Random interesting facts

[Kyng]

The presence of an Amazonian character called Alexa in Wonder Woman(2009) has no relevance to Amazon Alexa other than a weird coincidence.

Indeed, Amazon Alexa wasn't even announced until 2014, so there's no way it can be deliberate, unless the film-makers could see five years into the future !

[Catlady45]

Designed as an indoor sport for businessmen who found basketball too vigorous, William Morgan developed a game called mintonette. It would later be renamed volleyball.

https://www.britannica.com

[Kyng]

Designed as an indoor sport for businessmen who found basketball too vigorous, William Morgan developed a game called mintonette. It would later be renamed volleyball.

https://www.britannica.com

Interesting - I didn't know that!

Though, when I think of volleyball players, I don't usually think of businessmen .

[Catlady45]

The smell associated with rainfall is called petrichor; the moisture causes bacteria in dry earth to release a molecule that human noses are very sensitive to.
https://www.britannica.com

[Catlady45]

Medieval bakers included extra goods in their deliveries to avoid being thrown in jail for short-changing customers—hence, “baker’s dozen.”https://www.britannica.com

[Catlady45]

New Mexico and Texas both have graves for Billy the Kid. The man Pat Garrett famously shot in 1881 is buried in New Mexico. The grave in Texas is for “Brushy Bill” Roberts, who in 1950 claimed Garrett shot the wrong man and that he was in fact Billy the Kid.
https://www.britannica.com

[Kyng]

The 4x4x4 Rubik's cube wasn't actually invented by Ernő Rubik. It was instead created by Péter Sebestény.

In fact, the 4x4x4 cube was originally going to be called the "Sebestény cube" - but was instead marketed as "Rubik's Revenge" in order to attract fans of the original 3x3x3 Rubik's cube.

[JHG]

Knights in full plate actually had a longer tenure in the post-medieval era despite being associated with the medieval era and were successful despite coexisting with guns.

[JHG]

Teutonic knights wore horned helmets and some were descended from Vikings. That’s the closest thing to horned helmets on Vikings.

[Kyng]

Teutonic knight wore horned helmets and some were descended from Vikings. That’s the closest thing to horned helmets on Vikings.

Did they wear them in battle, then? And if so, did it work - or were the horns just an easily-exploitable vulnerability ?