Trivia and other useless but interesting items

A giant aquarium containing a million litres of water in the lobby of the Radisson Blu in Berlin has burst, flooding the hotel and nearby streets.



The "AquaDom" - home to 1,500 tropical fish - is 14m high (46 ft) and was described as the largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium in the world.

This might take the cake for the engineer explaining it? Berlin'''s giant AquaDom aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes - BBC News


Hope its not the same builder for the Melbourne Royal Children's hospital fish tank![biggrin]



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It appears as though you may have been ****ed at that angle, before you fell out.[bighmmm] [bigrolf]

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Retrieving the ball after it had been hit for a six. No wonder he doesn't like cricket. [biggrin]

So much for German engineering. It was -6 deg here this morning and the RangeRover did not have any problems

Took a picture of the temperature readout on the dash but placing pictures here is always a hit or miss affair as most times it goes straight to recent and does not offer option of a new image. You will just have to ‘trust me’

"So long, and thanks for all the fish".

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A giant aquarium containing a million litres of water in the lobby of the Radisson Blu in Berlin has burst, flooding the hotel and nearby streets.



The "AquaDom" - home to 1,500 tropical fish - is 14m high (46 ft) and was described as the largest free-standing cylindrical aquarium in the world.

This might take the cake for the engineer explaining it? Berlin'''s giant AquaDom aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes - BBC News


Hope its not the same builder for the Melbourne Royal Children's hospital fish tank![biggrin]



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Indeed, as you would need more than Galoshes to go to work. Waders more than likely. Probably a Dab net as well.


IMHO, all it needed were a couple of cast in place same material reinforcing rings around the internal/external perimeter along it's length but especially low down where the pressure was greatest. Not hard to see why it blew it's stack. Says Blind Freddy.[bigrolf]

I think this guy may need a new job? Not really the prefect example of what to do with firearms or what gifts to accept period [biggrin]

Poland's highest ranking police officer has confirmed to local media that he accidentally set off a grenade launcher given to him as a gift by Ukraine.


Jaroslaw Szymczyk suffered minor injuries on Wednesday after opening the present at his Warsaw offices.


A civilian member of staff was also hurt.


General Szymczyk has now spoken to a Polish broadcaster about the unusual incident - the first time specific details have been given.


He told RMF FM radio he received the present during his recent visit to Ukraine.
Poland grenade incident: Police chief confirms unusual Ukrainian gift - BBC News


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I think this guy may need a new job? Not really the prefect example of what to do with firearms or what gifts to accept period [biggrin]

Poland's highest ranking police officer has confirmed to local media that he accidentally set off a grenade launcher given to him as a gift by Ukraine.


Jaroslaw Szymczyk suffered minor injuries on Wednesday after opening the present at his Warsaw offices.


A civilian member of staff was also hurt.


General Szymczyk has now spoken to a Polish broadcaster about the unusual incident - the first time specific details have been given.


He told RMF FM radio he received the present during his recent visit to Ukraine.
Poland grenade incident: Police chief confirms unusual Ukrainian gift - BBC News




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Maybe he should have taken his Bomb Squad with him?

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placing pictures here is always a hit or miss affair as most times it goes straight to recent and does not offer option of a new image.

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I never have that problem. Posting pix on the forum is dead easy.

WW2 relic - Lost then found then lost again .[biggrin]

Army hording it in Freo- Have to see this next time I am lucky enough to be visiting Broome

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WWII machine gun found by Broome teenagers, lost and found again set to return to local museum - ABC News

Some times [bigwhistle]

The Most Exciting Part of Dining Out Is … the Bathroom?

A discothèque, a shrine to Dolly Parton, an ode to Iranian films: These are just a few of the eye-popping, eccentric restaurant restrooms giving diners a different kind of thrill.

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Or my FAV

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