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[–] TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 49 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Not even 20 years ago smart phones and the internet weren't ubiquitous. I'm only 35 but even I remember personal stories about bar disagreements where we just simply couldn't use our phones to search the net. Because all they were capable of is dialing a number and Snake.

[–] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Way back in the 1950s some guy had the same observation you did. He came up with an idea for a book that would solve disputes over trivia by bar patrons. 70 years later the Guinness Book of World Records has over 22,000 entries in their database.

[–] Arielcorn@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

began as an idea conceived by British engineer and industrialist Sir Hugh Beaver, the managing director of the Guinness Brewery, to solve trivia questions among bar patrons. During the early 1950s Beaver was involved in a dispute during a shooting party about the fastest game bird in Europe; however, the answer could not be found in any bird reference book.

Wow. That guy sure was serious about bird trivia!

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 4 points 2 years ago

When we kids there would always be someone who would rush home to look stuff up on the encyclopedia and get back with the results

[–] Dutczar@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

I read that as "capable of dialing Snake"...

Snake? Snake! SNAAAAAKE! DO HUMMINGBIRDS HAVE FEET?