Breaking learning thread

[Butterfield]

There's an "exclave" of Italy within Switzerland; a town called Campione d'Italia.


https://goo.gl/maps/aj89j9g1Kq52

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campione_d%27Italia

[Butterfield]

Palladium is a metal. I've always thought the London Palladium meant "palace" or "stadium" - or a hybrid of the two - or similar.

[Fangirl Three]

Both the metal and the theatre are named after the goddess Athene, often called Pallas Athene.

'Palace' on the othe hand comes from the Palatine Hill in Rome where the imperial palace was.

[Butterfield]

Oh!

[Guest]

Cliff Richards once banned one of his own songs!

[The Call of the Wendigo]

[The Call of the Wendigo]

But which one was it? Was it the one about Satanism?

[Guest]

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I'm not surprised he banned it. It's pure filth.

[Fangirl Three]

JFK had a daughter called Caroline, who's still alive. She wasn't assassinated or mysteriously drowned or anything, Indeed she was US ambassador to Japan until recently.

[Guest]

Giacomo Puccini was married to Elvira!

[The Call of the Wendigo]

[Guest]

Apparently that's an Elvira, not The Elvira, Mistress of Dark

[The Call of the Wendigo]

I think you're getting him mixed up with Elgar.

Elgar was married to Vampira.

[The Call of the Wendigo]

Is this true?

This #map is a bit of a classic: Half of #Canada lives south of the red line. https://t.co/V3wtV81oMN pic.twitter.com/MKgSTpTtpw

— Simon Kuestenmacher (@simongerman600) May 24, 2018

[Guest]

[Fangirl Three]

Gosh that's a nice atlas page. Authoritative-looking graphs and charts, and just enough empty space to say 'This a serious atlas and we can afford to waste just a little bit of space to prove it.'

[Butterfield]

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, a defining album of the early 90s, was released on the same day as Nevermind by Nirvana, another defining album of the early 90s.

[Guest]

[Guest]

There's an Absolute Radio 00s!

https://absoluteradio.co.uk/00s/

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