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Future_Direction5174 t1_j5v8ale wrote
Reply to TIL that perhaps the first story about people being taken over by fungus ala "The Last of Us" was William Hope Hodgson's "The Voice in the Night". It later served as the inspiration for the Japanese horror film, "Matango". by ContinuumGuy
Another book is “A scent of New Mown Hay” by John Blackburn 1958
Future_Direction5174 t1_ixwelb0 wrote
Reply to TIL that loganberries aren't a separate species of berry, but are a cross between blackberries and raspberries. by TelescopiumHerscheli
If you like loganberries (originally bred from by Judge Logan back in the 1880’s), you should also like tayberries bred from more recent strains of raspberries and blackberries.
Commercial growers have developed many new strains of raspberries and blackberries since when Judge Logan first introduced his hybrid.
Future_Direction5174 t1_ixr6vm7 wrote
Reply to TIL Australia sends all adults over 50 a FREE bowel/colon cancer screening test in the mail by Moronicon
We get them in the U.K. as well.
Future_Direction5174 t1_j6pebv3 wrote
Reply to TIL Robert Fripp, Guitarist and Founder of King Crimson composed the Windows Vista startup sound by International_Stay13
Robert Fripp is local to me. He had some involvement with a local whole food shop in a nearby town. The shop is still there and has been trading for over 30 years.
As a teenager, he took guitar lessons with Mrs. Kathleen Gartell in Corfe Mullen. She was my music teacher, and also related to me through my paternal grandfather we discovered. I went to see her in the early 80’s as I was taking up playing my cornet again as the brass section with a London rock band. She pulled out the magazine in which he had mentioned her in a interview to show me. She was so chuffed to be honoured by him.