Facts that shocked you

[98elise]

toasty said:

I guess it depends on what is considered to be a shuffle. Is cutting the deck a shuffle? A single riffle?

Brand new decks are in the same order. Many will have been cut once at the same place.

Obviously, the maths suggests a shuffle into a random order but the reality is quite different if you're starting with a brand new deck.

I was thinking the same.

[Zetec-S]

Ended up down a YouTube rabbit hole last night, found out that the sound of a nuclear bomb is nothing like you’d expect/led to believe by TV/film

https://youtu.be/szBRTPaoCM4?feature=shared

[ben5575]

Zetec-S said:

Ended up down a YouTube rabbit hole last night, found out that the sound of a nuclear bomb is nothing like you’d expect/led to believe by TV/film

https://youtu.be/szBRTPaoCM4?feature=shared

That's really interesting. It led me to this: (best played at 1.5x speed!)

[Zetec-S]

ben5575 said:

That's really interesting. It led me to this: (best played at 1.5x speed!)

Fascinating, but yes, definitely needs 1.5x speed

Zetec-S said:

Ended up down a YouTube rabbit hole last night, found out that the sound of a nuclear bomb is nothing like you’d expect/led to believe by TV/film

https://youtu.be/szBRTPaoCM4?feature=shared

Going back to this very quickly, it also serves as a very good visual representation of how "slow" sound waves are in comparison to light.

[otolith]

Sounds like the world's biggest thunderclap, as you would expect.

[number2]

otolith said:

Sounds like the world's biggest thunderclap, as you would expect.

I was expecting something unusual, but yes, pretty much what I expected - quite a let down .

[Roofless Toothless]

number2 said:

otolith said:

Sounds like the world's biggest thunderclap, as you would expect.

I was expecting something unusual, but yes, pretty much what I expected - quite a let down .

The Germans have a word for it - an Earschplittenloudenbangen.

[otolith]

ohstzenbangen

[DodgyGeezer]

This 'toon is nearly true - orcas DO eat moose

[bobbo89]

Zetec-S said:

Ended up down a YouTube rabbit hole last night, found out that the sound of a nuclear bomb is nothing like you’d expect/led to believe by TV/film

https://youtu.be/szBRTPaoCM4?feature=shared

I was so ready for something mental that I'd never have expected, especially when the video added the captions 'here it comes' and then.....

...it just went bang

[Zetec-S]

bobbo89 said:

Zetec-S said:

Ended up down a YouTube rabbit hole last night, found out that the sound of a nuclear bomb is nothing like you’d expect/led to believe by TV/film

https://youtu.be/szBRTPaoCM4?feature=shared

I was so ready for something mental that I'd never have expected, especially when the video added the captions 'here it comes' and then.....

...it just went bang

Yes, I think that's the point. Maybe I'm alone in this, but I was expecting the sound of the explosion to be a little more dramatic, rather than a "shotgun blast".

[otolith]

Zetec-S said:

Yes, I think that's the point. Maybe I'm alone in this, but I was expecting the sound of the explosion to be a little more dramatic, rather than a "shotgun blast".

I can't imagine what else it would sound like, it's the sound of a tremendous amount of energy being released almost instantaneously. Closes thing in nature would be a lightning strike.

[RizzoTheRat]

DodgyGeezer said:

This 'toon is nearly true - orcas DO eat moose

I was somewhat surprised when a cormorant swam past me at about 30 meters, I can't imagine seeing a moose swim past!

[Deranged Rover]

Given that I first heard of her in conjunction with RuPaul's drag program thing, plus her appearance and dress sense, I was very surprised when i found out that Michelle Visage is actually a woman, and not a drag queen.

[boyse7en]

Deranged Rover said:

Given that I first heard of her in conjunction with RuPaul's drag program thing, plus her appearance and dress sense, I was very surprised when i found out that Michelle Visage is actually a woman, and not a drag queen.

You're not alone.

[V41LEY]

Taylor Swift is popular ?

[DodgyGeezer]

boyse7en said:

Deranged Rover said:

Given that I first heard of her in conjunction with RuPaul's drag program thing, plus her appearance and dress sense, I was very surprised when i found out that Michelle Visage is actually a woman, and not a drag queen.

You're not alone.

I had to look her up and - easy mistake to make!

[Pit Pony]

Skeptisk said:

OzzyR1 said:

98elise said:

Fusion777 said:

OzzyR1 said:

Leads to moaning about the NHS being underfunded when the current annual budget is around £160 billion - a staggering amount if thought about.

True. Then think that there are individuals with even more wealth than that.

That wealth though is mainly the capital value of businesses, not a pile of cash. Its a value that will have accrued over a number of years, and may well have lots of "jam tomorrow" baked in. It may also never be fully crystalised and could in fact end up worth zero (Elon Musk is a good example)

The NHS consumes160bn of actual cash every year!

Yep, as I said above £300K/minute = £18million per hour = £438million/day.

£438million per day, every day of the year.


It is a colossal amount of money. On an individual level, people dream of the huge rollover lottery jackpot of £100million. The winner would be amongst the richest 300 in the UK.

That £100million fortune would run the NHS for 5 hours then that cash runs out.


I'm a fan of the NHS, but we can't keep puting more and more into it due to claims of underfunding & hope it will all be OK. What would be enough? £500million/day, £600million?

Insanity, needs an overhaul but no Govt will be brave enough to do it as they will be accused of "destroying the NHS".

Edited by OzzyR1 on Saturday 22 July 21:36

Edited by OzzyR1 on Saturday 22 July 21:37

There are over 60 million people in the UK. Per person that is £2700 a year. I think I was paying close to that for health insurance in Switzerland (it was a while ago so my memory not so certain). Health care is expensive and getting more expensive as they discover new therapies and drugs. On top of that we have an ageing population who need more healthcare. It certainly isn’t as simple as you are making out.

Given that there are 1.27 million employees, the cost is £124k per employee. Which given the costs of some of the assets doesn't seem that bad.

[StescoG66]

Deranged Rover said:

Given that I first heard of her in conjunction with RuPaul's drag program thing, plus her appearance and dress sense, I was very surprised when i found out that Michelle Visage is actually a woman, and not a drag queen.

A real bona fide chromosomally accurate woman? I thought tranny but there you go.... every day is an education

[Shaoxter]

DodgyGeezer said:

This 'toon is nearly true - orcas DO eat moose

My 6yo sea creature loving son will love this fact