useless facts - Page 187

Jimbuna · 08-23-23, 05:42 AM

There are more living things in a teaspoon of soil than there are people on Earth.

Platapus · 08-23-23, 03:56 PM

Sea creature fossils have even been found on the top of Mount Everest.

That's gotta make one think

Jimbuna · 08-24-23, 07:39 AM

There weren’t always a lot of trees on the Earth. The Earth used to be covered in giant mushrooms.

Jimbuna · 08-25-23, 08:53 AM

The Earth used to have a twin planet named Theia, which was about the size of Mars. Theia crashed into the earth. Much of the planet was absorbed

Jimbuna · 08-26-23, 01:41 PM

Since at least 500 B.C. no properly educated person has believed the Earth is flat.

Jeff-Groves · 08-26-23, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Since at least 500 B.C. no properly educated person has believed the Earth is flat.

I'd have to argue that!
https://theflatearthsociety.org/home/

Platapus · 08-27-23, 05:28 AM

In 2019, swimmer named Benoît Lecomte swam across the Great Pacific Garbage Patch; a distance of 389 miles.

Jimbuna · 08-27-23, 06:22 AM

Earth is actually the only place in the solar system where water exists in all three states (solid, liquid, gas).

Jimbuna · 08-28-23, 12:02 PM

Thunder is extremely hard to hear if you’re more than twelve miles away from the storm.

Platapus · 08-28-23, 03:43 PM

Unlike the better known tugboat, the towboat does not actually tow anything but can only push.

Tomorrow we may learn why they are called towboats when they don't actually tow anything.

Catfish · 08-28-23, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Since at least 500 B.C. no properly educated person has believed the Earth is flat.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

I'd have to argue that!
https://theflatearthsociety.org/home/

Why?
" .. no properly educated person .."

Jimbuna · 08-29-23, 05:58 AM

Philosophers used to believe that thunder was the sound of clouds colliding.

Rockstar · 08-29-23, 10:21 AM

1916 propaganda map created by the Allies during World War 1, showing what would happen to the United States if the Central Powers won.

Bismarck North Dakota still stands!

Jeff-Groves · 08-29-23, 12:13 PM

Looks like 'Merica today aside from the Names.

Jimbuna · 08-29-23, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Looks like 'Merica today aside from the Names.

Beat me to it

08-23-23, 05:42 AM	#2791
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There are more living things in a teaspoon of soil than there are people on 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)

08-23-23, 03:56 PM	#2792
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,972 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Sea creature fossils have even been found on the top of Mount Everest. That's gotta make one think __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-24-23, 07:39 AM	#2793
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	There weren’t always a lot of trees on the Earth. The Earth used to be covered in giant mushrooms. __________________ 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)

08-25-23, 08:53 AM	#2794
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The Earth used to have a twin planet named Theia, which was about the size of Mars. Theia crashed into the earth. Much of the planet was absorbed __________________ 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)

08-26-23, 01:41 PM	#2795
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Since at least 500 B.C. no properly educated person has believed the Earth is flat. __________________ 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)

08-27-23, 05:28 AM	#2797
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,972 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	In 2019, swimmer named Benoît Lecomte swam across the Great Pacific Garbage Patch; a distance of 389 miles. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-27-23, 06:22 AM	#2798
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Earth is actually the only place in the solar system where water exists in all three states (solid, liquid, gas). __________________ 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)

08-28-23, 12:02 PM	#2799
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Thunder is extremely hard to hear if you’re more than twelve miles away from the storm. __________________ 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)

08-28-23, 03:43 PM	#2800
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,972 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Unlike the better known tugboat, the towboat does not actually tow anything but can only push. Tomorrow we may learn why they are called towboats when they don't actually tow anything. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-29-23, 05:58 AM	#2802
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,344 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Philosophers used to believe that thunder was the sound of clouds colliding. __________________ 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)

08-29-23, 10:21 AM	#2803
Rockstar Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 11,864 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	1916 propaganda map created by the Allies during World War 1, showing what would happen to the United States if the Central Powers won. Bismarck North Dakota still stands! __________________ Guardian of the honey and nuts Let's assume I'm right, it'll save time.

08-29-23, 12:13 PM	#2804
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,321 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Looks like 'Merica today aside from the Names. __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.