Some debate here:
https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/10763/is-earth-as-smooth-as-a-billiard-ball
Also, I said nothing about shape, only about smoothness.
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https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/10763/is-earth-as-smooth-as-a-billiard-ball
Also, I said nothing about shape, only about smoothness.
I'd say it's impossible to really know, given that we can't exactly measure it.
My fact about it being the second most photographed clock is about the eastgate clock on the walls, but I realised that doesn't marry up with the three face discussion, which is about the town hall clock tower.
So yeah, I led us up the garden path thinking we were talking about the same clocks, and realised we weren't when you debunked his fact.
sure, still wrong though as pointed out in that link
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Breathing the air in Beijing is equivalent to smoking 1.5 cigarettes an hour.
Sir Isaac Newton believed that the menstrual blood of prostitutes contained magical properties.
In 2015, the Catholic Church performed an exorcism on the entire nation of Mexico due to the high murder rate.
American school children used to use the Nazis salute during the ceremony of the pledge of allegiance.
Robert Emmet Odlum was the first person to jump off Brooklyn Bridge, in an attempt to show that falling through the air doesn't kill a human. He was right, it was the impact with the water that killed him.
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Holding your alarm keyfob up to your chin will increase the range.
Sir Isaac Newton believed that the menstrual blood of prostitutes contained magical properties.
In 2015, the Catholic Church performed an exorcism on the entire nation of Mexico due to the high murder rate.
American school children used to use the Nazis salute during the ceremony of the pledge of allegiance.
Robert Emmet Odlum was the first person to jump off Brooklyn Bridge, in an attempt to show that falling through the air doesn't kill a human. He was right, it was the impact with the water that killed him.
"Aka Manto" is a Japanese spirit that will stab to death anyone who uses the 4th bathroom stall.
Holding your alarm keyfob up to your chin will increase the range.
well, it can be estimated given what we know about physics, so its likely to be pretty close.
Well, yeah, but 40,000 to 170,000 is barely one order of magnitude, so as estimates go it doesn't make much difference.
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Saw this one on QI
A neutron star is the smoothest object/surface in the universe. Its tallest mountains are no more than 0.1-5 mm big compared with the vast size of... well being a star.
A neutron star is really small in size.
If you create a sphere with the diameter of the M25 roughly, inside that volume you could fit about 16-17 neutron stars
Or, one earth = 250million neutron stars in terms of volume
Incorrect. A sackbut is an early form of trombone.
well, the 40,000 is an average, the range will be very high because some photons will hit more, some less.
I randomly came across some Banana Facts today which I found quite interesting.
There are thousands of varieties of wild banana, but 99% of all bananas sold in supermarkets are genetically identical members of the Cavendish variety.
If you are under 40 you probably haven't ever eaten the banana that inspired "banana-flavored" candy, because it almost went extinct. That species — the Gros Michel — used to be as ubiquitous and genetically uniform as the Cavendish is today. It is supposed to taste better, but a single killer fungus wiped out all of the commercial crops.
The could go extinct at any time. Their genetic uniformity is a dream for a killer fungus or disease.
There are thousands of varieties of wild banana, but 99% of all bananas sold in supermarkets are genetically identical members of the Cavendish variety.
If you are under 40 you probably haven't ever eaten the banana that inspired "banana-flavored" candy, because it almost went extinct. That species — the Gros Michel — used to be as ubiquitous and genetically uniform as the Cavendish is today. It is supposed to taste better, but a single killer fungus wiped out all of the commercial crops.
The could go extinct at any time. Their genetic uniformity is a dream for a killer fungus or disease.
Bananas are also radioactive (mainly due to the potassium in them) and radiation levels can be measured in Banana Equivalent Dose
Getting a dental xray, for example, is 50BED - equivalent to eating 50 bananas.
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The sex of bees, wasps and ants is determined by their fertilisation; fertilised eggs hatch females, unfertalised eggs hatch males. This is called haplodiploidy.
All fruits start green.
All fruits start green.
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There are ancient Japanese scrolls that show illustrations of "Fart Battles" in which people would fart at each other in a fight.
In Japan, Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald because of the lack of hard "r" sound in Japanese.
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In 2015 a Russian cat in Barnal Siberia, won a mayoral race with more than 90% of the vote. His name was Barsik and his campaign slogan was "Only mice don't vote for Barsik!"". He was sadly not allowed to take office.
There was an overdue library book that was returned 288 years late.
In 2007, a Bosnian couple had divorced after they discovered that they were having an online affair with each other under fake names.
Shakira was rejected from her school choir because she sounded like a goat.
There is a species of fish known as "Slippery Dick"
In Norway, Odd and Even are popular names for males.
The word "Pencil" comes from the Latin word that means "Small Penis"
When Australia ran a competition asking Sydney to name a new ferry this year, the most votes went to the name Boaty McBoatface. They did not name the ferry that, because there is a vessel called that and went with another popular option. The ferry is now Ferry McFerryface.
Mimas, Saturn's moon, looks like the Death Star.
The word "esposas" means both "wife" and "handcuffs" in Spanish
There are ancient Japanese scrolls that show illustrations of "Fart Battles" in which people would fart at each other in a fight.
In Japan, Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald because of the lack of hard "r" sound in Japanese.
The first part of a human for form is the bottom ring. At some point, we are all bottom holes.
Kirk Douglas is 101 years old.
Pro video game player is a real profession in China.
Willem Dafoe was expelled from school for filming a porno.
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