ldotm
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Post by ldotm on Aug 7, 2017 0:08:36 GMT 1
Town are a premier league club... fact.
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Marco4
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Post by Marco4 on Aug 8, 2017 6:03:14 GMT 1
If you want to cross the Amazon River you will have to swim, not a single bridge over it, mind you it is 4000 miles long and at some points 250 miles wide.  Could I not use a boat? |
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Post by arterrier (EPBS) on Aug 8, 2017 9:35:33 GMT 1
If you want to cross the Amazon River you will have to swim, not a single bridge over it, mind you it is 4000 miles long and at some points 250 miles wide. Could I not use a boat? Boat usage is acceptable Marco. |
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Post by DeepSpace on Aug 8, 2017 12:22:00 GMT 1
I think my Maths is roughly accurate here! If you made a scale model of the solar system, using a football for the Sun & placed it on the stadium centre circle:
Mercury would be just inside the centre circle.
Earth would be just over 2mm in diameter & would be a little way outside the centre circle.
Jupiter (the biggest planet) would be about the size of a large marble (a big 'un if you're of a certain age) & would be placed in the car park.
Pluto would be near the town centre.
The nearest star to us (Proxima Centauri) would be on the East Coast of the USA (and would be slightly bigger than a table tennis ball).
Other than a handful of neighbouring stars, anything else you want to add that's further away will require you to travel into space yourself.
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Marco4
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Post by Marco4 on Aug 8, 2017 12:59:25 GMT 1
Where would Ian Holloway's predictions be?
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Jimmy Glazzard Terrier
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Post by DeepSpace on Aug 8, 2017 14:11:11 GMT 1
Where would Ian Holloway's predictions be? That's a tough one. I've often wondered what planet he lives on. |
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Post by Manx Terrier on Aug 8, 2017 16:35:24 GMT 1
For boring nerds only - there are over two quintillion, four hundred thirty two quadrillion, nine hundred two trillion, eight billion, one hundred seventy six million, six hundred forty thousand (2,432,902,008,176,640,000) different possible ways for the final league table to end.
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Post by keithAM11532 on Aug 8, 2017 17:02:47 GMT 1
Loch Ness is the second largest Scottish loch by surface area at 56 km2 (22 sq mi) after Loch Lomond, but due to its great depth, it is the largest by volume in the British Isles... It contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined. Lake Baikal in Russia contains more water than all the American great lakes combined. It contains nearly a quarter of all surface fresh water on the planet. |
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Post by steve65 on Aug 8, 2017 17:57:30 GMT 1
I think my Maths is roughly accurate here! If you made a scale model of the solar system, using a football for the Sun & placed it on the stadium centre circle: Mercury would be just inside the centre circle. Earth would be just over 2mm in diameter & would be a little way outside the centre circle. Jupiter (the biggest planet) would be about the size of a large marble (a big 'un if you're of a certain age) & would be placed in the car park. Pluto would be near the town centre. The nearest star to us (Proxima Centauri) would be on the East Coast of the USA (and would be slightly bigger than a table tennis ball). Other than a handful of neighbouring stars, anything else you want to add that's further away will require you to travel into space yourself. A great fact about deep space, deep space  |
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Aug 9, 2017 7:36:04 GMT 1
The giant puffball mushroom body can be up to 3 feet in diameter.
If every one of its several trillion spores spores survived and then their offspring the weight of mushrooms would be greater than that of the Earth!
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Aug 9, 2017 7:41:07 GMT 1
I think my Maths is roughly accurate here! If you made a scale model of the solar system, using a football for the Sun & placed it on the stadium centre circle: Mercury would be just inside the centre circle. Earth would be just over 2mm in diameter & would be a little way outside the centre circle. Jupiter (the biggest planet) would be about the size of a large marble (a big 'un if you're of a certain age) & would be placed in the car park. Pluto would be near the town centre. The nearest star to us (Proxima Centauri) would be on the East Coast of the USA (and would be slightly bigger than a table tennis ball). Other than a handful of neighbouring stars, anything else you want to add that's further away will require you to travel into space yourself. I used to do all these over and over as a kid. 9 minutes for light to arrive from the Sun and 4 years for Proximi Centauri! 100 million known galaxies each with an average of 100 million stars....mind-blowing stuff. It’s difficult to conceptualize such vast distances, but a popular analogy sets the Sun at the size of a grapefruit. If you wanted to get from your grapefruit-sized Sun to a grapefruit-sized Alpha Centauri system, you would have to travel about 2,500 miles, which is about the distance from coast to coast on the continental United States. And that’s just to the Sun’s closest neighbor! |
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Post by AndySk on Aug 9, 2017 12:47:12 GMT 1
Loch Ness is the second largest Scottish loch by surface area at 56 km2 (22 sq mi) after Loch Lomond, but due to its great depth, it is the largest by volume in the British Isles... It contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined. That's why Nessie has never been found, cos of its great depth! (which was carved out by a mile high iceberg during the last ice age) |
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Post by Detective Boyle on Aug 9, 2017 14:48:19 GMT 1
The song 'I don't like Mondays' is actually about a 16 year old girl who went on a shooting spree and her reason was "I don't like Mondays. This livens up the day"
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Aug 9, 2017 17:26:39 GMT 1
Mama Cass and Keith Moon died in the same room 4 years apart!
Flat 12, 9 Curzon Place, London.
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Post by epsomterrier69 on Aug 9, 2017 18:16:00 GMT 1
Loch Ness is the second largest Scottish loch by surface area at 56 km2 (22 sq mi) after Loch Lomond, but due to its great depth, it is the largest by volume in the British Isles... It contains more fresh water than all the lakes in England and Wales combined. That's why Nessie has never been found, cos of its great depth! (which was carved out by a mile high iceberg during the last ice age) Nessie's cousin Morag hasn't been found in Loch Morar yet. Deeper than Loch Ness but not as long. |
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Post by ozterrier on Aug 9, 2017 18:39:36 GMT 1
Another Presidential one:
John Adams (2nd US President) and Thomas Jefferson (3rd) had been long time friends - and were both involved in the writing of the Declaration of Independence (4th of July). Both died on exactly the same day - the 50th anniversary of that Declaration of Independence (4th of July, 1826).
James Monroe - the 5th President (and another Founding Father) would die 6 years later - also on the 4th of July.
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Post by epsomterrier69 on Aug 9, 2017 19:44:17 GMT 1
Another Presidential one: John Adams (2nd US President) and Thomas Jefferson (3rd) had been long time friends - and were both involved in the writing of the Declaration of Independence (4th of July). Both died on exactly the same day - the 50th anniversary of that Declaration of Independence (4th of July, 1826). James Monroe - the 5th President (and another Founding Father) would die 6 years later - also on the 4th of July. Another amazing fact - my wedding anniversary is 4th of July - aka "Loss of Independence Day". |
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Post by unmontóndedbueyes on Aug 9, 2017 19:53:22 GMT 1
One in 200 men on earth today are descendants of Genghis Khan. (Around one in ten in Central Asia).
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Aug 9, 2017 20:37:30 GMT 1
The antecedents of every person alive today all reached adulthood and all had offspring.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Aug 9, 2017 20:38:19 GMT 1
If ice did not float there would be no life on earth...the ice would sink freezing every ocean from the bottom up.
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Post by macdaddyterrier on Aug 9, 2017 22:31:57 GMT 1
In 1970 42% of the population lived in social housing.
In 2017 8% live in social housing
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Post by macdaddyterrier on Aug 9, 2017 22:42:01 GMT 1
Another Presidential one: John Adams (2nd US President) and Thomas Jefferson (3rd) had been long time friends - and were both involved in the writing of the Declaration of Independence (4th of July). Both died on exactly the same day - the 50th anniversary of that Declaration of Independence (4th of July, 1826). James Monroe - the 5th President (and another Founding Father) would die 6 years later - also on the 4th of July. Another amazing fact - my wedding anniversary is 4th of July - aka "Loss of Independence Day". And my birthday is 4th July!! |
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Post by hasta el pueblo on Aug 9, 2017 23:04:08 GMT 1
Boat usage is acceptable Marco. Only if you can persuade one of the native tribes to lend you a boat, there could be up to 50 tribes living in the Amazon rainforest who have never had contact with the rest of the world. |
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Post by keithAM11532 on Aug 9, 2017 23:13:04 GMT 1
The sun is actually a giant nuclear fusion explosion. Hydrogen atoms are being smashed into one another to create Helium atoms. As the hydrogen becomes consumed the atoms will create Helium and then Lithium. As soon as the first Iron atom is created, the sun will die and we will all be toast.
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Post by Tinpot the Open Minded Ted Fan on Aug 10, 2017 7:09:53 GMT 1
Mama Cass and Keith Moon died in the same room 4 years apart! Flat 12, 9 Curzon Place, London. And both died aged 32. |
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Post by Tinpot the Open Minded Ted Fan on Aug 10, 2017 7:15:41 GMT 1
Huddersfield Town have bought more players from Sheffield Utd than any other club, but we've never ever paid a fee for any of them.
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Post by artysid on Aug 10, 2017 10:43:10 GMT 1
The Popes allies won the Battle of the Boyne
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Post by CaptainHart on Aug 17, 2017 17:16:16 GMT 1
In 2014/15 Town, Fulham and Reading finished in 16th, 17th and 19th places;
in 2015/16 the three teams finished in 17th, 19th and 20th;
in 2016/17 they finished in 3rd, 5th and 6th.
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Post by CaptainHart on Aug 17, 2017 17:19:40 GMT 1
Another Presidential one: John Adams (2nd US President) and Thomas Jefferson (3rd) had been long time friends - and were both involved in the writing of the Declaration of Independence (4th of July). Both died on exactly the same day - the 50th anniversary of that Declaration of Independence (4th of July, 1826). James Monroe - the 5th President (and another Founding Father) would die 6 years later - also on the 4th of July. Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd and 24th President; the only one to have non-consecutive terms. |
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Post by ozterrier on Aug 17, 2017 17:25:53 GMT 1
Another Presidential one: John Adams (2nd US President) and Thomas Jefferson (3rd) had been long time friends - and were both involved in the writing of the Declaration of Independence (4th of July). Both died on exactly the same day - the 50th anniversary of that Declaration of Independence (4th of July, 1826). James Monroe - the 5th President (and another Founding Father) would die 6 years later - also on the 4th of July. Grover Cleveland was both the 22nd and 24th President; the only one to have non-consecutive terms. For Martin van Buren (8th President), despite being born in upstate New York - English was not his first language. |
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