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How about we start a Useless Trivia thread???

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Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Originally posted by: kherman
Ron Hextal *ding ding ding*
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Googleafied......... 😉
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Wow, found that at google. Good work! I thought that would be one ofhte harder things to track down with google. Google continues to maze me.
 
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Originally posted by: kherman
Ron Hextal *ding ding ding*
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Googleafied......... 😉
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Alright, you obscure sports-trivia bastards....here's one:

The wheel quick-releases found on your average bicycle (the little cam lever you flip to remove the wheel) were not always the norm for bike wheels. They were an improvement on what was effectively a bigass wing nut. Who invented the modern quick-release and what were the circumstances that prompted the invention?

 
Damn, I should know THAT one.

Working in the Bicycle industry and all................

But I don't.

I DID know about the BIG WINGNUT though! 😉
 
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Damn, I should know THAT one.

Working in the Bicycle industry and all................

But I don't.

I DID know about the BIG WINGNUT though! 😉
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Hint: it's a brand name you should know.

 
I found it.

And had a strong feeling that "THIS NAME" would be attached to it..........

I didn't realize how LONG AGO it was invented though.

I've seen bikes MUCH newer than that with the old wingnuts used.
 
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
I found it.

And had a strong feeling that "THIS NAME" would be attached to it..........

I didn't realize how LONG AGO it was invented though.

I've seen bikes MUCH newer than that with the old wingnuts used.
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Did you read the whole story that inspired him to invent something besides the wingnuts? It's pretty cool.

 
Originally posted by: Fausto1
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Originally posted by: kherman
Ron Hextal *ding ding ding*
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Googleafied......... 😉
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Alright, you obscure sports-trivia bastards....here's one:

The wheel quick-releases found on your average bicycle (the little cam lever you flip to remove the wheel) were not always the norm for bike wheels. They were an improvement on what was effectively a bigass wing nut. Who invented the modern quick-release and what were the circumstances that prompted the invention?
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Huffy, and rusted on? ( total guess)

And good morning to you all 😛
 
the quick release was invented in the '20s by Campagnolo.

he was racing over the italian alps and got a flat. his fingers were too cold to unscrew the wingnut, so shortly therafter he invented the quick release mechanism.
 
Originally posted by: BlinderBomber
Where did the term "screaming meamie" get coined? (if you google it, just admit it 😉)
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I know it was a german rocket, but I know not where the sayign came from. Maybe because it screamed on the way down?
 
Still looking for a answer to the LSD question!
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Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Fungus is our friend..

Also see Penicillin, LSD 😉

Before the brake in @ the watergate hotel, where and WHAT was the Watergate and why was it infamous?
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Sorry, I missed it the first time 🙂 I have but a guess: It sounds like the part of a dam that lets water flow to the river side from the resovior side. And if it is infamus, it must be because one broke and flooded a town or something.

And if it is infamous, why do I not know what it is? 😛
 
Originally posted by: Evadman
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Fungus is our friend..

Also see Penicillin, LSD 😉

Before the brake in @ the watergate hotel, where and WHAT was the Watergate and why was it infamous?
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Sorry, I missed it the first time 🙂 I have but a guess: It sounds like the part of a dam that lets water flow to the river side from the resovior side. And if it is infamus, it must be because one broke and flooded a town or something.

And if it is infamous, why do I not know what it is? 😛
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Nope...

Think England...
 
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Still looking for a answer to the LSD question!
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What was he looking for? I don't remember 🙁. I do know that his last name was haufman, and that he wrote a book called "my problem child, LSD" and that he spoke at lenth with Leary. That probably explains much of leary's antics 😛

And I tried thinking of England, but it gave me a headache 😛

Someone else step up with thise 2 answers. I wish to know. And I don't want the jokemeister telling me.
 
Originally posted by: Evadman
Originally posted by: Brutuskend
Still looking for a answer to the LSD question!
rolleye.gif
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What was he looking for? I don't remember 🙁. I do know that his last name was haufman, and that he wrote a book called "my problem child, LSD" and that he spoke at lenth with Leary. That probably explains much of leary's antics 😛

And I tried thinking of England, but it gave me a headache 😛

Someone else step up with thise 2 answers. I wish to know. And I don't want the jokemeister telling me.
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Anybody? Anybody?

 
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