Outside the US, the four-in-hand knot tends to be known as a schoolboy knot and I never understood why anyone would use it. It simply can not be done nice looking and a half-windsor is just as easy.

It is proof because I say it is!
Hmmm, a somewhat weak argument I'd say. I think we will have to agree to disagree on that one and I will remain sceptical.

I did not know this before, but this is why it is called uppercase and lowercase characters. Learning every day.

John McAfee explains the real reason for the crackdown on TikTok.

Insane person of the day! Perhaps this is because they were all cows. Bulls produce only greek yogurt - thicker and more sticky. Sigh.

The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.

I don’t know about you but doesn’t seem quite as much the “conspiracy theorist” now to me This is from 1998, try to convince me he’s talking bollocks, I dare you

They are in that podcast missing the archaic definition of "worshipful": entitled to honour or respect.

The masonic worshipful master is not being worshipped, it simply mean the master holds a position entitled to respect.

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A baffling bit of trivia. Canned food was invented in the late 18th century (1772) and was patented in the early 19th century (1810) and became common pretty quick (1820s). So far so good, but what is baffling is that the first can opener did not appear until around 1850-1860 (the one below is patented in 1855). So for 50+ years people were opening the darn things with whatever tools at hand, hammers, chisels etc.

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