Cartridge Based Arcade Machine

If you were wondering if there was an arcade cabinet that took cartridges: now you know.

The neo geo MVS arcade cabinet could take six neo geo cartridges. They worked differently to to the home console one and had a different shape but the games were the same code and quality. 

Instead of buying a new arcade machine, the Neo- Geo MVS could have new games or versions of the games added as cartridges and the Marquee could also be swapped out so it stayed up to date with the new games. 

Flag Flip

The meaning of some flags change when they are flipped over. 

If the Philippines are at war, their flag is flipped upside down so the red side is at the top and the blue side is at the bottom. The people in the Philippines know what it means. 

If you flip the polish flag 180 °, it resembles the Indonesian flag. The same is true of the Indonesian flag, if it is flipped upside down, it resembles the polish flag. 

Post Spice was on Sponge Bob

Victoria Beckham also known as posh spice from the Spice Girls music band did some voice acting for sponge bob. 

She was the voice of Queen Afridite. She said her son was a big fan of Sponge Bob so the roll was welcome. 

Back to the Future then Sponge Bob

The Voice of Flats the Flonder on Sponge Bob is Tom Wilson, he is the actor who plays Biff the Bully in back to the future. Flats the Flonder is a bully on sponge bob. 

Tom Wilson who plays Biff and Giff Tannen  in back to the future appears as the bully fish in sponge bob as the voice actor. 

Who Is Better at flying?

Who Is better at flying? Birds or Bats? 

Bats are better at precision flying and can fly through tight spaces. Their flight is more acrobatic, excuse the pun. They can make tight turns mid flight and fly through trees without hitting any branches. 

Birds are generally better at long distance and high speed flights, their feathers are fine tuned to make flying efficient over long distances. They soar high in the sky and exploit thermals and changes in the wind. 

Rock Age Paradox

If a rock on Mercury formed at the same time as a rock on Earth, the rock on Earth will be older than the rock on Mercury. 

Why? 

Because Mercury is moving faster than Earth and it is closer to the sun, the sun's gravity slows down time and so does speed. The faster you move, the more your time slows down. The more gravity is near you, the slower time passes. 

It's a paradox because in the example, both rocks formed at the same time, but the one on earth is older. 

Number 10 Downing Street

10 Downing Street is the residence of the prime minister : leader of the United Kingdom. It looks like a small terraced house but it's actually the size of a small village. 

The part of the building you see the prime minister walk into is just a small part of a complex of buildings that are all joined together seamlessly. The space behind the front of the building back out some distance and contains offices, apartments and conference rooms. There is even a large hall for parties. 

World Cup Nations

At the time of writing this post just after the 2026 world cup, only 8 nations have ever won the football world cup. 

Brazil 

Germany 

Italy 

Argentina

France

Uruguay 

Spain 

And England

Brazil is the only country that has won the world cup 5 times 

England is the only country that has won the world cup only once. The other 7 nations that have one the world cup have done so at least twice; Spain only just won their second world cup title. 

Germany and Italy have both won the world cup 4 times. 

Trafalgar Lions

The lions in Trafalgar Square were all made with different moulds so they're all slightly different, they're looking in different directions. But they all weigh more than 20 tones. 

They were created in 1867 by sir Edwin Landseer. 

There is a myth that if Big Ben rings 13 times, they will come to life and protect London. The myth was mentioned as a joke by Pedro Pony in peper pig. Most people didn't get it though. 

British History Changed by Bacteria

One of the worst Kings in British History is Charles the 1st. He caused a 9 year long civil war in England and countless deaths. Eventually he was executed for treason. Did you know king Charles the first had an older brother. His name was Henry Frederick and he died at the age of 18 before he was crowned because he caught Typhoid Fever, a disease caused by a very common Bacteria. 

A common species of bacteria changed the history of Britain. Many historians agree that Henry Frederick was much more popular and less provocative than his younger brother and would most likely not caused a prolonged civil war that created mayhem across the country. 

There is no way to prove this is true but we can agree history changed because of Bacteria, his older brother would have made different decisions and judgements so everything would be different. 

Black Velvet song Meaning

Black Velvet song is a tribute to Elvis Presley. 

The Song Black Velvet sung by Alannah Miles is often portrayed as a sensual seductive song but it's not, it is a tribute to Elvis Presley. 

Black velvet is actually the name of the hair dye Elvis often used because he had blond hair and wanted to appear more dark. 

The song is describing the huge effect Elvis had on American culture, people would buy black velvet hair dye and imitate him as if he was the prophet of a new religion. 

The song also describes what life was like in Elvis Presley's home town. 

Born in the USA song Meaning

At face value the song by Bruce Springsteen titled 'Born in the USA' seems like it is Patriotic but it isn't. It is about a war veteran that was abandoned by his society and forgotten by his government. He returned to his country and felt alone. The chorus born in the USA is the poor man's shouts of frustration.

The irony is the song has been played at government celebrations and sports events, even Ronald Reagan's team used the song during the American elections. 

You should inspect to lyrics before you use a song. 

Atoms and Light

Atoms are so small that even the smallest light wave skips over them like they're not there. We can see objects because the atoms that make up the object are joined together and act like a single structure. 

To see atoms, individual electrons need to be streamed at the object so the individual atoms reflect the electrons back towards the sensor.

It is very difficult to picture how small an atom is, a single cell is the size of a city compared to an atom. They are usually a single micron across. 

They are smaller than the light waves. 

Dirty Diana Song

The song by Michael Jackson Titled 'Dirty Diana' is not about princes Diana, he wrote the song before he met the princes. 

The song was Michael Jackson's way of telling off his fans for not respecting his personal space and boundaries. Some of his fans would get back stage passes and harass him or ask him to do inappropriate things. He was so angry that he wrote a song to tell them indirectly to leave him alone. 

Princes Diana met Michael Jackson at a charity event a few years later and she was aware the song was not about her.

Fresh Prince Ninja Turtles Connection

James Avery the actor that plays uncle Phill in the fresh prince of bell air is also the voice actor for shredder, one of the villains in The original Animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 

James Avery plays a judge that lets his nephew, Will stay with him because his mum was worried about violent outbursts directed at him so he raises him as one of his own. 

When the shredder talks in the turtles , remember it is uncle Phill speaking. 

World Cup Paradox

FIFA decided they wanted to add a 32 team extension to knockout stages of the 2026 world cup. At the same time they didn't want to start with 16 groups. They chose to have 12 groups of 4 teams. 

The problem is the half of the teams that pass through are 24. To fix the disparity they select the 8 best relegated teams and let them through. 

They added a 32 team extension to the knockout stages to make the tournament last an extra week and increase audience retention. 

It is not clear why they didn't want 16 groups and settled for just 12. I would speculate that the group stages would last too long and the least skilled portion of the league would be too much worse than the best teams causing embarrassment to the nations, they would get scores like 16 - 1 or something like that. 

Antarctica Dessert

The continent of Antarctica is a giant dessert, it receives less than 200 millimetres of snow or rain per year on average. The snow that does fall on Antarctica doesn't melt so it builds up and gets blown inland by the wind and eventually accumulates into glaciers. 

If you lived on Antarctica you would find it hardly ever snows but the small amount of snow in the coastal areas gets blown inland by the wind. If you lived near the south pole, you would probably never see it snow and there would be dry valleys with no ice on them.

Throne Invasion

In Buckingham palace there is a throne where no one is allowed to sit except the current king or Queen. Prince Andrew brought his two friends Kevin Stacey and Ghislaine Maxwell and got them to sit on it. 

All three of them were close friends of Jeffrey Epstein the pedofile financier that later died in prison. 

AI QR Barcode

If you ask chat GPT to make a qr barcode for a short text information, it will. 

You can ask it to make a qr barcode for a web page, the password for an internet connection and even a plain text message. 

Other ai systems will also draw a bar code for you if you word it correctly. Sometimes you have to specify that you want it sketched as an image because it will just give you link to a website that does it for you instead. 

This one was made by Gemini. 

You don't need AI to make a QR barcode for you, you can use a specialized app or website if you wish but it is cool that they can do that.  

Saeeey Gaaaaar

In Italy the brand name Sega is a swear word. It means to use a saw but when you say sega to a person it means to M*sterbate. When they shouted out their logo at the start of sonic the hedgehog, it is like shouting W*nker. 

I'm guessing they would turn the volume down when they first turned on the console. 

In some forums people are debating if that is the reason they didn't shout the logo in sonic 3. There is no proof they stopped shouting their logo because of the Italians and the company itself never revealed why. 

If you're not Italian then it would have sounded futuristic and cool.