Utterly useless facts and information

[lord bunberry]

I love useless facts and information, let's hear everyone's.
I will start with a couple
Antartica is the biggest desert in the world
The day on Venus is longer than the year.

[Pretty Boy]

Hitler didn't refuse to shake the hand of Jesse Owens as an explicit act of racism. He was advised by the IOC that it was against protocol to congrarulate medal winners after he had congratulated German winners the day before so didn't congratulate any winners the day Owens won his medal.

After each player makes three moves in a chess match there are over 120M possible ways the game can go.

[lord bunberry]

Hitler didn't refuse to shake the hand of Jesse Owens as an explicit act of racism. He was advised by the IOC that it was against protocol to congrarulate medal winners after he had congratulated German winners the day before so didn't congratulate any winners the day Owens won his medal.

After each player makes three moves in a chess match there are over 120M possible ways the game can go.
That's the kind of stuff I like :greengrin

[lord bunberry]

Beam me up Scotty was never said in Star Trek.

[Hibrandenburg]

My ***** is exactly the same length as two IKEA pencils.

I'm barred from IKEA.

[Pete]

Only one in every hundred people in Jamaica are Rastafarian.

[Godsahibby]

The Slovakian and Slovenian embassays meet once a month to exchange incorrectly addressed mail.

[SuperAllyMcleod]

The average man has less than two legs ( it only takes one one-legged man to bring the averages below two).

There are 10 types of people in this world - those who understand binary and those who don't.

[Godsahibby]

For those who love these sorts of facts there is an amazing Podcsst called 'No Such Thing as a fish'. It's the researchers from QI with the useless facts they have found out that week.

Also worth a follow on twitter

[Betty Boop]

My ***** is exactly the same length as two IKEA pencils.

I'm barred from IKEA.

:greengrin

[Godsahibby]

For those who love these sorts of facts there is an amazing Podcsst called 'No Such Thing as a fish'. It's the researchers from QI with the useless facts they have found out that week.

Also worth a follow on twitter

[SRHibs]

If you stretch your intestines out, end to end, along a football pitch, you would die.

[lord bunberry]

Before oxygen was present on the earth the oceans were green.

[brianmc]

For those who love these sorts of facts there is an amazing Podcsst called 'No Such Thing as a fish'. It's the researchers from QI with the useless facts they have found out that week.

Also worth a follow on twitter
We heard you the first time!

[snooky]

We heard you the first time!

Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam"

Gordon Smith and Bobby Johnstone were originally Hearts fans &
Ned and Willie O were originally Rangers fans (so I was told).

You could get model T Fords in all sorts of colours not just black.

[lord bunberry]

Tigers have stripped skin as well as stripped hair.

[McD]

The reason the sky is blue is because of the angle that light is refracted through air.

The reason it can appear red in the evening and in the morning is because it's at a different angle (from our perspective).

[Future17]

The average man has less than two legs ( it only takes one one-legged man to bring the averages below two).

Have you factored in those that have three?

[DH1875]

If you live in Iceland, its apparently against the law to own a pet dog.

[Caversham Green]

In Britain October is the longest month of the year.

[grunt]

In Britain October is the longest month of the year.Eh?

[Caversham Green]

Eh?

:greengrin Clocks go back, so it's an hour longer than any other 31 day month.

[grunt]

:greengrin Clocks go back, so it's an hour longer than any other 31 day month.Doh!

[Just Jimmy]

"There's been a murder" was never actually said in Taggart.

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[Caversham Green]

When Clark Gable said "Frankly my dear I don't give a damn" he had to put the emphasis on "give" because "damn" was considered a swear word.

(In Gone With the Wind btw).

[Hibrandenburg]

The word "gullible" is not in the English Dictionary.

[lord bunberry]

The Earth is closest to the sun in January.

[lord bunberry]

In Iceland your last name is your fathers first name with son on the end or dottir if you're a girl.

[Godsahibby]

We heard you the first time!

No idea how that posted twice like that.

[Franck Le God]

The Republic of Ireland only introduced postcodes in 2015.

The word 'hundred' used to mean 120.

There's a gift shop at Guantanamo Bay.

[Greentinted]

In Chester, a person is permitted to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow, as long as he is inside the city walls after midnight.
Except on a Sunday. Obviously...

[SuperAllyMcleod]

The word "gullible" is not in the English Dictionary.

Yes it is, I've just checked.

[matty_f]

Kerry Katona doesn't actually own a cat.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

In Chester, a person is permitted to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow, as long as he is inside the city walls after midnight.
Except on a Sunday. Obviously...

Same thing as York but, substitute Scotsman for Welshman.

[Jonnyboy]

Barry Norman never actually said "And why not?"

[snooky]

When Arthur Thomson signed for Hearts he threw away his Hibs scarf.

[SteveHFC]

Andy Halliday could have won the cup but he ****ed it up.

[snooky]

The Cisco Kid's horse was called Diabolo
Pancho's horse was called Loco
Hopalong Cassidy's horse was called Topper
The Range Rider"'s horse was called Rawhide
Tonto's horse was called Scout
Steptoe's horse was called Hercules

[GreenLake]

13 out of every 13 jambos are cheats

[Haymaker]

Andy Halliday could have won the cup but he ****ed it up.

I heard this as well

[Future17]

In Iceland your last name is your fathers first name with son on the end or dottir if you're a girl.

Because of this, the Icelandic national team used to have their first names on the back of their strips. This only changed in the run up to the recent Euros.

Also, Icelandic phone books are organised around residence, first name and occupation.

[DH1875]

Because of this, the Icelandic national team used to have their first names on the back of their strips. This only changed in the run up to the recent Euros.

Also, Icelandic phone books are organised around residence, first name and occupation.

Iceland has heated streets in the winter to stop them from freezing over and becoming slippery.

[Hibee87]

Yes it is, I've just checked.

Not sure if you had a woosh moment or are being serious.

Air polution in china increases snow in californa, apparently.

[SteveHFC]

Approximately 40,000 people are bitten by cats in the U.S. annually.

[snooky]

Approximately 40,000 people are bitten by cats in the U.S. annually.

"If you discount the killings, Washington has a very low crime rate" - Mayor Marion Barry.

Comforting to know that.

[SteveHFC]

If you were a black widow you would pray for your wife to have a headache every night as the female black widow spider devours her mate after mating. She may be found to devour up to 20 mates in a day.

[Scouse Hibee]

A full size snooker table has 8 legs and 5 pieces of slate. The cloth is tacked onto softwood that is screwed to the slate, with 5/8 tacks which are left with the head proud so are easy to remove.

[SuperAllyMcleod]

Not sure if you had a woosh moment or are being serious.

Air polution in china increases snow in californa, apparently.

How gullible do you have to be to believe that I actually looked it up? [emoji23]

[Hibee87]

How gullible do you have to be to believe that I actually looked it up? [emoji23]

Its hard to take the context of a response without a smiley :greengrin

[Godsahibby]

A quarter of the worlds Hazlenut production goes into making Nutella.

[snooky]

They say the Romans used urine as toothpaste.
(Personally I think they're talking pi$h :wink:)

[Just Jimmy]

A quarter of the worlds Hazlenut production goes into making Nutella.
And i eat 98.45% of the nutella it makes... give or take.

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[sleeping giant]

A quarter of the worlds Hazlenut production goes into making Nutella.

Gobsmacked.

Mental

[Scouse Hibee]

If you stick the palm your hand on top of a lit candle after rubbing marmite into your palm it won't burn.

[matty_f]

If you stick the palm your hand on top of a lit candle after rubbing marmite into your palm it won't burn.

Are you talking from experience? :greengrin

[snooky]

If you stick the palm your hand on top of a lit candle after rubbing marmite into your palm it won't burn.

At long last, something worthwhile doing with Marmite.

[Scouse Hibee]

Are you talking from experience? :greengrin

Yes it's amazing, you smell the marmite heating up but no burning of the skin.

[The_Exile]

If you were a black widow you would pray for your wife to have a headache every night as the female black widow spider devours her mate after mating. She may be found to devour up to 20 mates in a day.

Spideyslag

[Caversham Green]

Hampden Park was once the biggest stadium in the world.

Most stadia have their main stand on the west side of the pitch so the toffs don't get dazzled by the sun at 3 pm.

[Geo_1875]

Before oxygen was present on the earth the oceans were green.

Oceans of what? What was H2O before there was any O?

[snooky]

Oceans of what? What was H2O before there was any O?

Ceans? :cool2:

[Hibrandenburg]

Oceans of what? What was H2O before there was any O?

H?

[sleeping giant]

Ceans? :cool2:

:faf:

Cheers :faf:

[DH1875]

Icelanders drink more coca cola per capita than any other nation (including the USA).

[lord bunberry]

Oceans of what? What was H2O before there was any O?
Before oxygen was present as a gas. The water on the planet arrived in the form of ice, the oxygen we breathe was formed by Cyanobacteria photosynthesising.

[brianmc]

The poor areas of big cities(in the northern hemisphere) tend to be found in the East end. This is due to the prevailing wind generally blowing from West to East - meaning the posh/rich people lived in the West End to avoid the chimney smoke and stench of pollution being blown their way.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

The dot in a j or i is called a tittle.

[snooky]

Most barns were painted red because red paint was the cheapest.

The extra mortar that squeezes out when bricklaying is called a snot.

Sitting Bull didn't lead the Sioux at the Little Big Horn - it was Crazy Horse.
Sitting Bull looked after the women & children during the battle.

[MSK]

In bricklaying a half brick is called a half bat, cut it directly at the flug and its called a Queens closure.

The chute that kegs and barrels are used to deliver beer is called a slype.

Scaffolders use fanny clamps.

The passage ( sheep crawl ) on a dry stane dyke is called a lunky hole.

I need to get out more 😮

[Caversham Green]

A brass monkey was a bracket for holding cannonballs on the deck of a ship. When it got cold the brass contracted and the cannonballs fell off.

Hence the phrase "It's f*****g freezing".

[Geo_1875]

Before oxygen was present as a gas. The water on the planet arrived in the form of ice, the oxygen we breathe was formed by Cyanobacteria photosynthesising.

But what froze to form the ice?

[Hibs Class]

Polar bears aren't white.

Their skin is black and their hairs are clear.

[The_Exile]

But what froze to form the ice?

God did it, so obvious now! That or comets.

Italian sailors from Genoa where were known as "Genes" by the French wore cotton workpants. These became known as 'a pair of genes' which morphed into 'jeans' in the English language.

Every second of every day an area of rainforest the size of a football pitch is destroyed (80,000 acres a day, an area the size of Scotland & Wales per year).

Many astronomers believed Venus was once inhabited and was a planet of lush vegetation until either technology or a natural disaster created a runaway greenhouse effect which destroyed the planet. No observations were possible of Venus due to the thick cloud that covered the entire planet although the Russians made a couple of lander attempts which results were largely seen as disappointing (this was very much seen as another space race between the US and Russia, the first superpower to find life on another planet). Expectations of finding signs of a previous civilisation were high as Venus fell within the "goldilocks" zone of the sun and therefore evidence of liquid water in the form of dry river systems etc were expected to be found. That is until the early 90's and NASA's Magellon probe sent back radar images of the planets surface which revealed a fairly young looking surface in geological terms (judging by impact craters, an estimated age of 800 million years old) and rivers of lava, lava plains, volcanoes. Thus it was determined life was never, and will never be possible on our closest neighbour.

[Andy74]

Before oxygen was present as a gas. The water on the planet arrived in the form of ice, the oxygen we breathe was formed by Cyanobacteria photosynthesising.

I think the more recent thinking is that water was present, wet, at the formation of the planet.

[Jack]

The football club we know and love does not get its name from anything to do with Ireland. It actually comes from the word hibernate.

It's a well known fact our club goes to sleep in the winter and that's what went wrong last season in our bid for promotion.

Thankfully we woke up in time to win the Cup 😂

[snooky]

Easter Road has nothing to do with the Spring festival.
It was the Eastern Road originally. There was a Western Road which is now Broughton Road & Bonnington Road.

[DH1875]

Reykjavik has a salmon river running right through it.

[Pretty Boy]

Gangkhar Puensum in Bhutan is the highest (by elevation) unclimbed mountain in the world.

Mountains above 6000M are not allowed to be climbed in Bhutan for religious and traditional reasons.

[Scouse Hibee]

La Favorita make fresh dough every day.

[Greentinted]

Repeats of every Top of the Pops featuring The Human League won't be shown on any BBC platform as every episode they appeared on was presented by either Dave Lee Travis or Jimmy Savile.

[lord bunberry]

I think the more recent thinking is that water was present, wet, at the formation of the planet.
I've heard that as well, but as far as I can see there has been no explanation as to how. My point was about oxygen being present as a gas.

[lord bunberry]

But what froze to form the ice?
I'm aware the water is made with oxygen, but the water on the earth wasn't made from oxygen from the earth.

[Hibee87]

I'm aware the water is made with oxygen, but the water on the earth wasn't made from oxygen from the earth.

I genuinely don't know the answer. But logically wouldthe oceans not have been green due to being more oxygen than there is now resulting in more algae ???

[lord bunberry]

I genuinely don't know the answer. But logically wouldthe oceans not have been green due to being more oxygen than there is now resulting in more algae ???
There was no life on earth at the time. The oceans were green due to amount of iron in the water. Bacteria then produced oxygen with oxidised the iron, leaving the water we have today.

[snooky]

The Everly Brothers were both left-handed but their father made them play guitar right-handed.

[Hibrandenburg]

WalMart and McDonalds are the 3rd and 4th largest employers in the world; only the armies of the United States and China employ more people

[matty_f]

McDonalds is the world's biggest toy distributor. (Or at least, it used to be!)

[TRC]

Finland drinks more coffee per head of capita than any other country in the world.

[Jack]

Barrs who make irn-bru were founded the same year as Hibs.

Coca-Cola is the number one-selling soft drink everywhere in the world – except in Scotland (and the Middle East) where it's irn-bru.

[Geo_1875]

I'm aware the water is made with oxygen, but the water on the earth wasn't made from oxygen from the earth.


I genuinely don't know the answer. But logically wouldthe oceans not have been green due to being more oxygen than there is now resulting in more algae ???


There was no life on earth at the time. The oceans were green due to amount of iron in the water. Bacteria then produced oxygen with oxidised the iron, leaving the water we have today.

I think you two are just making it up now.

[Hibrandenburg]

1 out of 10 Europeans have been conceived on an IKEA bed.

[Future17]

Coca-Cola is the number one-selling soft drink everywhere in the world – except in Scotland (and the Middle East) where it's irn-bru.

Unfortunately I don't think that's true for Scotland anymore.

[Craig_HFC]

LEGO are the largest tyre manufacturer in the world.

[Hibee87]

I think you two are just making it up now.

I admit I dont know/didnt know and mine was just a guess........I am genuinely interested in this subject as to how the world changed/evolved. Having religion be the answer to how things are here most of my childhood i love to read and make sense of how things happened from a scientific perspective as apposed to the some magical being in the sky :aok:.

[lord bunberry]

I think you two are just making it up now.
Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction.

[Scouse Hibee]

1 out of 10 Europeans have been conceived on an IKEA bed.


Which is remarkable considering I have never seen anyone ****ging an I am in Ikea regularly.

[Pete]

The first club to win the European cup in its present, big eared design was Celtic.


Liverpool are the only British club to have a real European cup in their trophy cabinet. Everyone else has replicas.


Tottenham wanted to wear their brand new, next seasons kit for the 1987 FA cup final against Coventry city. However, nobody noticed that there had been a printing mix-up until shortly before kick off, resulting in half of the players taking to the field with sponsors logos on their shirts while the other half wore blank tops. Holsten were not amused apparently...or were they amused at the publicity?
You decide. :hmmm:

[SuperAllyMcleod]

Hungarian Zoltan Czibor has an unusual claim to fame. He scored in both a World Cup Final (1954) and a European Cup Final (1961) but lost both games 3-2, both games were also played in the same stadium - the ****dorf Stadium in Berne.

[snooky]

Hungarian Zoltan Czibor has an unusual claim to fame. He scored in both a World Cup Final (1954) and a European Cup Final (1961) but lost both games 3-2, both games were also played in the same stadium - the ****dorf Stadium in Berne.

Sorry S.A. Mcl. I have substituted the asterisks with all the swear words I know but still don't know the name of the stadium.

s**tdorf? :dunno:

[Future17]

Sorry S.A. Mcl. I have substituted the asterisks with all the swear words I know but still don't know the name of the stadium.

s**tdorf? :dunno:

Masturbationdorf.

[SuperAllyMcleod]

Sorry S.A. Mcl. I have substituted the asterisks with all the swear words I know but still don't know the name of the stadium.

s**tdorf? :dunno:

It's the w a n k d o r f stadium - I didn't put the * in - they appeared automatically [emoji4]

[snooky]

It's the w a n k d o r f stadium - I didn't put the * in - they appeared automatically [emoji4]

What an unfortunate name.

Mind you, it's not as bad as "Tynecastle". :angelic:

[Speedy]

There is a whale called the '52 Hz Whale' that omits a sound well outside the hearing range of other known whales.

Nobody knows what species it is but its sound is spotted electronically every year.

[Speedy]

LEGO are the largest tyre manufacturer in the world.

Brilliant

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Hungarian Zoltan Czibor has an unusual claim to fame. He scored in both a World Cup Final (1954) and a European Cup Final (1961) but lost both games 3-2, both games were also played in the same stadium - the ****dorf Stadium in Berne.

I was there when Scotland drew 2-2 with Switzerland. An unfortunate stadium name for Young Boys of Berne to play in.

[snooky]

Glenn Campbell played the guitar intro on Frank & Nancy Sinatra's hit "Something Stupid"

Rod Stewart played the moothie on Millie's no. 1 hit "My Boy Lollipop"

John & Paul played all the instruments on "The Ballad of John & Yoko" (George & Ringo were on holiday at the time of the recording).

[SteveHFC]

When the Stone Roses launched into the offices of FM Revolver with tins of paint in protest at the unauthorised reissue of 'Sally Cinnamon' they caused £23,000 worth of damage.

[Jack]

There have been 15 leap minutes (61 seconds long) since 1980.

[Future17]

There have been 15 leap minutes (61 seconds long) since 1980.

My girlfriend doesn't know about this and doesn't believe me when I explain she's wrong for thinking I'm 15 minutes late for everything.

[Future17]

The word "assassin" is derived from the word "hash" (the drug).

[Jack]

My girlfriend doesn't know about this and doesn't believe me when I explain she's wrong for thinking I'm 15 minutes late for everything.

15 seconds, the minutes were already there :-)

So where were you and what were you up to for 14 minutes and 45 seconds?

[Future17]

15 seconds, the minutes were already there :-)

So where were you and what were you up to for 14 minutes and 45 seconds?

Ha ha! I knew I was going to get this wrong! It took me long enough to work out if I would be 15 minutes late or 15 minutes early. Turns out it's neither! :greengrin

[GreenLake]

Some Cafes in Los Angeles have servers in bikinis.

[SuperAllyMcleod]

Some Cafes in Los Angeles have servers in bikinis.

In what way is this a "useless" piece of information? [emoji6]

[lord bunberry]

In what way is this a "useless" piece of information? [emoji6]
Agreed, that's vital knowledge that should be shared, preferably with pictures :greengrin

[lord bunberry]

The golf course in the middle of Musselburgh racecourse is the oldest surviving golf course in the world.

[snooky]

The stone memorial at the Alamo was sculpted by a man from Musselburgh.
The Romans didn't build the Roman Bridge at Musselburgh.
In 1547 we lost 6000-0 to the English at the Battle of Pinkie (Musselburgh)

[GreenLake]

In what way is this a "useless" piece of information? [emoji6]

I am not able to share where such cafes are specifically.

[Jack]

Using GPS systems sea level varies around the world by some 200 meters.


Edit: This information will be useful if you intend flying a sea plane, or rather landing it, using only GPS data :-)

[Pete]

The golf course in the middle of Musselburgh racecourse is the oldest surviving golf course in the world.

Sorry to kill the Mussleburgh vibe but does that title not belong to Bruntsfield Links?

Royal Burgess also have some claim if I remember correctly.

[Killiehibbie]

Sorry to kill the Mussleburgh vibe but does that title not belong to Bruntsfield Links?

Royal Burgess also have some claim if I remember correctly.
1500's for Musselburgh in Guiness Book Of Records as oldest. 1700's for Bruntsfield.

[snooky]

The oldest trophy to be played for in golf is in the Royal Musselburgh Golf Club (I believe).

[lord bunberry]

Sorry to kill the Mussleburgh vibe but does that title not belong to Bruntsfield Links?

Royal Burgess also have some claim if I remember correctly.
Bruntsfield Links wouldn't be classed as a golf course now.

[GreenLake]

Sorry to kill the Mussleburgh vibe but does that title not belong to Bruntsfield Links?

Royal Burgess also have some claim if I remember correctly.

It is a very old club but the course at Barnton is not that old (1894).

[lord bunberry]

The extra day in a leap year is February the 24th.

[brianmc]

The extra day in a leap year is February the 24th.

Eh?

[Future17]

A defibrillator doesn't restart your heart - it stops it.

[Future17]

Actually, I suppose that's not utterly useless to know.

[lord bunberry]

Eh?
They add a day onto the 24th and it becomes the 25th, the 25th becomes the 26th and so on.

[Ozymandias]

They add a day onto the 24th and it becomes the 25th, the 25th becomes the 26th and so on.

Sorry I'm still in the "eh?" camp.

[Future17]

They add a day onto the 24th and it becomes the 25th, the 25th becomes the 26th and so on.

Surely if you added a day "onto" the 24th, the extra day would be the 25th? :-)

I'm conscious of my previous misunderstanding of leap seconds when posting this...

[lord bunberry]

Surely if you added a day "onto" the 24th, the extra day would be the 25th? :-)

I'm conscious of my previous misunderstanding of leap seconds when posting this...
The 24th day lasted 48 hours. In order to avoid confusion we don't call the extra day the 24th we just keep adding numbers on which gives us a 29th every 4 years.

[snooky]

A defibrillator doesn't restart your heart - it stops it.

FFS, in that case I'm off to buy a fibrillator. :offski:

[CropleyWasGod]

The 24th day lasted 48 hours. In order to avoid confusion we don't call the extra day the 24th we just keep adding numbers on which gives us a 29th every 4 years.
We have an extra day every 4 years because the world takes 365.25 days to circle the sun.

I'm in the "eh?" camp about the 24th, though......



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[Future17]

The 24th day lasted 48 hours. In order to avoid confusion we don't call the extra day the 24th we just keep adding numbers on which gives us a 29th every 4 years.

That still wouldn't make the 24th the "extra day" though.

[lord bunberry]

That still wouldn't make the 24th the "extra day" though.

They didn't have a 29th back then. Every 4 years the 24th lasted 48 hours. In some countries like Denmark the day when women are supposed to be allowed to ask the man to marry them is on the 24th rather than the 29th.

[lord bunberry]

We have an extra day every 4 years because the world takes 365.25 days to circle the sun.

I'm in the "eh?" camp about the 24th, though......



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Yes and that extra day used to be the 24th which lasted 48 hours.

[CropleyWasGod]

Yes and that extra day used to be the 24th which lasted 48 hours.
OK.....I'm with you now.


http://leapyearday.com/content/history-leap-year-day

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[brianmc]

They didn't have a 29th back then. Every 4 years the 24th lasted 48 hours. In some countries like Denmark the day when women are supposed to be allowed to ask the man to marry them is on the 24th rather than the 29th.

Ahhh, kinda makes sense when you explain it like that 👍

[lord bunberry]

The worlds only Cornish Pasty museum is in Mexico

[Allant1981]

A defibrillator doesn't restart your heart - it stops it.

Only half true, it can also be used to start the heart off again

[Hibrandenburg]

Only half true, it can also be used to start the heart off again

How? I'd be interested to know.

[sleeping giant]

You used to be able to pre pay any sins you were thinking about performing by indulging the church with gold coin.

There's a few pieces of eight , whirs the outlawed sex?

[sleeping giant]

How? I'd be interested to know.

It resets , or stops , an irregular heartbeat.

You would be horrified at some of the examples of "life saving" defibs I have encountered.

[Hibrandenburg]

It resets , or stops , an irregular heartbeat.

You would be horrified at some of the examples of "life saving" defibs I have encountered.

I used the things for 10 years on a nearly daily basis. I understand that the shock stops the electro mechanical chaos that occurs during fibrillation, but after it has actually done that it doesn't play an active role in restarting the heart. At best it can be used to confirm if a normal sinus rhythm has been achieved.

[Allant1981]

How? I'd be interested to know.

You can have a total lack of a heartbeat without flatlining, the heart is effectively on idle but not doing anything. A de fib will then work to start it off again.

[Hibrandenburg]

You can have a total lack of a heartbeat without flatlining, the heart is effectively on idle but not doing anything. A de fib will then work to start it off again.

Think you might mean "fibrillation". The heart is still actually beating but instead of the normal circa 80 beats per minute it is in a state of electrical/mechanical chaos and has a rhythm of up to about 600bpm. Because of the high frequency the heart is ineffectual and the chambers can't circulate blood around the body. Defibrillation allows the heart to recalibrate to it's normal rhythm by stopping the heart momentarily. When all goes well then the heart will restart on its own, the defib doesn't do that.

Bit like factory reset.

[snooky]

Think you might mean "fibrillation". The heart is still actually beating but instead of the normal circa 80 beats per minute it is in a state of electrical/mechanical chaos and has a rhythm of up to about 600bpm. Because of the high frequency the heart is ineffectual and the chambers can't circulate blood around the body. Defibrillation allows the heart to recalibrate to it's normal rhythm by stopping the heart momentarily. When all goes well then the heart will restart on its own, the defib doesn't do that.

Bit like factory reset.

i.e. Stick an acupincture needle up your derriere :wink:

[lord bunberry]

Neptune and Uranus used to be the opposite way around, meaning Neptune was originally closer to the sun than Uranus.

[snooky]

The World Series in baseball isn't about being champions of the 'world'. The trophy was put up by a newspaper called "The World".

[greenlex]

All the numbers from 1 up to 999 when in written form do not have the letter "a" in them.

[lord bunberry]

A websites page ranking on google has nothing to do with what page it's on. Its named after the founder of google Larry Page.

[Pete]

All the numbers from 1 up to 999 when in written form do not have the letter "a" in them.

One hundred And one.

:dunno:

[greenlex]

One hundred And one.

:dunno:
Fat fingers Pete. There's a 9 too many there. Should be 1 to 99
Sorry. Need to sack the poof reader.

[Speedy]

Fat fingers Pete. There's a 9 too many there. Should be 1 to 99
Sorry. Need to sack the poof reader.

Ate?

[Future17]

Ate?

Why was six afraid of seven?

[heretoday]

I've never worn blue denim jeans in my life. Black, grey, green - even maroon - but not blue.

[Future17]

I've never worn blue denim jeans in my life. Black, grey, green - even maroon - but not blue.

Ltyf

[heretoday]

Ltyf

I'll get me coat.

[sleeping giant]

I've never worn blue denim jeans in my life. Black, grey, green - even maroon - but not blue.

Maroon jeans ?

What an utterly horrible thought .
Good grief :greengrin

[sleeping giant]

I'll get me coat.

The torquiose one ?

[heretoday]

Maroon jeans ?

What an utterly horrible thought .
Good grief :greengrin

Ha Ha! You're too young to remember the sixties. There were even worse style crimes than that!

[lyonhibs]

Why was six afraid of seven?

Because seven eight nine :greengrin

[lyonhibs]

Barrs who make irn-bru were founded the same year as Hibs.

Coca-Cola is the number one-selling soft drink everywhere in the world – except in Scotland (and the Middle East) where it's irn-bru.

That recently changed just a couple of years ago did it not?

[lyonhibs]

Italy is (one of) the only countries where you don't remove the leading zero after the country code if calling from abroad.

[Pete]

The word "mafia" is never mentioned in the film Godfather because the real Italian mafia told them not to do so.

[lyonhibs]

All movies these days, at least those made in the USA, have phone numbers featuring 555 at the start because ever since a real phone number was accidentally shown in a film back in the 80's (or song title, my knowledge is a tad vague on this point) to avoid it happening again (and some perfectly innocent person getting bombarded with spam calls etc) numbers starting with 555 have been reserved for use in films.

[lord bunberry]

The blue whale is the biggest animal alive today and is also the biggest animal that has ever lived.

[snooky]

The 'World Series' being named after the World newspaper just might be an urban myth.

Sorry about me saying it was earlier - apparently my mythtake.

[Greentinted]

All the numbers on a roulette wheel when added together comes to 666 :devil:

[Haymaker]

The 'World Series' being named after the World newspaper just might be an urban myth.

Sorry about me saying it was earlier - apparently my mythtake.

:agree: it is a myth

[danhibees1875]

All the numbers on a roulette wheel when added together comes to 666 :devil:

Including the double zero?

[Geo_1875]

Including the double zero?

???

[danhibees1875]

???
Sorry, an awful attempt at a joke.

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[HibbyAndy]

I've been to Zante 4 times in 5 years

[Dub]

I've been to Zante 4 times in 5 years

The Driftwood Bar on the beach plays Speedy Gonzales at Happy Hour to attract customers.

[speedy_gonzales]

The Driftwood Bar on the beach plays Speedy Gonzales at Happy Hour to attract customers.

Nobody plays me, I'm the player,,,,

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

I've been to Zante 4 times in 5 years

Have you ever been to Zero's in Laganas? Myself and a lassie fell off the stage there about 15 years ago, luckily she landed on top of me! :-)

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

The USS Phoenix survived the attack on Pearl Harbour unscathed and was later acquired by The Argentinian Navy and later became the only ship to be sunk by a nuclear powered submarine under its new name - The General Belgrano.

[beensaidbefore]

In 1 hour the bacteria on food left at room temperature will increase 1 million times. It will continue to so at that rate, ie after 2 hours a million x a million.

[Scouse Hibee]

In 1 hour the bacteria on food left at room temperature will increase 1 million times. It will continue to so at that rate, ie after 2 hours a million x a million.

It depends on the temperature of the food though and not the room ;-) The danger zone for bacterial growth starts at 5 degrees C .

[Future17]

The USS Phoenix survived the attack on Pearl Harbour unscathed and was later acquired by The Argintinian Navy and later became the only ship to be sunk by a nuclear powered submarine under its new name - The General Belgrano.

That's a good one. Goes to show how old TGB was when sunk.

[pollution]

Robbie the Pict is Leonardo DiCaprio's godfather.

[beensaidbefore]

It depends on the temperature of the food though and not the room ;-) The danger zone for bacterial growth starts at 5 degrees C .

That is correct. I should have been a bit clearer. Still a thought though eh.

[easty]

Robbie the Pict is Leonardo DiCaprio's godfather.

Who??

[snooky]

Who??

He's the guy in the Titanic film :wink:

[easty]

He's the guy in the Titanic film :wink:

I was waiting on that!!

[snooky]

I was waiting on that!!

Sorry, couldn't resist it :greengrin
I think Robbie The Pict was an activist for removing the Skye Bridge tolls - not 100% sure though.

[jodjam]

Robbie the Pict is Leonardo DiCaprio's godfather.

I will be adding that wee nugget of info to my Skye tours

[pollution]

Glad to been helpful to you!

[Hibbyradge]

It's impossible to kiss your elbow.

[Hibbyradge]

I will be adding that wee nugget of info to my Skye tours

http://www.scotsman.com/regions/inverness-highlands-islands/robbie-the-pict-is-godfather-of-leonardo-dicaprio-1-4035325

[snooky]

It's impossible to kiss your elbow.

What if you accidentally got your arm cut off with a saw? :wink:

[lord bunberry]

Ushuaia is the most southern city in the world.

[lord bunberry]

Olympus Mons on mars is the biggest mountain in the solar system, its 2.5 times as big as Mount Everest.

[snooky]

The Titanic's 4th funnel was used for ventilating the engine rooms.

[Allant1981]

Barbados once had to score an own goal to help them progress in a football tournament

[snooky]

Bruce Lee was the 1958 Hong Kong Cha-Cha champion.

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/presenting_the_1958_hong_kong_cha_cha_championship _winner_my_bruce_lee


Cha-cha-cha!

[beensaidbefore]

I'm having spaghetti and meatballs for t. Now that is a useless fact.

[beensaidbefore]

Apparently you can't swallow your own tongue.

[Scouse Hibee]

Sean Connery's wife once sent back her salad because the tomatoes weren't Red enough.

[Scouse Hibee]

The Caley hotel's emergency generator is a large Rolls Royce Engine

[Hibernian Verse]

Chameleons don't change colour due to their surroundings it's due to mood.

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[snooky]

Uri Geller :crazy: claiming he's going to see to it that Scotland win on Friday to even the score.

[Hibee87]

Apparently you can't swallow your own tongue.

Tell Jimmy Boco that

[Scouse Hibee]

Jenners Balgreen depository building is a H shaped building.

[lord bunberry]

Jenners Balgreen depository building is a H shaped building.
I always think it's a shame that that building is used as a storage place. It would be nice if it was used for something better.

[Scouse Hibee]

I always think it's a shame that that building is used as a storage place. It would be nice if it was used for something better.

It's a listed building too.

[lord bunberry]

It's a listed building too.
It would make a cracking school or college.

[Pretty Boy]

The longest echo in a man made structure (112 seconds) was set in an underground fuel depot in Invergordon.

[Onceinawhile]

Olympus Mons on mars is the biggest mountain in the solar system, its 2.5 times as big as Mount Everest.

But mount everest isn't the tallest peak on earth. Hawaii is.

[lord bunberry]

The longest echo in a man made structure (112 seconds) was set in an underground fuel depot in Invergordon.

That's why I started this thread. That fact is now etched in my memory. It's sensationally useless , but brilliant at the same time. Well done sir.

[lord bunberry]

But mount everest isn't the tallest peak on earth. Hawaii is.

Ha ha I've actually had this discussion before. Everest is the highest peak above sea level. The mountain in Hawaii starts from a distance under sea level. I'm sure that there's a mountain somewhere else that is actually higher than Everest due to the way the earth bulges near the equator.

[Peevemor]

Ha ha I've actually had this discussion before. Everest is the highest peak above sea level. The mountain in Hawaii starts from a distance under sea level. I'm sure that there's a mountain somewhere else that is actually higher than Everest due to the way the earth bulges near the equator.

I watched a documentary about this last week.


http://geology.com/records/highest-mountain-in-the-world.shtml

[lord bunberry]

I watched a documentary about this last week.


http://geology.com/records/highest-mountain-in-the-world.shtml

That's exactly what I was talking about summed up by people more intelligent than me :greengrin

[Future17]

Ha ha I've actually had this discussion before. Everest is the highest peak above sea level. The mountain in Hawaii starts from a distance under sea level. I'm sure that there's a mountain somewhere else that is actually higher than Everest due to the way the earth bulges near the equator.

It's probably difficult to measure Olympus Mons from sea level as well... :greengrin

[lord bunberry]

It's probably difficult to measure Olympus Mons from sea level as well... :greengrin
That's a good point :greengrin

[Mon Dieu4]

Ha ha I've actually had this discussion before. Everest is the highest peak above sea level. The mountain in Hawaii starts from a distance under sea level. I'm sure that there's a mountain somewhere else that is actually higher than Everest due to the way the earth bulges near the equator.

Mount McKinley aka Denali is the highest in terms of sheer ascent from bottom to top 17,000 feet, Everest is 12,000

[Pretty Boy]

Mount McKinley aka Denali is the highest in terms of sheer ascent from bottom to top 17,000 feet, Everest is 12,000

Indeed.

As well as height mountains are also ranked in terms of prominence. Everest is top by default but the system moves Denali up to 3rd with Aconcagua in Argentina 2nd. K2 which is 2nd in height terms is only 22nd in terms of prominence.

It's a complicated calculation that takes account of the minimum height of a climb from a higher peak or sea level if it is the highest top in a land area or range.

The system actually leads to the somewhat bizarre situation that sees the encirclement parent peak of Mont Blanc being Mount Everest despite the obvious distance between the 2.

For anyone who cares the top 10 mountains by prominence are:

Everest
Aconcague
Denali
Kilimanjaro
Pico Cristobal Colon
Mt Logan
Pico de Orizaba
Vinson Massif
Puncak Jaya
Mt Elbrus

Highest ranking European is Mont Blanc at 11th (or Elbrus 10th depending how you view Russia). For Britain it's Mount Paget in South Georgia, a territory in the south Pacific.


Ben Nevis is the most prominent peak in the British isles followed by Carn Eige, Snowdon, Carrauntoohil and
Sgurr Aladair.

[lord bunberry]

How about this belter. If you spend a day at the top of a skyscraper you will be a few billionths of a second older than someone who spent it at ground level.

[heretoday]

It would make a cracking school or college.

Or block of overpriced flats.

[Future17]

How about this belter. If you spend a day at the top of a skyscraper you will be a few billionths of a second older than someone who spent it at ground level.

I love these. How does that work then? :greengrin

[Peevemor]

How about this belter. If you spend a day at the top of a skyscraper you will be a few billionths of a second older than someone who spent it at ground level.

Is it not younger? :confused:

[snooky]

How about this belter. If you spend a day at the top of a skyscraper you will be a few billionths of a second older than someone who spent it at ground level.

Good old Albert E=mc2. :spammy:
Finally we have the proof that it is possible to vanish up your own ar$e.:nerd:

[Scouse Hibee]

Is it not younger? :confused:

No definitely older,clocks run faster the further away from tbe ground they are.

[Peevemor]

No definitely older,clocks run faster the further away from tbe ground they are.
Fair enough. I was getting confused with time going slower the faster you travel.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

No definitely older,clocks run faster the further away from tbe ground they are.

The CCS didn't/don't! :-)

[lord bunberry]

I love these. How does that work then? :greengrin

The stronger the gravity, the slower time passes. The gravity from the Earth is stronger the closer you are to the centre. The more massive the object the slower time will pass. The effect would be increased on a planet like Jupiter. If you travelled close to a supermassive black hole time would almost stop. I have to say it's a concept I struggle to get my head around.

[danhibees1875]

Fair enough. I was getting confused with time going slower the faster you travel.

Yeah, pilots are a few minutes younger than someone born at the same time with a static job or something like that. (minutes was a guess, it could be seconds or even hours)

[Sergey]

Yesterday (21st December) was the shortest daylight day of the year. Today had how much more daylight than yesterday?

A whopping 3 seconds :aok:

[snooky]

Yesterday (21st December) was the shortest daylight day of the year. Today had how much more daylight than yesterday?

A whopping 3 seconds :aok:

Aye, the nights are fair drawin' oot.

[Scouse Hibee]

All legs of lamb you buy as a joint are rear legs :-)

[lord bunberry]

The killer whale isn't a whale, it's a dolphin. The name was misenterpreted in translation, it was named the whale killer originally.

[Lancs Harp]

In the 1974 world cup finals in then West Germany, the Dutch, at the beginning of the realisation of football commercialism had signed a kit deal with Adidas for the finals. Star Man Johan Cruyff however already had a sportswear deal in place (I think it was with Puma) and refused to yield to the Dutch FA. The solution was that Cruffs kit in the finals only had two stripes down the arms as opposed to the trademarked three stripes on everyone else kit.

[Pete]

No matter what angle you look at Mickey Mouse, his ears are always facing the same way.

[snooky]

Irvin Berlin's "White Christmas" is a California song. The intro verse goes like this ...

The sun is shining, the grass is green, the orange and palm trees sway
There’s never been such a day, in Beverly Hills, L. A.
But it’s December the 24th, and I am longing to be up north….

ch: I'm dreaming of a White Christmas, etc

[Lancs Harp]

Grouper fish are all born female and change into males after about 10 years.

[Craig_HFC]

Grouper fish are all born female and change into males after about 10 years.

Tranny fish, wtf

[andy1875]

Not a useless fact but can I just say.....

Threads like this are what I love about hibs.net :aok: gave me a good few laughs.

Ok I suppose it is usless information after all :greengrin

[Caversham Green]

In the 1974 world cup finals in then West Germany, the Dutch, at the beginning of the realisation of football commercialism had signed a kit deal with Adidas for the finals. Star Man Johan Cruyff however already had a sportswear deal in place (I think it was with Puma) and refused to yield to the Dutch FA. The solution was that Cruffs kit in the finals only had two stripes down the arms as opposed to the trademarked three stripes on everyone else kit.

And,

Scotland were the only unbeaten side in that tournament. And the first side ever to be eliminated without losing a match.

[beensaidbefore]

There is no correct way to write the sentence: there are three to's/too's/two's in the English language.

[HappyAsHellas]

A brass monkey was a bracket for holding cannonballs on the deck of a ship. When it got cold the brass contracted and the cannonballs fell off.

Hence the phrase "It's f*****g freezing".

Sadly this isn't true, stowing cannonballs in a similar fashion to a pyramid of well known chocolates would have rather disastrous effects whilst on the rolling seas.

[Future17]

There is no correct way to write the sentence: there are three to's/too's/two's in the English language.

Six. :greengrin

[SuperAllyMcleod]

There is no correct way to write the sentence: there are three to's/too's/two's in the English language.

Because there aren't -
There is one "to", there is one "too" and there is one "two". [emoji45]

[snooky]

Six. :greengrin

666 more like.

[beensaidbefore]

Because there aren't -
There is one "to", there is one "too" and there is one "two". [emoji45]

But you don't say them differently, at least I don't. That means you can say the sentence, but cannot write it. 😁

[beensaidbefore]

Six. :greengrin

😂😂😂

[Scouse Hibee]

It's impossible to stand on your left leg with your right hand on your left ankle and touch your shoulder blade with your left hand.

[Hibrandenburg]

It's impossible to stand on your left leg with your right hand on your left ankle and touch your shoulder blade with your left hand.

What response would you prefer?:

No it's no ah just done it

or

Oh my ****ing back

[Scouse Hibee]

What response would you prefer?:

No it's no ah just done it

or

Oh my ****ing back

:-)