WDYLT (What did you learn Today)

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Boeing tests their in-flight Wi-Fi using potatoes, as they absorb and reflect radio wave signals in a similar way to the human body.

They call this project ‘Synthetic Personnel Using Dialectic Substitution’ or SPUDS

No joke…
 
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Apparently, HMS Belfast's main forward guns are trained on Scratchwood Services. (not sure where I heard that from)
 
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I learnt this today. Hope it helps others learn a little more about using their iPhones.

On the desktop I can easily create the Omega symbol by simultaneously selecting option + z, but this is not possible on the iPhone. So here is what I learnt.

to include the Ω symbol as a keyboard choice do the following:

1. go to your iPhone settings/general/keyboard/text replacement
2. Tap the + sign at the top right corner
3. Copy the Omega Symbol Ω
4. Go back to text replacement settings and paste the copied symbol in the “phrase” field
5. Then type omega (or ohm) in the “shortcut” field
6. Now the Ω symbol will be offered as a choice for selection in the text whenever you type omega - I use ohm rather than omega just to keep it a fraction quicker.

Hope this helps someone.
Not sure if it is also an applicable shortcut for Android systems.
 
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Hearing Aids can help...but your hearing will never the same as it was.
Possibly the same for eye spectacles you think?
 
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Android systems
On Android with Gboard (the Google default keyboard), just go to the symbols view and long-press on π to type Ω.

 
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This is blowing my mind right now. What a world we live in

SWIMS is the same upside down 😉
 
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I am pretty sure we all are aware of this at some level, but I like this fella's explanation as to why Tritium dials glow.

 
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I learned today that only one Rolex Daytona has been space flown.
 
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I learned that if you call your other half an "old bat" you have a really good chance you'll be hit by an actual "old bat".
 
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I learned that if you call your other half an "old bat" you have a really good chance you'll be hit by an actual "old bat".
😁😁

Trust me stay away from an old bag as well...or old boiler...in fact anything old...
 
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I learned today that only one Rolex Daytona has been space flown.
Did Michael Collins ever wear his Rolex Turn-O-Graph into space?
 
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I also learned how to love radium dials and to stop worrying

 
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I learned that physicians aren't interested in seeing a picture of the tick bite on my marble bag.
 
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I learned that physicians aren't interested in seeing a picture of the tick bite on my marble bag.
😁😁
 
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I learned that pigeons don`t bob their heads.