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Interesting trivia thread
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As it happens I have no feeling in the big toe of my right foot as a result of surgery.
That is interesting trivia by the way.
93% of the launch weight of Saturn V rockets (the ones that went to the moon) was fuel. The energy output during take off was greater than that on the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, but not as great as that dropped on Hiroshima.
Sophie Ellis-Bexter’s mum was a Blue Peter presenter.
Apparently space rockets were designed based on width of rail car transporting them.
Railcars were first made by coach builders who built to same size as horse drawn coaches and coach width was based on the width of 2 horses arses.
Therefore rocket size is designed based on the width of 2 horses arses.
Railcars were first made by coach builders who built to same size as horse drawn coaches and coach width was based on the width of 2 horses arses.
Therefore rocket size is designed based on the width of 2 horses arses.
The Roman's were the ones to standardise using 2 horses, thereby setting the initial width.
Therefore the Romans were instrumental in space rocket design.
That bit I forgot. It's claimed the later carts were built to go in the grooves in the Roman roads created by chariots
During the invasion of France the Allies dropped five hundred ‘imitation paratrooper‘ dolls that were less than three feet tall behind enemy lines to district and confuse the enemy. Upon impact a series of fire crackers were set off to replicate gunfire. It is believed that considerable enemy forces engaged with the false attack.
The dolls were affectionately called ‘Rupert’.
The dolls were affectionately called ‘Rupert’.
The Evergiven is in the Suez Canal heading south!
If you put a cucumber on the floor behind a cat and then attract the cat’s attention so it sees the cucumber the cat will jump in the air in panic.
n.b. I have a similar reaction when I see salad.
n.b. I have a similar reaction when I see salad.
Neil Armstrong managed to break the vital switch that controlled the ascent engine on the part of Apollo 11 that was to be used to propel the crew from the surface of the moon and commence the triumphant journey home.
NASA engineers spent 12 hours unsuccessfully trying to figure out how to bypass the vital switch. Buzz Aldrin, the second crew member, solved the problem by sticking a pen in the broken switch. It worked perfectly.
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NASA engineers spent 12 hours unsuccessfully trying to figure out how to bypass the vital switch. Buzz Aldrin, the second crew member, solved the problem by sticking a pen in the broken switch. It worked perfectly.
50 Years Later: The pen that saved Apollo 11
The Apollo 11 mission could have ended in disaster, if it were not for some astronaut ingenuity and a felt-tipped pen.
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Bogus. I've tried this on our two and they look at you as if to say, knobhead.
King Henry VIII had a “Groom of the Stool”, whose job was to monitor and assist in the King’s bowel motions. The role remained in existence until King Edward VII abolished it in 1901.
The scenes in and around ‘Nelson Mandela House, Peckham’ were actually shot in and around Whitemead House in Bedminster, Bristol