If you’ve played Connect Four, you might be surprised to know that a board has 4,531,985,219,092 possible positions.
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The stripes on a tiger are like fingerprints on humans. Each one has its own individual pattern, which scientists photograph and use to keep count of the animals and track their population numbers.
Famed actor Christopher Lee, who played the titular antagonist in “The Man with the Golden Gun”, was actually Ian Fleming’s step cousin. During World War II, both men had even worked for Her Majesty’s Service, albeit in different departments.
An angry turkey is a frightening thing. Male turkeys often try to impress their fellow turkeys by attacking bigger animals. Sometimes, humans are that bigger animal… If you feel threatened by an imposing turkey, call the authorities and try to make yourself as big as you possibly can. This might deter the bird, if you’re lucky.
Fact Lab
The stripes on a tiger are like fingerprints on humans. Each one has its own individual pattern, which scientists photograph and use to keep count of the animals and track their population numbers.
Famed actor Christopher Lee, who played the titular antagonist in “The Man with the Golden Gun”, was actually Ian Fleming’s step cousin. During World War II, both men had even worked for Her Majesty’s Service, albeit in different departments.
An angry turkey is a frightening thing. Male turkeys often try to impress their fellow turkeys by attacking bigger animals. Sometimes, humans are that bigger animal… If you feel threatened by an imposing turkey, call the authorities and try to make yourself as big as you possibly can. This might deter the bird, if you’re lucky.
In its original form, the popular board game Scrabble was simply a bunch of tiles — there was no board in sight! It was also first called “Lexico,” but was later changed to the far more catchy name we now know.