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3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 7:59 pm
by FactualFrank
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.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:05 pm
by what_no_pies
Man landed on the moon before we put wheels on a suitcase.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:05 pm
by MRG
The biggest seller of coffee in the U.K........ McDonald's

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:10 pm
by Rick_Muller
If Pinocchio says " My nose will grow now" it creates a paradox

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:11 pm
by FactualFrank
You cry when you cut onions because your tears react to the propanethiol s-oxide released by the onion.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:13 pm
by dpinsussex
Factual frank has no facts :)

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:15 pm
by HunterST_BFC
There are 8 species of wasp in the UK.

I hate them all.

There are 3 facts on this post!

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:16 pm
by TheFamilyCat
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?

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:16 pm
by Dazzler
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 ? :)

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:17 pm
by HunterST_BFC
TheFamilyCat wrote:Did you watch Countryfile tonight?
:D Guilty - fact

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:21 pm
by Rick_Muller
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.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:22 pm
by FactualFrank
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.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:37 pm
by Bin Ont Turf
Sean Dyche knows exactly how long a piece of string is.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:38 pm
by FactualFrank
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;

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:06 pm
by john'sroseyspecs
Churchill urinated in the river Rhine in 1945

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:06 pm
by Shipandpilotdevon
Banging your head on a wall will burn 150 calories an hour.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:08 pm
by FactualFrank
john'sroseyspecs wrote:Churchill urinated in the river Rhine in 1945
Now was it March the 24th or 22nd.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:09 pm
by Shipandpilotdevon
A 17inch pizza offers more pizza than 2 12inxh pizzas.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:12 pm
by MRG
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

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:13 pm
by Shipandpilotdevon
There's more trees on earth than there are stars in the milky way

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:15 pm
by FactualFrank
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?

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:16 pm
by Shipandpilotdevon
More people live in California than in all of Canada

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:16 pm
by john'sroseyspecs
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

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:18 pm
by tim_noone
Nicholas parsons was a proper quizmaster.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:19 pm
by FactualFrank
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.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:21 pm
by piston broke
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.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:22 pm
by FactualFrank
tim_noone wrote:Nicholas parsons was a proper quizmaster.
Of all people, you are someone who needs to learn. Is that irony?

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:24 pm
by FactualFrank
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.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:27 pm
by gandhisflipflop
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.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:32 pm
by Claretlad
Between 1839 and 1855, Nicaragua had 396 different rulers.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:37 pm
by FactualFrank
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.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:39 pm
by Shipandpilotdevon
3.04 trillion trees estimated in earth

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:39 pm
by FactualFrank
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.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:41 pm
by MRG
A snail has approx 25,000 teeth

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:43 pm
by FactualFrank
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.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:44 pm
by john'sroseyspecs
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

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:47 pm
by FactualFrank
john'sroseyspecs wrote:I didn't know we had to show our workings
You don't. I'm just greedy.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:55 pm
by Shipandpilotdevon
Lego are the largest tyre manufacturer in the world

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:56 pm
by HunterST_BFC
Fractal Natural Patterns
See link for some fract' facts

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

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:59 pm
by HunterST_BFC
The US nuclear weapons force still uses 8-inch floppy disks

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:09 pm
by FactualFrank
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.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:10 pm
by FactualFrank
HunterST_BFC wrote:The US nuclear weapons force still uses 8-inch floppy disks
That's just what they want you to believe.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:11 pm
by Claretlad
Eskimos use refrigerators to keep their food from freezing.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:17 pm
by HunterST_BFC
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 :shock:

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:17 pm
by Shipandpilotdevon
Dead people can get goose bumps

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:23 pm
by FactualFrank
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 :shock:
It was a joke. As in, they won't tell us anything.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:23 pm
by Shipandpilotdevon
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.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:24 pm
by FactualFrank
Shipandpilotdevon wrote:Dead people can get goose bumps
Yep. I think it's down to hair follicles contracting.

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:25 pm
by FactualFrank
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!

Re: 3 Random Facts

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 10:26 pm
by HunterST_BFC
FactualFrank wrote:It was a joke. As in, they won't tell us anything.
That's just what they want you to believe.