studiot Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) Post your useless but amusing/interesting facts here. For instance Palindromic temperatures : 28o C = 82o F Edited July 31, 2020 by studiot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joigus Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Nice post. +1 Here's mine: If you set the ratio: #(gauge bosons)/#(source fermions)=1090/1080=1010 which is approximately correct for the observable universe. And then raise it to the power: #(degrees of freedom of all known gauge sectors) = 1(EM)+3(EW)+8(QCD) = 12 You get: (1010)12 = 10120 which is the scale of the overcounting of the vacuum energy from QFT. Coincidence? I'll leave that one to @SergUpstart... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Hanke Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, studiot said: Post your useless but amusing/interesting facts here. For instance Palindromic temperatures : 28o C = 82o F Does this have any connection to the fact that a fully stretched out (standard shop-bought) slinky is precisely 82 feet long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiot Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 minute ago, Markus Hanke said: Does this have any connection to the fact that a fully stretched out (standard shop-bought) slinky is precisely 82 feet long? Wow is it really ? I thought it was just today's maximum forecast temperature for Somerset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Hanke Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Just now, studiot said: Wow is it really ? I thought it was just today's maximum forecast temperature for Somerset. Here's another one - it is actually illegal to bring a Furbie into the Pentagon. It's in fact a criminal offence, punishable by lengthy prison sentences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 41 minutes ago, Markus Hanke said: Here's another one - it is actually illegal to bring a Furbie into the Pentagon. It's in fact a criminal offence, punishable by lengthy prison sentences It is illegal to wear high-heels in Carmel, California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 hours ago, studiot said: Post your useless but amusing/interesting facts here. For instance Palindromic temperatures : 28o C = 82o F -40ºC = -40ºF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Markus Hanke said: Here's another one - it is actually illegal to bring a Furbie into the Pentagon. It's in fact a criminal offence, punishable by lengthy prison sentences 47 minutes ago, Strange said: It is illegal to wear high-heels in Carmel, California. Far from useless, I think you two may have saved me some jail time. I'll be repacking my suitcase for my next jaunt to the coasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Markus Hanke said: Here's another one - it is actually illegal to bring a Furbie into the Pentagon. It's in fact a criminal offence, punishable by lengthy prison sentences They were banned, but I don't think it's a criminal offense. It was thought they could record conversations, which would be illegal in secure spaces, but they can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 hours ago, swansont said: -40ºC = -40ºF 0 K = 0 °R 4 hours ago, Markus Hanke said: Here's another one - it is actually illegal to bring a Furbie into the Pentagon. It's in fact a criminal offence, punishable by lengthy prison sentences What charge? Bad spelling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, John Cuthber said: 0 K = 0 °R Absolutely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Hanke Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 21 hours ago, swansont said: They were banned, but I don't think it's a criminal offense. It was thought they could record conversations, which would be illegal in secure spaces, but they can't. Oh I see I never bothered to fact check this...just come across it here and there. A somewhat more scientific one - it is possible to construct (mathematically) a geometric body that has finite edge length, and infinite surface area enclosing zero volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghideon Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 If n = number of stars in the observable universe and v=the number of liter of the volume of earth then [math]\frac{n}{v} \approx 1[/math] (According to wolframalpha https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=(number+of+stars+in+the+observable+universe)%2F(convert+one+volume+of+the+earth+to+liters). Of course number of stars is a rough estimate.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
et pet Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 In the U.S. you can park in a driveway and drive on a Parkway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 8 minutes ago, et pet said: In the U.S. you can park in a driveway and drive on a Parkway. Also true in Camden in North London 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldChemE Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 The Speed of light in a vacuum is approximately 1.8 x 10^12 furlongs per fortnight (assuming I didn't screw up the math) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 The word "arrive" is related to "river" and "riparian" (= related to river banks) because it originally meant "to arrive by boat". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbrush Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) The chicken egg came before the chicken, because the egg was laid by a creature very similar to a chicken but different enough to be a different species. The mutation occurred in the egg creating the first chicken. Therefore the chicken egg came before the chicken. Edited August 12, 2020 by Airbrush 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Externet Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, Airbrush said: Therefore the chicken egg came before the chicken. If you call it "the chicken egg" because has a chicken in it; would be different than calling it "the chicken egg" because was laid by a chicken. Which correctly, would be a hen instead. 🤨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbrush Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Externet said: If you call it "the chicken egg" because has a chicken in it; would be different than calling it "the chicken egg" because was laid by a chicken. Which correctly, would be a hen instead. 🤨 There was a mutation in the egg which was laid by a "chicken-like" creature, which was a different species. That is why the egg was the first of its' kind, it was a "chicken egg" laid by a creature that was not a chicken. Speciation occurred in the egg. Edited August 12, 2020 by Airbrush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joigus Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 45 minutes ago, Airbrush said: The chicken egg came before the chicken, because the egg was laid by a creature very similar to a chicken but different enough to be a different species. The mutation occurred in the egg creating the first chicken. Therefore the chicken egg came before the chicken. I can't see how this could be wrong. +1. Eggs were around long before anything chicken-like was around. Whenever you decide a mature organism merits the definition of chicken, there must have been something before that already merits the definition of egg. I think it's check mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiot Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 37 minutes ago, Externet said: If you call it "the chicken egg" because has a chicken in it; would be different than calling it "the chicken egg" because was laid by a chicken. Which correctly, would be a hen instead. 🤨 Gosh I though chickens came from KFC. Silly me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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joigus Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, iNow said: Thanks for the visual help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatos Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Airbrush said: Speciation occurred in the egg. Speciation occurred in the female parent. The egg is built after fertilization. Therefore the chicken came first. You can be superstitious but you cannot be a little bit stitious. Edited August 12, 2020 by zapatos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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