Groucho's Fact Hunt

[admirschleck]

Looked up mate.

Literally, it's the obvious one here;

Well, that made me look like a fool. But yeah, amazing.

 

[degsy]

They've found red dwarf stars with planets forming around them - via the news this morning,

#smokemeakipper

 

[summerisle]

During the 1960's only The Beatles outsold Ken Dodd in the UK charts.

 

[Brendan Janus]

The only major town or city in Italy not to have a Juventus supporters club is Florence !!

 

[summerisle]

There are only 20 countries not invaded by Britain.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

There are only 20 countries not invaded by Britain.

By invaded, are you extending that to include settled in, colonised, governed. Did Britain invade New Zealand for instance?

 

[DualityNSNO]

There are only 20 countries not invaded by Britain.

Apparently the number is 22, but the definition of "invade" is really broadly used it seems - for example, there was no real "invasion" of Bulgaria, but Allied forces did bomb Sofia extensively, with some of the planes being British. The other attempt at an "invasion" is also during a world war, but the first one - during the battle of Doiran, and in that we also stopped the Brits pretty much instantly.

 

[summerisle]

By invaded, are you extending that to include settled in, colonised, governed. Did Britain invade New Zealand for instance?

Further info here but link to the original source is no longer active :
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021710705

 

[summerisle]

In 1895 in Ohio there were only two cars on the road - and they crashed into each other.
More weird gubbins here :
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/84282822/

 

[summerisle]

A day on Venus lasts longer than a year on Venus.
http://www.universetoday.com/47900/length-of-year-on-venus/

 

[michaelh1990]

thought this might be of interest to some of you, you can grow a penis http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34290981

 

[summerisle]

thought this might be of interest to some of you, you can grow a penis http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34290981

Is there a bogof offer ?

 

[Dylan]

The largest star known to exist is UY Scuti, 9,500 light years away. It's 5 billion times the mass of the Sun. To give you an idea;

If the center of UV Scuti was at the center of the solar system, its radius would reach out to Saturn's orbit.

Also, the true radius isn't actually known due to its pulsating characteristics.

 

[Dylan]

Samuel Arbesman states 'Facts have a half life'

So half the facts on this thread, will, after a certain amount of time, be incorrect

Though it must be said that different types of facts have different half lives

*sits, waiting to be vaulted when this fact is proved wrong.

As they have a half life and not an expiry date it will mean that after the half life period of time, rather than being completely wrong, facts are only half as true as they used to be. After the same period of time elapses they will be a quarter as true as they used to be etc. By this assertion, truth decays exponentially. There is some merit to it.

Examples are:

Liverpool FC are a good team.
I'm looking for a buyer 24/7
We're all in this together
Jose is my friend

(Equally the veracity of the half life fact will decline over time as well. Things will start to be truer for longer, apparently)

Reddit have a Half Life 3 bot that estimates the release date for Half Life 3, based on Valve delaying the release by one month (currently estimated for release in March 3082 as of 46 minutes ago) each time Half Life 3 is mentioned.

HALF LIFE!!!

 

[degsy]

Reddit have a Half Life 3 bot that estimates the release date for Half Life 3, based on Valve delaying the release by one month (currently estimated for release in March 3082 as of 46 minutes ago) each time Half Life 3 is mentioned.

HALF LIFE!!!

Gave you a like for that, I understood each word on it's own perfectly well, just went straight over my head when I tried to read it all at once...If you were going to bother explaining it, don't, you still get to keep the like...life's too short ( that's a fact as well )