I prefer Things Have Changed, which was written for a different 2002 film, Wonder Boys, and won an Oscar for best original song.
Today I learned that food-grade stainless steel is actually a particular hard alloy comparable to the steel used for camping knives. I have an old cheap barbeque spatula whose tang wouldn’t stay in the wooden handle anymore, and tried to drill a hole through tang and handle to secure it with a bolt. A supposedly dual-purpose drill bit barely scratched the metal and a dedicated metal drilling bit produced a small dent after several minutes of drilling. I took the drill bit back to the hardware store I’d just bought it from along with the metal piece and asked what was I doing wrong. They explained that contrary to my expectations the spatula head was not cheap pot metal but a notably hard alloy. With some special drilling oil and bearing down pressure on the drill they were finally able to get a hole through the 3/32" thick tang.
Yesterday I learned about the Swatches panel in InDesign. You can use it to change text and fill colors in tables, instead of having to highlight one cell at a time. It also saves you a couple of steps from using the Fill panel, which requires closing before you can move on to something else. Saved me a ton of work.
Today I learned that the brunette that causes Jack Tripper to fall of his bike in the opening credits of “Three’s Company” was actually. . . Suzanne Somers in a wig! And the bike belonged to the script supervisor. (They were on a pretty tight with time and the budget, so they made the most of what they already had.
“It has been estimated that some 7,000 people are held in German prisons for not having paid their fare on a train, tram or bus.” (Sentenced to a fine and sent to prison for being unable to pay)
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is Mr Tiny Kox
The world’s largest scale model of the solar system is in Sweden and stretches almost from one end of the country to the other.
The sun is represented by a hemispheric building in Stockholm, which is pretty cool on its own:
All of the planets, as well as various asteroids and trans Neptunian objects are presented, except Saturn. The coolest looking planet is just a picture on a mat?! Come on Uppsala city council, we need a Saturn!
I confess that my inner 12 year old found that quite amusing
TIL: Jennifer Lawrence has a dog, who she named “Pippi Lawren-stocking.”
I love that so much, especially knowing that she must have loved Pippi as much as I did.
^^^This!
The Undertaker (pro wrestler) first performed under the name Texas Red. Texas Red is the common name for Texas Chilli.
Second-largest. Though the largest one is also, in part, in Sweden (and in lots of other places).
Also, the antagonist in the ballad “Big Iron”.
A couple of nights ago, I discovered that the legendary ‘80s and ‘99s vocalist Sheila Chandra—one of the greats, up there with Kate Bush and Ofra Haza—is now effectively mute, suffering from Burning Mouth Syndrome, which renders her unable to speak or sing without great pain. 
I had the privilege of seeing her live at the Power Plant in Toronto. Unforgettable.
Oxford used to be the murder capital of England–and students were the cause:
Well fuck me, I thought it was horse draw thing as well.
In 2017, A Japanese senior citizen was arrested for over 250 break-ins over an eight year period while dresses as a ninja.
Camel “apples” became a good luck charm for the German military. The Allies discovered their habit of intentionally running tanks over piles of the droppings for good luck. So the Allies developed and planted land mines that looked like camel dung! When the Germans caught on to the trick, they began to avoid fresh piles of camel manure. In turn, the Allies caught on and began to make mines that looked like camel dung that had already been run over by a tank and therefore seemed safe enough to a Nazi driver. Genius.
The rectangle pizza slices that fit perfectly onto the lunch tray were made by Heinz and came in boxes labeled “the educated pizza”. I know this because my mom was a lunch lady and occasionally bought a carton of them from the supplier to bring home. They were even better baked at home since you could get the crust crisp.
They’ve recently began using robot wolves to scare away bears in Japan. I can’t see this going horribly wrong at all. Robowolf vs. Godzilla?