Groucho's Fact Hunt

[summerisle]

Almost 80% of males born in the Soviet Union in 1923 (16 years old when WW2 started) did not survive the War.

 

[Gwlacticos]

There is a mountain underwater off the West coast of Scotland called Anton Dohrn, which is bigger than Ben Nevis. What do you think about that then?.

 

[larbert toffee]

There is a mountain underwater off the West coast of Scotland called Anton Dohrn, which is bigger than Ben Nevis. What do you think about that then?.

There is a dancer on Strictly come dancing called Anton Du Beke and the Du bit is made up What do you think about that then?

 

[DualityNSNO]

There is a mountain underwater off the West coast of Scotland called Anton Dohrn, which is bigger than Ben Nevis. What do you think about that then?.

I think that's called a seamount or guyot.

Also I think that it's still, much like any of Scotland's mountains, not really all that high.

 

[Gwlacticos]

I think that's called a seamount or guyot.

Also I think that it's still, much like any of Scotland's mountains, not really all that high.

What's the biggest mountain you've been up then Duality?.

 

[monty]

Its a fact that that no one knows who Reg Cheese is!

 

[summerisle]

 

[degsy]

All that might be true, but there wasn't a grassy knoll in the theatre where the real shooter was...and that's where it all falls down

 

[Bluesaint]

Over night the Perseids meteor shower will be visible as debris falls from the tail of the Swift-Tutte comet, however the particles to hit the earth are from the comets last pass in 1992, and thanks to the orbit of Jupiter, debris from the comet will be pushed towards the earth from when the comet passed in 1862, 1479 and 1079.

 

[DualityNSNO]

What's the biggest mountain you've been up then Duality?.

Bezbog (means "No-god", hah), in Pirin, 2645, and we couldn't go to the actual highest one, Vihren, at 2914 as we couldn't get more people to come with us. I've also been to several others slightly higher than Ben Nevis and my aunt and a few cousins had made it a family tradition to go up to a hut at 1300 or so metres but I don't remember the name of it as it was ages ago. My dad worked on the ski/summer lifts near it (you can just about see the base in the second picture) so we spent loads of time at this hut (which is also higher up than Ben Nevis, at 2236m):

Vihren is also the second highest mountain top in Bulgaria, highest one being Musala at 2925m, which is also the highest on the Balkan peninsula.

Seeing as Ben Nevis peaks at 1346m - we also have 23 higher mountain peaks.

 

[monty]

Over night the Perseids meteor shower will be visible as debris falls from the tail of the Swift-Tutte comet, however the particles to hit the earth are from the comets last pass in 1992, and thanks to the orbit of Jupiter, debris from the comet will be pushed towards the earth from when the comet passed in 1862, 1479 and 1079.

Unfortunately weather conditions on Merseyside will mean a no show........cloud due all night

 

[DualityNSNO]

Unfortunately weather conditions on Merseyside will mean a no show........cloud due all night

Likewise Glasgow.

 

[monty]

Likewise Glasgow.

Been like this most years, bad month August roll on late October and November

 

[DualityNSNO]

Been like this most years, bad month August roll on late October and November

I managed to get a sneak peek of the shower 2 years ago or something....

Remember watching it just about every year in Bulgaria under the open skies with friends though.

 

[monty]

I think it was a couple of years ago I had the deck chair out, flask ready, clear sky went to the bog came back, nothing to see, it hazed up then went totally. Kicked the cat and went to bed