useless facts - Page 192

Jimbuna · 10-02-23, 12:54 PM

The human body is made up of an average of seven billion atoms.

Platapus · 10-02-23, 03:12 PM

A puff is an informal name for a picofarad (pF), which describes an object’s ability to hold electrical charge.

Jimbuna · 10-03-23, 12:49 PM

The average diameter of an atom is one tenth of a billionth of a meter.

Platapus · 10-03-23, 03:56 PM

"The speed of light is one foot per nanosecond.

Sean C · 10-04-23, 02:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

The average diameter of an atom is one tenth of a billionth of a meter.

I once signed up for a Wikipedia account just to tell the author(s) of a particular article that they had specified the location of a city in degrees with fifteen decimal places - a precision of 0.1 nano-meters, or the average width of a single atom.

Ostfriese · 10-04-23, 04:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

"The speed of light is one foot per nanosecond.

That‘s a very rough approximation

Jimbuna · 10-04-23, 04:16 AM

Atoms are composed of even smaller particles called quarks and leptons.

Platapus · 10-04-23, 04:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ostfriese

That‘s a very rough approximation

Since the speed of light is seldom constant, I would agree

Ostfriese · 10-04-23, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

Since the speed of light is seldom constant, I would agree

Even for light speed in a vacuum it‘s a rather rough approximation

Platapus · 10-04-23, 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ostfriese

Even for light speed in a vacuum it‘s a rather rough approximation

I would agree with that also

Jimbuna · 10-04-23, 08:47 AM

If the sun was filled up with Earths, you could fit about one million Earths inside the sun.

Platapus · 10-04-23, 04:09 PM

It is common to announce that a horse won a race by a number of lengths. But what exactly is a length?

A horse length is 8 feet.

Jimbuna · 10-05-23, 06:40 AM

It takes an average of eight minutes and twenty seconds for light from the sun to reach the Earth.

Ostfriese · 10-05-23, 09:54 AM

All imperial units received a definition based on SI-units, usually decades ago. This means that even the Americans are using the metric system (and have been doing so since at least the 1960s), it has only been cloaked behind a thin veil of imperialism

Ostfriese · 10-05-23, 01:23 PM

It's usually pointless to call the fire brigade when a cat sits in a tree - wherever cats climb up to they can climb down from as well.

Fire stations answer these call only because they'll suffer bad press if they don't.

10-02-23, 12:54 PM	#2866
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,437 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The human body is made up of an average of seven billion atoms. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-02-23, 03:12 PM	#2867
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,439 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	A puff is an informal name for a picofarad (pF), which describes an object’s ability to hold electrical charge. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

10-03-23, 12:49 PM	#2868
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,437 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The average diameter of an atom is one tenth of a billionth of a meter. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-03-23, 03:56 PM	#2869
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,439 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	"The speed of light is one foot per nanosecond. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

10-04-23, 04:16 AM	#2872
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,437 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Atoms are composed of even smaller particles called quarks and leptons. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-04-23, 08:47 AM	#2876
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,437 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	If the sun was filled up with Earths, you could fit about one million Earths inside the sun. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-04-23, 04:09 PM	#2877
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,439 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	It is common to announce that a horse won a race by a number of lengths. But what exactly is a length? A horse length is 8 feet. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

10-05-23, 06:40 AM	#2878
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 191,437 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It takes an average of eight minutes and twenty seconds for light from the sun to reach the Earth. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-05-23, 09:54 AM	#2879
Ostfriese Sea Lord Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,901 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	All imperial units received a definition based on SI-units, usually decades ago. This means that even the Americans are using the metric system (and have been doing so since at least the 1960s), it has only been cloaked behind a thin veil of imperialism

10-05-23, 01:23 PM	#2880
Ostfriese Sea Lord Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,901 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It's usually pointless to call the fire brigade when a cat sits in a tree - wherever cats climb up to they can climb down from as well. Fire stations answer these call only because they'll suffer bad press if they don't.