Odd factoids

[User482]

No, he wasn't.
'In 1840, British scientist Warren de la Rue developed an efficiently designed light bulb using a coiled platinum filament in place of copper, but the high cost of platinum kept the bulb from becoming a commercial success.'
https://www.livescience.com/43424-who-invented-the-light-bulb.html

Or James Bowman Lindsay in 1835.

 

[Dirk]

Or James Bowman Lindsay in 1835.

And probably some uncredited inventor prior to that....

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The middle star in Orion's belt is closer to Earth than it is to the other two stars.

 

[bruce1530]

The electric light bulb was invented by me, in 1823. This was shortly after I invented time travel, which was some time next year.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

98% of statistics are made up

 

[jefmcg]

The middle star in Orion's belt is closer to Earth than it is to the other two stars.

Yes. That's from Pythagoras. The square of the middle star is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two stars.

 

[bruce1530]

Accordion to a recent survey, replacing words with the names of musical instruments in a sentence often goes undetected.

 

[screenman]

Air filled tyres were used on bikes before cars.

 

[srw]

If you drew a time line between the construction of the great pyramids and invention of the i phone, the reign of Cleopatra would be nearer the i phone than the pyramids.

That rather depends on which Cleopatra you mean.

 

[Dirk]

Tortoises can hold their breath for over 30 minutes.

 

[screenman]

The moon is smaller than the earth, it is also further away.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Accordion to a recent survey, replacing words with the names of musical instruments in a sentence often goes undetected.

Took me three reed throughs to see that.

 

[bruce1530]

In the cafe near my office, a baked potato with cheese and beans is more expensive than a baked potato with beans and cheese.

 

[NorthernDave]

That rather depends on which Cleopatra you mean.

This one

 

[Brains]

False. There is no where in the world where English is the defacto language for aircraft. Aircraft can't speak. Pilots, however.....

....you have obviously not flown a military drone ....