Facts that shocked you

[Nethybridge]

98% of all stuff has been concieved, created, developed,
And invented by whites, men mostly, Europeans mostly,
The global majority have been responsibilty for the remainder,
Shocking innit ?

[ McGonagall 1883 ]

[smn159]

CammyN said:

We are lucky that sound doesn't travel through space

The roar from the sun would deafen us.

More likely we would have evolved to take this into account. Although a space that could propagate sound waves would likely cause all sorts of other issues and the universe as we know it wouldn't exist at all

[hidetheelephants]

If there was enough stuff in space to transmit sound it wouldn't be space.

[Roofless Toothless]

Then why do all those space ships in the films go “Whoosh” when they pass by?

[rowley birkin]

Squirrels are unable to find up to 74% of the nuts that they bury.

[eldar]

rowley birkin said:

Squirrels are unable to find up to 74% of the nuts that they bury.

Red, grey or careless.

[EmailAddress]

eldar said:

rowley birkin said:

Squirrels are unable to find up to 74% of the nuts that they bury.

Red, grey or careless.

Maybe they're just saving them for later.

[WelshRich]

Two that surprised me…

It’s not possible to drive from North America to South America

There are only really four “Great Lakes” and Superior isn’t the biggest.

[Catweazle]

WelshRich said:

It’s not possible to drive from North America to South America.

John Blashford-Snell Would disagree.

[hidetheelephants]

"Drive" is not what Blashford Snell did in Darien. Quite shameful that central america is not yet connected together.

[thegreenhell]

It took a team of over 60 British Army Royal Engineers, plus a support crew with pack horses and helicopter support to bring in supplies and spare parts, 99 days to drag the two Range Rovers the 250 miles through the Darien Gap. Forward progress was mostly made by an advance party cutting a trail through the jungle followed by lots of winching, and use of rafts to cross rivers.

[EmailAddress]

thegreenhell said:

It took a team of over 60 British Army Royal Engineers, plus a support crew with pack horses and helicopter support to bring in supplies and spare parts, 99 days to drag the two Range Rovers the 250 miles through the Darien Gap. Forward progress was mostly made by an advance party cutting a trail through the jungle followed by lots of winching, and use of rafts to cross rivers.

Sounds one for Clarkson, Hammond, and May.

[nismocat]

Roofless Toothless said:

Then why do all those space ships in the films go “Whoosh” when they pass by?

That's only for you missing the joke.

[Roofless Toothless]

nismocat said:

Roofless Toothless said:

Then why do all those space ships in the films go “Whoosh” when they pass by?

That's only for you missing the joke.

I think it was my joke that you missed.

Have one of these …

[DodgyGeezer]

Roofless Toothless said:

nismocat said:

Roofless Toothless said:

Then why do all those space ships in the films go “Whoosh” when they pass by?

That's only for you missing the joke.

I think it was my joke that you missed.

Have one of these …

Or possibly...

[DaveTheRave87]

EmailAddress said:

thegreenhell said:

It took a team of over 60 British Army Royal Engineers, plus a support crew with pack horses and helicopter support to bring in supplies and spare parts, 99 days to drag the two Range Rovers the 250 miles through the Darien Gap. Forward progress was mostly made by an advance party cutting a trail through the jungle followed by lots of winching, and use of rafts to cross rivers.

Sounds one for Clarkson, Hammond, and May.

I mean how hard could it be?

[IanJ9375]

Volkswagen make more sausages (currywurst) than they do cars per year

[otolith]

IanJ9375 said:

Volkswagen make more sausages (currywurst) than they do cars per year

And their currywurst is famously excellent.

Having heard this, I felt obliged to try it in their staff canteen while visiting VWFS in Germany on business. Maybe you have to be German to appreciate it.

[Shaoxter]

hidetheelephants said:

"Drive" is not what Blashford Snell did in Darien. Quite shameful that central america is not yet connected together.

I believe that is for good reason! i.e. to make drug smuggling harder.

[Trevatanus]

rowley birkin said:

Squirrels are unable to find up to 74% of the nuts that they bury.

That's just n...... I'll get my coat...