Mike's World (brain farts and other adventures)Its my annual rant about the Oscars, its not news, its probably about as corrupt as FIFA world cup decisions and I can make my own mind up about what is a good film. And the statue really doesn’t look all that good.
Its the time for award ceremonies So that actors can be pompous with ease As everyone they thank Who created their celluloid wank That’s schmoozed best in their attempt to pleaseDue 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!