on is the Danube. In actual fact, it was built on the river Wien, a tributary of the Danube. Wien is also the name of the city in German. The boundary of the city only reached the Danube in the nineteenth century.


    Talking of the Danube...


    If you're ever in Vienna and want to visit the Danube, make sure you specify which one when asking for directions, because there's (technically) three of them:

    In the sixteenth century, the Danube was still quite far away from the city, so a canal was built (Donaukanal) to allow ships to offload next to the old walls. The water enters the canal unimpeded from the upstream Danube (Northwest) and rejoins it downstream (South-East), and is technically now a free flowing river in it's own right.

    In the 19th century, the city of Vienna then decided to straighten the main part of the river. They built a long, straight ditch between the ends of a large curve of the river, then knocked down either end and let the river flood through. They then blocked up the original river curve, which is now a long narrow lake called the Alte Donau (Old Danube), which is much further away from the city centre... Incidentally, this was completed in 1875


    Ergo, Vienna has three River Danubes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Just_Jimmy View Post
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    it means nothing to me...

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    Ah shaddapa you face.
    for what it's worth mate, I found it interesting, I just couldn't resist.

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    Ketchup originated in China starting life as mixed pickled fish and spices and named in Amoy dialect as Ke -chiap meaning brine of pickled fish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Just_Jimmy View Post
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    for what it's worth mate, I found it interesting, I just couldn't resist.

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    For what it's worth, I was actually making reference to the song that kept Oh Vienna off the number one spot in the charts.


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    What’s a matta you? Hey!

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    For what it's worth, I was actually making reference to the song that kept Oh Vienna off the number one spot in the charts.

    I'm not that old

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    Quote Originally Posted by Just_Jimmy View Post
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    I'm not that old

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    Aw aye, rub it in why don't you

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    Another utterly useless piece of information















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    Heroin users get a really bitter taste when they inject heroin into their bloodstream. Nico of The Velvet Underground fame would add Evelyn & Crabtree rosewater to her heroin to get a taste like Turkish delight from her intravenous drug use.


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    Perhaps already mentioned in this thread, but after 90+2's delight at Hearts failing to progress in the league cup and going to order a Hawaiian pizza, it reminded me of a QI fact, that the Hawaiian pizza was actually created by a Canadian, of Greek descent, at a restaurant in Ontario. Trying to mimic Chinese cooking of pairing sweet with savoury, he combined the ham with pineapple, then added to pizza.
    Ironically, or maybe by design, the Hawaiian & Samoan people of Polynesia will actually marinade wild boar in pineapple before cooking, as the acidity will break down the tough meat.
    Whether the Canadian restauranteur knew this, I don't know.

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    An elephants teets are between its front legs. It’s the only four legged mammal that has this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales View Post
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    Perhaps already mentioned in this thread, but after 90+2's delight at Hearts failing to progress in the league cup and going to order a Hawaiian pizza, it reminded me of a QI fact, that the Hawaiian pizza was actually created by a Canadian, of Greek descent, at a restaurant in Ontario. Trying to mimic Chinese cooking of pairing sweet with savoury, he combined the ham with pineapple, then added to pizza.
    Ironically, or maybe by design, the Hawaiian & Samoan people of Polynesia will actually marinade wild boar in pineapple before cooking, as the acidity will break down the tough meat.
    Whether the Canadian restauranteur knew this, I don't know.
    Pineapple actually contain enzymes that break down protein and can be used to tenderise meat


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    Time travel on it's own would be next to useless. You'd have to be able to travel through time and space for it to be of use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg View Post
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    Time travel on it's own would be next to useless. You'd have to be able to travel through time and space for it to be of use.
    At the risk of contradicting the purpose of this thread, i find this interesting! Why do you say that - because otherwise you would end up in a different location than where you started? Planetary shift and all that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Future17 View Post
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    At the risk of contradicting the purpose of this thread, i find this interesting! Why do you say that - because otherwise you would end up in a different location than where you started? Planetary shift and all that?

    It set me thinking too. That must be it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Future17 View Post
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    At the risk of contradicting the purpose of this thread, i find this interesting! Why do you say that - because otherwise you would end up in a different location than where you started? Planetary shift and all that?
    Yes, even travelling back in time 5 minutes would mean you land in open space because your physical starting point hasn't arrived yet. For example, if you wanted to travel back in time to see the dinosaurs, you'd also have to travel to the other side of the galaxy, because that's where earth was at that time.

    This information is utterly useless, unless you've mastered time travel and are not letting on about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg View Post
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    Yes, even travelling back in time 5 minutes would mean you land in open space because your physical starting point hasn't arrived yet. For example, if you wanted to travel back in time to see the dinosaurs, you'd also have to travel to the other side of the galaxy, because that's where earth was at that time.

    This information is utterly useless, unless you've mastered time travel and are not letting on about it.
    How else do you think I knew your answer before you posted it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Future17 View Post
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    How else do you think I knew your answer before you posted it?

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    When actor Gerard Kelly [City Lights/Extras/Rab C Nesbitt] passed away it was revealed he left his entire £145k estate to Terry Kiely who played Karl Fletcher in Sky One's long-running soap-opera Dream Team.

    https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entert...-kelly-1096236

    Before you ask: Kelly had no connection to Kiely other than having crossed paths in an Essex pantomime. Kiely [a lifeguard] was "shocked" to learn of being bequeathed the money having only met Kelly "...a couple of times..." but saw him as a "...father figure..." who supported him for 18 years.

    My husband was searching "dream team where are they now" and this popped up.

    This is the most useless, bizarre and random factoid about late noughties TV I have ever heard/seen.
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    The theme music to Mastermind is called " Approaching Menace "

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg View Post
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    Time travel on it's own would be next to useless. You'd have to be able to travel through time and space for it to be of use.
    I’d be rewinding Liam Henderson’s delivery over and over and over. I’d be stuck at that moment forever.


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    The pter in helicopter has the same origin as the pter in pterodactyl. It's from a Greek word meaning wing, and helico is from a Greek word, via Latin, meaning spiral.
    This blew my mind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by s.a.m View Post
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    The pter in helicopter has the same origin as the pter in pterodactyl. It's from a Greek word meaning wing, and helico is from a Greek word, via Latin, meaning spiral.
    This blew my mind.

    that is such an interesting group of facts 😁

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    One million seconds is 11.5 days.
    One billion seconds is 31.7 years.
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    Quote Originally Posted by danhibees1875 View Post
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    One million seconds is 11.5 days.
    One billion seconds is 31.7 years.
    It’s been well over a billion seconds since Hearts win the league cup 😂


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    It’s been well over a billion seconds since Hearts win the league cup 😂
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    Quote Originally Posted by Northernhibee View Post
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    It’s been well over a billion seconds since Hearts win the league cup 😂
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    Closer to 2
    It's been two billion seconds since you won;
    The League Cup.
    That's a thing you can't deny
    Like the fact that we're the team that wouldn't die.

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