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Igzilla · Feb 26, 2014

Neptune, despite being the furthest planet from the Sun, has the fastest winds in the Solar System (1400 mph).

Seagull on the wing · Feb 26, 2014

Igzilla said:
Neptune, despite being the furthest planet from the Sun, has the fastest winds in the Solar System (1400 mph).

Dispute that....you ought to hear my mate fart.....

Igzilla · Feb 26, 2014

Seagull on the wing said:
Dispute that....you ought to hear my mate fart.....

is your mate Neptunian by any chance? Neptune's atmosphere has a high proportion of methane. Would explain a lot.

Thunder Bolt · Feb 26, 2014

TomandJerry said:
Just days before the World Cup of 1966 in England, the trophy was stolen and then later retrieved by a dog

Pickles was innocent.

TomandJerry · Feb 26, 2014

Thunder Bolt said:
Pickles was innocent.

I thought it was Scooby Doo

vegster · Feb 26, 2014

Seagull on the wing said:
Great Britain were in the process of building an aircraft carrier out of ice to cover the air gap in the Atlantic Convoy system during WW2.
It would,ve been unsinkable.

Unless hit by a large liner.

seagullwedgee · Feb 26, 2014

Apparently there is only one word* in the English language that has 3 consecutive sets of double letters and is not hyphenated.

Bookkeeper.

* yes, there are derivatives of it, bookkeeping, bookkeepers etc.

vegster · Feb 26, 2014

Eratosthenes mathematically deduced the size of the planet Earth 200 years before the birth of Christ.

SweatyMexican · Feb 26, 2014

TomandJerry said:
"The Earth's rotation is slowing down from rotational energy transfer to the moon's orbit through tides. The moon is very slowly increasing its orbital radius."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_acceleration

So in 200 years time, we will have about 40 minutes more, I'm pretty sure we didn't have 23 hours 20 minutes in a day in 1800. I think it is going to take millions of years for it to slow down that much.

Guy Fawkes · Feb 26, 2014

40% of the human race did not survive beyond its first birthday

People earning over £14,000 a year are the richest 4% on the planet

In japan only 2% of adoptions are of children: 98% are adult males aged 25 to 30

It's unsafe for travellors to rely on 'St Chrisopher' any more: he lost his sainthood in 1969

Until 1913, children in America could legally be sent by parcel post

Ancient Greek democracy lasted for only 185 years

TomandJerry · Feb 26, 2014

SweatyMexican said:
So in 200 years time, we will have about 40 minutes more, I'm pretty sure we didn't have 23 hours 20 minutes in a day in 1800. I think it is going to take millions of years for it to slow down that much.

Did you live in the 1800's to confirm this?

Wrong-Direction · Feb 26, 2014

The egg came before the chicken

Phat Baz 68 · Feb 26, 2014

There is no other word in the English language that rhymes with Orange except the word Orange itself ! TA DA !!

seagullwedgee · Feb 26, 2014

There is no word in the English language that rhymes with the word MONTH.

Unless you are referring to a bunch of Palarse fans, and you speak with a lisp............

Mackenzie · Feb 26, 2014

Phat Baz 68 said:
There is no other word in the English language that rhymes with Orange except the word Orange itself ! TA DA !!

Blorenge rhymes with Orange.

(Its the hill outside my window)

:wink:

Guy Fawkes · Feb 26, 2014

TomandJerry said:
Scientists have discovered that Earth's rotation is slowing, and in the past 2 years, there is about 24 more seconds in a day.

Errr...Really?..... The Earth rotates once in about 24 hours with respect to the sun and once every 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds with respect to the stars. Earth's rotation is slowing slightly with time; thus, a day was shorter in the past. This is due to the tidal effects the Moon has on Earth's rotation. Atomic clocks show that a modern day is longer by about 1.7 milliseconds than a century ago, slowly increasing the rate at which UTC is adjusted by leap seconds.

ExmouthExile · Feb 26, 2014

If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you will have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

clapham_gull · Feb 26, 2014

The blunter the tool, the easier it is to peel ginger.

Ever watched a chef chucking most the ginger away when using a sharp knife ? Try it with the handle of a teaspoon. Ginger is very fibrous and the energy of a sharp knife is wasted trying to cut through it. A teaspoon handle will push the skin against the fibres and it slips away.

TomandJerry · Feb 26, 2014

Guy Fawkes said:
Errr...Really?..... The Earth rotates once in about 24 hours with respect to the sun and once every 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds with respect to the stars. Earth's rotation is slowing slightly with time; thus, a day was shorter in the past. This is due to the tidal effects the Moon has on Earth's rotation. Atomic clocks show that a modern day is longer by about 1.7 milliseconds than a century ago, slowly increasing the rate at which UTC is adjusted by leap seconds.

Well there does seem to be conflicting evidence, but the general thought is that the days are getting longer

edna krabappel · Feb 26, 2014

TomandJerry said:
Well there does seem to be conflicting evidence, but the general thought is that the days are getting longer

I think that's "summer".

You're welcome :thumbsup:

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