Thursday 29 December 2011

Repost of assorted interesting tidbits from Futility Closet

I really enjoyed the following from Greg Ross at the Futility closet.... 

Things you probably didn't know:


Greg Ross Dec 28, 2011 5:53 PM - Show original item
  • Canada’s coastline is six times as long as Australia’s.
  • Rudyard Kipling invented snow golf.
  • ENUMERATION = MOUNTAINEER
  • Can you see your eyes move in a mirror?
  • 26364 = 263 × 6/4
  • “If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?” — Stanislaw Lec
The last reminds me of the question, "If a man says something that no woman is present to hear, is he still wrong?"

And one from dy/dan that makes me think I knew this teacher once:

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