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vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
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Guy Fawkes

The voice of treason
Sep 29, 2007
8,187
You can only fold one piece of paper in half seven times, no matter how big it is to start with.


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Not true - The world record is 12 times
On 27 January 2002, high school student, Britney Gallivan, of Pomona, California, USA, folded a single piece of paper in half 12 times and was the first person to fold a single piece paper in half 9, 10, 11, and 12 times. The tissue paper used was 4,000 ft (1,219 m; 0.75 miles) long.

And Mythbusters take on this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRAEBbotuIE
 


Raleigh Chopper

New member
Sep 1, 2011
12,054
Plymouth
There is a finite number of ways that matter can be arranged, so if the universe is infinite then there is another you out there somewhere.

Are you telling me that somewhere out there is another 2 Professors?
If you are right then it only confirms that whilst there is life on other planets, it certainly is not intelligent.
 


Stat Brother

Well-known member
NSC Patreon
Jul 11, 2003
73,363
West west west Sussex
Locadia's hat trick today was the quickest in Albion history.
 




happypig

Staring at the rude boys
May 23, 2009
7,934
Eastbourne
If you get put in a decompression chamber because you have got the bends, the nurse who goes in with you will have two large needles. These are used to puncture your eardrums if you cannot equalise the pressure.
Literally mind blowing.
 




marlowe

Well-known member
Dec 13, 2015
3,898
Traditional haggis is illegal in the US.

Imports of traditional Scottish haggis have been banned in the US since 1971. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) declared sheep's lung, one of the key ingredients in haggis, unfit for human consumption.
 




marlowe

Well-known member
Dec 13, 2015
3,898
The Russians arrived 12 days late to the 1908 Olympics in London because they were still using the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar.
 


crodonilson

He/Him
Jan 17, 2005
13,487
Lyme Regis
The Russians arrived 12 days late to the 1908 Olympics in London because they were still using the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar.

Mind blown.

Whispering is bad for your voice.
 


marlowe

Well-known member
Dec 13, 2015
3,898
I find Archimedes' water displacement principle quite mind blowing. The idea that a tiny but heavy object will displace more water when submerged than a much larger, but lighter object.
Even if the lighter object is twenty times larger it will still displace less water than the smaller, heavier object. Mind blowing!
 




Brok

😐
Dec 26, 2011
4,245
I find Archimedes' water displacement principle quite mind blowing. The idea that a tiny but heavy object will displace more water when submerged than a much larger, but lighter object.
Even if the lighter object is twenty times larger it will still displace less water than the smaller, heavier object. Mind blowing!

Rubbish.
 




DavidRyder

Well-known member
Jul 23, 2013
2,884
'Crab sticks do not actually contain any crabs.'

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'Interesting fact'
 


schmunk

"Members"
Jan 19, 2018
9,405
Mid mid mid Sussex
I find Archimedes' water displacement principle quite mind blowing. The idea that a tiny but heavy object will displace more water when submerged than a much larger, but lighter object.
Even if the lighter object is twenty times larger it will still displace less water than the smaller, heavier object. Mind blowing!

This only works for partially submerged objects - a fully submerged 1" lead cube displaces the same amount of water as a fully submerged 1" aluminium cube.

Take either cube, roll it thin and make a Floaty McFloatboat, and the displacement will be less.
 




Yes Chef

Well-known member
Apr 11, 2016
1,815
In the kitchen
I was in Salamanca, Spain recently, where there is a ZAMORA Street, upon which is an opticians called ULLOA

I couldn't find a MURRAY tobacconist or a LOCADIA toy shop
 


Brok

😐
Dec 26, 2011
4,245
This only works for partially submerged objects - a fully submerged 1" lead cube displaces the same amount of water as a fully submerged 1" aluminium cube.

Take either cube, roll it thin and make a Floaty McFloatboat, and the displacement will be less.

Aaah, clever!
 



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