Facts that seem untrue

***Jack*** · 10-05-2022 07:34 PM

The word SWIMS upside-down is still SWIMS.

***nonshinyfinish*** · 11-05-2022 08:52 AM

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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.

***Godsahibby*** · 11-05-2022 10:40 AM

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!

***AltheHibby*** · 13-05-2022 09:37 AM

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

***nonshinyfinish*** · 13-05-2022 10:14 AM

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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?

***Northernhibee*** · 13-05-2022 10:26 AM

Kangaroos have three legs, and the only time they use them independently is whilst swimming.

***AltheHibby*** · 13-05-2022 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by nonshinyfinish

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Is it worse that I know without checking that it's 2^20 rows and 2^14 columns?

16,384 columns
1,048,576 rows

That's on my work PC.

**sleeping giant** · 13-05-2022 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by Godsahibby

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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!

Amazing.

What podcasts are you listening to without hijacking the thread?

***Godsahibby*** · 14-05-2022 03:59 PM

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Amazing.

What podcasts are you listening to without hijacking the thread?

Startalk with Nigel degrasse Tyson is a great listen.

***Billy Whizz*** · 17-05-2022 05:23 PM

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.

**WeeRussell** · 17-05-2022 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by nonshinyfinish

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Depends what you mean by upside down. If you just flip it vertically then you get 5MIW5.

Turning your phone round is upside down. When I do that I read SWIMS. Good enough for me.

***nonshinyfinish*** · 18-05-2022 06:29 AM

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Turning your phone round is upside down. When I do that I read SWIMS. Good enough for me.

Depends what you mean by turning round. When I turn my phone round I read the back of my phone.

**Onceinawhile** · 18-05-2022 09:07 AM

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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.

Yes, their first game was reported in the dundee newspaper at the time.

***Hermit Crab*** · 20-05-2022 09:04 PM

Hermit Crab is in fact, a Hibs fan.

***Jones28*** · 20-05-2022 10:01 PM

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Hermit Crab is in fact, a Hibs fan.

This must be nonsense

***Just Alf*** · 20-05-2022 10:26 PM

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Hermit Crab is in fact, a Hibs fan.

You've taken that too far... its only facts were dealing with on this thread!

***Oscar T Grouch*** · 26-05-2022 02:15 PM

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

The cornea of the eye is the only body part that doesn't have a blood supply, it gets oxygen directly from air.

***nonshinyfinish*** · 26-05-2022 02:17 PM

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There are more LEGO™ people/figurines on earth than Humans.

Lego is also the world's largest tyre manufacturer.

**Colr** · 26-05-2022 08:19 PM

A Jerusalem Artichoke isn’t from Jerusalem and is not an artichoke.

***danhibees1875*** · 27-05-2022 06:48 AM

The platforms in Waverley are infact layed out in a sensible order.

***HibbyAndy*** · 27-05-2022 07:13 AM

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A Jerusalem Artichoke isn’t from Jerusalem and is not an artichoke.

What is it then

***Scouse Hibee*** · 27-05-2022 08:23 AM

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What is it then

A variety of sunflower.

***HibbyAndy*** · 27-05-2022 09:20 AM

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A variety of sunflower.

Learn something new every day

**Killiehibbie** · 27-05-2022 12:45 PM

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A variety of sunflower.

Is that not like saying a strawberry is a rose or whatever family it belongs to?

***Oscar T Grouch*** · 27-05-2022 02:24 PM

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Is that not like saying a strawberry is a rose or whatever family it belongs to?

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.

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.

***overdrive*** · 28-05-2022 01:17 AM

It is a criminal offence in Texas to own more than six dildos but you can own unlimited guns

**Killiehibbie** · 28-05-2022 08:06 AM

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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.

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.

I should've paid more attention during botany lessons.