Odd factoids

[smutchin]

Aibohphobia is the fear of palindromes.

Someone watches University Challenge.

 

[jefmcg]

Borneo was named by an excited Welshman

For a long time, I assumed Bangor was somewhere in Asia.

 

[classic33]

Sugar derived from pure sugar cane goes through a purification process using bone char. Bone char is manufactured by using bones from cows that have died of natural causes. These bones are mostly from the countries of Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. After being bleached by laying in the hot sun, they are then sold to exporters who in return sell them to the gelatin and sugar companies.

The phosphoric acid found in cola is so acidic that it can dissolve a nail in 4 days. – The pH of soda is equivalent to the pH level of vinegar. That’s what makes this the most acidic beverage that is sold. Next time you see a truck toting concentrated Coca-Cola, look for the corrosive materials sign.

 

[Drago]

France is in reality a small island on a lake in Kent. The whole ferry and tunnel thing is a ruse by the Rand Corporation.

 

[Dirk]

There are estimated to be more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth.

Once you've got your head around that, try this......

There are more atoms in a tablespoon of water than there stars in the universe.

 

[Threevok]

Noble Gasses where named after the Welsh Radio Presenter Roy Noble - as he is so full of it, that nobody can enter or leave the studio, when he's on air

 

[Drago]

Car insurance was invented by Winston Churchill.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

There are more beaches in the Universe than Stars. So many beaches so little time.

 

[winjim]

There are estimated to be more stars in the universe than there are grains of sand on all the beaches on Earth.

Once you've got your head around that, try this......

There are more atoms in a tablespoon of water than there stars in the universe.

A homeopathic dilution of 30C is equivalent to a single drop of remedy dissolved in a hundred million galaxy-sized spheres of water.

A dilution of 40C is equivalent to a single molecule of remedy dissolved in all the molecules in the observable universe.

After that it just gets silly.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

“
Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars;
It's a hundred thousand light-years side to side;
It bulges in the middle sixteen thousand light-years thick,
But out by us it's just three thousand light-years wide.
We're thirty thousand light-years from Galactic Central Point,
We go 'round every two hundred million years;
And our galaxy itself is one of millions of billions
In this amazing and expanding universe.”

 

[Dirk]

The nearest observable constellation is Barny the Bear.

 

[nickyboy]

The amount of energy required to melt ice is the same as the amount of energy required to heat the resulting water from 0 degrees to 80 degrees

 

[Threevok]

The universe contains so many stars, that there is absolutely no excuse for the poor selection of nobodies, on Celebrity Big Brother

 

[Fonze]

Coca Cola would be green if not coloured ..

 

[Fonze]

And you have no sense of smell when you sleep ..