The word SWIMS upside-down is still SWIMS.
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The word SWIMS upside-down is still SWIMS.
Depends what you mean by upside down. If you just flip it vertically then you get 5MIW5.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
We live closer in time to T-Rex than T-Rex lived to a Stegosaurus.
Been listening to a lot of podcasts recently around the cosmos and time and it really is mind blowing!
There are more than twice as many cells in any Excel tab than there are people on Earth. If you put a single character in the very bottom right cell print preview says you need to print over 38 million pages.
Yes, you're right, I need a life
Is it worse that I know without checking that it's 2^20 rows and 2^14 columns?Quote:
Originally Posted by AltheHibby
Kangaroos have three legs, and the only time they use them independently is whilst swimming.
16,384 columnsQuote:
Originally Posted by nonshinyfinish
1,048,576 rows
That's on my work PC.
Amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Godsahibby
What podcasts are you listening to without hijacking the thread?
Startalk with Nigel degrasse Tyson is a great listen.Quote:
Originally Posted by sleeping giant
Stolen from BBC drive time today
Sevilla FC was duly formed on 25 January 1890 while a group of young British, mainly Scots, along with other young men of Spanish origin, celebrated Burns Night in Seville.
Turning your phone round is upside down. When I do that I read SWIMS. Good enough for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by nonshinyfinish
Depends what you mean by turning round. When I turn my phone round I read the back of my phone.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeeRussell
Yes, their first game was reported in the dundee newspaper at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Whizz
Hermit Crab is in fact, a Hibs fan.
This must be nonsenseQuote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
You've taken that too far... its only facts were dealing with on this thread!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
:greengrin
There are more LEGO™ people/figurines on earth than Humans.
The average person living in a first world country will spend 6 months of their life waiting at traffic lights, if they are from Edinburgh it's about a year :greengrin
The cornea of the eye is the only body part that doesn't have a blood supply, it gets oxygen directly from air.
Lego is also the world's largest tyre manufacturer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oscar T Grouch
A Jerusalem Artichoke isn’t from Jerusalem and is not an artichoke.
The platforms in Waverley are infact layed out in a sensible order.
What is it then :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Colr
A variety of sunflower.Quote:
Originally Posted by HibbyAndy
:aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
Learn something new every day :greengrin
Is that not like saying a strawberry is a rose or whatever family it belongs to?Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
No not really, the 'artichoke' is the root of the wild sunflower (not the ones grown for seeds and oil, wild sunflower has smaller flowers, not as tall) so it is actually part of a sunflower plant. also called a sunroot or earth apple.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killiehibbie
Interestingly enough an actual artichoke is a member of the thistle family of plants, it is essentially the bud of the flower of the cynnara (sp) thistle. The onopordum thistle is the one we know as the Scots Thistle.
It is a criminal offence in Texas to own more than six dildos but you can own unlimited guns
I should've paid more attention during botany lessons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oscar T Grouch
Men or women?Quote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
After walking on the moon, Buzz Aldrin got a job at a Cadillac dealership as a salesman but failed to sell a single car.
Hampden used the same pair of goalposts from 1903 all the way up to 1987