Random Fact!

semi-pro waster · 1 Oct 2009 at 19:55

Contrary to what appears to be popular belief Ethelred the Unready was not actually unready at all or loathe to go to war, quite the reverse in fact. In one of those curious quirks of language the epithet unready (Unræd) has assumed almost the opposite meaning to what it originally meant - to be ræd (rede) was to be wise or to give (good) counsel. Effectively the name Ethelred the Unræd means Ethelred the Hotheaded or Ethelred the Unwise.

gillywibble · 1 Oct 2009 at 20:49

Modern RnB is rubbish.

yermum · 1 Oct 2009 at 21:20

Some, but not many, people on this forum are old enough to know better.

StevenRaith · 2 Oct 2009 at 00:11

jas72 said:
FACT Stevenraith lived near John O' Groats

Thrumster, then Thurso, as it happens - GMap it.

Odd places, quite nice, but very dull.

Random fact - my leaving London has made at least one girl cry

meghatronic · 2 Oct 2009 at 01:06

Steven Seagal was the first gaijin to run a dojo in Japan (Osaka).

dantheman213 · 3 Oct 2009 at 09:35

I quite like the music of the Deftones.

bam0 · 3 Oct 2009 at 10:11

Tufnell Park tube station also has stairs which spiral clockwise as they descend.

gillywibble · 3 Oct 2009 at 16:18

Police officers are by default experts in drunkenness.

dangerstat · 3 Oct 2009 at 16:23

A pack of cards will stop a bullet

semi-pro waster · 3 Oct 2009 at 16:56

dangerstat said:
A pack of cards will stop a bullet

More information needed desperately - what sort of bullet? It might stop something relatively low powered and/or at great distance but since some guns can put a bullet through an engine block a pack of cards seems a little insignificant...

mac1st3 · 3 Oct 2009 at 18:23

dangerstat said:
A pack of cards will stop a bullet

someone has clearly not seen mythbusters, a deck of cards, even with a small handgun won't stop anything more than a sneeze

meghatronic · 3 Oct 2009 at 18:57

semi-pro waster said:
More information needed desperately - what sort of bullet? It might stop something relatively low powered and/or at great distance but since some guns can put a bullet through an engine block a pack of cards seems a little insignificant...

We shot 1/2 way through a pack of cards with a bb spring shotgun at 3m. So I call BS on that.

EDIT - was right apparently.

silversurfer · 3 Oct 2009 at 19:29

Maybe if they were teflon coated

SlyReaper · 3 Oct 2009 at 19:31

Random maths fact in limerick form:

The integral of t squared dt
From 1 to the cube root of three
Times the cosine
Of three pi by nine
Is the log of the cube root of e

Sinque · 3 Oct 2009 at 19:34

SlyReaper said:
Random maths fact in limerick form:

The integral of t squared dt
From 1 to the cube root of three
Times the cosine
Of three pi by nine
Is the log of the cube root of e

I can understand that

BubbySoup · 3 Oct 2009 at 19:38

A donkey's eyes are positioned such that it can see all four of its feet at once.

silversurfer · 3 Oct 2009 at 19:46

That could be useful

Franz Ferdinand the guy whose death started the first world war was wearing a bullet proof jacket at the time of his death, unfortunately he was shot in the neck

Mansize_tissue · 3 Oct 2009 at 19:49

Sinque said:
I can understand that

Me too, and I'm drunk. That can't be good.

SlyReaper · 3 Oct 2009 at 19:49

silversurfer said:
That could be useful

Franz Ferdinand the guy whose death started the first world war

No, I'm sure there was an ostrich involved...

Deadbeat · 3 Oct 2009 at 19:54

Kevin Clark said:
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of long words

Actually, it's the fear of extremely long words, and its validity as a word is questionable. Sesquipedaliaphobia is the fear of long words.

floccinaucinihilipilification, to my knowledge, is the longest word in the english language to qualify. It means 'the act of estimating something as worthless'. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconeosis doesn't qualify, as it's a medical portmanteau. It's a lung condition caused by the inhalation of fine silica dust.