Harryflashman
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Just seen that this morning , Mind blown.
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Groucho's Fact Hunt
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Just seen that this morning , Mind blown.
Nah, just the planet, what would I do with either of the others? the big one's too hot and little one's too cold.
btw, has it got an MOT?
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Brendan Janus
Player Valuation: £40m
When Ronnie 'dusty' Whelan was playing for The Red [Poor language removed], he's said his favourite other team was, you Man U You !!
Lickle eric
Player Valuation: £30m
1million seconds is 11 days or so...suprisingly 1 billion seconds is over 30 years.
V1 attack on Manchester, Christmas Eve 1944
After the air raids of 1940 and 1941, the North of England saw little of the Luftwaffe following Hitler’s decision to go to war with the Soviet Union. German bombers were pulled from attacking British cities and while V1 Flying Bombs and V2 rockets fell on London and the South East, they could not get as far north as Manchester from the launch ramps in Occupied Europe.
However on Christmas Eve 1944, 45 Doodlebugs were launched off the Yorkshire coast from beneath Heinkel He111 bombers flying over the North Sea. The bombers released the V1s aimed at Manchester, then turned back to base. Many of the missiles landed harmlessly; the worst was at Abbey Hills Road in Oldham where 27 people were killed.
Some stats about this air attack;
45 V1s were launched in total.
31 crossed the Yorkshire coast, while 14 fell in the North Sea.
Only 7 fell within the built up area of what is now Greater Manchester, and only 1 missile (out of 45) fell within the Civil Defence Area for Manchester (that one was at Didsbury).
It was the furthest north V1s were ever used.
42 people were killed in the attack.
109 were injured, of which 51 people were seriously injured.
The V1s were launched between 0500 and 0600 on the morning of Christmas Eve 1944.
It took about 30 minutes from launch to the missiles falling to earth.
Typically buildings were damaged up to a mile away. The missiles could not be guided with accuracy, hence they came down in fields, on the moors as well as in towns. Sometimes they would turn round or spiral down. A few of the Doodlebugs were well off target, one landing near Chester, one as far north as County Durham while another came down at Woodford in Northamptonshire.
1 of the attacking Heinkel 111s was shot down over the North Sea by Mosquito TA 389 while another was damaged by Mosquito HK 247 and crash landed at Leck in Germany, killing one of the crew.
Map showing where the V1 missiles fell, click here to view the map and list of all locations.
And a trillion seconds must be over 30 thousand years!
deipnosophist
Player Valuation: £80m
about 2.1 quadrillion seconds ago, a big asteroid devastated the dinosaurs
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
32 years
Alan Whittle
Player Valuation: £60m
Coincidentally, stoppage time if you are behind at Anfield is also 32 years.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Do Cheetahs and Leopards live in similar areas? Are they from the same family, or are they completely different but just look a bit similar?
