Grassmarket 2,840 Posted October 13, 2023 #7701 Share Posted October 13, 2023 If you have any random lumps of whale vomit lying about your house don’t throw them away! Could be worth a fortune. I remember many years ago in Moscow one of the women in our tour group was buying all the Soviet perfume she could find (not much, obviously) because it was made with ambergris, which was way illegal in the West by that time. A dog found a rare lump of whale vomit on a beach which could land its owner a small fortune. Patrick Williamson, 37, was stunned when his pup dropped her ball and sprinted over to a mysterious rock on the shore. Mr Williamson, who is a fisherman, knew it was ambergris, which is produced in the intestine of the sperm whale. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12626777/Whale-vomit-ambergris-Irvine-Beach-Scotland.html Josh and rafalgorka 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,663 Posted October 14, 2023 Author #7702 Share Posted October 14, 2023 (edited) Massive coincidence. I was reading a CNN piece on the Hamas attacks, where they wrote about using SunCalc (a website) to geolocate/time certain videos. Right, I checked the website out, noticed that if you click on a place it shows the next solar eclipse (partial or full) and saw that here in the Netherlands in March 2025 there is a 24% eclipse happening. Cool. Clicked on Brazil out of curiousity and....turns out there is a large partial to almost full eclipse in large parts of the America's......today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_October_14,_2023 Seriously, the coincidence. It's not like these things happen on a daily or even monthly basis. So if you're in the Americas, read up a bit and enjoy (with care for your eyes, obviously)! Edited October 14, 2023 by heywoodu Josh 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,576 Posted October 14, 2023 #7703 Share Posted October 14, 2023 23 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Massive coincidence. I was reading a CNN piece on the Hamas attacks, where they wrote about using SunCalc (a website) to geolocate/time certain videos. Right, I checked the website out, noticed that if you click on a place it shows the next solar eclipse (partial or full) and saw that here in the Netherlands in March 2025 there is a 24% eclipse happening. Cool. Clicked on Brazil out of curiousity and....turns out there is a large partial to almost full eclipse in large parts of the America's......today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_October_14,_2023 Seriously, the coincidence. It's not like these things happen on a daily or even monthly basis. So if you're in the Americas, read up a bit and enjoy (with care for your eyes, obviously)! Yep, it’s come in causal conversations and on the news the few days. We had a similar solar a couple years ago, so there doesn’t seem to be as much hype at the moment. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,576 Posted October 14, 2023 #7704 Share Posted October 14, 2023 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,576 Posted October 14, 2023 #7705 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Well, someone just dimmed the lights over California. We had the cool semi-circle shadows in the shade too. “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,840 Posted October 14, 2023 #7706 Share Posted October 14, 2023 12 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said: Well, someone just dimmed the lights over California. We had the cool semi-circle shadows in the shade too. The Gods are angry! You must shave all your body hair so that the Sun God consents to appear again. Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,840 Posted October 15, 2023 #7707 Share Posted October 15, 2023 AT LAST! Scientists answering the questions people are actually asking. They're two of the most ferocious creatures in the animal kingdom. But have you ever wondered what a fight between a hippopotamus and a great white shark might look like? Now, scientists have set the record straight, after using artificial intelligence (AI) to simulate battles between the most terrifying animals on Earth. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12619627/Scientists-use-AI-simulate-EPIC-battles-ferocious-creatures-animal-kingdom-win-hippo-great-white-shark.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,576 Posted October 19, 2023 #7708 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Bohemia, Wanderer, heywoodu and 1 other 4 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,663 Posted October 19, 2023 Author #7709 Share Posted October 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said: Cool Although in a serious situation, I'd much prefer 1500m runners or so. Enough raw speed to catch basically any ordinary person and enough endurance to make up the time they lose by having to react to the situation when not expecting people to steal stuff But yeah, this gives a nice taste of how fast these runners really are If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Federer91 2,212 Posted October 20, 2023 #7710 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Just want to mention, that Google WILL NOT WIN the war they have started against Adblockers in youtube ! These piranha corporations never learn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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