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

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57.5 Degrees of Pain Apr 2021 2:30pm, 9 Apr 2021 7,006 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain That my favourite day hike in the whole wide world is now off limits due to a volcano.
ChrisHB Apr 2021 11:22pm, 10 Apr 2021 20,850 posts	0 ChrisHB There is a train that is scheduled to take 1:57 to get from Redhill to Reading. A decent time for the journey is just over an hour.
WtnMel Apr 2021 12:00pm, 11 Apr 2021 2,145 posts	0 WtnMel That 'ems' is a unit of measure for printed type (answer to Observer crossword clue that we didn't know before we looked it up ..)
swittle Apr 2021 12:02pm, 11 Apr 2021 74,558 posts	0 swittle [Isn't there an 'en' too?] [it's half an 'em'. Just had to find out! ]
WtnMel Apr 2021 12:16pm, 11 Apr 2021 2,147 posts	0 WtnMel [Yes Swittle - we found that as well but didn't want to confuse things! ]
swittle Apr 2021 12:17pm, 11 Apr 2021 74,563 posts	0 swittle [Hehe! ]
Oranj Apr 2021 12:22pm, 11 Apr 2021 2,548 posts	0 Oranj [You're on to my specialist subject here. If only our Chennai typesetters understood the difference ]
Mushroom Apr 2021 12:59pm, 12 Apr 2021 1,571 posts	0 Mushroom That there was only ever one series of Hong Kong Phooey. It seemed to be on frequently in my childhood, but they were all re-runs.
GordonG Apr 2021 1:09pm, 12 Apr 2021 8,545 posts	0 GordonG ^ now that surprises me. Number One Super Guy
WA Apr 2021 1:17pm, 12 Apr 2021 8,690 posts	0 WA Quicker than the human eye