Groucho's Fact Hunt



the word ghetto comes from the Italian dialect form ghèto, meaning "foundry." A foundry for cannons was once located on an island that forms part of Venice, where in 1516 the Venetians restricted Jewish residence.
Much of the money business back then was conducted from benches/seats (banco in Italian) in piazzas. Hence the word 'bank' was derived
 
The Sun has diameter 400 times that of the Moon. The distance from the Sun to the Earth is 400 times greater than that between Earth and the Moon.
Thus, from Earth, both heavenly bodies appear the same size in the sky...a coincidence shared by no other known planet-sun-moon combination

PS...it also allows for a total solar eclipse
 
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deipnosophist said:
The Sun has diameter 400 times that of the Moon. The distance from the Sun to the Earth is 400 times greater than that between Earth and the Moon.
Thus, from Earth, both heavenly bodies appear the same size in the sky...a coincidence shared by no other known planet-sun-moon combination

PS...it also allows for a total solar eclipse
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Does it do wheelies?
 

deipnosophist said:
The Sun has diameter 400 times that of the Moon. The distance from the Sun to the Earth is 400 times greater than that between Earth and the Moon.
Thus, from Earth, both heavenly bodies appear the same size in the sky...a coincidence shared by no other known planet-sun-moon combination

PS...it also allows for a total solar eclipse
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So how much for just the planet?
 

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