Groucho's Fact Hunt

[deipnosophist]

If 45% of the Med's coastline is shared with Africa then it looks like Africa's coastline is much greater. I suspect that it is a lot less than 45%. That sneaky bit to the right of Italy (up and own) is quite long, as is the area between Greece and Turkey plus the coastline going round all the islands.

yes, you are probably right: I was really making the point of 'the three continents'...and just wildly guessing the ratios lol

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

this little beauty of a 3rd kit of ours was never worn for a game.
Although a Mercantile credit game at old Trafford might have seen a wearing?

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

The 33 cup final,our club tried to stick a blue motif on the white shirts,the FA got wind of this and said no blue at all on the shirts.

 

[degsy]

All down to the optical illusion of the Mercator Projection

 

[Groucho]

I did wonder if that had something to do with it @degsy

 

[degsy]

I did wonder if that had something to do with it @degsy

Not bad for 1569
Bottom left looks like Antarctica
Bottom right looks like the Torres straits and what is now Cape York the northern pointy bit of Australia, which I recently visited, 5,400kms round trip

 

[WA Toffee]

All down to the optical illusion of the Mercator Projection

Wouldn't the Mercator projection have the opposite effect - things further away from the equator are actually smaller than they appear on the map? I would guess the the north side of the med is a very ragged coastline with lots of inlets whereas africa has a much smoother coast. The med probably also includes islands within the coastline measurements

 

[degsy]

Wouldn't the Mercator projection have the opposite effect - things further away from the equator are actually smaller than they appear on the map? I would guess the the north side of the med is a very ragged coastline with lots of inlets whereas africa has a much smoother coast. The med probably also includes islands within the coastline measurements

*shrugs

 

[chrismpw]

View attachment 109447 this little beauty of a 3rd kit of ours was never worn for a game.
Although a Mercantile credit game at old Trafford might have seen a wearing?

I have one of those- I've been planning on putting on ebay one day when I'm hard up. See them rarely and listed for £100+ or so it seems.

 

[chrismpw]

Wouldn't the Mercator projection have the opposite effect - things further away from the equator are actually smaller than they appear on the map? I would guess the the north side of the med is a very ragged coastline with lots of inlets whereas africa has a much smoother coast. The med probably also includes islands within the coastline measurements

Agreed.

Should never underestimate the crinkly bits.

 

[LostLegend]

Great grizzly thread this!

Her account is great for these macabre old medical stories. Currently reading one of he books as well... I'm getting proper morbid these days

 

[Zezti]

This channel is full of relatively short videos with neat little facts about London/metro/railway

 

[summerisle]

In 1875 George Brewster (11 years old) became the last boy chimney sweep to die whilst working in a chimney, prompting legislation to outlaw the practice.

Child Chimney Sweeps: Dark Chapter in Sweep History -

In the late 1600s in England in response to the Great Fire of London, which gutted the city, building codes

www.chimneysolutions.com

 

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The 200-year old problem of Georgia’s northern border with Tennessee

 

[degsy]

The first written record of Ice Cream in England was on the menu for a Banquet hosted by Charles II