Really TRUE odd factoids

[Tenkaykev]

Britans longest train journey from Aberdeen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland to Penzance in Cornwall, England is approximately 6563636.363636 bananas long.

That can be shortened to 1GC*


* GigaCavendish *

 

[Tenkaykev]

Britans longest train journey from Aberdeen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland to Penzance in Cornwall, England is approximately 6563636.363636 bananas long.

For whatever reason you can't make the return journey without changing train. It's only the " down " leg tha's continuous.

 

[slow scot]

For whatever reason you can't make the return journey without changing train. It's only the " down " leg tha's continuous.

I did not know that! I have done the “down” journey, and it is a long one.

 

[Chris S]

A colony of scorpions has been living in a wall at Sheerness Dockyard, Kent, for about 200 years.

 

[Beebo]

A colony of scorpions has been living in a wall at Sheerness Dockyard, Kent, for about 200 years.

Yep. They came over on boats. And they predate the grey squirrel as an invasive species in UK.
They just haven’t made it off the Isle of Sheppey yet!

 

[classic33]

The observable universe is over 93 billion light years across.
To date human has travelled more than 1.3 light seconds from earth.

We've a bit more travelling to do.

 

[Seevio]

The observable universe is over 93 million light years across.
To date human has travelled more than 1.3 light seconds from earth.

We've a bit more travelling to do.

I think you meant to say billion although the statement is still technically correct.

 

[kynikos]

I think you meant to say billion although the statement is still technically correct.

...but loses meaning, especially in extremis:

The observable universe is over 93 metres across.
To date human has travelled more than 1.3 light seconds from earth.

 

[Alex H]

A waste tip in east London has been on fire for at least 15 years

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...-volcano-arnolds-field-toxic-fires-waste-dump

 

[matticus]

Yep. They came over on boats. And they predate the grey squirrel as an invasive species in UK.
They just haven’t made it off the Isle of Sheppey yet!

Oh cool!!!

predate
verb
pre·date pri-ˈdāt
predated; predating; predates
transitive + intransitive

: to prey on (something or someone)
Animals predate other animals in nature, but that is hardly commensurate with a massive worldwide farming industry that breeds species purely for our purpose.
—Jenny Diski

 

[matticus]

The observable universe is over 93 billion light years across.
To date human has travelled more than 1.3 light seconds from earth.

We've a bit more travelling to do.

Today, google has Quite Impressed me with it's knowledge of less common units:
https://www.google.com/search?q=1.3+light+seconds

 

[Andy in Germany]

The observable universe is over 93 billion light years across.
To date human has travelled more than 1.3 light seconds from earth.

We've a bit more travelling to do.

What is that in bananas?

 

[classic33]

What is that in bananas?

That'd depend on how long it takes to eat a banana.

 

[classic33]

On March 4, 1989, a racing buffalo named Harvey Wallbanger made his debut at Golden Gate Fields in California, marking the start of his unusual and impressive career. The buffalo, owned, trained, and ridden by T.C. Thorstenson, was pitted against a quarter horse named Two Eyed Burt, who was ridden by "Cowboy" Jack Kaenel, in a thrilling 110-yard sprint down the stretch.

 

[rikki]

And the winner?