useless facts - Page 180

Jimbuna · 07-09-23, 08:03 AM

GOLF - Dimples are put into golf balls to eliminate aerodynamic drag. The drag acts as an anchor and the ball reduces in speed. Most golf balls today have 250450 dimples.

Aktungbby · 07-09-23, 10:14 AM

only 13 of Titan's 90 descents to the RMS Titanic wreck actually made it to the Titanic...a success rate of 14%??

Platapus · 07-09-23, 11:58 AM

The US Navy uses XBox controllers to operate the periscope on the Virginia class submarine. The old joystick system cost over $38,000 each, Xbox controllers about $30.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...x-controllers/

Jimbuna · 07-09-23, 12:36 PM

1982 Michael Fagan breaks into Buckingham Palace and enters the Queen's bedroom in Buckingham Palace, London

Jimbuna · 07-10-23, 10:21 AM

Rainforest - Every second of every day, an area of the rainforest the size of a football field is destroyed.

Jimbuna · 07-11-23, 10:08 AM

Sleep - The record for the longest duration without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The winner suffered hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision and slurred speech.

Jimbuna · 07-12-23, 08:47 AM

United Nations - The UN has its own post office and its own postage stamps.

Ostfriese · 07-12-23, 09:23 AM

Subsim‘s own Ostfriese doesn‘t live in Ostfriesland and hasn‘t done so for at least 17 years.

SCNR

Aktungbby · 07-12-23, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ostfriese

Subsim‘s own Ostfriese doesn‘t live in Ostfriesland and hasn‘t done so for at least 17 years.

...that's a damn lie! The real Ostfriese cannot count that high!

....Actor, Brad Pitt, practised fly-fishing in pal, Melissa Etheridge's Hollywood swimming pool for his role in A River Runs Through It.

Jimbuna · 07-13-23, 06:39 AM

Valentine's Day - In 270AD, Roman emperor Claudius II believed marriage turned his men into bad soldiers and decreed that all young men were barred from marriage. Ignoring the emperor, Bishop Valentine continued to marry young lovers in secret until his disobedience was discovered and he was sentenced to death.

Ostfriese · 07-13-23, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

...that's a damn lie! The real Ostfriese cannot count that high!

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Interestingly enough: back in the 1980s the people from Ostfriesland were the butt of many German jokes making fun of how stupid they (allegedly) are. This only changed with the Mantafahrer jokes, which were basically the same jokes aiming at a different group of people (the drivers of Opel Mantas).

Aktungbby · 07-13-23, 11:37 AM

I understand completely; my great grandmother, Sarah Koenig, emigrated from the hinterlands of Swabia, Germany to Brooklyn, NY ca: 1900

Jimbuna · 07-13-23, 01:04 PM

WEDDING - Brides in ancient Rome carried sheaves of wheat during their wedding as symbols of fertility.

Platapus · 07-13-23, 04:41 PM

As part of the Casa de Fritos operation at Disneyland, "Doritos" (Spanish for "little golden things") were created at the park to recycle old tortillas that would have been discarded. The Frito-Lay Company saw the popularity of the item and began selling them regionally in 1964,

Jimbuna · 07-14-23, 06:19 AM

THE X FACTOR - The most popular audition songs for girls on the TV talent show include Summertime and Hero. For blokes they include Ain't No Sunshine and I Believe I Can Fly.

07-09-23, 08:03 AM	#2686
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	GOLF - Dimples are put into golf balls to eliminate aerodynamic drag. The drag acts as an anchor and the ball reduces in speed. Most golf balls today have 250450 dimples. __________________ 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)

07-09-23, 10:14 AM	#2687
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,865 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	only 13 of Titan's 90 descents to the RMS Titanic wreck actually made it to the Titanic...a success rate of 14%?? __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

07-09-23, 11:58 AM	#2688
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,951 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The US Navy uses XBox controllers to operate the periscope on the Virginia class submarine. The old joystick system cost over $38,000 each, Xbox controllers about $30. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...x-controllers/ __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-09-23, 12:36 PM	#2689
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	1982 Michael Fagan breaks into Buckingham Palace and enters the Queen's bedroom in Buckingham Palace, London __________________ 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)

07-10-23, 10:21 AM	#2690
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Rainforest - Every second of every day, an area of the rainforest the size of a football field is destroyed. __________________ 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)

07-11-23, 10:08 AM	#2691
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Sleep - The record for the longest duration without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The winner suffered hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision and slurred speech. __________________ 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)

07-12-23, 08:47 AM	#2692
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	United Nations - The UN has its own post office and its own postage stamps. __________________ 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)

07-12-23, 09:23 AM	#2693
Ostfriese Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,174 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Subsim‘s own Ostfriese doesn‘t live in Ostfriesland and hasn‘t done so for at least 17 years. SCNR

07-13-23, 06:39 AM	#2695
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Valentine's Day - In 270AD, Roman emperor Claudius II believed marriage turned his men into bad soldiers and decreed that all young men were barred from marriage. Ignoring the emperor, Bishop Valentine continued to marry young lovers in secret until his disobedience was discovered and he was sentenced to death. __________________ 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)

07-13-23, 11:37 AM	#2697
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,865 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I understand completely; my great grandmother, Sarah Koenig, emigrated from the hinterlands of Swabia, Germany to Brooklyn, NY ca: 1900 __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

07-13-23, 01:04 PM	#2698
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	WEDDING - Brides in ancient Rome carried sheaves of wheat during their wedding as symbols of fertility. __________________ 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)

07-13-23, 04:41 PM	#2699
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,951 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	As part of the Casa de Fritos operation at Disneyland, "Doritos" (Spanish for "little golden things") were created at the park to recycle old tortillas that would have been discarded. The Frito-Lay Company saw the popularity of the item and began selling them regionally in 1964, __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

07-14-23, 06:19 AM	#2700
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,240 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	THE X FACTOR - The most popular audition songs for girls on the TV talent show include Summertime and Hero. For blokes they include Ain't No Sunshine and I Believe I Can Fly. __________________ 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)