Odd factoids

[TVC]

A cow can't walk downstairs............or is it upstairs?

That's Daleks

 

[classic33]

The Jubilee Extension, which opened in 1999, was hewn out by two tunnel boring machines called Sharon and Tracy, named after the characters in Birds of a Feather.

 

[classic33]

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb, was afraid of the dark.

 

[NorthernDave]

Light doesn't always travel at light speed. It has been measured travelling as slow as 38mph.

But that was in a 20mph zone

There are roughly one billion bicycles in the world (about twice as many as motor vehicles).

There are nine million bicycles in Beijing. That's a fact.
Or so says James Toseland's missus.

 

[User482]

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb, was afraid of the dark.

Thomas Edison didn't invent the lightbulb.

 

[Profpointy]

The first camel in Australia was called Harry

http://www.ritas-outback-guide.com/AustralianCamels.html

I believe there are more wild camels in Australia than in any other country

 

[Andy_R]

France is the only country in the world where English isn't the mandatory language used by aircraft.

False. There is no where in the world where English is the defacto language for aircraft. Aircraft can't speak. Pilots, however.....

 

[Beebo]

If you drew a time line between the construction of the great pyramids and invention of the i phone, the reign of Cleopatra would be nearer the i phone than the pyramids.

 

[Andy_R]

Thomas Edison didn't invent the lightbulb.

'twas Joseph Swan, and his home was the first in the world to be lit by them.

 

[Dirk]

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb....

No, he wasn't.
'In 1840, British scientist Warren de la Rue developed an efficiently designed light bulb using a coiled platinum filament in place of copper, but the high cost of platinum kept the bulb from becoming a commercial success.'
https://www.livescience.com/43424-who-invented-the-light-bulb.html

 

[raleighnut]

'twas Joseph Swan, and his home was the first in the world to be lit by them.

Edison did improve the design, maybe due to being scared of the dark.

 

[Dirk]

'twas Joseph Swan.....

No it wasn't.

 

[NorthernDave]

False. There is no where in the world where English is the defacto language for aircraft. Aircraft can't speak. Pilots, however.....

Really..?

 

[Andy_R]

Really..?

Don't quite know how to break it to you, but.........

 

[raleighnut]

Don't quite know how to break it to you, but.........

It's only trains that talk,

View: https://youtu.be/DNyG6sAdz8E