Facts that seem untrue

[West Upper]

The Republic of Ireland extends further north than Northern Ireland

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Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff.

[Stairway 2 7]

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Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff.

Always like that one, also Carlisle, Liverpool and Dorset in the South West

[Onceinawhile]

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Edinburgh is further west than Cardiff.

Is it? I looked at google maps and it doesn't look like it's particularly close tbh.

[CropleyWasGod]

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Is it? I looked at google maps and it doesn't look like it's particularly close tbh.

Edinburgh is 3.18 west.

Cardiff 3.16 west.

Presumably, these are measured at the centre. So Edinburgh is further west, just.

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Is it? I looked at google maps and it doesn't look like it's particularly close tbh.

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Edinburgh is 3.18 west.

Cardiff 3.16 west.

Presumably, these are measured at the centre. So Edinburgh is further west, just.

Yeah it's pretty close, and obviously it depends on exactly where you put the centre, but every source I've looked at has Edinburgh's longitude slightly further west than Cardiff's.

[CropleyWasGod]

On a similar note, Edinburgh is further North than Copenhagen.


Elgin City are the most Northern senior Scottish fitba club.

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On a similar note, Elgin City are the most Northern senior Scottish fitba club.

But surprisingly not as far north as Swansea

[Oscar T Grouch]

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On a similar note, Edinburgh is further North than Copenhagen.


Elgin City are the most Northern senior Scottish fitba club.

By a fraction of a degree, Moscow (55.75º), Edinburgh (55.95º) and Copenhagen (55.67º) all lie on the same line of latitude. There are only 8 countries whos capitals are further North than Edinburgh. Nuuk (Greenland) is the furthest North of all Capitals (64.17º)

[CropleyWasGod]

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By a fraction of a degree, Moscow (55.75º), Edinburgh (55.95º) and Copenhagen (55.67º) all lie on the same line of latitude. There are only 8 countries whos capitals are further North than Edinburgh. Nuuk (Greenland) is the furthest North of all Capitals (64.17º)

I'm missing 1

This list has 6, plus Nuuk = 7

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/...-capitals.html

[Hermit Crab]

Peterheads Balmoor ground is the furthest senior football ground from any mainline railway station. The closest being Inverurie which 31.3 miles by the road.

[Hermit Crab]

Punk legend Captain Sensible is a huge rail enthusiast, as is Rod Stewart.

[Oscar T Grouch]

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I'm missing 1

This list has 6, plus Nuuk = 7

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/...-capitals.html

Missing Tôrshaven in the Faroes, you could also include Svalbard a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic ocean, Capital Longyearbyen which is 78.13º North but it is essentially Norwegian territory and Longyearbyen is the administrative centre. These are probably missing because of the same reason Edinburgh is missing. All three are self governed but under the sovereignty of Denmark, Norway and the UK.

My list is Riga, Stockholm, Tallinn, Oslo, Helsinki, Torshaven, Reykjavik and Nuuk

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[Stairway 2 7]

Until the 19th century for millenia, people would have 2 sleeps. One between 9 and 11. Then be up from about 11 till 1am. Then a second sleep from 1 until morning.

The industrial revolution and artificial light meant we stayed up longer but still got up the same time so just had 1 big sleep. Good article I read on it

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2...biphasic-sleep

[Northernhibee]

Andy Halliday could have won the cup.

[Oscar T Grouch]

- Sweating like a pig? Pigs like dogs do not have sweat glands, dogs overcome this by panting and having a tendency to dive into any available water/mud on a sunny day. Pigs wallow in mud to prevent overheating. This fact is just another reason certain methods of pig farming are extremely cruel.

- One quarter of all the bones in your body are in your feet.

- Bonobo Chimps are called Bonobo because of a typo

[overdrive]

Motherwell won the Copa del Rey, beating Real Madrid in the final and it is in their trophy cabinet.






Ok, it was an unofficial version, but still!

[Billy Whizz]

The same person wrote Handbags and Gladrags, and the Finger of Fudge TV jingle

[CropleyWasGod]

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The same person wrote Handbags and Gladrags, and the Finger of Fudge TV jingle

Mike d'Abo. Was in Manfred Mann.

[G15 Hibs]

The actor that played Captain Hastings in ITV's Poirot series wrote the theme tune to Rainbow

[ACLeith]

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The actor that played Captain Hastings in ITV's Poirot series wrote the theme tune to Rainbow

And Pauline Moran (Miss Lemon) played bass in the all-girl band She Trinity.

[Mibbes Aye]

You get more pizza in one 18" pizza than you do in two 12" pizzas.

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You get more pizza in one 18" pizza than you do in two 12" pizzas.

Who ate all the πs?

[AltheHibby]

If you could put a rope around the equator and you then added 3 feet in length to it, it could now sit just under 6 inches off the ground all the way around.

[sleeping giant]

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If you could put a rope around the equator and you then added 3 feet in length to it, it could now sit just under 6 inches off the ground all the way around.

Ooft

I'll be honest. I doubted that.

But....https://mathimages.swarthmore.edu/index.php/Rope_around_the_Earth

[Stairway 2 7]

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If you could put a rope around the equator and you then added 3 feet in length to it, it could now sit just under 6 inches off the ground all the way around.

That's class

[Billy Whizz]

Someone mentioned this to me today on the way to the match
A Cadburys flake never melts in the microwave,

The theory behind the Flake's inability to melt is apparently because it's made out of dehydrated milk chocolate, which means it slowly hardens until the sugar burns rather than melting.

Please don’t try this at home, disclaimer alert!

[Killiehibbie]

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If you could put a rope around the equator and you then added 3 feet in length to it, it could now sit just under 6 inches off the ground all the way around.

Do the same with the rope around your waist and the answer is the same.

[Mibbes Aye]

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Who ate all the πs?