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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2017 9:58:22 GMT 1
As a result of its major upgrade, the Tube's Victoria Line can now operate at 36 trains/hour (peak times). Trains are pulling into its stations every 100 seconds....on the global stage, only Moscow (at 95 seconds) betters this.
Much of this increase in capacity is down to improved, digital signalling systems. If similar signalling was universally applied across the mainline network, its capacity could be increased by an average of 50%-plus.
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Post by explorer on Oct 13, 2017 21:48:39 GMT 1
When any Apollo mission landed on the moon, the effluents discharged from the descent and ascent stage engines (approximately 10 tonnes) was the same mass as the planet's atmosphere.
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Oct 15, 2017 10:09:14 GMT 1
As a result of its major upgrade, the Tube's Victoria Line can now operate at 36 trains/hour (peak times). Trains are pulling into its stations every 100 seconds....on the global stage, only Moscow (at 95 seconds) betters this. Much of this increase in capacity is down to improved, digital signalling systems. If similar signalling was universally applied across the mainline network, its capacity could be increased by an average of 50%-plus. I love a good London Underground fact. |
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Post by DeepSpace on Oct 15, 2017 17:20:10 GMT 1
As a result of its major upgrade, the Tube's Victoria Line can now operate at 36 trains/hour (peak times). Trains are pulling into its stations every 100 seconds....on the global stage, only Moscow (at 95 seconds) betters this. Much of this increase in capacity is down to improved, digital signalling systems. If similar signalling was universally applied across the mainline network, its capacity could be increased by an average of 50%-plus. I love a good London Underground fact. In which case, did you know that several stations, including Aldgate & Farringdon, are built on top of plague pits? Aldgate is estimated to have around 1000 bodies underneath it to this day, all laid in neat lines, crisscrossing each other, in holes around 20-feet deep (probably from the Great Plague of the 1660s). Meanwhile, excavations from the Crossrail development put the Farringdon figure at potentially 50,000 from the Black Death period. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 10:37:37 GMT 1
Aldgate station is situated within the City ward of Portsoken. Not many people know that......
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2017 14:03:26 GMT 1
The 160m tall, BA i360 observation tower in Brighton is the world's slenderest tower......it has a height:width ratio of 40:1.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2017 16:36:31 GMT 1
The Yingxian Wooden Pagoda in Shanxi province, China, is the oldest timber tower in the world. The 67m tall structure was constructed in 1056 AD.
This exquisite building formed part of the Fogong Buddhist temple. Through its near-1,000 year life, it has withstood storms, tempests, earthquakes, wars......yet still looks immaculate. The wooden structure stands unattached to its stone foundations, and doesn't contain a single nail....all joints are timber only.
And it is a very beautiful building.
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Post by otium (EPBS) on Oct 27, 2017 23:01:23 GMT 1
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Post by philincalifornia on Oct 27, 2017 23:09:27 GMT 1
Interesting. Ponce de Leon didn't land in Florida until 1513. Must've been a lot of word of mouth from the islands (including telling Ponce de Leon that the Fountain of Youth was there). I've been to where he landed in St Augustine. |
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Post by Stewpot on Nov 19, 2017 21:31:34 GMT 1
On average 4 containers fall off ships into the oceans every day.
source : David Attenborough - Blue Planet 2.
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Post by steve65 on Nov 20, 2017 14:38:35 GMT 1
If you dig a hole straight through the earth & jump into it, you will come out of the other side in 42 minutes & 12 seconds.
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Post by goodshot (FGS) on Nov 20, 2017 14:48:51 GMT 1
If you dig a hole straight through the earth & jump into it, you will come out of the other side in 42 minutes & 12 seconds. Wouldn't you get stuck in the middle for all sorts of different reasons including gravity and swimming through liquid iron. |
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Post by steve65 on Nov 20, 2017 15:07:34 GMT 1
If you dig a hole straight through the earth & jump into it, you will come out of the other side in 42 minutes & 12 seconds. Wouldn't you get stuck in the middle for all sorts of different reasons including gravity and swimming through liquid iron. I didn't...  |
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Post by goodshot (FGS) on Nov 20, 2017 17:33:01 GMT 1
Wouldn't you get stuck in the middle for all sorts of different reasons including gravity and swimming through liquid iron. I didn't... No wonder those Aussies can put out a decent swimming team. |
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Post by steve65 on Nov 21, 2017 18:50:49 GMT 1
With a presumed life span of over 500 years, it’s safe to say that every plastic bottle you have ever used, exists somewhere on the planet, in some form or another.
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Post by DeepSpace on Nov 21, 2017 22:25:19 GMT 1
There is a basketball court on the top floor of the US Supreme Court, known as the Highest Court in the Land.
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Post by artysid on Nov 21, 2017 23:14:40 GMT 1
If you dig a hole straight through the earth & jump into it, you will come out of the other side in 42 minutes & 12 seconds. When you get to the other side will you stop falling? and if so will you be ok given you didn't hit anything to stop you? |
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Post by steve65 on Nov 22, 2017 10:27:13 GMT 1
If you dig a hole straight through the earth & jump into it, you will come out of the other side in 42 minutes & 12 seconds. When you get to the other side will you stop falling? and if so will you be ok given you didn't hit anything to stop you? I was (sort of) ok when I tried it, (I wore a parachute) so as I came out of the other side, I pulled the cord & I just drifted back down to earth.....thing is, I landed on a main road in Sydney & got run over by a bus |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 13:06:56 GMT 1
On average 4 containers fall off ships into the oceans every day. source : David Attenborough - Blue Planet 2. I'd give David's "facts" a wide berth. He has a severe green agenda, which is often clearly just made up. On Blue Planet, a baby whale died. He blamed, with no proof what so ever, poisoning caused by chemicals present in plastic in the ocean. There are, 1,260,000,000,000,000,000,000 Litres of water in the seas, to get a strong enough leak of plastic chemicals to cause a solution strong enough to cause an issue, say 1%, you'd need around 1,260,000,000,000,000,000 KG's of plastic or 1,260,000,000,000,000 tonnes. I don't even know what a figure that big is, but it would equate to 165,789 Tonnes of plastic for every person alive on the planet. Bear in mind we drink out of plastic cups and store water in plastic bottles. It's just the latest green fad, after global warming is starting to wear off, acid rain has gone and the ozone layer has fixed itself. |
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Post by Stewpot on Nov 22, 2017 13:33:29 GMT 1
On average 4 containers fall off ships into the oceans every day. source : David Attenborough - Blue Planet 2. I'd give David's "facts" a wide berth. He has a severe green agenda, which is often clearly just made up. On Blue Planet, a baby whale died. He blamed, with no proof what so ever, poisoning caused by chemicals present in plastic in the ocean. There are, 1,260,000,000,000,000,000,000 Litres of water in the seas, to get a strong enough leak of plastic chemicals to cause a solution strong enough to cause an issue, say 1%, you'd need around 1,260,000,000,000,000,000 KG's of plastic or 1,260,000,000,000,000 tonnes. I don't even know what a figure that big is, but it would equate to 165,789 Tonnes of plastic for every person alive on the planet. Bear in mind we drink out of plastic cups and store water in plastic bottles. It's just the latest green fad, after global warming is starting to wear off, acid rain has gone and the ozone layer has fixed itself. If you say so. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 14:00:26 GMT 1
I'd give David's "facts" a wide berth. He has a severe green agenda, which is often clearly just made up. On Blue Planet, a baby whale died. He blamed, with no proof what so ever, poisoning caused by chemicals present in plastic in the ocean. There are, 1,260,000,000,000,000,000,000 Litres of water in the seas, to get a strong enough leak of plastic chemicals to cause a solution strong enough to cause an issue, say 1%, you'd need around 1,260,000,000,000,000,000 KG's of plastic or 1,260,000,000,000,000 tonnes. I don't even know what a figure that big is, but it would equate to 165,789 Tonnes of plastic for every person alive on the planet. Bear in mind we drink out of plastic cups and store water in plastic bottles. It's just the latest green fad, after global warming is starting to wear off, acid rain has gone and the ozone layer has fixed itself. If you say so. Were the facts and figures a bit too hard for you to comprehend then? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 14:13:31 GMT 1
On average 4 containers fall off ships into the oceans every day. source : David Attenborough - Blue Planet 2. I'd give David's "facts" a wide berth. He has a severe green agenda, which is often clearly just made up. On Blue Planet, a baby whale died. He blamed, with no proof what so ever, poisoning caused by chemicals present in plastic in the ocean. There are, 1,260,000,000,000,000,000,000 Litres of water in the seas, to get a strong enough leak of plastic chemicals to cause a solution strong enough to cause an issue, say 1%, you'd need around 1,260,000,000,000,000,000 KG's of plastic or 1,260,000,000,000,000 tonnes. I don't even know what a figure that big is, but it would equate to 165,789 Tonnes of plastic for every person alive on the planet. Bear in mind we drink out of plastic cups and store water in plastic bottles. It's just the latest green fad, after global warming is starting to wear off, acid rain has gone and the ozone layer has fixed itself. When they monitor sewerage in the Mediterranean, or fish stocks in the North Sea, or radioactive waste from Fukushima into the North Pacific, is the normal scientific protocol to divide the findings across every drop of water on the Planet? Is it bollocks. There are concentrations and clusters. A 7 year old can tell you that. Do you ever stop to think about anything you copy and paste from other forums? |
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Post by AndySk on Nov 22, 2017 14:19:29 GMT 1
On average 4 containers fall off ships into the oceans every day. source : David Attenborough - Blue Planet 2. I'd give David's "facts" a wide berth. He has a severe green agenda, which is often clearly just made up. On Blue Planet, a baby whale died. He blamed, with no proof what so ever, poisoning caused by chemicals present in plastic in the ocean. There are, 1,260,000,000,000,000,000,000 Litres of water in the seas, to get a strong enough leak of plastic chemicals to cause a solution strong enough to cause an issue, say 1%, you'd need around 1,260,000,000,000,000,000 KG's of plastic or 1,260,000,000,000,000 tonnes. I don't even know what a figure that big is, but it would equate to 165,789 Tonnes of plastic for every person alive on the planet. Bear in mind we drink out of plastic cups and store water in plastic bottles. It's just the latest green fad, after global warming is starting to wear off, acid rain has gone and the ozone layer has fixed itself. Hahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that couldnt be more wrong if you tried Clappy thinking he knows more than Attenborough now and the years of reseasrch done into this And thats all i'll say on the subject cos i dont want to fall into Clappys trap of de-railing threads |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 14:24:22 GMT 1
I'd give David's "facts" a wide berth. He has a severe green agenda, which is often clearly just made up. On Blue Planet, a baby whale died. He blamed, with no proof what so ever, poisoning caused by chemicals present in plastic in the ocean. There are, 1,260,000,000,000,000,000,000 Litres of water in the seas, to get a strong enough leak of plastic chemicals to cause a solution strong enough to cause an issue, say 1%, you'd need around 1,260,000,000,000,000,000 KG's of plastic or 1,260,000,000,000,000 tonnes. I don't even know what a figure that big is, but it would equate to 165,789 Tonnes of plastic for every person alive on the planet. Bear in mind we drink out of plastic cups and store water in plastic bottles. It's just the latest green fad, after global warming is starting to wear off, acid rain has gone and the ozone layer has fixed itself. Hahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that couldnt be more wrong if you tried Clappy thinking he knows more than Attenborough now and the years of reseasrch done into this And thats all i'll say on the subject cos i dont want to fall into Clappys trap of de-railing threads Marcus de-railing threads? Where's that happened then? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 14:27:40 GMT 1
On average 4 containers fall off ships into the oceans every day. source : David Attenborough - Blue Planet 2. I'd give David's "facts" a wide berth. He has a severe green agenda, which is often clearly just made up. On Blue Planet, a baby whale died. He blamed, with no proof what so ever, poisoning caused by chemicals present in plastic in the ocean. There are, 1,260,000,000,000,000,000,000 Litres of water in the seas, to get a strong enough leak of plastic chemicals to cause a solution strong enough to cause an issue, say 1%, you'd need around 1,260,000,000,000,000,000 KG's of plastic or 1,260,000,000,000,000 tonnes. I don't even know what a figure that big is, but it would equate to 165,789 Tonnes of plastic for every person alive on the planet. Bear in mind we drink out of plastic cups and store water in plastic bottles. It's just the latest green fad, after global warming is starting to wear off, acid rain has gone and the ozone layer has fixed itself. That's it, I'm never believing another thing you post on here ever again... I was always so supportive of your feckallactual content as well... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 14:29:18 GMT 1
On average 4 containers fall off ships into the oceans every day. source : David Attenborough - Blue Planet 2. I believe there are premiums paid for having your container sited on the bottom or inner parts of the stacks? Not sure how that would work with logistics and on/off loading, but I'm sure there's an element of truth in it... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 14:39:12 GMT 1
I'd give David's "facts" a wide berth. He has a severe green agenda, which is often clearly just made up. On Blue Planet, a baby whale died. He blamed, with no proof what so ever, poisoning caused by chemicals present in plastic in the ocean. There are, 1,260,000,000,000,000,000,000 Litres of water in the seas, to get a strong enough leak of plastic chemicals to cause a solution strong enough to cause an issue, say 1%, you'd need around 1,260,000,000,000,000,000 KG's of plastic or 1,260,000,000,000,000 tonnes. I don't even know what a figure that big is, but it would equate to 165,789 Tonnes of plastic for every person alive on the planet. Bear in mind we drink out of plastic cups and store water in plastic bottles. It's just the latest green fad, after global warming is starting to wear off, acid rain has gone and the ozone layer has fixed itself. When they monitor sewerage in the Mediterranean, or fish stocks in the North Sea, or radioactive waste from Fukushima into the North Pacific, is the normal scientific protocol to divide the findings across every drop of water on the Planet? Is it bollocks. There are concentrations and clusters. A 7 year old can tell you that. Do you ever stop to think about anything you copy and paste from other forums? Higher concentrations of plastic in the middle of the Pacific? Nice one Trigger. Care to explain how salinity of all oceans only varies between 30-38 Parts Per Thousand then? that's only a variation of 0.8% across the whole planet from Arctic to Mediterranean. Tell me how plastic chemicals are immune from diffusion in a liquid. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 14:40:34 GMT 1
I'd give David's "facts" a wide berth. He has a severe green agenda, which is often clearly just made up. On Blue Planet, a baby whale died. He blamed, with no proof what so ever, poisoning caused by chemicals present in plastic in the ocean. There are, 1,260,000,000,000,000,000,000 Litres of water in the seas, to get a strong enough leak of plastic chemicals to cause a solution strong enough to cause an issue, say 1%, you'd need around 1,260,000,000,000,000,000 KG's of plastic or 1,260,000,000,000,000 tonnes. I don't even know what a figure that big is, but it would equate to 165,789 Tonnes of plastic for every person alive on the planet. Bear in mind we drink out of plastic cups and store water in plastic bottles. It's just the latest green fad, after global warming is starting to wear off, acid rain has gone and the ozone layer has fixed itself. Hahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that couldnt be more wrong if you tried Clappy thinking he knows more than Attenborough now and the years of reseasrch done into this And thats all i'll say on the subject cos i dont want to fall into Clappys trap of de-railing threads Great, now how about showing us how those factual figures are wrong? Don't tell me, .......you would but you can't be bothered, not that you don't know. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 14:43:13 GMT 1
Hahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that couldnt be more wrong if you tried Clappy thinking he knows more than Attenborough now and the years of reseasrch done into this And thats all i'll say on the subject cos i dont want to fall into Clappys trap of de-railing threads Marcus de-railing threads? Where's that happened then? No, I was posting on topic, debunking one of Attenborough's Greenie "Amazing Climate facts". You and the other hater derailed it, whilst offering no debate or proof that the facts I posted were wrong. Way to go, well debated. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 14:45:18 GMT 1
When they monitor sewerage in the Mediterranean, or fish stocks in the North Sea, or radioactive waste from Fukushima into the North Pacific, is the normal scientific protocol to divide the findings across every drop of water on the Planet? Is it bollocks. There are concentrations and clusters. A 7 year old can tell you that. Do you ever stop to think about anything you copy and paste from other forums? Higher concentrations of plastic in the middle of the Pacific? Nice one Trigger. Care to explain how salinity of all oceans only varies between 30-38 Parts Per Thousand then? that's only a variation of 0.8% across the whole planet from Arctic to Mediterranean. Tell me how plastic chemicals are immune from diffusion in a liquid. Go on then you fucking expert, lay it all out for us in language we can understand, keep it simple cos I'm a bit of a thick bastard... |
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