Useless fact of the day

[Jeff]

Not sure how this thread will evolve but it's just a bit of fun.....here's a few for starters

Today's Mini is the same width as the original Range Rover

The B707 carried 137 pax in a 2 config set up, and A320 carries 140 in a normal config

The roads on Heathrow airport used to start with N to the North, S to the South, E to the East and W to the West.....C was used for Central area.

[graham]

Here we go then....

A bull's front legs are shorter than its back legs, so if it gives chase, run downhill

Only one person in two billion will live to be 117 or older

Pogonophobia is a fear of beards

[lordevanelpuss]

If pigs could fly then Bacon, Pork & Ham would go up!

[dave]

Jan 23, 2024 19:16:37 GMT Jeff said:

Not sure how this thread will evolve but it's just a bit of fun.....here's a few for starters

Today's Mini is the same width as the original Range Rover

The B707 carried 137 pax in a 2 config set up, and A320 carries 140 in a normal config

The roads on Heathrow airport used to start with N to the North, S to the South, E to the East and W to the West.....C was used for Central area.

i see you've got clouds aswell as us up here in N.Staffs then... and my contribution is...

best friends are like big knickers, full of support, and covers your arse if needed...

[graham]

It's illegal to own just one guinea pig in Switzerland

Queen Elizabeth II was a trained mechanic

An ostrich's eye is larger than its brain

[Jeff]

To fly an empty A333 a certain airline 😇 needs a 3000kg ballast pallet loaded in the rear hold!

[graham]

TYPEWRITER is the longest word you can write only using the top row of letters on a keyboard

Pope John Paul II was made an honorary Harlem Globetrotter

Sloths can hold their breath longer than dolphins

[dave]

SMILES is the longest word, as there's a mile between the first and last letters...

(i'll get my hat, i really must get out more...)

[graham]

Finland has the most heavy metal bands per capita

Australia is wider than the moon

It would take 19 minutes to fall from the North Pole to the Earth's core

[michael]

I watched a B777 take of from Hong Kong on a direct flight to LHR ,90 mins before I did the same route, but I completed my flight,cleared customs collected my car drove to Reading,took my kids to school.... went to bed for 2hrs 30mins ,drove back to Heathrow in time to see the B777 LAND !!!!

[graham]

Did you come home via the Space Shuttle Michael or did the first B777 take a wrong turn?

[christoff]

I don't like tomato's

[steadygreen]

I think that he meant this one, Graham - tho' you may be correct!

secure.boeingimages.com/archive/First-777-200-in-Flight-2F3XC5GWF9C.html

[graham]

Thank you

[Jeff]

Harry Wayne Casey's the lead singer in "KC and the sunshine band" was born in Opa Locka, Florida... And unbelievingly wasn't a plane spotter 😯

[graham]

From the top of the multi storey car park at Tescos in Reading, it's possible to see eleven continents, but only on a clear day

[foxfire]

Can't add anything to it but what a great thread!

[graham]

"Polythelia" is a condition where the person has three nipples, it affects one in 18 people.

Bananas are mildly radioactive due to their potassium content

The Earth's orbit around the sun means that we all travel approximately 2.5 million kilometers per day

[rugbyref]

‘Added time’ is a misnoma made up by ignorant football commentators. The correct term is ‘time allowed’.

The same commentators fail to use the correct term ‘Assistant Referee’ instead calling them referee’s assistant (who could be whoever does their laundry.)

[michael]

Feb 4, 2024 23:19:43 GMT steadygreen said:

I think that he meant this one, Graham - tho' you may be correct!

secure.boeingimages.com/archive/First-777-200-in-Flight-2F3XC5GWF9C.html

Steadygreen you are quite correct ...ironically we could only see the tail during daylight at HKG,but it was on the departure board beside us and it was only lights ,so I still needed to see it properly....but of course it went to PIA.

N6066Z B777-240LR Boeing  BOE777 (to be AP-BGZ)

This lead once to another fun fact in one of the aircrafts first flights into Heathrow airfield ops didn't appreciate the filed flight plan as a B77L not a B772 and sent it into one of T3 cul-de-sacs causing a slight problem as B77L has B777-300 WINGS  and needed a gentle push back out. 

[rugbyref]

The meaning of life in the Hitchikers Guide is the same answer as the number of teeth a dog should have……42

[Jeff]

TASER (Thomas A Swift's Electronic Rifle)

ODEON (Oscar Deutch Entertains Our Nation)

ACME (A Company Making Everything

[rugbyref]

Ads-b is showing a Ryanair flight as a glider doing 310knots over the North Sea. Worthy of a smile!

[graham]

The Eiffel Tower can be up to 15cm taller on a hot, sunny day due to metal expansion.

A large cloud weighs about one million tonnes

Eisoptrophobia is a fear of mirrors

[dave]

dreamt is the only word in the English language to end in mt.

you are 13.8% more likely to die on your birthday, than any other day.

if you open your eyes in a pitch dark room, the colour you see is Eigengrau.

[michael]

The RAILINGS that suround Becket House on Tabard Street near Elephant and Castle station and a few others,are made of old WW2 emergency stretchers.
They are recognisable being 6ft with 4 V's on them as ground rests.

[dave]

Golf balls have 336 dimples.

the dot above i and j is called a tittle.

Gnurr is the lint at the bottom of your pocket.

if the USAF didn't have bombs, missiles, or bullets, it would be the biggest flying club in the world.

[Jeff]

As February 2024 draws to a close, tomorrow was planned to be the retirement date of the final 8 BA B747-400s in service. That plan may have needed moving to the right with the subsequent B777-9 delays, but it was the final published fleet plan, prior to the pandemic