What the heck fun facts.

[vanishingpint]

Holy crap .That is so funny.Totally forgot that song.Maybe it should have stayed that way.:cross:

 

[Natdavis777]

Rubbing alcohol burns on a cut due to the alcohol lowering the temperature threshold of certain receptors, hence, your own body heat causing a burning sensation in the cut.

I forget when or where I learned that, but it came back to be today when I ran an alcohol swap past a cut on my finger.

 

[ubnserved]

Approves.

Great I have that song in my head now

 

[vanishingpint]

O.M.G ! I finally listened to that song for the first time in decades.That shizt is horrible . Why? Oh why!?

 

[slym2none]

A baby's laughter is one of the most beautiful sounds you will ever hear.

Unless it's 3AM.

And you're home alone.

And you don't have a baby.

 

[black_belt]

A day on Venus is longer than its year. It takes longer to spin on its own axis (243 earth days) than to orbit the sun (224.7 earth days).
Is this a fun fact? It is to me.

 

[JonM]

Al Sleet.The hippy dippy weatherman.Sunny today followed by mostly dark tonight. Not to be confused with Al Pouch the hippy dippy postman.

The guy who hosts the Saturday morning surf rock/ rockabilly show on the local college station always throws that in to his weather reports. "Tonight, cloudy, cool, 30% chance of showers, 100% chance of dark."

 

[kombat]

A day on Venus is longer than its year. It takes longer to spin on its own axis (243 earth days) than to orbit the sun (224.7 earth days).
Is this a fun fact? It is to me.

I love space facts. Did you know that Jupiter weighs more than all the other planets in the solar system combined? Jupiter is so massive that the point about which it orbits the sun (their "barycenter") is actually above the surface of the sun. That means that, in a way, the sun is actually orbiting Jupiter a little bit. Jupiter has 63 known moons.

The largest star known to man is UY Scuti, a red supergiant that is so massive that if it were sitting where our sun is, it would engulf all the inner planets of our solar system out past Jupiter.

It takes 9 minutes for the sun's light to reach the earth. There's ice on Mercury. Keep 'em coming!

 

[JonM]

Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto has completed about 1/3 of a single orbit around the sun.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Since its discovery in 1930, Pluto has completed about 1/3 of a single orbit around the sun.

With thanks, in part, to Hubbel space telescope technology school age children today won't know WTF Pluto is.

 

[JonM]

This is completely fascinating.

http://htwins.net/scale2/

 

[Rockn_M]

This is completely fascinating.

http://htwins.net/scale2/

Very cool!

 

[Homercidal]

amazing.

 

[Homercidal]

The ending was a bit of a letdown...

 

[slym2none]

There is a group called The Procrastinator's Club Of America. They have a monthly publication called "Last Month's Newsletter."

 

[JonM]

There is a group called The Procrastinator's Club Of America. They have a monthly publication called "Last Month's Newsletter."

I should check that out! Later, though.

 

[SnakeRidge]

I should check that out! Later, though.

I was going to, but...

 

[Floored]

A day on Venus is longer than its year. It takes longer to spin on its own axis (243 earth days) than to orbit the sun (224.7 earth days).
Is this a fun fact? It is to me.

So if you found a temperate zone near Venus's equator and could travel about 100 miles per Earth day counter the planetary rotation you could live there? Or less of a distance closer to the poles if the orientation is right.

 

[SnakeRidge]

So if you found a temperate zone near Venus's equator and could travel about 100 miles per Earth day counter the planetary rotation you could live there? Or less of a distance closer to the poles if the orientation is right.

If you could deal with the pressure and the Sulfuric Acid rain. And also if by temperate you mean like 900*F.

 

[Floored]

If you could deal with the pressure and the Sulfuric Acid rain. And also if by temperate you mean like 900*F.

Guess I should have checked dark side surface temperature first. Whoops!

 

[SnakeRidge]

Guess I should have checked dark side surface temperature first. Whoops!

From the Wikipedia:

The surface of Venus is effectively isothermal; it retains a constant temperature not only between day and night but between the equator and the poles. The planet's minute axial tilt—less than 3°, compared to 23° on Earth—also minimizes seasonal temperature variation. The only appreciable variation in temperature occurs with altitude. The highest point on Venus, Maxwell Montes, is therefore the coolest point on the planet, with a temperature of about 655 K (380 °C) and an atmospheric pressure of about 4.5 MPa (45 bar).

 

[Floored]

From the Wikipedia:

The surface of Venus is effectively isothermal; it retains a constant temperature not only between day and night but between the equator and the poles. The planet's minute axial tilt—less than 3°, compared to 23° on Earth—also minimizes seasonal temperature variation. The only appreciable variation in temperature occurs with altitude. The highest point on Venus, Maxwell Montes, is therefore the coolest point on the planet, with a temperature of about 655 K (380 °C) and an atmospheric pressure of about 4.5 MPa (45 bar).

Apparently I don't internet well. With a cursory check I could avoided showing my ignorance. I am a little less ignorant now for having read these posts.��

Thanks and cheers!

 

[SnakeRidge]

Hey don't feel bad. I just knew that it was hot as a mofo with intense pressure. I had to look all the figures up. I learned something too. Share and enjoy!

 

[Tippsy-Turvy]

Maltesers are made of DME! 7.5% to be precise. I had no idea until last week when i licked clean a spoon i used for transferring DME and thought "hmm, that tastes familiar".

 

[slym2none]

See??? That's what I want to make! (See my thread in the cooking section about home-made malted milk balls.)

 

[DrunkleJon]

Maltesers are made of DME! 7.5% to be precise. I had no idea until last week when i licked clean a spoon i used for transferring DME and thought "hmm, that tastes familiar".

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Yes, but will they mash/ferment?

 

[1977Brewer]

Yes, but will they mash/ferment?

Only one way to find out!

Also...they're DME, no need to mash!

You go first.

 

[Calichusetts]

Fact: 83% of statistics on the internet are made up

 

[slym2none]

Fact: 83% of statistics on the internet are made up

92% of the people will believe those statistics, whether they know they are made up or not.

 

[captianoats]

A ducks fart doesn't echo, or something like that.

 

[slym2none]

A ducks fart doesn't echo, or something like that.

Totally untrue. Duck farts are LOUD...

:fro:

 

[Calichusetts]

The brain named itself

 

[black_belt]

Color doesn't exist. What we perceive as red and green is due to our brains assigning that color to a particular wavelength of light.

 

[Calichusetts]

Alexander Graham Bell literally stole the patent to the telephone from Antonio Meucci.

Bell worked at Western Union, where Meucci sent in his patent. A deceade later Meucci couldn't afford to renew his patent. 5 years later Bell patent's the telephone. Meucci attempts to get his original design and patent from Western Union but they magically dissappeared.

Edison does something similar with the lightbulb patent as a side note.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

The brain named itself

Pinky still questions this.

 

[slym2none]

the brain named itself

pinky still questions this.

Narf!

 

[unionrdr]

Ain't it funny when you & your buds are at the bar, see some hot chicks & your huntin' instincts kick in?!
SSSh! Shut up, f****r, yer gonna scare'em off!
Huntin two legged deer,
thank God I ain't queer!
I thank God almighty,
for titties-n-beer!
Why is that? good ol' Rodney got it right...course, if he did, you might be a redneck. If your truck payment is more than your house payment...you might be a redneck. If you wear your huntin vest to work...you might be a redneck.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

The blue whale has the largest penis of any animal, reaching lengths up to 10 ft.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_whale_penis
Mention this to somebody today, just for fun.
Regards, GF.

 

[Calichusetts]

Jiffy...as in "I'll be back in a jiffy" is a real measurement of time. Its how long it takes light to travel 1 centimeter

 

[slym2none]

Jiffy...as in "I'll be back in a jiffy" is a real measurement of time. Its how long it takes light to travel 1 centimeter

So is "a shake." Nuclear physicists use it, it is equal to 10 nanoseconds.

What I want to know is, how big is a smithereen? I have heard the expression "I'll blow you to smithereens" more than once and I still don't know how big one is. And does that mean there is such a measurement as a smither? If so, I am assuming that it is larger than a smithereen, but IDK for sure...