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

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swittle Mar 2021 11:29am, 28 Mar 2021 74,172 posts	0 swittle [ ^ From a BBC 'Natural Histories' programme from 2015: Brett Westwood explores the role birds' eggs have played in religion, art and literature; in partnership with the Natural History Museum, and entitled 'Birds' Eggs'. bbc.co.uk ]
Diogenes Mar 2021 11:30am, 28 Mar 2021 58,750 posts	0 Diogenes I knew b too, it was one of those things they always seemed to be wheeling out on kids tv shows back in the 70s when people thought children liked clowns.
GordonG Mar 2021 1:02pm, 28 Mar 2021 8,535 posts	0 GordonG That there is such a thing as an Easter Tree and that Sainsbury's website has recorded a nearly 1000 per cent increase in searches for it compared to last year.
rf_fozzy Mar 2021 1:24pm, 28 Mar 2021 13,798 posts	0 rf_fozzy Swittle have you not read men at Arms?
ThorntonRunner Mar 2021 2:19pm, 28 Mar 2021 4,773 posts	0 ThorntonRunner That Terry Pratchett took his idea for the fool's guild clowns make up collection from real life
swittle Mar 2021 2:23pm, 28 Mar 2021 74,176 posts	0 swittle [Quite enough fantasy in my head, fozzy! ]
rf_fozzy Mar 2021 3:27pm, 28 Mar 2021 13,799 posts	0 rf_fozzy TP took many ideas from real life before subverting them with clever twists. One of my favourites is still the 'Dark Morris.'
Paul N Mar 2021 7:00pm, 28 Mar 2021 2,302 posts	0 Paul N The guy that played Sloth in the Goonies, was selected first overall pick in the 1973 NFL Draft and won two Suberbowls en.m.wikipedia.org
Ocelot Spleens Mar 2021 10:08pm, 28 Mar 2021 30,629 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens that the 2024 Olympics are in Paris,I think Improbably forgot, but that is pretty handy.
NDWDave Mar 2021 10:10pm, 28 Mar 2021 14,538 posts	0 NDWDave 2028 is Los Angeles. Which is not ideal from an earthquake perspective...