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Paris wasn't named after the Trojan Paris: The city got its name from the Parisii, which, if my memory is reliable, were a Gaulish tribe from somewhere in, or nearby Northern Italy, or somewhere in France itself.

However, if you think about it, and if you're into your history and mythology like I am, you could wonder if the Romans and or, Celts, thought the Parisii were descended from Paris. The Romans also believed things like Aeneas, son of Aphrodite (Venus), was Romulus and Remus' grandad, and that Julius Caesar and his family, were descended from Hercules (Heracles and Herakles, as the Greeks called him).
 
Mainland China has only one time zone for the whole country. 🤨

The lower 48 states are roughly the same size, with 4 zones.
 
The vidya crash of '83 is called アタリショック (Atari Shock) in Japan.

Also, that vidya crash only really impacted American vidya industry.
 
Tom Green almost burned his feet off in Costa Rica in 2022 while on vacation.
TL;DR
An evening bonfire at the resort was extinguished late-night by covering with sand.
Tom walked on the sand by accident.

 
Positron said:
The cerebellum accounts for only a small portion of total mammalian brain volume (slightly less than 10% in humans) but contains by far the most neurons (80% in humans, 97% in elephants).
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When people wonder why it's so hard to make a bipedal robot, this is why. 80% of our neurons are dedicated to a region whose primary function is keeping us from falling over when we walk. It controls dozens of small muscles nearly instantaneously in response to a real-time stream of data from hundreds of different sensory receptors.
 
Judge Roy Bean precided over a murder case: A Chinese railroad worker's friends went to the court and demanded justice. Judge Roy flicked through his books, looking for a law against killing a Chinaman, and presumably, couldn't find one, so pretty much bugger all was done about it. I like to think the Chink's Chinky mates got revenge.

Yes, he had his prejudices. He disliked Chinks, Mexicans, and Jews. When he was first appointed Judge in... somewhere in Texas sometime after running away from Kentucky, one of his first official acts was to smash up a Jewish store owner's shop. His chapter...? entry...? whatever, in one of my most favourite books, An A-Z of Hellraisers: A Comprehensive of Outrageous Insobriety (which I've talked about at least twice on the Farms), is funny as fuck. It's almost Tarantino-esque.

@Meat Target Babe Ruth features in the very same book I brought up in the previous paragraph. He sounded like a good guy, despite stuffing his face and drinking a lot. I'm not a baseball fan at all, but I like to come back to his chapter. He also appreciated his fans, and no matter what he was doing, if someone asked for an autograph, he'd happily do it. His last years were genuinely sad. Maybe one day I'll watch the John Goodman film.
 
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ToroidalBoat said:
In the northernmost part of Japan in Hokkaido, there's a monument marking that spot at the shore, from which one can see into Russia.

here it is in Google Maps (adblocker advised)
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i was just thinking about that yesterday, found it when i was doing some google maps tourism. i'd love to go to hokkaido one day, would definitely visit it
 
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