What the heck fun facts.

[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 *******-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...

 

[afro_lou]

There are 100 pleats in a chef's hat, each one representing a different way to cook an egg...

 

[SnakeRidge]

I always wanted a unit of measurement named after me. I would call it the 'Jassload' just so textbooks wouldn't edit or censor it.

 

[Homercidal]

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...

A "smithereen" is a tiny flake of heated metal that flies from a smith's hammer when he is pounding on a hot piece of metal. It comes from old Gaelic. The word Smith itself supposedly comes from the sound a hot piece of metal makes when it is quenched.

 

[slym2none]

Nice!

*applause*

Milk produced by female hippos is pink.

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Nice!

*applause*

Milk produced by female hippos is pink.

Isn't ALL hippo milk produced by female hippos?

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Frogs & toads don't have penises.
http://www.backyardnature.net/frogsex.htm

 

[hio3791]

A million seconds is approx 11 days. A billion seconds is almost 32 yrs!

You can't hum if you pinch your nose.

 

[slym2none]

Isn't ALL hippo milk produced by female hippos?

I don't like to assume anything.



Woody, from Toy Story - his full name is Woody Pride. That's just awesome.

 

[DrunkleJon]

You can't hum if you pinch your nose.

When you read this, you immediately tried to disprove it.

 

[Homercidal]

When you read this, you immediately tried to disprove it.

Dammit!

(But I could actually do it...)