Groucho's Fact Hunt

[deipnosophist]

If you extracted all the DNA from every cell in your body, and uncoiled it, then connected it end on end, from the sun, it would go extend out WAY further than Pluto

 

[The Cowboy]

Your lungs can be inflated to the size of a tennis court. It's effectively you rib cage that prevents this.

 

[Lids1978]

The Financial Times' co-founder, Horatio Bottomley was a frequent defendant for various swindles involving shares.
He also was an MP but thrown out after being made bankrupt, was finally convicted for fraud in the early 1920's, and founded the John Bull newspaper.

Had an Irish teacher who always referred to England as John Bull. Never knew it was a newspaper.

 

[Titus Bramble]

Due to low gravity in space, gasses don't separate from liquids. This means astronauts can't burp.

 

[deipnosophist]

Best thread on GOT this...thanks @Groucho

 

[summerisle]

Had an Irish teacher who always referred to England as John Bull. Never knew it was a newspaper.

He was first introduced in the early eighteenth century and became the personification of the British 'bulldog spirit'.
An example here :

 

[deipnosophist]

Due to low gravity in space, gasses don't separate from liquids. This means astronauts can't burp.

low pressure environments 'assist' the liquid --->gas transition . Intuitively, you'd think the low gravity of space would similarly aid the phase transition...what am I missing?

 

[deipnosophist]

That should be in that sh*te thread I started about made up words.

made up words are termed nonce words

 

[deipnosophist]

.....MIck Jagger sings backing vocals on Carly Simon's hit 'You're so Vain'. Not a lot of people know that.

From the 1972 album No Secrets..The Album Cover photo was shot in London ...Notting Hill Gate. Some out-takes...

 

[WA Toffee]

Due to low gravity in space, gasses don't separate from liquids. This means astronauts can't burp.

Im going to declare shenanigins on this one. Low pressure aids the seperation of gases and liquids.
Think of a bottle of coke, before it is opened the gas (CO2) is within the liquid. When you open it and reduce the pressure, the gases (bubbles) come out.

 

[TheBlueGibbon]

Im going to declare shenanigins on this one. Low pressure aids the seperation of gases and liquids.
Think of a bottle of coke, before it is opened the gas (CO2) is within the liquid. When you open it and reduce the pressure, the gases (bubbles) come out.

I think it's right, it's not the pressure that matters, as astronauts will be at roughly atmospheric pressure unless something goes catastrophically wrong. Instead, it's the lack of a buoyancy force due to being in free fall, so the bubbles won't rise.

 

[Tramps_mate]

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on earth.

And some people think were the only planet with life on!

 

[Tramps_mate]

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on earth.

And some people think were the only planet with life on!

 

[Dylan]

made up words are termed nonce words

Can people just remove this from their vocabulary when posting on GOT???

 

[Titus Bramble]

low pressure environments 'assist' the liquid --->gas transition . Intuitively, you'd think the low gravity of space would similarly aid the phase transition...what am I missing?

Im going to declare shenanigins on this one. Low pressure aids the seperation of gases and liquids.
Think of a bottle of coke, before it is opened the gas (CO2) is within the liquid. When you open it and reduce the pressure, the gases (bubbles) come out.

@TheBlueGibbon

I shall do some research on where I found this 'fact'...

Edit: I've had a look around, on Earth gravity assists burps by keeping the heavy contents of your stomach 'in place' when you force out gas as a burp. Without gravity, everything comes out and you vomit.

Poor wording by me in the OP, it's not the gas separating from liquids in the stomach that is impacted, it's the fact that you can't help but release the entire contents of your stomach.