What about food??
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Interesting trivia thread
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I don’t know how long it would take food to travel.
from a standing start the USAAF Eighth Airforce (only a part of the USAAF establishment in Britain) built 132 airfields, 9,700,000 sq feet of warehousing and depots, housing for over 500,000 personnel (more than Washington DC at the time), moved 16,400,000 cubic yards of soil, laid 46,000,000 square yards of concrete and 262,000,000 bricks.
Interestingly none of the airfields had a security perimeter of any sort. Such was the mood of the population it wasn’t felt necessary. Imagine that today, anything not nailed down would be nicked.
Courtesy of ‘Big Week’ by James Holland, an excellent read.
Interestingly none of the airfields had a security perimeter of any sort. Such was the mood of the population it wasn’t felt necessary. Imagine that today, anything not nailed down would be nicked.
Courtesy of ‘Big Week’ by James Holland, an excellent read.
The manufacturer of some of the worlds finest guitars - Fender - was founded by Leo Fender in 1946. He was an accountant who did not play the guitar.
America’s first space station - Skylab - was destroyed in a controlled manner by bringing it down to the earths atmosphere where it broke up. NASA were unsure where the debris would land and aimed as best as they could for The Pacific Ocean. However, some debris landed in Western Australia. The Australian authorities issued NASA with a A$400 fine for littering which was paid.
The first ‘smart‘ phone was launched in 2007.
HTC Dream
The first Android device, the horizontal-sliding HTC Dream, was released in September 2008.
the Simon Personal Communicator
The first smartphone, created by IBM, was invented in 1992 and released for purchase in 1994. It was called the Simon Personal Communicator (SPC). While not very compact and sleek, the device still featured several elements that became staples to every smartphone that followed.
The first smartphone, created by IBM, was invented in 1992 and released for purchase in 1994. It was called the Simon Personal Communicator (SPC). While not very compact and sleek, the device still featured several elements that became staples to every smartphone that followed.
Man on tv last week claiming cricket was invented in Ireland. It sounded very convincing. Claimed "invading armies" modified it brought it around the world and back to UK.
Cricket was played in quire a few places in Ireland way back and seemingly not areas associated with British army.
One article says first notable match was 1792
Another source claims it was played in County Wexford c1250. This is partly based on archaeological information.
Cricket was played in quire a few places in Ireland way back and seemingly not areas associated with British army.
One article says first notable match was 1792
Another source claims it was played in County Wexford c1250. This is partly based on archaeological information.
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2.25 million cubic yards of concrete was used in building The Hoover Dam.
Enough concrete to build a four lane highway from one end of USA to the other end.
Enough concrete to build a four lane highway from one end of USA to the other end.
Upon completion the Sydney Harbour Bridge was load tested by driving 96 steam locomotives onto it.
According to The Las Vegas Gaming Board there were approximately 160,000 slot machines in Las Vegas in 2019.
They generated c$270m Income.
A month.
They generated c$270m Income.
A month.
The last act to play at the iconic Queen’s hall in Leeds was T’Pau & I was there.