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Characters As A Height Sequence
- Pop-culture height references can encode consistent measurement units across characters.
- Granny Smith = 1 apple high, Hello Kitty = 2 apples high, Smurf = 3 apples high, forming an increasing sequence.
Penicillin Saved Matadors
- Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin indirectly improved survival for Spanish matadors who were gored.
- Madrid honored him with a statue of a local man doffing his hat facing Fleming's bust, funded as a memorial gesture.
Waffle House As A Disaster Gauge
- FEMA uses the operational status of resilient local businesses as an informal damage metric.
- The 'Waffle House Index' rates restaurants green/yellow/red to gauge hurricane impact and prioritise response.