3 Random Facts

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 7:59 pm

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
A group of pandas is called an "embarrassment."
The probability of you being born was about 1 in 400 trillion.

Feel free to add your own.

what_no_pies · Post by **what_no_pies** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:05 pm

Man landed on the moon before we put wheels on a suitcase.

MRG · Post by **MRG** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:05 pm

The biggest seller of coffee in the U.K........ McDonald's

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:10 pm

If Pinocchio says " My nose will grow now" it creates a paradox

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:11 pm

You cry when you cut onions because your tears react to the propanethiol s-oxide released by the onion.

dpinsussex · Post by **dpinsussex** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:13 pm

Factual frank has no facts

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:15 pm

There are 8 species of wasp in the UK.

I hate them all.

There are 3 facts on this post!

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:16 pm

HunterST_BFC wrote:There are 8 species of wasp in the UK.

I hate them all.

There are 3 facts on this post!

Did you watch Countryfile tonight?

Dazzler · Post by **Dazzler** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:16 pm

FactualFrank wrote:The probability of you being born was about 1 in 400 trillion.

So all those nice people who have said to me " you are one in a million" are so wrong in their calculations ?

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:17 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:Did you watch Countryfile tonight?

Guilty - fact

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:21 pm

Did you know that the DNA information in a single sperm contains 37.5 MB worth of data? Which means that an average ejaculation almost instantly transfers roughly 1500 terabytes of data. Suddenly USB 3.0 doesn't look that impressive when compared to what Mother Nature's been using for years.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:22 pm

dpinsussex wrote:Factual frank has no facts

Put the alcohol down! Just because you're a bit thick and refuse to learn new things, there's no need to blame me for that... what I've put aren't just facts. They are factual facts.

Agree - or be wrong.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:37 pm

Sean Dyche knows exactly how long a piece of string is.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:38 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:Sean Dyche knows exactly how long a piece of string is.

That sounds like one that me and Fretters run together for a laugh... https://www.facebook.com/UntrueFacts/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

john'sroseyspecs · Post by **john'sroseyspecs** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:06 pm

Churchill urinated in the river Rhine in 1945

Shipandpilotdevon · Post by **Shipandpilotdevon** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:06 pm

Banging your head on a wall will burn 150 calories an hour.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:08 pm

john'sroseyspecs wrote:Churchill urinated in the river Rhine in 1945

Now was it March the 24th or 22nd.

Shipandpilotdevon · Post by **Shipandpilotdevon** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:09 pm

A 17inch pizza offers more pizza than 2 12inxh pizzas.

MRG · Post by **MRG** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:12 pm

You can get your tongue much closer to your left ear than you can your right ear due to the way in which your tongue is connected in your mouth

Shipandpilotdevon · Post by **Shipandpilotdevon** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:13 pm

There's more trees on earth than there are stars in the milky way

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:15 pm

MRG wrote:You can get your tongue much closer to your left ear than you can your right ear due to the way in which your tongue is connected in your mouth

You know what would happen if I tweeted that to over 1.7 million people. Can I blame you?

Shipandpilotdevon · Post by **Shipandpilotdevon** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:16 pm

More people live in California than in all of Canada

john'sroseyspecs · Post by **john'sroseyspecs** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:16 pm

FactualFrank wrote:Now was it March the 24th or 22nd.

I'm factual but I'm not that factual. Also the moon smells of gunpowder

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:18 pm

Nicholas parsons was a proper quizmaster.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:19 pm

Shipandpilotdevon wrote:More people live in California than in all of Canada

I like that fact. It's something people wouldn't believe and be taken aback by.

piston broke · Post by **piston broke** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:21 pm

Shipandpilotdevon wrote:There's more trees on earth than there are stars in the milky way

Strange you picked trees. I heard, years ago, that there are more stars in the universe, infinite, than grains of sand and I came back with pine needles. Also infinite to my way of thinking as they refresh constantly.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:22 pm

tim_noone wrote:Nicholas parsons was a proper quizmaster.

Of all people, you are someone who needs to learn. Is that irony?

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:24 pm

Shipandpilotdevon wrote:There's more trees on earth than there are stars in the milky way

I doubt it. Estimates put the number of stars in the Milky Way at between 100 billion and 400 billion.

No chance of there being more trees than that.

gandhisflipflop · Post by **gandhisflipflop** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:27 pm

If you condensed all the space inside everything on earth it would fit inside the palm of your hand. If you then dropped it the density would be so great that it would fall straight through the earths ground and out the other side.

Claretlad · Post by **Claretlad** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:32 pm

Between 1839 and 1855, Nicaragua had 396 different rulers.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:37 pm

Claretlad wrote:Between 1839 and 1855, Nicaragua had 396 different rulers.

I've heard of that. Isn't that where, "this that and the other" comes from? Can anybody explore this a bit more and get back with more info.

Shipandpilotdevon · Post by **Shipandpilotdevon** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:39 pm

3.04 trillion trees estimated in earth

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:39 pm

gandhisflipflop wrote:If you condensed all the space inside everything on earth it would fit inside the palm of your hand. If you then dropped it the density would be so great that it would fall straight through the earths ground and out the other side.

That is... wow. That's an amazing post. Could you go one step further and explain it? I believe you by the way.

MRG · Post by **MRG** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:41 pm

A snail has approx 25,000 teeth

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:43 pm

Shipandpilotdevon wrote:3.04 trillion trees estimated in earth

In that case I think I owe you an apology. It just seemed so unreal. But I love learning and you've taught me something new. Done a bit more research and you're absolutely spot on.

john'sroseyspecs · Post by **john'sroseyspecs** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:44 pm

FactualFrank wrote:That is... wow. That's an amazing post. Could you go one step further and explain it? I believe you by the way.

I didn't know we had to show our workings

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:47 pm

john'sroseyspecs wrote:I didn't know we had to show our workings

You don't. I'm just greedy.

Shipandpilotdevon · Post by **Shipandpilotdevon** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:55 pm

Lego are the largest tyre manufacturer in the world

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:56 pm

Fractal Natural Patterns
See link for some fract' facts

https://www.wired.com/2010/09/fractal-p ... in-nature/

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:59 pm

The US nuclear weapons force still uses 8-inch floppy disks

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:09 pm

Shipandpilotdevon wrote:Lego are the largest tyre manufacturer in the world

Yep I knew it, but it's still a very good fact. It's something that most people won't get in a quiz unless they just know it. Not something people will workout. I like it.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:10 pm

HunterST_BFC wrote:The US nuclear weapons force still uses 8-inch floppy disks

That's just what they want you to believe.

Claretlad · Post by **Claretlad** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:11 pm

Eskimos use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:17 pm

FactualFrank wrote:That's just what they want you to believe.

NASA was still using 8 inch disks in at least 2011.
Space Shuttle last flight.
A couple of years before they even put an ad' out searching for drives

Shipandpilotdevon · Post by **Shipandpilotdevon** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:17 pm

Dead people can get goose bumps

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:23 pm

HunterST_BFC wrote:NASA was still using 8 inch disks in at least 2011.
Space Shuttle last flight.
A couple of years before they even put an ad' out searching for drives

It was a joke. As in, they won't tell us anything.

Shipandpilotdevon · Post by **Shipandpilotdevon** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:23 pm

Basically anything that melts can be made into glass.you just have to cool off the molten material before it's molecules have time to realign into what they were before being melted.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:24 pm

Shipandpilotdevon wrote:Dead people can get goose bumps

Yep. I think it's down to hair follicles contracting.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:25 pm

Shipandpilotdevon wrote:Basically anything that melts can be made into glass.you just have to cool off the molten material before it's molecules have time to realign into what they were before being melted.

A nice explanation. I just hope I can remember it!

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:26 pm

FactualFrank wrote:It was a joke. As in, they won't tell us anything.

That's just what they want you to believe.