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TIL that the phrase "time is of the essence" comes from 18th century contract law ( www.myenglishpages.com )

I always assumed it came from Shakespeare, or something along those lines. That it actually came from putrid legalese was like finding out that my online girlfriend was an AI chatbot all along.

Is there a way to have a button on the taskbar that will perform the Win+M keyboard shortcut (i.e. 'minimise all windows') when clicked?

The main 'Show Desktop' function (Win+D) is a bit overbearing, in that it will minimise desktop applications that are intended to be a permanent part of the desktop itself (such as Portals). I discovered that Win+M will minimise all windows, and won't affect desktop-integrated applications, which is nice. I'd like to have this ...

Is there a word, perhaps as 40-letter compound word in German, that explains this annoying social phenomenon?

It's the first of January 2026. You wear your t-shirt with the VHS cover art for 1992's 'Passenger 57' on it. You bump into an old friend you haven't seen in 10 years, let's call him Sebastian McGillicuddy. You chit chat, he compliments your objectively awesome t-shirt, then you part ways, expecting to never see him again. ...

Any thoughts or feelings (good, bad, or indifferent) about Northern Ireland?

Curious how we're viewed across the water these days. Obviously our lot did a wee bit of terrorism over there a while back, but sure it's all Semtex under the bridge now 👀 ...

To an animal, we are like anti-Cenobites; beings dedicated to giving them genuine comfort and pleasurable experiences that they would never otherwise receive or even know were possible

[For those who don't know, Cenobites are the sadomasochistic torturers in the Hellraiser movies] ...

Fake Shemp - Body doubles used in movies to replace actors who die or are otherwise unavailable ( en.wikipedia.org )

(Spoilers) In 12 Angry Men (1957), was the behaviour of the jurists strictly legal?

Huge spoilers ahead! ...

Pastor of Muppets

Gif of Walter White from Breaking Bad cooking meth using a pipette, with the text "Master of Pipettes" in the caption

If a Space Elevator became a reality, wouldn't the cable act as a kind of wick for all of the unfiltered radiation from outside our atmosphere?

As I understand it (see: not at all), if you leave a spaceship with no suit on, you'd get baked like Marie Curie's ovaries from the radiation. It's mainly our atmosphere that protects us from most of the nastiest stuff. Would a giant cable reaching from Earth all the way to a platform outside the atmosphere become ...

Google support - the provider of the Gmail address I used to contact them about the Google One service I pay for - thinks my name is 'Playground'

Good morning! ...

The way my fuck-ass pharmacist makes up the remaining pills in my bastarding prescription

"How do we ensure our patient drops and loses ~80% of his pills and that he slices the absolute fuck out of his fingers in the process?" ...

A picture of my hand holding small sections of medication blister pack, cut with scissors to make up the last handful of pills I'm prescribed, with each cut leaving razor-sharp corners and edges

Egg tooth (temporary structure on the bills and snouts of oviparous animals to help them break through their eggshells at hatching) ( en.wikipedia.org )

What movies or TV shows do a good job of representing your particular identity or life experiences?

Why do some website logins have the username and password entry on different pages?

I need to load a second page to enter my password in some sites. Why is this? I even have a site I use that has the username, password and 2FA entries on separate pages that each need to be loaded one after the other. ...

"Flushable wipes"; "dishwasher-safe"; "odourless" - What are some other blatant lies that companies get away with?

Does each country have a book/library of the laws of the land that a commoner can consult to check if they're about to do something illegal?

For example, is there a 'laws dot gov' kinda URL I can go to and type "importing raccoons to Northern Ireland to create a self-sustaining population" into the search bar? ...

Mungyeong crucifixion case - In 2011, a South Korean pastor crucified himself with the aid of power tools and lumber, after months of extensive planning ( en.wikipedia.org )

When I read that a dude 'self-crucified', and that it was ruled a suicide, I laughed. But it looks like he really did it.

TIL that the very distinctive vocal style employed by the lead singers of bands like Pearl Jam and Creed (among many others) is called "yarling" ( www.youtube.com )

Why do seemingly all politicians (and no one else) do that hand gesture when they talk, the one where it looks like they're holding an invisible fishing rod?

Is it an affectation that they're trained to deploy? (If so, why?) Or is it just a natural thing that happens in the very specific circumstance of being a politician on the campaign trail, and that's why no one else seems to do it? ...

A photo of a hand doing a pinchy, half-committed 'thumbs up' gesture common amongst political speakers

The titles of celebrity subreddit photo posts be like:

A series of the same crude drawing of a sexy lady with the subreddit and post title written above, in most cases the title of the post is simply the celebrity's name

Why do video game leaks (such as the huge GTA VI videos leak) cause "low morale" for the staff working on it?

This might be my most stupid question yet, but what the hell: ...

1988–1994 British broadcasting voice restrictions ( en.wikipedia.org )

I had completely forgotten this was a thing until the memory of it was crowbarred out of my brain just now. ...

Has a stranger's reply to you on social media ever changed your strongly-held belief(s)?

I think remakes and reboots are awesome, if done without overt cynicism

Cynical copyright-maintaining or quick-buck-making remakes are obviously not great. We can all agree on that. I'm talking about remakes/reboots done by people who are passionate about the project and who want to do the best they can with the material. I think, in a perfect world, we'd have a new Godfather II or Goodfellas every ...

How did it come to be that only two companies supply all of the world's PC graphics chips?

I know Intel is dipping its toe into the GPU market, but let's be real, AMD and nVidia are the only options and have been for the last 20+ years. The manufacturers/assemblers of the complete graphics cards are varied and widespread, but the core tech comes from two companies only. ...