Facts that shocked you

[Milkyway]

DodgyGeezer said:

I kinda miss the tartan sometimes, I'd have this in a shot

Lotus Esprit.
( I must stop watching those car restoration programmes)

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 26th June 21:24

[Catastrophic Poo]

Have we had a day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus yet…

[P-Jay]

Earl of Hazzard said:

cuprabob said:

Nova Gyna said:

There were only 12 episodes of Fawlty Towers.

Edited by Nova Gyna on Monday 26th June 20:04

Edited by Nova Gyna on Monday 26th June 20:06

...and only 13 episodes of Mr Benn.

and only 15 episodes of Mr Bean

Only 6 episodes of Police Squad! Shirley not.

There are 241 episodes of Paw Patrol and somehow I’ve seen them all at least 10 times.

[FredericRobinson]

julianm said:

About 20,000 vehicles pass along the A66 every 24 hours.
https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/manualcountpoints/5...

Shocked by that many or that few?

[louiechevy]

During world war two a Japanese kamikaze pilot had a slightly higher chance of survival than British or American bomber crews.

[DodgyGeezer]

louiechevy said:

During world war two a Japanese kamikaze pilot had a slightly higher chance of survival than British or American bomber crews.

Mind you - when see the survival odds...

[louiechevy]

It sounded mad when I first heard it but bomber crews had to do 30 missions for the RAF and 25 from memory for the USAAF, If a kamikaze pilot couldn't find a target it was a bit pointless crashing into the empty sea so they returned to base.

[Caddyshack]

louiechevy said:

It sounded mad when I first heard it but bomber crews had to do 30 missions for the RAF and 25 from memory for the USAAF, If a kamikaze pilot couldn't find a target it was a bit pointless crashing into the empty sea so they returned to base.

Boss: “ so, out of the last 100 flights you did not see one target?”

Kamikaze Pilot: “nope”

[marksx]

P-Jay said:

There are 241 episodes of Paw Patrol and somehow I’ve seen them all at least 10 times.

• shudders*

[louiechevy]

Caddyshack said:

Boss: “ so, out of the last 100 flights you did not see one target?”

Kamikaze Pilot: “nope”

And probably painting non mission completed markings on the fuselage!

[ajprice]

louiechevy said:

Caddyshack said:

Boss: “ so, out of the last 100 flights you did not see one target?”

Kamikaze Pilot: “nope”

And probably painting non mission completed markings on the fuselage!

Damn those veteran kamikaze pilots not doing their job.

[snuffy]

cuprabob said:

...and only 13 episodes of Mr Benn.

13 in the original series (1971) and 1 more in 2005.

[snuffy]

If all the women in Bradford were laid end to end, no one would be surprised.

[eldar]

P-Jay said:

Only 6 episodes of Police Squad! Shirley not.

There are 241 episodes of Paw Patrol and somehow I’ve seen them all at least 10 times.

Wait until Bluey……

[Matt Harper]

In the USA, 10,000 people attain the age of 65 - every day.

[thebraketester]

eldar said:

P-Jay said:

Only 6 episodes of Police Squad! Shirley not.

There are 241 episodes of Paw Patrol and somehow I’ve seen them all at least 10 times.

Wait until Bluey……

Which all actually gets better with every viewing

[jules_s]

marksx said:

TheGroover said:

toasty said:

The moon is much, much further away and far bigger than it looks.

On the same note, all the planets in the solar system could fit between the earth and the moon.

I had to check this one and it definitely surprised me

I'm sure I was once told you could draw the Solar system planets to scale/distance in AutoCAD - I might try it!

[Milkyway]

jules_s said:

marksx said:

TheGroover said:

toasty said:

The moon is much, much further away and far bigger than it looks.

On the same note, all the planets in the solar system could fit between the earth and the moon.

I had to check this one and it definitely surprised me

I'm sure I was once told you could draw the Solar system planets to scale/distance in AutoCAD - I might try it!

Whilst we are discussing the Planets... try this for size.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wD5N7cRyUJ4

[GliderRider]

ajprice said:

Damn those veteran kamikaze pilots not doing their job.

Kamikaze pilot sketch - written by Douglas Adams

[ChevronB19]

GliderRider said:

Kamikaze pilot sketch - written by Douglas Adams

I’d forgotten about that, thanks!