Let's play: Name your Most Unusual Special Interest!

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identical twins separated at birth (unaware of each other as children) and reunited as adults. (according to a book i read) the things they find they have in common are startling and inexplicable, like having kept a diary only for one year of their lives, the same year as each other, and having written in it on exactly (no more, no less) the same dates; marrying three times wives with the same (consecutive) first names; owning the same make and model of truck.

i used to think (and still wonder if) some information was non-localized or even genetically hardwired but ordinarily inaccessible and thus was also obsessed with savant capabilities, wondering if people under certain circumstances were somehow able to access some collective well of factual tidbits that were not tied to any person, place, or time (and incalculable).

the twin separation / reunion scenario probably doesn't happen anymore, now that we are all internetted to person location search capabilities and most adoptions are open. it was very rare even before the advent of such things.

The Little Mermaid- mainly the Andersen version but also retellings/mermaid myths/the Disney film...I even wrote my uni dissertation on it!

Eating Language!

I am interested in history. Especially modern European history, political factions during the interwar, resistance groups during ww2, jewish history, german history, parts of greek history that we don't learn in books (I am from Greece), colonialism, dynasties, coats of arms, flags, coins and many more things that I can't remember right now.

I have a lot of interests that some might think unusual, but when I was in school I collected tents.

Well I've been interested in sience for a while but for about two years by now I started to higly interested about smart cities. I like to read about the deffinitions and dilemmas of them as they might be the future so I even subsribed to Alphabet/Google Sidewalk Labs' weekly news letter.
My oddest Si is about streetlighting especially LED lighting. I browse the websides of LG, Philips, Osram ...ect and even subscibed to some of these companies' you tube channels too.

Russia, Uzbekistan and Denis Istomin-the three are connected

Many interests over the years.

My current most arcane obsession would probably be a certain Russian airplane.

The Soviet era Tupolev 95 "Bear" bomber. One of the most unorthodox planes ever:it has swept backed wings like a jet, but has propellers (counter rotating propellers) powered by turboprop engines. Built back in the mid fifties (about the same time as the B52)its has had a long career -much like that of Americas B 52.

I look for ways to drag it into conversation, but its hard.

collecting unusual audio recordings and audio equipment.

WWII German helmets.

My most unusual special interest has been, well circumcision practices around the world... I had some bad experiences after talking too much about that one!

when I was a kid, I had a fascination with the colors of dookie, after I read a short story called "who put the din in dinner."