Groucho's Fact Hunt

[JimmyJeffers]

Cleopatra was born closer to the invention of the iPhone than to the creation of the great pyramid

 

[Hellerad]

What is the closest US state to Africa ?

Stephen King likes this question.

 

[summerisle]

At the time you were born you were the youngest person in the world.

 

[Hellerad]

If the sun suddenly collapsed and formed a black hole, apart from the solar system freezing, the planets would continue on their current orbits.

(Black holes have the same mass as their contributing body, thus the gravitational forces at play remain constant)

Cool. I'm guessing this presumes the tidal forces during the creation of the black hole didn't disrupt the orbits or alter the gravitational center of the solar system.

 

[McBain]

Arsene Wenger's missus is one hot Nanna.

 

[Dylan]

On a submerged submarine, if you undog the hatch to get out of the sub, no amount of pushing on it will get the hatch open.

 

[summerisle]

On Jupiter and Saturn it rains diamonds.
http://m.space.com/23135-diamond-rain-jupiter-saturn.html

 

[TheFinnFan]

Cleopatra was born closer to the invention of the iPhone than to the creation of the great pyramid

Hahahah thats good one

 

[COYBL25]

The term Hypnosis, comes from the Greek god of sleep - Hypnos.

The term " hypnosis " was first used by the Scottish surgeon James Braid in 1843.

He used this term to describe a sleeplike state of both acute awareness and great receptiveness .

 

[degsy]

On Jupiter and Saturn it rains diamonds.
http://m.space.com/23135-diamond-rain-jupiter-saturn.html

Does Lucy know this, she should do it's old news.

 

[Groucho]

X-Files theme composer Mark Snow has said that the whistling heard was taken from The Smith's "How Soon Is Now".

I'll be honest, I can't see any imminent plagiarism cases coming.....

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Another one along the lines of Dylan's water pressure one above - if you went scuba diving in the sea 100 feet down, you'd be under a lot of pressure and would need to know what you were doing. If you then swam horizontally into an underwater cave with the ceiling 5 foot above your head, how much pressure would you be under? Same pressure as being 100 ft down in open water - not appreciating this has apparently led to some fatal accidents.

 

[DualityNSNO]

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!!!

 

[edge]

Cool. I'm guessing this presumes the tidal forces during the creation of the black hole didn't disrupt the orbits or alter the gravitational center of the solar system.

they reckon are sun isn't big enough to create a black hole.

 

[JammyP]

The highest point in Liverpool is Resevoir Road in Woolton

Billinge Lump is the highest point in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens. It is also the highest point of Merseyside at 179 m
(c) Woolfacts 2015

Liverpool from Billinge Hill (or Lump) [I'm guessing, with a telephoto lens]