Mike's World (brain farts and other adventures)I have decided that seeing as some very talentless people have gone on world tours it is about time MCW went on a world tour. The world tour is as follows…
1) Singapore
2) London
3) Toy Town
Harry the Grumpy Parrot had this to say…
Meanwhile Donald had this to say…
Wednesday
Kori Bustard and the Great Bustard both are about equal in weight and are the worlds heaviest flying birds.
Thursday
I learnt how to make and use custom brushes in GIMP, wish I had learnt earlier!
Friday
Camel spiders (solifugae) are not spiders but are 10 legged arachnids.
Saturday
The slowest speed of light recorded is 40mph through -272 C sodium.
Sunday
I learnt how to tell a hygenic hawker stall from a more dodgy one.
Monday
An open comedo is the technical name for a blackhead.
Tuesday
The proper name for The Gherkin in London is the RE Swiss building. Also Emile Heskey has the middle name Ivanhoe.
Apparantly according to the site “I Write Like” my style is James Joyce. However I analysed a few limericks which have come up as having the style of Stephen King for some and Daniel Defoe for ones about cricket. I look forward to reading some of Stephen Kings limericks and Daniel Defoes limericks… I think they may go something like this
The child was not quite alright in his head, And he would have strange dark dreams when in bed, As his wardrobe would rattle, You could hear running cattle, As they were chased by some dogs who once were dead. ~ The man woke up and exclaimed “Oh heck”, As he was on an island after the ship wreck, If only he had a man Friday, Before he sailed who could say, “Have you got your razor? Should you not check?”Unfortunately my stephen King limerick apparantly accoriding to the site, the style of Charles Dickens, whereas the Daniel Defoe one apparantly is Stephen King like. I thought Dickens be more of this sort…
The poor downtrodden starving little orphans, Had no friends family or fans, Society was to blame, It really was a shame, That they had no mother, father uncles, or grans. ~Apparantly this is more James Fenimoore Cooper than Dickens though, so if that was your first thought when reading it well done.
Friday
The Ostrich has the largest eyes of any land animal.
Saturday
The Chinese Salamandar is the worlds biggest Amphibian, and can be 6 foot in length.
Sunday
Nigella Lawson supports Chelsea.
Monday
Mr Tickle was the first Mr Man character, and probably the one most likely to be sacked for inappropiate behaviour in the work place. Mr Nosey I would be wary of too.
Tuesday
The first true cuckoo clock was made in 1738.
Due to the realignment of posting due to possible quiz issues, here is a mega posting of lessons learnt at the end of September…
Monday
Al Capone was called Alphonse
Tuesday
There are 2618 toilets in the new Wembley.
Wednesday
A hydrogen atom doubled in size 120 times would cover the visible universe. An A4 sheet of paper only requires to be doubled 90 times. Charlie Chaplin once came 3rd in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest.
Thursday
The deathcap is the most common cause of fungus poisoning and destroys the liver and kidneys.
Friday
The root of the deadly nightshade is the most toxic, yet rabbits can eat deadly nightshade without any problems.
Saturday
Three members of the Capulet household are named in Romeo and Juliet but are not characters in the play.
Sunday
Ed is younger than David Milliband, I never really took an interest in the Labour leadership…
Monday
I learnt that if a network has vertices IABCDO order 1,3,3,3,3,1 such that the adjacency matrix is (010000)(101100)(010110)(011010)(001011)(000000), and the start is at I. If left and right are chosen at random the probability of exiting at O rather than I is 3/5
Tuesday
Around the world in 80 days won an Oscar.
Wednesday
I learnt that page 11 on the AQA formula books is where you will find the binomial distribution formula if you have not learnt it!
Thursday
I learnt what a picoscope looks like. Tomorrow I may try to find out what one does, or measures!