Groucho's Fact Hunt

[summerisle]

When you reach 100 years of age in Barbados a stamp is issued in your honour.

 

[the golden visionary]

it is an offence to be drunk and in charge of cattle in England and Wales; and also a 1986 poaching law states that it is illegal “to handle a salmon in suspicious circumstances”.

 

[summerisle]

Right wing nutter fact of the day.

 

[The binman chronicles]

Right wing nutter fact of the day.

He's only bloody right you know. Genius.

 

[WA Toffee]

Right wing nutter fact of the day.

Statistics also show that innocent people who were hanged never got to walk free after being pardoned

 

[summerisle]

Totally pointless fact of the day.

 

[Groucho]

Octopuses change colour when they dream

 

[summerisle]

The wonders of mathematics.

Launch code for US nukes was 00000000 for 20 years

PALs were not the pals of Strategic Command generals.

arstechnica.com

 

[summerisle]

 

[summerisle]

Joan Crawford (for anybody under 40, the actress), obtained her stage name by means of a public competition.

Name Her and Win $1,000

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www.joancrawfordbest.com

 

[aazak]

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were fond of a bevvy - they used to drink in the Thatched House pub in central Manchester, where they formulated the Communist Manifesto. The pub no longer exists - it's opposite the Arndale centre and is now a Boots chemist.

Went to Trier years ago and visited Karl Marx Haus. I had to buy this souvenir:




Not exactly Champagne Socialism, but...

 

[Black Belt Jones]

An ant is inching along a rope at one centimeter per second. The rope is made of rubber, and being stretched at a rate of kilometer per second. Will it ever reach the end?

Yes! For any speed, as long as it is constant. Apparently an important paradox to understand for astronomers and cosmologists trying to figure out the expansion of the universe and things like that.

Ant on a rubber rope - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[-Rob-]

An ant is inching along a rope at one centimeter per second. The rope is made of rubber, and being stretched at a rate of kilometer per second. Will it ever reach the end?

Yes! For any speed, as long as it is constant. Apparently an important paradox to understand for astronomers and cosmologists trying to figure out the expansion of the universe and things like that.

Ant on a rubber rope - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I assume this works on the same principle as people walking on a conveyorbelt that's moving in the same direction as they are walking. Rather than taking longer, it just helps them walk faster (relative to the stationary ground around them)

 

[degsy]

They copied those from the labels on the back of seats in the park end

 

[Groucho]

Worst 7 Dwarves spin off idea yet