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@mzzrandomnessful1221 Quick, someone tell Carl Sagan. And Steve Jobs. And (Nobel winner) Richard Feynman. And Stephen Jay Gould. And Stephen King. And George Washington. And Thomas Jefferson. And James Madison. And Freud. And Bill Gates. And Andrew Weil. And (Nobel winner) Kary Mullis.

I love Jimmy Carr.

I'll bet that Pete Seeger got his fair share of tail. Don't blame the tin cylinder for your own shortcomings.

I used this song as my audition for a very prominent music department. This is my favorite recording of this that I've heard.

@FutureDrumMajor1 The moral of the entire story: You may go into the woods, but if you choose to do so, prepare yourself to find what is there.

There were portions of this that I would've believed were Harold Faltermeyer's work.Very nice indeed.

I was so prepared to hate this. How did they do this?

While I love Larry, (and Robben's ok too), to say that 90% of the world's best known guitarists consider one of these guys the best is a gross exaggeration. If any two could approach those numbers (and no two can), one would have to be Chet. Chet himself created the "Certified Guitar Player" moni...

What do you mean "in the 90's" What do you do if you've said most of these things in the last week? I turned 12 in 1990, and I still talk (tongue in cheek, . . . sometimes) in this language, though in a lower register. I suddenly realized a few weeks ago that most of the people that I deal with c...

@SheeHAMM Graham's last appearance was shot weeks before his death, in the Dead Parrot Not Included 20th anniversary special. All members of Python shared the screen for several seconds. At the end of the special, Steve Martin (host) did the typical "So, where are they now?" line, followed by "We...

If you have the means, I highly recommend picking something else up. Not choice.

I used the largo at 3:44 as my audition to get into get into music school. It's still my favorite guitar piece of all time.

Keith > Ringo > Everyone else.

It's also interesting that he's arguably had the most successful post-Beatles career of any of them.

Best one yet.

This is hilarious for a completely different reason than it should be.

@mysteryshrimp Now ask me whether I believe that every single government has enemy combatants not in uniform embedded in countries that they consider enemies or possible enemies. No country actually abides by any military treaty.

@KevinHilt Ben Folds sent me about a year ago, and I am so grateful.

Red hair, freckles, Scottish accent. No other reasons required.

Bow ties are cool.

I'm pretty sure that this wasn't performed live either.

@Heavydickfull It's fairly obvious to anyone who's pretty good at guitar. There are techniques that you need to employ to get certain sounds, and they didn't match up very well. As one example, the left hand vibrato at 3:34 is not in the video, but is on the track. Also, there is breath noise in ...

@Auricchia Which years? As far as I can find, the only grammys won by any of those artists is by Janis Joplin, for a lifetime achievement award. She's also in their 'hall of fame", but she was nominated exactly twice and didn't win either time.

@linkinpark5811 I was going to tell you, but I took an arrow to the knee.

It's from Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The guards say "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee . . ."

@The1Samelt While I'd agree that His Sirness is the lightest talent of this bunch, and I could name ten more that should be higher on those grounds alone, he was the one that brought the bass out of the background and into the spotlight. Just for that, I might include him.

1: Basically, since we started thinking about just what the earth is, we've accepted that it is a sphere. Eratosthenes of Cyrene tried to figure out the earth's diameter in the 3rd century BCE, and was fairly close even then. It seems like everyone says "The consensus was that the earth was flat"...

@nightreaper4evr1 That wasn't the Bugatti Veyron. That was the Super Sport, MSRP 2.4 million, and with delivery it's closer to 2.8. Although they do actually have the same 0-60 time, there is no comparison beyond that.

I was just watching The Sing Off, this was one of the choices made by one of the acapella groups. About halfway through I said (out loud, no less) "Hey, wait a second . . . " and came here.

@blabliblu0 I can't promise that it's the same fun fact, but here's one: Brownies were invented by someone trying to bake a chocolate cake, but forgetting to add the baking powder!

Oh my God! That guy looks just like that bass player from Rubber Band! They have to be related!

@JBrynnJ My sister's fiance is from the London burbs, and he was shocked when I, an American, knew of this, his favorite show. My sister prefers That Mitchell and Webb Show.