The 'I didnt know that' Thread
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Is that true?
I read it was because so many people were getting ill from constipation due to not eating breakfast or grain or something thus the breakfast cereal was born.
Or so I've read.
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There are over 30 Eiffel Tower replicas, most are smaller like the one in Vegas, one is larger, and one in downtown Tokyo is to scale.
Originally all humans were lactose intolerant, and those who aren't lactose intolerant are the ones with a mutation.
Yoko Ono stalked John Lennon for over a year while he was married, sometimes standing in front of his house for hours silently.
Originally all humans were lactose intolerant, and those who aren't lactose intolerant are the ones with a mutation.
Yoko Ono stalked John Lennon for over a year while he was married, sometimes standing in front of his house for hours silently.
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Having looked at Fool Killer's 10 year thread I checked my own profile page and discovered
a) I've been on GTPlanet for just over 10 years myself
b) I can 'report' myself
Now a) is not all that impressive since I'm hardly an influential member, but b) is making me wonder how often people report themselves for 'being awesome' or something like that?
a) I've been on GTPlanet for just over 10 years myself
b) I can 'report' myself
Now a) is not all that impressive since I'm hardly an influential member, but b) is making me wonder how often people report themselves for 'being awesome' or something like that?
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Which one is larger?
I believe that for a time, the original was the tallest building in the world?
I haven't yet checked that that's correct. Now that I've mentioned it here, I probably should.
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The Wikipedia page for Summer Wine suggests not.
Sugar Town however, that looks like the one. That link (Wikipedia again) only mentions it being a number 1 in the Easy Listening Chart in January 1967. Of course that doesn't mean it wasn't also number 1 somewhere else in 1966, the year it was released.
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Thinking of taking a quick trip to Mars soon?
Well, here are some things you may want to know:
First - planning on walking? That's going to take you too long. You'd have to live longer than the biblical Noah is supposed to have lived; it's going to take you 1,283 years. Ditch that - not going to work.
How about you rig up the car and zoom out there at about 113 km/h, with no stops for gorging on burgers and root beer or hosing down bushes with hurriedly-aimed liquids? Going to take you 55 years. Even if you leave as a baby, you'll be middle-aged by the time you get there. Not sure if being middle-aged on Mars is going to get you any satisfaction at all.
Wait. We'll jump a plane, maybe a Boeing 747 - and hurtle off there at 907 km/h. That's going to take 7 years. You'll die of cabin fever before you get there. Plus everyone knows that since flying became a hit or miss situation the stewardesses are not as friendly as they used to be.
You know what? We still got the X-15. Hah! Secret weapon. Jump aboard that and take off - Wowsers! It takes us just a year. We'd have to travel at 7,258 km/h non-stop. Not bad, a year's trip - a bit longer than the average cruise around the world in a liner. Staying cool at that speed is going to be a bit iffy, though, and a whole year hanging out staring at stars whizzing by will eventually drive you mad. Maybe plenty of books might help.
Anything else we can use to get there faster?
Why, yes. The Voyager 1 spacecraft. We could make that sucker move at 61,155 km/h and that would get us there in a month. A month. A month continuously at over 61,000 km/h, and we'll get to Mars fairly quick. A month is not a long trip right?
So there you are - next time you plan a trip to Mars and want to get there comparatively quickly, hitch a ride on the next Voyager that passes.
Otherwise stay on Earth, and enjoy your short life.
Well, here are some things you may want to know:
First - planning on walking? That's going to take you too long. You'd have to live longer than the biblical Noah is supposed to have lived; it's going to take you 1,283 years. Ditch that - not going to work.
How about you rig up the car and zoom out there at about 113 km/h, with no stops for gorging on burgers and root beer or hosing down bushes with hurriedly-aimed liquids? Going to take you 55 years. Even if you leave as a baby, you'll be middle-aged by the time you get there. Not sure if being middle-aged on Mars is going to get you any satisfaction at all.
Wait. We'll jump a plane, maybe a Boeing 747 - and hurtle off there at 907 km/h. That's going to take 7 years. You'll die of cabin fever before you get there. Plus everyone knows that since flying became a hit or miss situation the stewardesses are not as friendly as they used to be.
You know what? We still got the X-15. Hah! Secret weapon. Jump aboard that and take off - Wowsers! It takes us just a year. We'd have to travel at 7,258 km/h non-stop. Not bad, a year's trip - a bit longer than the average cruise around the world in a liner. Staying cool at that speed is going to be a bit iffy, though, and a whole year hanging out staring at stars whizzing by will eventually drive you mad. Maybe plenty of books might help.
Anything else we can use to get there faster?
Why, yes. The Voyager 1 spacecraft. We could make that sucker move at 61,155 km/h and that would get us there in a month. A month. A month continuously at over 61,000 km/h, and we'll get to Mars fairly quick. A month is not a long trip right?
So there you are - next time you plan a trip to Mars and want to get there comparatively quickly, hitch a ride on the next Voyager that passes.
Otherwise stay on Earth, and enjoy your short life.
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95.4 percent of the universe's energy density - which is basically the stuff that the universe is made of - is still a mystery to scientists.
The remaining 4.6 percent, which is baryonic matter, is what makes up everything - Earth, all the other planets, all the stars, every molecule of interstellar gas - in fact everything else scientists used to think made up the entire universe.
We are now aware that there is an unknown 95.4 percent - but all we understand about it (whatever name we give to it) is that it is out there. Just what it is and how it works is still being debated. And so remains a mystery.
But never mind mysterious stuff that is so big and far away and all that . . . what about stuff close to us, and even visible to the human eye?
How about we take a close look at Venus?
Well . . . the slow rotation period of Venus, a planet that takes 243 Earth days to complete, as well as the orientation of its spin axis to its orbital plane (it spins in the direction opposite its rotation around the Sun) are two puzzles that planetary scientists have yet not solved. Another mystery.
So there you are - some things we don't know - but don't worry; scientists don't either.
The remaining 4.6 percent, which is baryonic matter, is what makes up everything - Earth, all the other planets, all the stars, every molecule of interstellar gas - in fact everything else scientists used to think made up the entire universe.
We are now aware that there is an unknown 95.4 percent - but all we understand about it (whatever name we give to it) is that it is out there. Just what it is and how it works is still being debated. And so remains a mystery.
But never mind mysterious stuff that is so big and far away and all that . . . what about stuff close to us, and even visible to the human eye?
How about we take a close look at Venus?
Well . . . the slow rotation period of Venus, a planet that takes 243 Earth days to complete, as well as the orientation of its spin axis to its orbital plane (it spins in the direction opposite its rotation around the Sun) are two puzzles that planetary scientists have yet not solved. Another mystery.
So there you are - some things we don't know - but don't worry; scientists don't either.
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Good news, everyone! The mystery of the origin of the name "cocktail" has been solved!
http://www.grubstreet.com/2015/04/david-wondrich-knows-the-origins-of-cocktail.html
They used to stick ginger up the butts of horses to make them stick up their tails. When trying to sell an old horse, this ginger technique would make a tired horse lively and prancy, with their tails cocked upwards. So cocktail was named in step with the idea that it was supposed to be a pick-me-up drink, or something you'd take to liven up a bit.
Beats sticking ginger up your ass.
http://www.grubstreet.com/2015/04/david-wondrich-knows-the-origins-of-cocktail.html
They used to stick ginger up the butts of horses to make them stick up their tails. When trying to sell an old horse, this ginger technique would make a tired horse lively and prancy, with their tails cocked upwards. So cocktail was named in step with the idea that it was supposed to be a pick-me-up drink, or something you'd take to liven up a bit.
Beats sticking ginger up your ass.
