• Mothra@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I have to give them credit, they actually consulted a real expert whilst they were drunk. Most people don’t, not even sober

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      1 year ago

      To be fair, “do hummingbirds have feet” seems eminently wikipediable. I’d like to think that if I ever felt the need to drunk-dial an expert, it’d be for something less trivial.

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        seems eminently wikipediable

        Telephones existed for a century before wikkipedia…

        In the before times: The guinness book of records started as a promo by the guinness brewery given to pub owners to settle bar argumnets like this one.

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          TIL: Guinness Book of World Records origin story is the same as a D&D campaign: started in a tavern.