Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

Some dayz! A Typo I made then corrected in another thread was phycology to psychology. I looked and found a triva fact which made me laugh

Phycology (from Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos) 'seaweed' and -λογία (-logía) 'study of') is the scientific study of algae. Also known as algology, phycology is a branch of life science.

Every now and again my typos are cool trivia

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

Some dayz! A Typo I made then corrected in another thread was phycology to psychology. I looked and found a triva fact which made me laugh

Phycology (from Ancient Greek φῦκος (phûkos) 'seaweed' and -λογία (-logía) 'study of') is the scientific study of algae. Also known as algology, phycology is a branch of life science.

Every now and again my typos are cool trivia

I learn something new on this thread, most days.

How good is this present, Queensland weather for beach work! Also, another week, or so and the Bass will be waiting for me at my local river haunt.

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How gold nuggets form is a mystery. Could electricity from earthquakes hold the answer? - ABC News
Now, research by Dr Voisey and his colleagues suggests the formation of these nuggets may be due to electricity generated by the pressure of earthquakes — a phenomenon known as piezoelectricity.
Their experiments, published today in Nature Geoscience, showed seismic activity led to an accumulation of gold particles in quartz.
"We found that once gold was on the quartz's surface, it would actually become the the main focus for further gold to deposit," Dr Voisey said.

While that many not be trivial or it maybe. It included the Triva piezoelectric!

One of my tools of choice on several warships


Piezoelectric Transducer Designs for Sonar Applications

Originally Posted by Saitch

How good is this present, Queensland weather for beach work! Also, another week, or so and the Bass will be waiting for me at my local river haunt.

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Thats risky driving a Toyota on the beach - I guess it has already rusted.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Thats risky driving a Toyota on the beach - I guess it has already rusted.

It's a '93 and done more beach work than a lot of 4bees, I'd reckon and with proper attention and care, the rust is minimal.

A lot less than my old '85 Rangie, which did a similar amount of trips to the beach. Rust was the cause of its demise.

Storm proof testing perhaps?
Not suggesting I can stand up in super typhoon yagi wind speed "Packing maximum sustained winds of 209 kph (130 mph) near its eye, Yagi registers as the world's second-most powerful tropical cyclone in 2024 so far, after the Category 5 Atlantic hurricane Beryl"


Super Typhoon Yagi flattens 'storm-resistant' wind turbines in China (msn.com)

I did go flying indoors in high wind a few weeks ago. It was supposed to be another person who got bounced out for me to try flying Indoor Skydiving at iFLY Australia (iflyworld.com.au)

I know of one AULRO member who would be sent bonkers by this.
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