Groucho's Fact Hunt

[summerisle]

However old the universe is then mate.

Unless you're a Creationist then it's 10,000 yearslol

 

[Groucho]

I thought it was estimated to be around 13? Or do I remember wrong?

Can't remember. Just said 4.5 billion because it seemed a massive number of years. It may be 13 billion.

 

[Miami Blue]

Oh dear!

Hehe sorry if I seemed like I was being condescending. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't talking about the Everglades as if it was something everyone knew about. Guess you guys are much smarter than I thought

 

[PITA]

Bill Bryson is a kopite

I really, really hope that that's not true.

 

[summerisle]

Liverpool was the first place in the UK to import a captured gorilla.
http://sikhchic.com/article-detail.php?id=168&

 

[kev]

John Steinbeck's novel 'Of Mice and Men' was originally titled 'Something that happened'

 

[kev]

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers first flight.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

I really, really hope that that's not true.

Yeah, me too tbh.

 

[Groucho]

Phil Jagielka will be the first Everton player to captain England from kick off.

 

[kev]

BUMP for this great thread.

It was on this day in 1969 that the fifty pence piece was introduced to replace the ten-shilling note in anticipation of the decimalisation of currency in 1971.
In 1997 the coin was reduced in size and older coins were taken out of circulation.

 

[Titus Bramble]

Can't remember. Just said 4.5 billion because it seemed a massive number of years. It may be 13 billion.

If I'm not mistaken, the earth is about 4.5 billion years old, the universe is 13.6 billion. Ish.

 

[JammyP]

I really, really hope that that's not true.

See
"Bill Bryson" topic, started by Kev50, Saturday at 7:46 PM

"His new book which of course the whole world will read is hot off the presses today.
I was thunderstruck to read an intimate portrayal of Evertonians and Goodison half way in.
Imagine your worst case scenario, and double it. Rawk will dedicating a whole fcking new website to the material garnered in there
I'm trying not to panic"
....
and 7 pages of contributions

 

[The Cowboy]

BUMP for this great thread.

It was on this day in 1969 that the fifty pence piece was introduced to replace the ten-shilling note in anticipation of the decimalisation of currency in 1971.
In 1997 the coin was reduced in size and older coins were taken out of circulation.

I think the old 50p coin was the greatest coin that ever existed. You got given one of them by your grandad, you were rich!

 

[DualityNSNO]

I think the old 50p coin was the greatest coin that ever existed. You got given one of them by your grandad, you were rich!

So it was an even bigger than the current 50p?

Why?

 

[Groucho]

So it was an even bigger than the current 50p?

Why?

10p, 5p, all bigger years ago. Smaller to save on production costs probably.

There's no truth in the rumour that this thread has caused Stephen Fry to quit QI though folks. He's always known we're better lol