View Full Version : INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY
Tiger 55
08-05-07, 07:06 AM
Alexander Graham Bell believed that the appropriate greeting to a caller on his new 'telephone' device was "Ahoy!"
Chemistry is damn cool :cool:
Matt
its about as cool as a topbox:smt036
its about as cool as a topbox:smt036
Wow, that must mean chemistry must be supercool, like absolute zero.... wait, that's physics.
Alpinestarhero
08-05-07, 02:15 PM
Wow, that must mean chemistry must be supercool, like absolute zero.... wait, that's physics.
Nothing can get to absolute zero...
Matt
Nothing can get to absolute zero...
Matt
Yes, I know I'm not a geek but even I know that. Trick question, where is the coldest place on Earth?
slark01
08-05-07, 02:50 PM
The bedroom at home, just as i've got in at 3am absolutely sozzled
tinpants
09-05-07, 09:42 AM
Nothing can get to absolute zero...
Matt
Why's that then? Not being pedantic (for a change), but I don't understand why there is a temperature that low if nothing can get there.
Would I be right in thinking that absolute zero is -273 Centigrade, or 0 Kelvin? or something like that!!
Why's that then? Not being pedantic (for a change), but I don't understand why there is a temperature that low if nothing can get there.
Would I be right in thinking that absolute zero is -273 Centigrade, or 0 Kelvin? or something like that!!
Yes, it's -273.15°C or 0 K.
Disclaimer: The following is most likely to be complete b***ocks.
Practically, there's always some heat leak (radiation, etc.) to warm the matter up.
a law of physics that forbids it I think.
Oi Alpinestar, explain! :)
42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot
Nothing can get to absolute zero...
Matt
you've never been on the receiving end of mrs keithyd's stare after i've been out on the lash all day then have you:eek:
Alpinestarhero
09-05-07, 04:45 PM
you've never been on the receiving end of mrs keithyd's stare after i've been out on the lash all day then have you:eek:
Quick! get her to the lab now! Theres some superconductors we need cooling and the helium is too expensive :D
Matt
Nothing can get to absolute zero...
Oi Alpinestar, explain! :)
Absolute zero, being the temperature at which there is absolutely no heat. Why do scientists want to acheive it? It's the perfect place to perform experiments.
Lets say you want to test the electrical conductivity of a given metal, at absolute zero. Super-conductors. Let's also assume that you get the materials to 0K. Then you apply a current.
The first law of thermodynamics (which you're using since we're playing at absolute zero) states that some of this electrical current will be transferred to heat by conservation of energy. This means we're no longer at absolute zero, we're just above it. Bugger.
Another fact for you fact fans:
When CO2 levels build up in the human body, there is a natural desire to breathe. In an otherwise healthy 2yr old, this takes 13seconds to kick start breathing. A very scary 13 seconds.
Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals ... except the weasel.
... carry on wrong thread :(
Alpinestarhero
11-05-07, 03:20 PM
Absolute zero, being the temperature at which there is absolutely no heat. Why do scientists want to acheive it? It's the perfect place to perform experiments.
Lets say you want to test the electrical conductivity of a given metal, at absolute zero. Super-conductors. Let's also assume that you get the materials to 0K. Then you apply a current.
The first law of thermodynamics (which you're using since we're playing at absolute zero) states that some of this electrical current will be transferred to heat by conservation of energy. This means we're no longer at absolute zero, we're just above it. Bugger.
Another fact for you fact fans:
When CO2 levels build up in the human body, there is a natural desire to breathe. In an otherwise healthy 2yr old, this takes 13seconds to kick start breathing. A very scary 13 seconds.
I thank Proffesor Baph for his contribution to this physics lesson.
And also because I could not have come up with an explanation anywhere near as good :oops:
:king:
Matt
I thought it was the 3rd law of thermodynamics that forbids it. something to do with entropy and surroundings.
Alpinestarhero
11-05-07, 03:29 PM
I thought it was the 3rd law of thermodynamics that forbids it. something to do with entropy and surroundings.
True, a system at T=0 will have no entropy whatsoever...mind you, this isnt a violation as by cooling down a sample to 0K means somethin g else gained the heat, thereby raising the entropy of that system
Matt
Did you know that glass is not a solid but is in fact a slow moving liquid. A bit wierd perhaps but apparently true , a sceintific glass blower I used to work with told me that one and apparently the glassblowers guild of Venice was allegedly ok,d by the Vatican to allow hitmen to bump off rival glassblowers.Ok its not that interesting but you know..it is true.
Alpinestarhero
12-05-07, 01:20 PM
Did you know that glass is not a solid but is in fact a slow moving liquid. A bit wierd perhaps but apparently true , a sceintific glass blower I used to work with told me that one and apparently the glassblowers guild of Venice was allegedly ok,d by the Vatican to allow hitmen to bump off rival glassblowers.Ok its not that interesting but you know..it is true.
He's right. Also, over time the glass will crystalise out (although this may take longer than the universe lifetime to occur fully!) since amorphous materials are in a higher energy stante than their crystalline counterparts
Mmmm, glassy solids...
Matt
He's right. Also, over time the glass will crystalise out (although this may take longer than the universe lifetime to occur fully!) since amorphous materials are in a higher energy stante than their crystalline counterparts
Mmmm, glassy solids...
Matt
Didnt you used to have a box on yer head ?
Alpinestarhero
12-05-07, 01:28 PM
i did, but thought i'd change that to show the box on my bike instead!
Matt
boom boom, beat me to it ! nah seriously I think its great you are happy with your lifestyle choice .lol .;)
Alpinestarhero
12-05-07, 03:24 PM
boom boom, beat me to it ! nah seriously I think its great you are happy with your lifestyle choice .lol .;)
Theres nothing wrong with topboxes!
Dont knock it until you try it, etc etc
Matt
Theres nothing wrong with topboxes!
Dont knock it until you try it, etc etc
Matt
Respect matt, ;)
Here's an interesting fact for today...
The collective noun for a group of giraffes is a tower...
ie. a tower of giraffes
Now you know ;)
Wideboy
25-06-07, 07:45 PM
Here's an interesting fact for today...
The collective noun for a group of giraffes is a tower...
ie. a tower of giraffes
Now you know ;)
finally i know thanx
finally i know thanx
Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit :rolleyes: he he
Wideboy
26-06-07, 09:00 PM
yar, i r cleaver yes?
'When I pass protestors every day at Downing Street, and believe me, you name it, they protest against it, I may not like what they call me, but I thank God they can. That's called freedom.'
Tony Blair, 7th April 2002
Maya Evans, 25, convicted for reading out names of 97 British soldiers killed in Iraq outside Downing Street.
7 December 2005
Been a while since I've posted here, so here goes:
A rat can last longer without water than a camel can!!
For every human on Earth, there are 200 million insects.
Something to think about next time you watch Star Ship Troopers. ;)
Alpinestarhero
27-06-07, 03:17 PM
'When I pass protestors every day at Downing Street, and believe me, you name it, they protest against it, I may not like what they call me, but I thank God they can. That's called freedom.'
Tony Blair, 7th April 2002
Maya Evans, 25, convicted for reading out names of 97 British soldiers killed in Iraq outside Downing Street.
7 December 2005
:winner:
Matt
Wideboy
27-06-07, 09:49 PM
'When I pass protestors every day at Downing Street, and believe me, you name it, they protest against it, I may not like what they call me, but I thank God they can. That's called freedom.'
Tony Blair, 7th April 2002
Maya Evans, 25, convicted for reading out names of 97 British soldiers killed in Iraq outside Downing Street.
7 December 2005
lol thats funny:thumbsup:
The mask Michael Myers wore in the Halloween films was made from a cast of William Shatners face which was found lying around after an old film from the 70's.
Fact.
:D
DanDare
29-06-07, 03:21 PM
The horrific bloody and violent movie Rambo has a body count of.............................
.....................1 and it was an accident aswell!
Wideboy
30-06-07, 07:28 PM
in the im so ronry song scene of team america the big statue of kim jong yeil is actually a real person
well now you know
Cadbury Roses outsell frozen turkeys by 50% during the Christmas period.
DanDare
05-07-07, 11:51 AM
Cadbury Roses outsell frozen turkeys by 50% during the Christmas period.
What individually or in a tin.:confused:
The Roses Hovis not the Turkeys! :rolleyes:
tinpants
05-07-07, 04:12 PM
What individually or in a tin.:confused:
The Roses. Hovis is a turkey! :rolleyes:
Gosh!!! How rude!!
The horrific bloody and violent movie Rambo has a body count of.............................
.....................1 and it was an accident aswell!
Could you expand on that?
DanDare
06-07-07, 08:02 AM
Could you expand on that?
Well Ok it was violent at the time of release and I'm talking about First Blood.
Quote from IMDB:
This film has a reputation of being overly violent. However, the total body count of the movie is four; One confirmed kill (the cop who falls out of the helicopter) and three possible accidental deaths (the officers in the cop car who crash into a parked car, although their vehicle doesn't explode like the parked one).
Treacle
07-07-07, 03:37 PM
He's right you know!
Jester666
07-07-07, 10:29 PM
IFOTD. Treacles brakes are cr4p!!! :D :D
Keith1983
09-07-07, 07:54 AM
Did you know that a tank is called a tank because the people who built the first one thought they were making parts for a boiler! and it was built on the site in Lincoln which now homes Napier turbochargers!
Also the colour british racing green was first called so after the first world war when trying to organise an international race , it couldn't be held in england due to the lack of venue, so it was held in Ireland. To honour our hosts the british entry was painted green and so British racing green was born. The car was a Napier car which is the company I currently work for and we now make industrial turbochargers!
ginger-(sv)ninja
28-08-07, 03:38 AM
FACT
Took me two shifts at work both 8 hours too read the whole 85 pages of facts. Never again ..........My head hurts now learn't to much in one go:nomore:
Cookie Monster's birthday is November 2.
it'sablueone
09-09-07, 12:43 AM
He Pingping: is the shortest man in the world at 73 Centimeters
therealvw
09-09-07, 09:25 PM
Why are problems in computers called BUGS....
Because:- The first computer "bug" was a real bug.
In 1947, engineers found a moth in Panel F, Relay #70 of the Harvard Mark 1 system. The computer was running a test of its multiplier and adder when the engineers noticed something was wrong. The moth was trapped, removed and taped into the computer's logbook with the words: "first actual case of a bug being found."
Very interesting v dubber rubber.
The word GOLF comes from Scotland where the game was originally Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden.
Apparently.
:)
therealvw
14-09-07, 02:15 AM
I thought GOLF was called GOLF because all the other four letter words had been used up, LOL
Golf,waste of a good walk
grh1904
15-10-07, 02:36 PM
I was looking in the kitchen drawer for the scissors, and came upon a piece of string,,,,,,,,,,,,,
And that got me thinking, how long is a piece of string :smt017:smt017
27 inches.
There you all are, a piece of string is 27 inches long, as measured by grh1904 on 15th October 2007 at 1535 hours.
My piece of string is much longer :smt017
The reason you cry when slicing onions is because there is sulphur given off which creates a mild form of sulphuric acid with the moisture in your eyes and you cry naturally to get rid.
:)
northwind
15-10-07, 09:45 PM
Maybe for you. Myself, I'm crying for my brother vegetables.
gettin2dizzy
16-10-07, 07:17 AM
an anteater licks it tongue 160 times a minute
Bluepete
16-10-07, 11:31 AM
an anteater licks it tongue 160 times a minute
:confused::confused: with what, it's "other" tongue?
Fact: Lemsip is good for you.
If you have a light cold (or man'flu/whatever) take 2 Lemsip Max Strength sachets, add 1 pint of nearly boiling water and half a teaspoon of sugar (and a shot of whisky/JD if you're so inclined).
Stir well and sip gently until gone.
Enjoy the trance-like state that follows.
Repeat as necessary.
(PS. Recommend not operating heavy machinery. TV / Internet should be OK)
grh1904
16-10-07, 12:52 PM
My piece of string is much longer
Size isn't everything, it's what can do with your piece of string that's more important.
gettin2dizzy
16-10-07, 12:52 PM
Fact: Lemsip is good for you.
If you have a light cold (or man'flu/whatever) take 2 Lemsip Max Strength sachets, add 1 pint of nearly boiling water and half a teaspoon of sugar (and a shot of whisky/JD if you're so inclined).
Stir well and sip gently until gone.
Enjoy the trance-like state that follows.
Repeat as necessary.
(PS. Recommend not operating heavy machinery. TV / Internet should be OK)
it's caffeine and paracetemol ..:confused:
it's caffeine and paracetemol ..:confused:
and some sort of decongestant
Filipe M.
16-10-07, 12:57 PM
and some sort of decongestant
Cillit Bang?
gettin2dizzy
16-10-07, 12:59 PM
Fact of the day :
too much paracetemol makes you **** blood
Eating large quantities of blueberries make you have green poo.
Eating large quantities of blueberries make you have green poo.
Do you know that from experience?
Do you know that from experience?
yes
yes
Ok thats enough information now.
northwind
16-10-07, 02:28 PM
Unsurprisingly drinking too much Blue Bols makes you vomit blue.
Alpinestarhero
16-10-07, 03:38 PM
Fact of the day :
too much paracetemol makes you **** blood
Another related fact: too much paracetomol kills you :rolleyes:
Matt
Alpinestarhero
16-10-07, 03:38 PM
Cillit Bang?
Works for me...
BANG!!!
And the snot is gone
Matt
Filipe M.
16-10-07, 04:02 PM
Works for me...
BANG!!!
And the snot is gone
Matt
Along with everything else in its path...
.....and eating too much beetroot makes your wee red!
NOW CAN WE BE SERIOUS?!!!!!!
.....and eating too much beetroot makes your wee red!
Everyone knows that :rolleyes:
therealvw
16-10-07, 06:58 PM
you're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206!
Everyone knows that :rolleyes:
I didn't and I was only 7 :(
black pudding is mostly made from pigs blood, pigs fat and all the other pigs bits that left over
Kate Moss
17-10-07, 02:30 PM
Works for me...
BANG!!!
And the snot is gone
Matt
:smt044
Kate Moss
17-10-07, 02:31 PM
you're born with 300 bones, but when you get to be an adult, you only have 206!
is that true?:confused:
Kate Moss
17-10-07, 02:32 PM
black pudding is mostly made from pigs blood, pigs fat and all the other pigs bits that left over
:pig:
northwind
17-10-07, 03:08 PM
is that true?:confused:
Must be, it was in an advert, with that scary wooden skeleton dude.
Dogs like nothing more than a good chew on a dried bulls p***s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzle
I just gave my dogs one each. Yum yum.
Anyone eating?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b2/PizzleTreat.jpg/300px-PizzleTreat.jpg
therealvw
17-10-07, 08:56 PM
Dogs like nothing more than a good chew on a dried bulls p***s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzle
I just gave my dogs one each. Yum yum.
Anyone eating?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b2/PizzleTreat.jpg/300px-PizzleTreat.jpg
Also know as Bulls Wazzle
If you're from the North then you'll have heard that. Unless you're one of these new Norhterners moved up from the south in the 90's to get a large house for under 90K! LOL, then you might not have heard of that!
GastonJ
28-10-07, 11:47 AM
A metre is defined as equal to the distance travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second. Useful to know, for someone anyway.
Alpinestarhero
28-10-07, 01:18 PM
A metre is defined as equal to the distance travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second. Useful to know, for someone anyway.
Usefull for a phycisist, most certainly.
The highest jump ever was by Joseph Kittinger at over 31,000 meters. Upon his desent, thre was a problem with an o-ring on one of his gloves, causing decompression. His hand swelled to twice its normal size, which saved Kittingers life as it blocked the leak
Matt
Usefull for a phycisist, most certainly.
The highest jump ever was by Joseph Kittinger at over 31,000 meters. ...
He must have thunder thighs to jump that high!
Alpinestarhero
28-10-07, 01:41 PM
I think i better re-phrase that to...
...the highest parachute jump / descent :D
Matt
GastonJ
28-10-07, 02:00 PM
His fastest speed was 714mph... maybe he was keeping it down due to the road safety camera van closeby.
therealvw
28-10-07, 07:09 PM
I've seen the film footage of that, and heard the guy talk about it. When he stepped off the platform he thought that he just hung there as there was no sensation of falling or wind noise.(Non or little air he was up so high). He figured he was falling when he tumbled around to see the balloon that he was carried up on shooting upwards faster than he expected. BRAVE MAN!
GastonJ
28-10-07, 08:49 PM
He also broke the sound barrier without a vehicle. Wonder if his ears popped. Anyway, here's some more:
The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it. - So that's me an chocolate out the window
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. - way to burn it off!!
gettin2dizzy
29-10-07, 08:03 AM
He also broke the sound barrier without a vehicle. Wonder if his ears popped. Anyway, here's some more:
The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it. - So that's me an chocolate out the window
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. - way to burn it off!!
Where is this from?
Filipe M.
29-10-07, 11:04 AM
Where is this from?
Just ask any Oompa Loompa!
you are 10 times more likley to get mugged in the UK than you are in new york
thats because you dont live in new york
Actually it doesn't; at least, not with me. I ate about a jar of it a day for a couple of weeks recently and disappointedly it did nothing...
.....and eating too much beetroot makes your wee red!
NOW CAN WE BE SERIOUS?!!!!!!
Actually it doesn't; at least, not with me. I ate about a jar of it a day for a couple of weeks recently and disappointedly it did nothing...
You can ask my Mum. I was a horrified little boy. Maybe it was my poo? Something was definately red that shouldn't have been. Maybe they've diluted the juice in the jar since or I was eating SUPERBEETROOT!
Meg and Jack White aren't Brother and Sister but were in fact married.
dizzyblonde
30-10-07, 07:57 PM
He also broke the sound barrier without a vehicle. Wonder if his ears popped. Anyway, here's some more:
The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it. - So that's me an chocolate out the window
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. - way to burn it off!!
this oompah loompah works in a chocolate factory and I can definitly say a bar of chocolate doesn't have any insect legs in it.............however you may find an odd wrapping machine arm in a TIN of choccies, but i think you would notice that a bit more.....i put out 2500 tins an hour i can't spot em all
GastonJ
30-10-07, 09:12 PM
Aren't cocoa beans grown and therefore subject to insectscrawing on them outside, then as they're harvested I doubt each one is inspected to ensure th washing process removes all the legs of ants and whatever may have crawled over them - it's a generic statement. Some probably have 100 insect legs in them, and others none :-)
Anyway
We eat about 10kg of chocolate per person in the UK every year
oh, I believe you - I think Im one of the strange ones; I can't smell aparagus (sic?) [theory: if you eat aparagus and then pee, it smells of said veg] either, apparently you either can or you cant and it usually means you are either/ither on the beets question as well :)
oh, I believe you - I think Im one of the strange ones; I can't smell aparagus (sic?) [theory: if you eat aparagus and then pee, it smells of said veg] either, apparently you either can or you cant and it usually means you are either/ither on the beets question as well :)
How strange. Maybe you have ultra efficient kidneys or something.
after eating sugar puffs my wee wee smells all sugar puffery
after drinking pi$$, my.................
although after a good session on vodka & red bull, next days poo smells like red bull
although after a good session on vodka & red bull, next days poo smells like red bull
Oh dear
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