useless facts - Page 42

Platapus · 04-08-21, 04:31 PM

In 2009, Jeanine Sugawara was devastated when she cracked open a box of Cap’N’Crunch Crunch Berries cereal to find that there wasn’t a single berry to be found in the box. Feeling “tricked” by the cereal company, she sued Quaker Oats, who owns Cap’N’Crunch, on the grounds of false advertising.

The complaint was quickly dismissed when the judge reminded her that there is no such thing as a “crunchberry.”

Jimbuna · 04-09-21, 01:38 PM

Scientists have found a mass of water vapor cloud 10 billion light-years away from earth that is 140 trillion times the mass of water on Earth’s surface.

Platapus · 04-09-21, 05:56 PM

The IKEA catalogue is the most widely printed book in the world.

200,000,000 copies every year. There are 72 different versions each focused on a different cultural region.

Jimbuna · 04-10-21, 06:20 AM

The moon was once a piece of the Earth.

Platapus · 04-10-21, 06:51 AM

Crocodiles are one of the oldest living species, having survived for more than 200 million years.

Jimbuna · 04-10-21, 07:40 AM

Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself.

Aktungbby · 04-10-21, 10:24 AM

Every year you're alive increases your risk of dying by 10%...

Jimbuna · 04-10-21, 01:19 PM

'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand.

Catfish · 04-10-21, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Scientists have found a mass of water vapor cloud 10 billion light-years away from earth that is 140 trillion times the mass of water on Earth’s surface.

How would water "vapour" exist at what humans call -459.67 Fahrenheit .. a giant ice block?
Or is it heated by any star?

Jimbuna · 04-11-21, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

How would water "vapour" exist at what humans call -459.67 Fahrenheit .. a giant ice block?
Or is it heated by any star?

Sorry Kai but I've absolutely no idea

Catfish · 04-11-21, 05:55 AM

^ It seems to be indeed gaseous.. found this interesting, seems this refers to a discovery from 2011, they indeed found masses of water around a Quasar, heated by what appears to be a black hole at its' center. So useless info unless you do not want to get too close to the event horizon.

"A quasar (/ˈkweɪzɑːr/; also known as a quasi-stellar object, abbreviated QSO) is an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN), in which a supermassive black hole with mass ranging from millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun is surrounded by a gaseous accretion disk."

https://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe...e20110722.html

Jimbuna · 04-11-21, 10:13 AM

Sorted

Platapus · 04-11-21, 06:22 PM

The largest snowflake on record measured 15 inches across

Von Due · 04-12-21, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

The largest snowflake on record measured 15 inches across

That's small for a person, isn't it?

Jimbuna · 04-12-21, 07:39 AM

Reindeer like to eat bananas.

04-08-21, 04:31 PM	#616
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,946 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	In 2009, Jeanine Sugawara was devastated when she cracked open a box of Cap’N’Crunch Crunch Berries cereal to find that there wasn’t a single berry to be found in the box. Feeling “tricked” by the cereal company, she sued Quaker Oats, who owns Cap’N’Crunch, on the grounds of false advertising. The complaint was quickly dismissed when the judge reminded her that there is no such thing as a “crunchberry.” __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-09-21, 01:38 PM	#617
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,122 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Scientists have found a mass of water vapor cloud 10 billion light-years away from earth that is 140 trillion times the mass of water on Earth’s surface. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-09-21, 05:56 PM	#618
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,946 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The IKEA catalogue is the most widely printed book in the world. 200,000,000 copies every year. There are 72 different versions each focused on a different cultural region. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-10-21, 06:20 AM	#619
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,122 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The moon was once a piece of the Earth. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-10-21, 06:51 AM	#620
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,946 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Crocodiles are one of the oldest living species, having survived for more than 200 million years. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-10-21, 07:40 AM	#621
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,122 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Studies show that if a cat falls off the seventh floor of a building it has about thirty percent less chance of surviving than a cat that falls off the twentieth floor. It supposedly takes about eight floors for the cat to realize what is occurring, relax and correct itself. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-10-21, 10:24 AM	#622
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,850 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Every year you're alive increases your risk of dying by 10%... __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

04-10-21, 01:19 PM	#623
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,122 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	'Stewardesses' is the longest word that is typed with only the left hand. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-11-21, 05:55 AM	#626
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ It seems to be indeed gaseous.. found this interesting, seems this refers to a discovery from 2011, they indeed found masses of water around a Quasar, heated by what appears to be a black hole at its' center. So useless info unless you do not want to get too close to the event horizon. "A quasar (/ˈkweɪzɑːr/; also known as a quasi-stellar object, abbreviated QSO) is an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus (AGN), in which a supermassive black hole with mass ranging from millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun is surrounded by a gaseous accretion disk." https://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe...e20110722.html __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

04-11-21, 10:13 AM	#627
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,122 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Sorted __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

04-11-21, 06:22 PM	#628
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,946 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The largest snowflake on record measured 15 inches across __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-12-21, 07:39 AM	#630
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,122 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Reindeer like to eat bananas. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)