Groucho's Fact Hunt

[daza_1973]

Only two managers have won the FA cup with two different sides:
Billy Walker with Sheffield Wednesday in 1935 and Forest in 1959 and
Herbert Chapman with Huddersfield Town in 1922 and Arsenal 1930....

Bobby to join this exclusive club next month ?

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Brian Josephson discovered quantum tunnelling in superconductors in 1962 when he was 22 years old and doing his PhD at Cambridge, and won the Nobel prize for it in 1973. The 'Josephson junction' in superconducting devices is named after him to this day.
In the intervening 33 years, he has dedicated his career to talking a colossal amount of bollox on para-psychology, telepathy, homeopathy, and cold fusion. An awesome demonstration of NEA to the entire scientific community, but really sad that such an amazing mind could get lost like this.

 

[daza_1973]

It took approximately 1500 years to build Stonehenge.
Assuming the life expectancy at that time was mid 30's (yes mid 30's) that's 50 odd generations working to one goal - inspiring stuff eh Bobby ?

 

[The Cowboy]

It took approximately 1500 years to build Stonehenge.
Assuming the life expectancy at that time was mid 30's (yes mid 30's) that's 50 odd generations working to one goal - inspiring stuff eh Bobby ?

Sounds like a pretty standard construction contract for Essex Council.

 

[daza_1973]

Sounds like a pretty standard construction contract for Essex Council.

Looks like Neolithic Wiltshire set the benchmark.

 

[larbert toffee]

One study found that men who were hungry preferred women with higher body weights. Researchers suspect this happens because of an evolutionary response to resource scarcity; in other words, a heavier woman advertises access to more resources, such as food.

Does this mean it's nothing to do with 10 pints of Stella?

 

[Bilko]

It took approximately 1500 years to build Stonehenge.
Assuming the life expectancy at that time was mid 30's (yes mid 30's) that's 50 odd generations working to one goal - inspiring stuff eh Bobby ?

I do wonder how they know that though ?

 

[The Cowboy]

I do wonder how they know that though ?

Carbon dating? Remains found in the area giving them comparable dates? I'd have thought it was pretty straightforward (in their line of expertise).

 

[daza_1973]

One study found that men who were hungry preferred women with higher body weights. Researchers suspect this happens because of an evolutionary response to resource scarcity; in other words, a heavier woman advertises access to more resources, such as food.

Does this mean it's nothing to do with 10 pints of Stella?

Tip - just get a large Kebab on the way home.

 

[larbert toffee]

Tip - just get a large Kebab on the way home.

Does a large kebab beat 10 pints and a biit of fun with a fat bird? Start the poll...........

 

[Tramps_mate]

Carbon dating? Remains found in the area giving them comparable dates? I'd have thought it was pretty straightforward (in their line of expertise).

I wouldn't have thought so easy tbh.

Can't date when the Rock was quarried really, plus remains or whatever could be from any time. I wouldn't have thought it would have taken 1500 years to build. The Great Pyramid was estimated to have taken 10-20 years.

 

[daza_1973]

I wouldn't have thought so easy tbh.

Can't date when the Rock was quarried really, plus remains or whatever could be from any time. I wouldn't have thought it would have taken 1500 years to build. The Great Pyramid was estimated to have taken 10-20 years.

Stonehenge started circa 3100 BC - Great Pyramids started circa 2630 BC - Looks like Egyptian gangmasters mastered the whip in them 500 years

 

[The Cowboy]

I wouldn't have thought so easy tbh.

Can't date when the Rock was quarried really, plus remains or whatever could be from any time. I wouldn't have thought it would have taken 1500 years to build. The Great Pyramid was estimated to have taken 10-20 years.

I also think 1500 is a bit of a stretch, but I'm sure archaeologists have a good handle on dating stuff.

 

[malfosse]

Stonehenge wasn't built all at once, it was improved/added to over time. It didn't take 1500 years just to put up stones.

 

[SailorBlue]

Some facts about Dixie Dean.

1. Dixie's pre-match 'refreshment' was a glass of sherry mixed with two raw eggs.

2. Dixie was the first player ever to wear the number 9 when. numbered jerseys were introduced for the 1933 FA Cup Final.

3. At the peak of his career, Dixie's wage was eight pounds a week.

4. On a pre-World War II Everton tour of Germany, he refused to return the Nazi salute, insisting that the rest of the team did the same.

And City played in red.