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QUICK!
...What's the radius of the Earth?
No fair figuring it out based on other stuff, or googling it or otherwise looking the value up somewhere. I want people who 'just know'--the way I know the fastest route to the local bowling alley.
For those of you who just know (and I know you're out there, King of the Geeks [Nay, Queen of the Geeks, obviously]) of what POSSIBLE use is this factoid to you?
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic.
"Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her.
—James Barrie
Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum
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