Did You Know...

Thelomen Toblackai

Did you know that Astronauts orbiting Earth do not float as a result of there being no gravity ? They appear to float because they are falling.

The gravity in Earth's orbit is about 80% of what we experience on the planets surface. The reason they appear to float is because they are in constant free fall pulled back down by Earth's gravity. But because they are travelling at speed and falling towards the horizon they fall around the Earth rather than straight back to it.

Anyone got any other interesting facts ?

kneemos

Yes.

Junkyard Tom

If you were to drain all the blood out of a human and put it into 1 litre vessels the person you drained it from would be dead.

SEPT 23 1989

Churchill had a plan to go to war against the soviets to push them out of Europe using what was left of the German army

Dozer Dave

If your manhood gets cut off you still get phantom erections.

Football Friend

If all the McDonald's staff from around the world held hands.....you'd have to get your own burger.

pmasterson95

Blur are better than Oasis

Sound of Silence

Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.

catallus

Reno is further west than Los Angeles!

sw33t_r3v3ng3

Football Friend wrote:

If all the McDonald's staff from around the world held hands.....you'd have to get your own burger.

Swear I heard this on TV lately? Don't know where though

PARlance

Dozer Dave wrote: »

If your manhood gets cut off you still get phantom erections.

My erection regularly haunts dark alleyways...

Youngblood.III

Its know that if you say "Candyman" 3 times into a mirror he'll appe.....aggghh

Sheep Lover

It you hold two watermelons in one hand and 6 apples in the other hand, you have huge fcuking hands.

Aongus Von Bismarck

Astronauts cannot see the Great Wall of China from space using the naked eye.

Tigger

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Churchill had a plan to go to war against the soviets to push them out of Europe using what was left of the German army

why didnt he/

edit: cos he'd been told they'd be bomber back to the stone age

Sheep Lover

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Astronauts cannot see the Great Wall of China from space using the naked eye.

What if they dress the eye?

Sunnyisland

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Astronauts cannot see the Great Wall of China from space using the naked eye.

Yes they have to put a coat on it,as it's freezing up there.

Chucken

The National anthem of Greece has 158 verses. :cool:

Fr_Dougal

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Astronauts cannot see the Great Wall of China from space using the naked eye.

Incorrect. It's difficult, but not impossible.

Señor Fancy Pants

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Astronauts cannot see the Great Wall of China from space using the naked eye.

Having been to space myself, you are quite incorrect.

Vandango

Truffle Pig wrote: »

Having been to space myself, you are quite incorrect.

The oul magic mushrooms was it?

RomanKnows

Acorns wrapped in silver paper make a great Easter Egg alternative for squirrels just out of hibernation.

Señor Fancy Pants

Vandango wrote: »

The oul magic mushrooms was it?

How dare you! I was the very first Peruvian Pigmanaut! Have some respect.

Vomit

If you were to print out Pi in size 12 font and wrap it around the planet, then you have way too much time on your hands and should probably get a life.

RomanKnows

Truffle Pig wrote: »

Having been to space myself, you are quite incorrect.

Space being a nightclub down the back of a hotel on the outskirts of Ballyhaunis?

whupdedo

If you put an egg into a microwave, it won't come out hard boiled

biko

Newgrange is older than the Pyramid of Giza

B.A._Baracus

I like to watch fact videos on youtube. Here is a bunch off the top of my head.

- Barcode scanners don't scan the black lines. They scan the white space between each black line.

- if the weather conditions are right on the day, 20 to 25% of fog in San Francisco is actually smog that blew over from Chinese factories.

- A pilot and co-pilot must eat different meals on a flight in case of food poisoning.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

The entire population of the earth can be divided into 2 groups - those with an uncle called Jim and who don't.

Wacker The Attacker

A whales mickey is called a dork.


A blue whales shaft can grow to 10 feet in length

Gwynplaine

If you put a cat in the oven, that don't make it a biscuit.

B.A._Baracus

Did you know?
That Wacker The Attacker has a thing for whale dong's




:pac:

Peregrine

Vomit wrote: »

If you were to print out Pi in size 12 font and wrap it around the planet, then you have way too much time on your hands and should probably get a life.

You will also have broken mathematics since Pi is an irrational number :P

Archeron

97% of people trying to get to the next page of the thread accidentally click the Adtech ad at the bottom making it one of the most valuable Internet companies in the universe.

The_Valeyard

Before becoming Dictator of Russia,
Stalin robbed banks.

donegaLroad

I dont know if this is a fact, it just seems logical:

it would take a pint of Guinness 40 minutes to settle properly on the moon, because the gravity is 25% of what it is on Earth.

RomanKnows

The best way to try and catch a rabbit involves hiding behind a tree and attempting to make carrot noises.

IrishTrajan

Chucken wrote: »

The National anthem of Greece has 158 verses. :cool:

Ironic that such a rich culture can't pay debts.

Sound of Silence

Sound of Silence wrote: »

Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.

always makes me lol

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/909/051/6d2.jpg

Filmer Paradise

There are only 3 Star Wars movies.

Anybody who says different is deluded.

Guy:Incognito

Sound of Silence wrote: »

Jet fuel can't melt steel beams.

Well, not on its own it cant. Youd just have wet beams.

Combined with fire though it could soften them, resulting in a couple losing structural integrity.Then the fun starts.

efb

QI time!

Cee-Jay-Cee

If every person in China stood on a chair and jumped offat the exact same time (taking into Account time differences) then they would all land on the ground at the exact same time too and no one else on earth would notice or care.

Roger_007

All the best and brightest people who know how to to run the country are driving taxis for a living?

fleet_admiral

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Astronauts cannot see the Great Wall of China from space using the naked eye.

They can if they squint

MadDog76

It's impossible to teach women to drive!

MarkAnthony

I wasn't going to bother because everybody's heard about the bird but then I thought a-well-a, don't you know about the bird OP?

The King of Moo

Beer was classified as a soft drink in Russia until 2011 and thus could be bought by anybody.

Our galaxy (or at least the thick band of stars visible in clear skies) is called The Milky Way because of Greek mythology. According to them, one day Zeus brought Hercules to his wife Hera to be breastfed while she slept. She woke to find him feeding and quickly tore him away from her breast (as he wasn't her child), splashing her breast milk across the sky.

Existentialist

A hedgehog can climb a 6 foot wall

Bassfish

The Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal is further west than the Pacific entrance.

RMUCKY

Dick Cheney Made Money Off The Iraq War