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Diogenes Jun 2022 9:10pm, 26 Jun 2022 70,937 posts	0 Diogenes Windsurfing was invented on Hayling Island. Peter Chilvers was the person who first put a surf board and a sail together.
Groundhog Jun 2022 11:19am, 27 Jun 2022 4,545 posts	0 Groundhog For mosquitos to kill you directly (i.e. not by transmitting a disease but by drinking your blood) it would take over 400,000 mosquitos all drinking almost at once. However, assuming that each mosquito needs about 1cm2 surface area to do its business, it would take about 20 shifts of 20,000 mosquitos each to do the job. (based on a comment heard on The Infinite Monkey Cage and my own slightly dodgy research)
Dillthedog Jun 2022 8:27pm, 27 Jun 2022 4,236 posts	0 Dillthedog The KFC Twitter account only follows 11 other accounts. 6 men called Herb and the 5 spice girls
Serendippily Jun 2022 5:33am, 28 Jun 2022 26,030 posts	0 Serendippily That is class
GordonG Jun 2022 12:19pm, 29 Jun 2022 9,136 posts	0 GordonG the kfc one is actually quite clever
GordonG Jun 2022 12:19pm, 29 Jun 2022 9,137 posts	0 GordonG that a country can join the Commonwealth even if it has no historical ties with the UK (Gabon and Togo have just joined).
cackleberry Jun 2022 12:20pm, 29 Jun 2022 2,668 posts	0 cackleberry The KFC Twitter account only follows 11 other accounts. 6 men called Herb and the 5 spice girls KFC? We don't have a twitter account?! (KFC = Kilburn Fell Club rather than Kentucky Fried Chicken!)
Mushroom Jul 2022 4:03pm, 1 Jul 2022 2,402 posts	0 Mushroom MAS*H Director Robert Altman attempted to write the lyrics to 'Suicide is Painless' himself, but, finding it too difficult, gave the task to his 14-year-old-son Michael, who reportedly wrote the lyrics in five minutes. Altman later said that, while he only made $70,000 for directing the movie, his son earned more than $1 million for co-writing the song.. en.wikipedia.org
ThorntonRunner Jul 2022 5:19pm, 1 Jul 2022 5,950 posts	0 ThorntonRunner That "Suicide is painless" had lyrics
Dvorak Jul 2022 5:42pm, 1 Jul 2022 25,548 posts	0 Dvorak [A chart topper for Manic Street Preachers.]