Really TRUE odd factoids

[Blue Hills]

If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

A source for this classic?
Always followed or just during a short period?
If always true must be frustrating for the sculptors?

 

[PeteXXX]

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

 

[mikeIow]

A source for this classic?
Always followed or just during a short period?
If always true must be frustrating for the sculptors?

Maybe….or maybe not - https://www.nationsclassroomtours.com/blog/the-horse-statue-symbolism-fact-or-myth

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

But how can I prove this?
The online calculators tell me it is 1.234568e+16

 

[PeteXXX]

But how can I prove this?
The online calculators tell me it is 1.234568e+16

Use a pencil ✏

😁

 

[classic33]

Your foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints, more than 100 tendons, muscles, and ligaments, and a whopping 250,000 sweat glands.

 

[Dave7]

Might have posted this before but heard it mentioned yesterday.

If you multiply ANY number by 9 then add the resulting digits it always comes to 9.

eg
9x7 = 63. 6+3 = 9
9 x 117 = 1,053. 1+5+3 = 9

 

[Beebo]

Might have posted this before but heard it mentioned yesterday.

If you multiply ANY number by 9 then add the resulting digits it always comes to 9.

eg
9x7 = 63. 6+3 = 9
9 x 117 = 1,053. 1+5+3 = 9

Just adding extra info.
You may have to simplify the final answer a couple of times for very big numbers. But you will eventually get to a single digit which should be 9.

9x699 = 6291 6+2+9+1 = 18 1+8 = 9.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The abbreviation lb for Pound as a unit of measure means Libra, dating back to Roman times. i.e. Libra Pondo, or Pound Weight

 

[markemark]

Might have posted this before but heard it mentioned yesterday.

If you multiply ANY number by 9 then add the resulting digits it always comes to 9.

eg
9x7 = 63. 6+3 = 9
9 x 117 = 1,053. 1+5+3 = 9

9 x 0?

 

[classic33]

More players in Spain’s squad in Euro 2020 have played for Rochdale in the past two years than Real Madrid

In a controversial move, Spain manager Luis Enrique has opted to not take any players from Real Madrid, the most successful team in the nation's history, to the tournament. This is the first time this has ever happened in Spanish football history. To emphasise how rare this is, Spain’s second choice goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, who currently plays for Brighton, once spent time on loan at Rochdale where he played 26 games for the League One side. This is more recent than any player in the current Spain squad has pulled on the famous white shirt of the Spanish giants.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

The bird, a snipe, flies in a zig zag fashion. In times past hunters would say "anyone can shoot a pheasant, but it takes a good shot to hit a snipe". So gamekeepers and others who could hit a snipe were called snipers, later meaning anyone who was a good shot.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The leaning tower of Pisa is hollow.

 

[mistyoptic]

Might have posted this before but heard it mentioned yesterday.

If you multiply ANY number by 9 then add the resulting digits it always comes to 9.

eg
9x7 = 63. 6+3 = 9
9 x 117 = 1,053. 1+5+3 = 9

I like sevenths

1/7 = 0.142857
2/7 = 0.285714
3/7 = 0.428571
4/7 = 0.571428
5/7 = 0.714285
6/7 = 0.857142

 

[Dave7]

I like sevenths

1/7 = 0.142857
2/7 = 0.285714
3/7 = 0.428571
4/7 = 0.571428
5/7 = 0.714285
6/7 = 0.857142

Sorry but that has gone over my head. Humour me and explain.

 

[mistyoptic]

@Dave7 look at the sequence of numbers. All the same, just a different starting point