Sherlock's Fun Facts and Trivia

[Shadow Dweller]

Sacrificing coherent story-telling and characterization indeed *grumbles* At the beginning of the s4-1 there's a big neon sign with bold lettering of, 'Abandon all ye logic here!!'

[J.P.]

Here are two metas about the sculptures in in CAMs Mind Palace and TBB. Do what you want with the conclusions :P

 

http://sagestreet.tumblr.com/post/158798923147/the-bust-in-magnussens-mind-palace-sherlock

http://sagestreet.tumblr.com/post/157338414392/sculptures-used-on-sherlock

 

PS: does anyone of you know how to look up for a post's date on Tumblr? It drives me mad, that I don't know when the pieces were written.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Ow. I missed reading about the sculptures. Nice find.

Tumblr, I'm no help. Sorry.

 

 

 

 

Fun fact:

 

The girl in plane, played by Honor Kneafsey, appeared in Sherlock before,

 

as one of the girls who received the great detective's advice: People don’t really go to heaven when they die. They’re taken to a special room and burned.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Sherlock Holmes is fictional, but his achievements are real.

 

One of them is the real honour to his name, Extraordinary Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2002, 100 years after Hounds of Baskerville and knighthood of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He was awarded for his contribution in using chemical science as a means of solving crime.

 

Sherlock Holmes honorary fellowship

 

The award was presented at the Holmes's statue outside Baker Street Station Entrance, by Dr.John Watson, a Fellow of the society himself.

 

 

"Our particular interest is his love of chemistry, and the way that he wielded such knowledge for the public good, employing it dispassionately and analytically. He also embodied other personal traits that society seeks in today's law officers - personal rectitude and courage."

~ Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr David Giachard~

[Van Buren Supernova]

According to Stockholm University's study, high level of chemicals are found on indoor cats. The chemicals, especially brominated flame retardants are added to household products like fabrics, furnitures and electronic, they eventually become dust and ingested. These are endocrine disruptors that interfere with hormone systems that can cause cancerous tumor and other developmental disorders.

 

 

However, unlike John's suspicion with Sekhmet the cat as transport for murder weapon, these chemicals are harmful to the cats themselves.

[J.P.]

Well, the same should also apply to humans, even if most of the dust lies on the floor.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Certain soft drinks contain brominated vegetable oils which is a flame retardant but, if ingested, does not work as a flame retardant for our bodies. The interior areas it covered would still be flammable.

[J.P.]

You mean they don't prevent that spontaneous self-combustion? :P

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Sorry there don't but Sherlock may want to be present to study the effects because it could be useful in a case.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Well, the same should also apply to humans, even if most of the dust lies on the floor.

It's less likely to get human adults, but you are right, children are susceptible because they have tendency to put things into their mouths.

 

  

Certain soft drinks contain brominated vegetable oils which is a flame retardant but, if ingested, does not work as a flame retardant for our bodies. The interior areas it covered would still be flammable.

I wonder why they think there is a need to have that in soft drinks? Or maybe it's just the materials they use that happen to contain that?

The list of bad things about soft drinks never end. And I keep hearing good things about beer and wine... hmmmmmm.. maybe I should change something..

 

Well, I like none of those anyway. Sucker for green tea and occasional coffee.

[Arcadia]

Water. I need to go back to drinking water. Oh, wait, that has stuff in it too....

[SherlockedCAMPer]

Beer and wine really are not the best for our bodies as the alcohol is considered a poison by our bodies. It goes to the liver to be filtered and to the brain where it prematurely kills brain cells. I'll stick to sparkling red grape juice, same benefits as the wine without the consequences of the alcohol.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Yah, I never like alcohol although able to enjoy one or two sometimes.

I don't have sweet tooth as well so I have problem with soda unless I am dehydrated and need a fast fix. (But coca cola tastes really good on the mountain with natural chiller around you )

 

I realize I have been drinking plain green tea regularly for about ten years. If there is no green, I go for regular. Sometimes on area where I can buy good price bottled ones, I could last for days without other liquids. Or in office when I brew a cup and top it up along the day I never need to touch water. Weird maybe, can't imagine living without it.

 

Problem with not liking sweet stuff, I try to get myself a new habit of having Manuka honey, a spoon daily. It started with me not believing the goodness by his testimonial of it until it cured my sore throat rightaway, which normally takes days.

But my problem, I don't like the taste, so it has become unpleasant task until I finish the bottle, but I do embrace it anytime I have sore throat.

[Carol the Dabbler]

I try to get myself a new habit of having Manuka honey, a spoon daily. It started with me not believing the goodness by his testimonial of it until it cured my sore throat rightaway, which normally takes days.  But my problem, I don't like the taste, so it has become unpleasant task until I finish the bottle, but I do embrace it anytime I have sore throat.

 

That is weird, because although I love the taste of honey, I have to go real easy on it -- or I'll get a sore throat.

[Van Buren Supernova]

Could it be other type of honey?

Manuka tastes quite different and it's great for sore throat. As a skeptic, I didn't believe it at first when I hear it from someone I trust (I'm PITA like that ) but it really works for me.

 

Then when I read about it, apparently it's indeed known for sorethroat cure beside other benefits.

[Carol the Dabbler]

I'm not sure.  I'm pretty sure I've had that sort of honey (I've had lots of different kinds), but not sure whether that kind ever gave me a sore throat.  I rarely get a sore throat otherwise, however, so *knock on wood* I rarely need a cure for it.

[Van Buren Supernova]

The Adventure of The Lion's Mane

 

Lion's Mane jellyfish is the murderer from The Adventure of The Lion's Mane, written by Sherlock himself, set in his retirement place in Sussex.

 

The bell of Lion's Mane is up to size of 2 meter (6.5 feet) with 36.6meter (120 feet) tentacles. They don't need to mate to create offspring, as they carry both eggs and sperm.

 

 

This Cyanea capillata is not as dangerous as the bite of cobra as said, the stings generally not deadly to healthy human but indeed painful, could produce blisters and cause discomfort. Some people do develop allergic reaction, muscle contraction and in severe condition it changes heart rate and respiration.

It was told in the story that McPherson had a weak heart, so it's plausible that he was killed while Murdoch survived.

 

Lion's Mane jellyfish normally live far from the shore unlike other jellyfish, but likely to move nearer to the shore towards the end of their lives to avoid challenging currents.

 

July 2010, somewhere between 100-150 people were stung in coast of Rye, New Hampshire. The suspect was a corpse of Lion's Mane jellyfish. Dead jellyfish can still sting, as the stingers remain venomous for a few days. So killing it with large boulder doesn't remove the possibility of being stung if someone is close enough with the remains, or if some parts are detached and float to another areas of the water.

 

Vinegar and salt water (not freshwater, alcohol or urine) are the common first treatment for jellyfish sting. (Although they are specifically dependent to type and area of jellyfish)

 

 

 

P.S Another fun fact: Out of Doors by J.G.Wood quoted in Holmes's story is real. John George Wood was a well-known parson naturalist in Victorian era.

 

P.P.S Another fun fact: there is a mushroom called Lion's Mane mushroom. They say it's yummy and beneficial to health.

 

[J.P.]

That's the jellyfish they were talking about! The one you cannot arrest.

The glass door from TAB is full of allusions.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Oh, right, the conversation on the stairs near the beginning of "Six Thatchers."
 

Later, another blog entry drifts across the screen:

... we could never have known there
was a potential assassin lurking close by.
An assassin who turned out to be...

John giggles as he leads Sherlock up the stairs at Baker Street towards the living room.
JOHN: A jellyfish?!
SHERLOCK: I know.
JOHN: You can’t arrest a jellyfish!
SHERLOCK (looking at his phone as he climbs the stairs): Well, you could try.
JOHN: We did try.

[Van Buren Supernova]

There it is!

I know that conversation is somewhere but can't place it.

[Arcadia]

Nice one!

[J.P.]

The way Mofftiss put canon elements in their story never cease to amaze me.

[Van Buren Supernova]

That is the privilege for you guys book readers, and deservedly so.

 

I am working my way one story at a time, randomly, far and between. Book Holmes is fascinating, but so far he hasn't been too nice to animals. :p

[Arcadia]

Well, before my laptop decided to type everything in ALL CAPS without my permission I was going to add ... that jellyfish is a beautiful creature!

[Van Buren Supernova]

Watch out, Sherlock.

They have A.I detective now.

 

A computer system named VALCRI, Visual Analytics for Sense-making in Criminal Intelligence Analysis, have the ability to analyze data from crime scenes including face recognition, spotting patterns, make connections to other cases in their database, and produce new narratives and leads that may have been missed by its human counterpart.

 

The main job is to identify how, when, why and who did it.

 

Human analysts can guide the direction on the relevance of clues and criteria.

 

An added complication is that many people would be uncomfortable with computers determining the probability of different narratives explaining a crime. “The data in a crime case is simply not good enough to do that, so VALCRI doesn’t either,” says team member Ifan Shepherd at Middlesex. “A human analyst always has to call the shots.”

 

Read here:

AI Detective Analyses Police Data to Learn How To Crack Cases