What do you know today, that you did not yesterday?

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Diogenes 24 Sep 7:12am, 24 Sep 2024 88,337 posts	0 Diogenes As was the Triumph Acclaim
ChrisHB 24 Sep 10:27am, 24 Sep 2024 23,213 posts	0 ChrisHB and the Rolls-Royce Silver Mist (= dung in German)
Nellers 24 Sep 4:40pm, 24 Sep 2024 43,864 posts	0 Nellers Florence only returned to Pre-plague population levels in the 1960s.
GordonG 26 Sep 11:58am, 26 Sep 2024 10,652 posts	0 GordonG That many of the most powerful hurricanes that hit Caribbean islands and the US mainland, start as thunderstorms above the Ethiopian highlands bbc.co.uk
Ocelot Spleens 26 Sep 12:05pm, 26 Sep 2024 39,613 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens I have sat under a couple of those Ethiopian Thundersorms.
57.5 Degrees of Pain 26 Sep 1:32pm, 26 Sep 2024 21,558 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain And I've been at the other end in the northern US when the winds have abated but the rainfall is biblical
Johnny Blaze 27 Sep 5:19pm, 27 Sep 2024 33,154 posts	0 Johnny Blaze Here's a weird thing: if I open the camera on my Samsung and say "shoot", "cheese" or "capture" it takes a hands-free photo. Ain't that clever?
Sam Jelfs 27 Sep 6:42pm, 27 Sep 2024 1,500 posts	0 Sam Jelfs The most northern part of Ireland is further north than Northern Ireland.
Night-owl 27 Sep 6:46pm, 27 Sep 2024 46,492 posts	0 Night-owl Sam Jelfs wrote:The most northern part of Ireland is further north than Northern Ireland. I saw that earlier today. I suspect from the same place
GlennR 27 Sep 10:08pm, 27 Sep 2024 76,576 posts	0 GlennR Interesting, isn’t it. I saw the same source earlier, but it’s one of those things I have known for ever. Not sure why.