Really TRUE odd factoids
- Thread starter Blue Hills
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DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
Sadly, it's not actually true.
While Concorde did indeed normally cruise at Mach 2, it was flying at around Mach 1.5 in that shot in order to give the Tornado crew a chance to match its speed and take the photo.
While Concorde did indeed normally cruise at Mach 2, it was flying at around Mach 1.5 in that shot in order to give the Tornado crew a chance to match its speed and take the photo.
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
It's on Wikipedia so it must be true!
Yes, it says that in the link. guess the 'creator' got carried away with the caption
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Eh??
The OP said nothing about Wikipedia, nor linked to it.
From the Snopes article (nothing to do with Wikipedia) it appears certain to be true.
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
And my former headmaster predicted laptops.
https://sites.google.com/site/ophney77/1981-new-technology
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Sometimes t'internet is wrong
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
Slower than a spitfire. 🙄
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
They didn't actually *play* in the tie-dyed stuff, only wore it for the medal ceremony
The shirts weren’t even sent by the grateful dead.
Taken from wiki
“the Grateful Dead was moved by the team's plight and funded their trip to the Olympics.Artist Greg Speirs from New York was also moved by the team's plight and created the iconic Slam-Dunking Skeleton on tie-dye shirts which were made in the colors of the Lithuanian flag. The skeleton slam-dunking a basketball symbolized a phoenix rising from the ashes, according to the artist who created it.”
T4tomo
Legendary Member
even more impressive is its over 4 games not just some one-off.
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
The most televised face in British TV history isn't a presenter or actor, it's Carol Hersee who appeared on the centre of the BBC test card for over 30 years.
