Really TRUE odd factoids

[matticus]

Gosh, hold the front page

It's sticky, unhealthy and expensive.

I think you need to try some different newspapers

 

[DaveReading]

The flag flying atop Buckingham Palace for the VE Day celebrations, today, is the size of a tennis court..

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Sorry, but that's just nonsense.

 

[T4tomo]

Sorry, but that's just nonsense.

no that's ^^ nonsense

 

[PeteXXX]

Sorry, but that's just nonsense.

Oh, no it isn't..!

 

[Chris S]

Sorry, but that's just nonsense.

That would depend on the size of the tennis court.

 

[Seevio]

The flag flying atop Buckingham Palace for the VE Day celebrations, today, is the size of a tennis court..

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Can we get a source please.

A standard tennis court is 78' x 27' (23.77m x 8.23m)

As far as I have been able to find out, the usual Royal Standard flown from royal residences is 18' x 9' (5.49m x 2.74m) with smaller versions for bad weather. Apparently bigger versions are used for special occasions but this would need to be nearly 4x bigger. Edit: In length and width. It would of course be nearly 16 times bigger in area.

 

[king of the mole hills]

Table tennis

 

[PeteXXX]

Can we get a source please.

A standard tennis court is 78' x 27' (23.77m x 8.23m)

As far as I have been able to find out, the usual Royal Standard flown from royal residences is 18' x 9' (5.49m x 2.74m) with smaller versions for bad weather. Apparently bigger versions are used for special occasions but this would need to be nearly 4x bigger. Edit: In length and width. It would of course be nearly 16 times bigger in area.

it was on a commentary that I heard.. Can't remember which one, though.
For scale, if you guesstimate a person @ 6' that makes the Royal Ensign very big.
The size of the flag used depends on the importance of the event, apparently.

 

[king of the mole hills]

To be fair that is a big flag

 

[Punkawallah]

To be fair that is a big flag

It could, of course, be very close to the camera . . .

 

[Beebo]

To be fair that is a big flag

It’s big. But clearly not the size of a tennis court.
I doubt the flag pole isnt much more than 10m high.
I suspect the commentator was getting a bit carried away.

 

[T4tomo]

It’s big. But clearly not the size of a tennis court.
I doubt the flag pole isnt much more than 10m high.
I suspect the commentator was getting a bit carried away.

Its 19m high for reference....

 

[king of the mole hills]

You should never fall for a tennis player
Love means nothing to them

 

[DaveReading]

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it was on a commentary that I heard.. Can't remember which one, though.
For scale, if you guesstimate a person @ 6' that makes the Royal Ensign very big.
The size of the flag used depends on the importance of the event, apparently.

The central pediment of Buckingham Palace (the bit that flanks the waving balcony and has the flagpole on top) is 60 feet wide.

There's no way that flag is 78 feet across.

The fact that the media has widely parroted the tennis court comparison doesn't make it true.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

The flag flying atop Buckingham Palace for the VE Day celebrations, today, is the size of a tennis court..

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Is that a European Tennis Court, or an African Tennis Court?

- King Arthur