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Strange facts that you never wanted to know
And will forget as soon as you've read them
If you were to put one of the old fashioned "pear" shaped light bulbs in your mouth , its impossible to take it out again without breaking it .
I would post one, but I can't remember any.
You can not measure an object's both position and the velocity at the same time with 100% accuracy.
The first post is not a fact.
A rat can last longer without water than a camel can.
Abdul Kassem Ismael, Grand Vizier of Persia in the tenth century, carried his library with him wherever he went. The 117,000 volumes were carried by 400 camels which were trained to walk in alphabetical order.
When measured from the center of the earth, the highest mountain on the planet isn't Everest, it's Chimborazo.
Don't you mean from the base? From the center of the Earth, Everest is still higher than anything.
Nope, from the center of the earth.
I call bullshit.
South London?
Oh wait! That's the centre of the known universe.
Oh wait! That's the centre of the known universe.
I call bullshit.
The question is, of course, what do I stand to gain when I prove you wrong?
Re Chimborazo: I would assume that's cos the earth is flattened at the poles and bulges out at the equator.
From Wiki Chimborazo article:
From Wiki Chimborazo article:
The summit of Mount Everest reaches a higher elevation above sea level, but the summit of Chimborazo is widely reported to be the farthest point from Earth's center (Senne 2000, [5]), despite a possible challenge from Huascarán.[3] Chimborazo is one degree south of the equator and the earth's diameter at the equator is greater than at the latitude of Everest, nearly 28° north, with sea level also elevated. Despite being 2,581 m (8,568 ft) lower in elevation above sea level, it is 6,384.4 km (3,968 mi) from the Earth's center, 2.1 km farther than the summit of Everest.[4]
Damn, I was thinking of winning a crate of beer out of this.
@Genie: Oops, sorry, didn't notice your previous post ... guess I owe you one then
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