Groucho's Fact Hunt

[woodsyni]

War accelerates technical development and The Spitfire was no exception, it was a bit like Lincolns axe, it had 5 new heads and 3 new handles but it was still 'the same one he had for 25yrs.'

1939; 27 litre V12, 3 blade propeller, 1,032HP, 29ft long, speed 355mph
1945; 34 litre V12, 5 blade propeller, 2,350HP, 34ft long, speed 452mph

Or Trigger's broom

 

[degsy]

Or Trigger's broom

Exactamundo

 

[BNJ1878]

Probably true as between them and you is a lot of water and flat countries, and the Urals are pretty high. I once heard a rumour that If you stood on the roof of a certain building in East anglia, you can see the Ural mountains on a very clear day. Don't know how true that is though.

Could be true - Northern European plain is flat and massive.

Reckon you'd need sharp eyes to see Russia from Norwich ??

Not a chance that's true. (unless your a flat Earther)

The Urals are probably 2000 miles away from the UK. Even when flying in an airliner you can only see out to about 250 miles.

 

[Groucho]

The centre of an average star is so hot, that a grain of sand at the same temperature would kill you from 100 miles away.

 

[Bilko]

Ireland has decreed that Subway's bread is not bread.

In order for bread to be considered a staple food in Ireland, it has to have less sugar than 2% of the weight of its flour. Subway bread has five times that amount, making it an "indulgence food" or baked good.

 

[Bilko]

The centre of an average star is so hot, that a grain of sand at the same temperature would kill you from 100 miles away.

I often wonder, how do they come up with these things ?. Quite a lot of our solar system " facts " must be guess work would you not think ?

 

[PhilM]

I often wonder, how do they come up with these things ?. Quite a lot of our solar system " facts " must be guess work would you not think ?

Less guess work and more projections based on our knowledge and understanding of (mainly) quantum mechanics.

 

[kev]

Most posters online was on 02/01/2012.

Vs WBA, when Woy banged his head on the hoardings.

Reading back and saw @Groucho's post from Feb 2014 re the record number of GOT posters online.

Was just wondering what date/event now holds the record for highest number of GOT posters online?

 

[summerisle]

Happy birthday, Statute of Marlborough!

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[Groucho]

I often wonder, how do they come up with these things ?. Quite a lot of our solar system " facts " must be guess work would you not think ?

Probably calculations mate. There’ll be some science behind it, roughly.

 

[Groucho]

Zebras are black with white stripes

 

[Tramps_mate]

Ireland has decreed that Subway's bread is not bread.

In order for bread to be considered a staple food in Ireland, it has to have less sugar than 2% of the weight of its flour. Subway bread has five times that amount, making it an "indulgence food" or baked good.

I seem to remember that the ingredients of Subway bread classified it as a cake and not a bread.

Plus the fact it went hard and not mouldy when stale further backed that up...

 

[Groucho]

 

[Seamus Colemole]

As once covered by Mike "Frank Butcher" Reid.

It wasn't as good as the original obviously.

 

[4737carlin]

This is great one, used to be really into the baseball, around the time New York Yankess were amazing, also when Oakland A"s had that Moneyball season, I never missed it, and I didnt know this until recently.
If you play for the Yankees your not allowed to grow a beard.
Owner George Steinbrenner banned it in 1973, a rule they still have in place today