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Dvorak Jul 2022 5:59pm, 1 Jul 2022 25,549 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak [Correction: just fact-checked myself. The Manics version reached number 7. It was the original which topped the charts, way back in 1980. I was astonished it was so long ago. The film used the vocal version, whilst the tv series used an instrumental as its theme.] https://youtube.com/watch?v=jMHOVnIK_2c
NDWDave Jul 2022 8:02pm, 1 Jul 2022 16,973 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave The volume of a pizza with radius Z and height A is PiZZA
Dvorak Jul 2022 8:18pm, 1 Jul 2022 25,550 posts	Quote Pin Dvorak That's ... weird.
Oranj Jul 2022 9:15pm, 1 Jul 2022 3,246 posts	Quote Pin Oranj That the numbers they wear for distance events in the Diamond League have a chip in them. Screenshot from the green room for yesterday's women's 800m:
GlennR Jul 2022 10:15pm, 1 Jul 2022 64,174 posts	Quote Pin GlennR That 1980 version was one of my favourite songs at the time.
ThorntonRunner Jul 2022 7:19am, 2 Jul 2022 5,952 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner I see they label it as the theme from mash rather than suicide is painless
Ocelot Spleens Jul 2022 2:10pm, 2 Jul 2022 34,184 posts	Quote Pin Ocelot Spleens Noctilucent Cloud en.wikipedia.org
Fields Jul 2022 2:20pm, 2 Jul 2022 5,253 posts	Quote Pin Fields A Luton van is so named not because they were made there due to the historic millinery industry in the town
NDWDave Jul 2022 4:05pm, 3 Jul 2022 16,980 posts	Quote Pin NDWDave The distance to the 3 point line is the same in International basketball and the WNBA but slightly further out for the NBA
rf_fozzy Jul 2022 8:28pm, 3 Jul 2022 17,437 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy That New Scientist is now owned by the Daily Mail Group and Trust.