kent_white Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Following on from Gonzo's amazing dinosaur fact this evening - please be amazed by the following fact. For each person on Earth, there are 17 million flies. Thank you and goodnight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted September 22, 2019 Members Share Posted September 22, 2019 This is why we all need to do our bit. In summer down here I average killing 5 of the little fuckers a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnstoneworth White Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Here's another one, for each person on earth there are around 400 trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted September 22, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2019 9 hours ago, kent_white said: Following on from Gonzo's amazing dinosaur fact this evening - please be amazed by the following fact. For each person on Earth, there are 17 million flies. Thank you and goodnight! A lot of pairs of trousers. Anyway, once read that if you put a grain of rice on the first square of a chess board, then two on the next one, four on the next and so on, doubling up each time, then by the last square you'd have enough rice to reach the moon and back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salford Trotter Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 There are 10x more stars in the night's sky than there are grains of sand on all of the beaches and deserts on earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) By 1789 - only around half of people living in France spoke any French - and only 12-13% spoke it fluently. Edited September 22, 2019 by kent_white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunnerFan Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) Crab sticks do not actually contain any crab. From 1993 manufacturers have been legally obliged to label them 'crab flavoured sticks.' Edited September 22, 2019 by RoadRunnerFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted September 22, 2019 Members Share Posted September 22, 2019 Russia has a greater surface area than Pluto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Cheese Posted September 22, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Salford Trotter said: There are 10x more stars in the night's sky than there are grains of sand on all of the beaches and deserts on earth They're still there during the day too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted September 22, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2019 No two snowflakes have ever been identical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger_Dubuis Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 The first two bands to reach number one in the UK singles chart with each of their first three singles were both from Liverpool.The Beatles weren't one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted September 22, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said: A lot of pairs of trousers. Anyway, once read that if you put a grain of rice on the first square of a chess board, then two on the next one, four on the next and so on, doubling up each time, then by the last square you'd have enough rice to reach the moon and back. 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_and_chessboard_problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted September 22, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2019 My fact may well be out of date but I once read that the population of the entire world would fit onto the Isle of Wight. The Chinese' lack of birth control may make this fact noir a fact. We may need another island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted September 22, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2019 Doesn't say how far they go Micky. Booo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaydan Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 In a similar theme to the dinosaur fact - If the Earth formed at midnight and the present moment is the next midnight, 24 hours later, modern humans have been around since 11:59:59pm—1 second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted September 22, 2019 Moderators Share Posted September 22, 2019 Oxford university is older than the Aztec civilization Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said: No two snowflakes have ever been identical. I’m sure that miamiwhite could put an argument together about that one 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamiwhite Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 20 minutes ago, MancWanderer said: I’m sure that miamiwhite could put an argument together about that one 😎 Was sorely tempted mate but off to Sheffield now dropping my own snowflake daughter off at her left wing uni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 46 minutes ago, miamiwhite said: Was sorely tempted mate but off to Sheffield now dropping my own snowflake daughter off at her left wing uni Was where I went. She’s at a fantastic place. The Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MancWanderer Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Anyway. Back on topic. A banana is a berry whereas a raspberry isn’t Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 My lads learning about to our solar system at the minute. Never knew Venus spins the opposite way to every other planet and Uranus spins on its side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 16 minutes ago, gonzo said: and Uranus spins on its side. At uncle Brian's uranus turns itself inside out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moon boy Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 If the Earth was the size of a snooker ball it would be smoother than said snooker ball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent_white Posted September 22, 2019 Author Share Posted September 22, 2019 5 hours ago, MickyD said: 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_and_chessboard_problem Sorry to burst your bubble - but it actually takes 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 grains of rice to get to the moon. Please check your facts before posting on my thread again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter MickyD Posted September 22, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2019 But you could jump the gap left by that last grain Shirley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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