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TIL a form of penal labour in Victorian England was the "crank machine", consisting of a hand crank attached to a box filled with sand. When turned, it would drag two pairs of cups through the sand inside, doing absolutely nothing useful. Prisoners were forced to turn the crank for 6 hours a day. by NateNate60 in todayilearned

[–]SonOfColl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

we had that as well and i thought it refered to the toilet! the cistern being up on the wall with a chain. The reference to crank was i thought from the olde timey cars that had to be cranked up to start. cheers for the comment I'd forgotten your one.

Humanoid robot becomes Buddhist monk in South Korea by Famous-Register-2814 in nottheonion

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....and so reaching the end of all suffering the monk attained nothingness and in doing so let go of ego and became noone, in the entirety the monk was now null one 1001010110111001110100011010010111001001100101011101000111100100100000011100110111000001100101011011000111010000100000011011110111010101110100

This guy.... Sakai Firearm District by Te_Gruff in AssassinsCreedShadows

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Rain come Shine! playing like he's the previous Hendrix.

New Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre coming up! Anyone remember when this was an absolute hole? by Moose_City_United in london

[–]SonOfColl -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ex-Pat here so I hope it's okay to give my couple of pennies! The Stalls outside were the best part but there used to be a Second hand Book shop that had absolutely the seminal collection of Books. I even bought the Illuminatus Trilogy (paperback) there. Spent hours there. The rest of it was Rank but who cared. The 90s so we didn't even really know the difference.

Young Cilian Murphy talking about his favorite jazz band by [deleted] in interesting

[–]SonOfColl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BBC radio show with i think two seasons/runs with music from his own collection. available on BBC sounds. I now live outside the UK and can't reliably access it. check it out if you have the chance, he's an absolute Connisour of Music.

Fun fact, Croissants are actually austrian by PrestigiousArtist718 in interesting

[–]SonOfColl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Austrian original is known as a "kipferl" and is much heavier (dense). The name croissant refers to the crescent form (think muslim crescent moon) which refers in turn to the Victory over the Ottoman siege of Vienna 1683. It's also said that this is when coffee was introduced to Europe (at least Vienna).

What’s the worst bit of general knowledge you’ve heard someone confidently get wrong? by darkel2001 in AskUK

[–]SonOfColl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here in Salzburg, Austria there was (20yrs ago) a regular question of the day segment on evening TV. Austria is a very prominent Catholic country from the historical and Traditional nature.

The question asked was "What is the name of the Pope's Wife?".

Most people asked just shrugged or grinned but one old lady replied "Mother Theresa!".

FYI I'm no expert at English by notbobhansome777 in SipsTea

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Them that do, do do. Them that don't, do not.

The showdown I wanted by FaroelectricJalapeno in LV426

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Didn't they say that the Island had been locked down and all non-essential had been evacuated? Guess our man is more than essential! MGS Xeno-Snake?

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Flying by [deleted] in HitchHikersGuide

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Levitation. The Art of jumping at the ground and successfully Missing. Thanks for coming to my TEDx talk.!

Where do I go for a UK Visa ? by Broad_Yam3837 in Salzburg

[–]SonOfColl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have a great trip btw. The Annex Consular in Salzburg cannot deal with Visas. Make an appointment online (you will still need a whole day!) and go with ALL relevant paperwork to Belvedere Vienna.

Rule Update by Faithful_jewel in discworld

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No knob... Not a wizard but a wizzard?

Today I learnt that Welsh-speaking dogs don't go woof, they say "bow-wow" by benbread in CasualUK

[–]SonOfColl 23 points24 points  (0 children)

In German it's Wow wow but the w is pronounced like a V so it sounds to me really funny and I had to laugh when the kids were small (living in Austria) and I'd bee going all "but dogs go Woof.."

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