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Does anyone else find themselves recalling random facts for no apparent reason? Like,

Charlie Chaplin entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest and lost

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[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Bicycle wheels with quick release axles have 9.525mm diameter, rounded up to 10mm. This is because the sizing is not actually metric, but 3/8 inch so imperial.

This is why it's most commonly called 9mm qr (quick release) /facepalm

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

To be fair, 0.5mm is a good clearance foe that application

[–] LoganNineFingers@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

2.2lbs to a KG

Should probably make an effort to know so many as a Canadian but only know the one conversion

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

If you try to use the god mode code from Doom in Heretic, it kills you and tells you not to cheat.

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[–] penguin_knight@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

male otters have a pocket to store their favourite rock. They use this rock to bash females unconcious and rape them.

[–] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

The Roman names for the three fates are Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos.

Actually, I suppose there is a reason I remember this, it's because of Golden Sun.

[–] Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Scots have 421 words for "snow"

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Did we aye

Away an shite

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[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Charlie Chaplin entered a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest and lost

This is an urban legend

[–] felixwhynot@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Can we have a citation please?

[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

From what I can tell,every account that people have cited as evidence for Charlie Chaplin losing a look a like contest are anecdotal and cant be verified.

https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/9423/did-charlie-chaplin-lose-a-charlie-chaplin-look-alike-contest

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[–] rainerloeten@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Dolphines are whales. People keep doubting me, whenever I bring that up :D

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[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

XcQ, link stays blue

[–] kuneho@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

in Earthbound, there's an exploit where you can have technically infinite PP if you put a Magic Truffle to the last slot of your inventory and buy a good amount of Ketchup Packets.

When you use the Magic Truffle in a battle, only just a Ketchup Packet will be consumed but not the truffle - you still gain 90 PP.

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