Interesting trivia thread

[Cougar377]

In the UK, in terms of maps and general navigation, there are actually 3 Norths....

True North - this is based on the Earth's rotational axis.

Grid North - based on the northerly convergence of the OS grid lines on maps.

Magnetic North - based on the current magnetic effects created by the Earth's molten core.

Magnetic North is always moving.

 

[derek kelly]

The sand shot from a bunker is the only shot where the club doesn’t contact the ball

None of beakers shots connect with the ball

 

[andyBeaker]

The fastest time for changing all four wheels and tyres during a F1 Grand Prix is 1.79 seconds set this season by Red Bull.

Think about that next time you are trying to put the rear wheel back on your Bird.

 

[Malone]

Cristiano Ronaldo won’t have any tattoos in case the ink gets into his bloodstream, he’s a regular blood donor

 

[andyBeaker]

Feldspar is the name given to a group of minerals distinguished by the presence of alumina and silica (SiO2) in their chemistry. This group includes aluminum silicates of soda, potassium, or lime. It is the single most abundant mineral group on Earth

 

[Pow-Lo]

In the UK, in terms of maps and general navigation, there are actually 3 Norths....

True North - this is based on the Earth's rotational axis.

Grid North - based on the northerly convergence of the OS grid lines on maps.

Magnetic North - based on the current magnetic effects created by the Earth's molten core.

Magnetic North is always moving.

True north and magnetic north is global, not just the UK.

 

[Cougar377]

True north and magnetic north is global, not just the UK.

Hence, I said "in the UK".

Google have recently tried to claim that they have their own North.

 

[Squag1]

Hence, I said "in the UK".

Google have recently tried to claim that they have their own North.

Would that be under the Santa clause??

 

[Cougar377]

Would that be under the Santa clause??

There is no Santa Claus.

 

[Squag1]

Sanity clause???

 

[Cougar377]

Sanity clause???

We should invoke it for you......

 

[Pow-Lo]

Hence, I said "in the UK".

Google have recently tried to claim that they have their own North.

You'd have been more correct if you'd left the reference to the UK out of it.

 

[Squag1]

We should invoke it for you......

The problem only started after I came here. I was just perfect before.

 

[andyBeaker]

If you fly two identical clocks showing exactly the same time around the world from the same place back to the same place in opposite directions they will end the journey showing different times.

Can‘t quite work out if that proves Einstein’s Theory of Relativity or disproves it. I’ll let you know.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafele–Keating_experiment

 

[Pow-Lo]

Kellogg’s Corn Flakes were invented to prevent wanking.
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg was extremely prudish and believed sex was a heinous sin—he didn't even sleep with his own wife. But in Kellogg's book, masturbation was even worse. His solution? Give people a healthy breakfast option. He believed that certain foods, such as meat, increased sexual desire, while cereal and nuts had the power to temper it.

 

[Squag1]

Kellogg’s Corn Flakes were invented to prevent wanking.
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg was extremely prudish and believed sex was a heinous sin—he didn't even sleep with his own wife. But in Kellogg's book, masturbation was even worse. His solution? Give people a healthy breakfast option. He believed that certain foods, such as meat, increased sexual desire, while cereal and nuts had the power to temper it.

So what's your preference, cornflakes or meat

 

[Cougar377]

You'd have been more correct if you'd left the reference the UK out of it.

How so..? The OS Grid isn't international. It only applies to the UK.

 

[Pow-Lo]

How so..? The OS Grid isn't international. It only applies to the UK.

With true and magnetic. I misunderstood your last post and now realise that you wrote 'hence UK' in reference to the OS Grid. Soz, my bad.

 

[Pow-Lo]

So what's your preference, cornflakes or meat

Not cornflakes!

 

[derek kelly]

Not cornflakes!

Pork sword?
Beef bayonet?
Mutton dagger?