Interesting facts & figures!!

[CULWULLA]

since its a popular thread with over 5000 views and 500 replies, time to start no 2.
get cracking guys!
fabian>http://www.evsc.k12.in.us/schoolzone/schools/helfrich/miscellaneous%20pics/computerkid.gif

[Amaruu]

The Ford Motor Car Company made a loss in each of its first seven years of business. It then went on to win Business of the Century...the 20th Century.

[Amaruu]

The phaomnneil pweor of the hmuan mnid.
*
Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Amzanig huh?
*

[NCC1701D]

^^
Fcuk hey !!!

[Oriolus]

Just curious Culwulla - why is it nessesary to start a new thread after 500 posts.

[Homeroids]

Not so long ago we had a thread about the Aussie pop hitting 20mill. Well it's now 20.1mill - well within about 8 hrs it will be from the time this is posted :).

Aussie Pop (http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument)

[ABS]

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by
istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Amzanig huh?

It it, I could read that whole thing without any problems!

[Dilaz89]

wtf was with the melbourne is a hole thread?

[chrisaus]

wtf was with the melbourne is a hole thread?
just telling us the truth:)

[Pas]

someone e-mailed me a 'Kerry Packer calculator' .. you just enter the amount of money and it works out how long it takes for Kerry Packer to make that much money

some calculation.. I did:
It takes Kerry Packer only 9.8 minutes to earn $22,432, which is the income for those working a full 38hr week and getting paid at the federal minimum wage level ($11.35 per hour).

I also figured it only took Kerry 7.333 hrs to make one million bucks
and with one million bucks today you can buy 266666.67 Big Macs!!!!!!

[Pas]

okay someone also e-mailed me the world's easiest quiz (apparently)
you need at least 4 correct answers to pass:

1. How long did the Hundred Years War last?
2. Which country makes Panama hats?
3. From which animal do we get catgut?
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
5. What is a camel's hair brush made of?
6. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?
7. What was King George VI's first name?
8. What color is a purple finch?
9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from?
10. What is the color of the "black box" in a commercial airplane?

-- answers --

1. How long did the Hundred Years War last? *116 years
2. Which country makes Panama hats? *Ecuador
3. From which animal do we get cat gut? *Sheep and Horses
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution?
*November
5. What is a camel's hair brush made of? *Squirrel fur
6. The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal? *Dogs
7. What was King George VI's first name? *Albert
8. What color is a purple finch? *Crimson
9. Where are Chinese gooseberries from? *New Zealand
10. What is the color of the black box in a commercial airplane?
*Orange, of course

[Dilaz89]

nice one!;)

btw i got 0 :D

[NZer]

I got 1/10,because I just saw a program on TV about the Panama hats and Ecuador last week.


I'm winning.

[Orfeo]

I got 6, one of which i guessed...November is is my favorite month, and after the first question I knew there was a trick so random guessing for the ones I had no idea about seemed like a good idea...i guess it paid off this time.

[NZer]

lol.You Brisbanians are clever aye.........:D

[Fabian]

Norah Jones and Simply Red both have tracks titled "Sunrise" on their latest albums, but the lyrics to each version is different.

[Orfeo]

The Times made 97 mistakes in 5.5 single column inches on page 19 of their 22nd of August 1978 edition. The subject was Pope Paul VI.

[climbing_crane]

One of my city images was published in last Thursdays City Weekly magazine.

[Fabian]

One of my city images was published in last Thursdays City Weekly magazine.

Good stuff. I'm going to try an get a copy of the magazine:okay:

Here's another pointless fact

President Bush spent 42% of his first eight months in office on leave or vacation.

[Fabian]

This is a pointless fact.

[CULWULLA]

the 387m Tower Zero is Australia's 2nd tallest structure!!

http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/WA/Vlaming%20Head/Exmouth%20Tower%20ji%201.jpg

[Fabian]

The Hungry Jacks at Burwood in Sydney's Inner West is still a Burger King Store.

[CULWULLA]

trucks out west get to 53m long!

http://silokraj.securities.cz/pbeseda/fotky/Australie/velke/511.jpg

[CULWULLA]

Cooper Pedy is out middle of nowwhere! lol

http://silokraj.securities.cz/pbeseda/fotky/Australie/velke/375.jpg

[CULWULLA]

Tower of Terror is tallest ride in Australia! 117m
http://silokraj.securities.cz/pbeseda/fotky/Australie/velke/596.jpg
and fastest!

[CULWULLA]

Ayers Rock is taller than most of worlds skyscrapers at 348m! (equivalent to a 90storey office tower or 115storey apartment tower!
its also 1.5km wide x 2.5km long!
http://silokraj.securities.cz/pbeseda/fotky/Australie/velke/398.jpg

[Oriolus]

trucks out west get to 53m long!

http://silokraj.securities.cz/pbeseda/fotky/Australie/velke/511.jpg

When they're trying to break the world record, trucks out west get to 1235m long! Last year Mungindi on the Qld/NSW border broke the record held by Kalgoorlie for longest roadtrain - 87 trailers were hauled 322 metres by 1 primemover.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid118/p9b169bf52fcec6b1515db8fa98107e1c/f8898355.jpg

[Fabian]

GPT (Governor Phillip Tower) is owned by GPT (General Property Trust)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid96/p78d0ae9d48f2493c77c4e27799fa8bfc/fa1fd8fd.jpg

[Homeroids]

The length of a day on the planet Venus is 243 days which is longer than it takes to do one revolution around the sun (Venus year) at 225 days.

[Oriolus]

The President of Iceland believes in fairies!! :laugh:

[Pas]

I read somewhere that the Great Simpson Desert was named after the guy who founded the Simpson (washing machine) company.. apparently because he funded the aerial survey of the desert.

[Pas]

the 387m Tower Zero is Australia's 2nd tallest structure!!

http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/WA/Vlaming%20Head/Exmouth%20Tower%20ji%201.jpg

where is it Cul?

[Fabian]

If each Sydneysider used one energy efficient lightbulb, the savings in energy would:

*Provide power for 100 000 homes each year

OR

*Light up the Sydney Harbour Bridge for 500 years

OR

*Make 26 billion cups of coffee.

[CULWULLA]

where is it Cul?
Its one of 13 antenna towers at Tower Zero Naval Base at Exmouth, North West Cape!

[DamienK]

The title of the popular composite live-action and animated movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988) is in the form of a question, but has no question mark at the end, as it is considered bad luck by the industry.

[Fabian]

The Sun revolves around the Milky Way, taking 225 million years to revolve around it's centre.

[Jimmy James]

Fabian knows the contents of Norah Jones' and Simply Red's latest albums, Jimmy is scared!

[Macca-GC]

95% of all facts are made up on the spot

[Macca-GC]

The average term of an Australian Prime Minister until John Howard is 3.65517241379310344827586206896552 years

[Macca-GC]

Queensland and New South Wales are tied 34-all in the number of State of Origin matches they have won.

Queensland has won more years than NSW with a 14-9 lead.
But when you take away the two years that Queensland retained the Shield because of a tied final game and the two years of just having a single game, Queensland only leads 10-9.

Alfie Langer has played more State of Origin games than any other player with 34.

[Syd-Hk]

In an atom it consists of protons, neutrons and electrons.

protons and neutrons are 1000times bigger then electrons.
because electrons are so tiny they are regarded as weightless!

[climbing_crane]

One of nasa's shuttles just after take-off has as much power as 44 jumbo jets at full speed or about 64,000 V8's.
Also the fuel starts out as a thick gray rubbery mixture which is poured into the solid rocket booster in sections around a cylindrical core. This core leaves a huge 40 metre long tunnel and a flamethrower type gadget starts this mind boggling thing.

[chrisaus]

FACT:
-Perth International Airport has just celebrated the 60 years anniversary of its first international flight
-Perth To Singapore was the 3rd busiest australian international route last year
-earth works are to start in the next few months of perths new $150million CBD courts complex
-Burswood holds the title of best hotel, best convention centre and best conference facility in Australia
-Australian Airlines Is looking at expanding to Perth
-The Peak Apartment building on Adelaide Terrace will be Perth's tallest residential apartment building on completion at 77m and is selling fast
-The CBD, East Perth, Northbridge, Perth & West Perth are a Free Transit Zone (FTZ), all public transport in the boundaries is free (buses & trains)
-James Street In Northbridge has 12 Bars & Nightclubs
-Perth's Town Hall was completed in 1870
-Perth's New ABCHQ opens Next March
-Perth Convention & Exhabition Centre (PCEC) open in 67 days

[Homeroids]

In an atom it consists of protons, neutrons and electrons.

protons and neutrons are 1000times bigger then electrons.
because electrons are so tiny they are regarded as weightless!

Electrons do have mass :). Photons (not Proton) don't.
Particle where 1 unit is equal to the mass of a proton:

Family 1
Electron: .00054
Electron-neutrino: < 10^-8
Up-quark: .0047
Down-quark: .0074

Family 2
Muon: .11
Muon-neutrino: <.0003
Charm Qaurk: 1.6
Strange Quark: .16

Family3
Tau: 1.9
Tau-neutrino <.033
Top Quark: 189
Bottom Quark: 5.2

The three familes of fundamental particles and their masses (in multiples of the proton mass). The values of the neutrino masses have so far eluded experimental determination.

This really qualifies for pointless facts LOL. Well in the context of a skyscraper forum anyway.

[jellyman]

photons do have mass. Or at least they act as particles with mass. Relativity states that an object with finite mass will behave as an object with infinite mass. The same formulas cannot be solved for a photon, but it still makes a funny kind of sense that they act as a particle with a small mass when at light speed. This has been confirmed by experiments that show a laser exerting pressure on a target mirror.

[DamienK]

One of Reese Witherspoon's (star of Legally Blonde) ancestors, John Witherspoon (1723-1794), signed the Declaration of Independence.

[Muse]

^ Important facts: The 51st State of U.S., Australia doens't have a Declaration of Independence and the U.S. sadly doesn't adhere to it anyway. *Damind K. Spends an abundant amount of time in the U.S.*

[Macca-GC]

FACT:
-The Peak Apartment building on Adelaide Terrace will be Perth's tallest residential apartment building on completion at 77m and is selling fast

Wow, 77m. Now that's high. Especially considering that the tallest tower on the Gold Coast was 70m in 1971 and 90m in 1975.

[chrisaus]

yeah and what a hole that place turned into :D

[DamienK]

A "jiffy" is 3.3357X10^11 seconds.

[Fabian]

The song "Damn... I wish I was your lover" by Sophie B. Hawkins is a song about her lust for tennis player Martina Navratolvia (cannot get the spelling right)

This same singer is a Kiwi.

[Homeroids]

photons do have mass. Or at least they act as particles with mass. Relativity states that an object with finite mass will behave as an object with infinite mass. The same formulas cannot be solved for a photon, but it still makes a funny kind of sense that they act as a particle with a small mass when at light speed. This has been confirmed by experiments that show a laser exerting pressure on a target mirror.

Have you got a source for that because relativity states that if something travels at the speed of light it would have infinite mass. Also, the photons of light that we see from a distant celestrial object (eg Andromeda @ 2million LY's) from our perspective takes 2million years to get to us but from the photon's perspective travelling from Andromeda, it is instantaneous since time is relative to velocity and therefore if something is travelling at the speed of light, in theory it's time is instantaneous relative to all else.

At least they act as particles with mass...

[Fabian]

Today is the shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere and the longest day in the northern hemisphere.

It will be another two weeks before the mornings become longer (if your in Sydney)

The afternoons started becoming longer two weeks ago (if your in Sydney)

[Macca-GC]

yeah and what a hole that place turned into :D

The Gold Coast is not a hole. I can't believe someone from PERTH is calling the GOLD COAST a hole!!! ARE YOU BLIND???

[JayT]

Cooktown in North Queensland once had 94 pubs and over 30,000 people - more than half were Chinese.
Owing to Plagues, Cyclones and WW2 the population now is less than 1,000.


It would be a great place for a city - where is james bond:)
jt

[JayT]

The Northern pilon foundations of the Story Bridge in Brisbane are the worlds deepest bridge foundations.

jt

[chrisaus]

The Gold Coast is not a hole. I can't believe someone from PERTH is calling the GOLD COAST a hole!!! ARE YOU BLIND???
has all that sun killed of your brain cells:):) jokes mate JOKES

[CULWULLA]

It’s whale spotting time again. But did you know that if it hadn't been for the whales, Sydney would have folded in the early decades of its existence?

Whaling and sealing were the colony's largest exports until the 1830s, contradicting the old saying about the ‘sheep’s back’. Millers Point was home to the whalers. They could always be spotted on the harbour because they were foul and dirty, with their sails blackened from boiling down the blubber on deck. And they stank. It used to be said that in Sydney town 'every north-west wind blows a whaler.'

[JayT]

It’s whale spotting time again. But did you know that if it hadn't been for the whales, Sydney would have folded in the early decades of its existence?

Whaling and sealing were the colony's largest exports until the 1830s, contradicting the old saying about the ‘sheep’s back’. Millers Point was home to the whalers. They could always be spotted on the harbour because they were foul and dirty, with their sails blackened from boiling down the blubber on deck. And they stank. It used to be said that in Sydney town 'every north-west wind blows a whaler.'

I saw some whales yesterday - from the 30th floor of skyline north tower.

jt

[chrisaus]

FACT:
- Air New Zealand Are Increasing Perth - Auckland Flights To Daily
- 2 New Skybridges @ Perth International Airport Terminal Will Acomodate New Super Jumbos
- 93 New Rail Cars Will Be Added To Perth's Metrorail System As Part Of The Newmetrorail Project
- Perth CBD Has 4 City Convenience Stores
- Perth Has 3 Major Freeways
- The Poly Pipe (Northbridge Tunnel) Is 1.6km Long
- The Narrows Bridge Has 12 Lanes (2 Bus Lanes & 10 Traffic Lanes) And Will Have Another Bridge Built In The Middle To Accomodate The Southern Suburbs Railway Line
-The Perth Convention & Exhabition Centre (PCEC) Opens In 61 Days
-Burswood Casino 123 Gaming Tables & 1300 Computerised Video Gaming Machines
-Central Park Tower Has Aprox 66,500m² Of Office Space

[Blend]

maybe you should list pointless facts instead of ur constant boring facts about perth

[Blend]

The Washington Monument sinks 6 inches every year.

[Blend]

Over 2500 left-handed people a year are killed using products made for right handed people

The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds

Over 10,000 birds die every year from smashing into windows

The placement of a donkey's eye in its head allows it to see all four feet at all times.

In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits

[Macca-GC]

lol.

The Gold Coast is, according to everyone except the ABS, the 6th Largest City in Australia.

The M1 carries more cars than any other road in Queensland.

On a per capita basis, the Gold Coast hosts more international tourists than any other Australian city.

The Gold Coast City Council local government administration is the largest regional city in the country and second largest city in terms of area.

The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre opens in just 4 days. (Beat that Perth)
It is being built by Jupiters Ltd. The Owners of Conrad Jupiters casino. Now with their new show, 'Midnight Magic'

Gold Coast Airport is getting higher percentage increase in earnings than any other airport in Australia.

Sydney's population growth is only kept in positive numbers because of Migration. People keep moving to the Gold Coast(Smart Move).

A rail way line is being built to Gold Coast Airport (Funny how we're moving our line towards the border, when NSW moves theirs back from Murwillimbah to Casino). This will be the first time that two Australian International Airports will be connected on the same railway system let alone the same line.

[Randwicked]

Of all the people in Australia, only the ABS's opinion matters. :p



Fictitious numbers for use in radio, books, film and television

The ACA has assigned a series of telephone numbers for use in radio, books, films and television. It is not anticipated that these numbers will be allocated to individuals in the future, and have been reserved for these purposes. Numbers that are available for use include:

Premium Rate

• 1900 654 321

Geographic Ranges

For Central East Area Code Region (covering NSW and ACT):

• (02) 5551 xxxx & (02) 7010 xxxx

For South East Area Code Region (covering VIC and TAS):
• (03) 7010 xxxx

For Central East Area Code Region (covering QLD):
• (07) 5551 xxxx & (07) 7010 xxxx

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• (08) 5551 xxxx & (08) 7010 xxxx

Mobile

• 0491 570 156
• 0491 570 157
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• 0491 570 110

Freephone and local rate

• 1800 160 401 (used in an ongoing TV show since August 2002)
• 1800 975 707
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• 1300 975 707
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[Fabian]

Sydney's dams are 48 % full, the lowest on record.

[chrisaus]

or 52% empty

[Macca-GC]

Earlier this year, Hinze dam on the GOld Coast went down to just 25%

Beat that Sydney.

[Macca-GC]

Little Nerang Dam was empty.

[Fabian]

42 000 Tennis Balls will be used during Wimbeldon this year.

[Amaruu]

^ You got to love Wimbledon, it certainly has balls.

[Macca-GC]

^lol...balls

The Gold Coast has the highest number of catholic and independant schools per capita in the WORLD!

[DamienK]

The year 46 B.C was 445 days long.

[Homeroids]

The year 46 B.C was 445 days long.

Explain?

[Noonos]

The highest selling book after J.k Rowlings Harry Potters (the top selling Selling 900,000) was 190,000 for the bride stripped bare by anonymous

[Noonos]

The Basic Japanese alphabet has 46 Characters, the next simplest, 45 and the most complicated goes into the thousands

[DamienK]

Explain?

It's to do with the Julian Calender. Astronomers everywhere had tried to wrest the lunar/solar year into a regular pattern, but it confounded them all. In an attempt to make up for past errors, Julius Caesar decreed that the year 46 B.C would have 445 days. Then each year after would have 365 days, with each fourth year getting an extra day. But there were three leap years too many in every 385 year period. Finally, in 1582, astronomer Clavius and Pope Gregory XIII devised a new formula - Leap years occur in years divisible by 4. But if a leap year ends in 00 it must be divisible by 400 in order to be a leap year.

[Fabian]

The highest selling book after J.k Rowlings Harry Potters (the top selling Selling 900,000) was 190,000 for the bride stripped bare by anonymous

These were the top sellers in OZ in 2003

[Homeroids]

It's to do with the Julian Calender. Astronomers everywhere had tried to wrest the lunar/solar year into a regular pattern, but it confounded them all. In an attempt to make up for past errors, Julius Caesar decreed that the year 46 B.C would have 445 days. Then each year after would have 365 days, with each fourth year getting an extra day. But there were three leap years too many in every 385 year period. Finally, in 1582, astronomer Clavius and Pope Gregory XIII devised a new formula - Leap years occur in years divisible by 4. But if a leap year ends in 00 it must be divisible by 400 in order to be a leap year.

Well that has to take the cake for being the most interesting pointless fact here so far (for me at least) :).

[Fabian]

Morgan Spurlocks "Super Size Me" is the highest grossing documentary ever in Australia.

[JayT]

^lol...balls

The Gold Coast has the highest number of catholic and independant schools per capita in the WORLD!

LOL - why doesn't that surprise me? Seems every where you go down there there is a private school.

jt

[Jimmy James]

Children's Television denizen Monica Trapaga is now hawking Coco Pops as a heathy cereal!

[Homeroids]

Well since Cassini has hit Saturn orbit here's some figures to put into context how far away Saturn is. Ever seen those pictures that clump all the planets together on one page and you even see, at times, shadows being cast by Jupiter onto it's neighboring planet because it is depicted so close in that picture? Well here's a way of explaining the true scale.

Earth is about 150mill km's from the sun. Saturn is 1,429mill km's from the sun, Pluto is 5,912mill km's from the sun (on average since it has a highly eccentric orbit) and Proxima Centauri is 40,680,272mill km's (or 4.3 ly) from the sun. To put it in slightly more comprehensible terms, if the earth was scaled to the size of a pea then:

Saturn would be 612 meters away, Pluto would be 2.5km's away, and the nearest star would be about 16,000km's away. So space really is well named when you think about it :).

[Fabian]

90 % of police call outs in NSW are for domestic disputes.

[Macca-GC]

90 % of police call outs in NSW are for domestic disputes.
That's not a thing I would be bragging about

[Macca-GC]

I know it's a bit out of season, but anyway....

There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist (except maybe in Japan) religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the Population Reference Bureau). At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that comes to 108 million homes, presuming that there is at least one good child in each.
Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming he travels east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second.

This is to say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has around 1/1000th of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stockings, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get on to the next house.

Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false, but will accept for the purposes of our calculations), we are now talking about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting bathroom stops or breaks.

This means Santa's sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second--3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man-made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 15 miles per hour. The payload of the sleigh adds another interesting element.

Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized Lego set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500 thousand tons, not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that the "flying" reindeer could pull ten times the normal amount, the job can't be done with eight or even nine of them... Santa would need 360,000 of them.

This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons, or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch). 600,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance. This would heat up the reindeer in the same fashion as a spacecraft re-entering the earth's atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer would absorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second each. In short they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake.

The entire reindeer team would be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa reached the fifth house on his trip. Not that it matters, however, since Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to 650 m.p.s. in .001 seconds, would be subjected to acceleration forces of 17,500 g's. A 250 pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs and reducing him to a quivering blob of pink goo. Therefore, if Santa did exist, he's dead now.

[chrisaus]

City Of Perth Public Toilet
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v251/chrisaus/140-4001_IMG.jpg

[Blend]

toadman, i congradulate u on ur santa fact

[Jimmy James]

90 % of police call outs in NSW are for domestic disputes.

In regards to that they found a few years ago that the ACT has the lowest rate of domestic violence in Oz! Most places it's more dangerous in your home than out of it, but Canberra is one of the few places in Australia where it's more dangerous outside your house, and even then it's not dangerous.

The conclusion I draw from this is that Canberra has less of the factors that lead to domestic violence.

[Fabian]

Muse made the 9000th post in the NSW forum :)

[Oriolus]

Only 2% of calls to the 991 emergency number in Malaysia last year were genuine, and most of the 98% non-emergencies were men calling to chat up the female officers.

[Macca-GC]

toadman, i congradulate u on ur santa fact

Thanks

[Macca-GC]

Australia has NEVER had an enemy solider on our home soil and the only times that we've taken damage from enemies is in 1942(The Japanese attack on Darwin) and the Midget Submarine attack in Sydney Harbour. They sunk a ferry. They've bombed us several other times in 1941/42 but they kept missing.

[Macca-GC]

Australia is one of the few countries to have lost more men in WW1 than WW2.

[Macca-GC]

Australia and Greece are the only 2 countries that have competed at EVERY summer games.

[FAVELLE]

After reading 5 pages of this crap i think ill go blow whats left of my grey matter out :)

[Macca-GC]

Have fun doing that.

Wellington, NZ is the world's most southerly capital city and,
Iceland's capital, Reykjavik, is the most northly.

While we're on the subject of Iceland, there's more Green in Iceland and more Ice on Greenland(Vikings must have been drunk when they named them)

[Macca-GC]

Most people think that the Parklands in Adelaide were for recreational purposes. WRONG! They were set aside by Colonel Light as defenses for the city from the Russians and the Dutch. The reason they are the distance they are: At the time, that was the distance that their rifles could shoot from East, South and West Terraces.

[Blend]

Australia has NEVER had an enemy solider on our home soil and the only times that we've taken damage from enemies is in 1942(The Japanese attack on Darwin) and the Midget Submarine attack in Sydney Harbour. They sunk a ferry. They've bombed us several other times in 1941/42 but they kept missing.


What about the hospital ship sunk by japanese off moreton island (Brisbane).. called te Centaur

[Macca-GC]

yeah well we've had ships sunk. I'm counting the midget sub attack because it snuck through the net.

[Fabian]

A new person is born in Australia every 2 minutes and 8 seconds.

[Macca-GC]

how often does someone die?

[Orfeo]

^^^
The ABS Population clock states:

One birth every 2 min 5 secs
One death every 3 min 55 secs
A net gain of one international migrant every 4 min 4 secs
Therefore, a net gain of one human every 2 min 7 secs.

[DamienK]

According to a 10 dollar bet carried out by Thurber Brockband of Reno, Nevada, it takes 9 hours to find a needle in a haystack.

[Fabian]

There are 38 cranes on the Gold Coast Skyline at present.

[JayT]

There are 38 cranes on the Gold Coast Skyline at present.
There are 18 cranes on the Brisbane CBD skyline at present - doesn't include suburbs or southbank.

jt

[plotstyle]

there is only one plotstyle

[Dilaz89]

there are 4 cranes in perth cbd right now! WOW!

[Macca-GC]

In 1900, the King of Abyssinia(Now Ethiopia) wanted to show the rest of the world just how advanced his country was, so he bought two electric chair to execute people on. However, there was one small problem, the king didn't realise that the electric chairs needed electricity to operate. A resource Abyssinia didn't have at the time. He ended up using one as his throne.

[climbing_crane]

For those who want rain then Sunday is looking the goods. An east coast low should develop off the coast meaning big surf again.

[Jimmy James]

:lol: @ Toadman - That is Laugh Out Loud Funny!

Now this comes from an Outkast fansite www.stankonia.com

Polaroid: DON'T SHAKE IT
According to the official Polaroid Website, you should NOT shake it like a polaroid picture. In answer to the question of shaking, the site says:

The short answer is no, you don't have to (and shouldn't) "shake it like a Polaroid picture."

Shaking or waving a Polaroid picture to help the development process originated in the early days of peel-apart film. After peeling the negative, the image needed to dry before it could be handled, so waving the photo helped it to dry more quickly.

When using the integral films (600, Spectra, 500, SX-70/Time-Zero, i-Zone) that are used in our most popular current camera models (Polaroid One, OneStep, JoyCam, etc.), the image develops and dries behind a clear plastic window and never touches the air, so shaking or waving has no effect.

In fact, shaking or waving can actually damage the image. Rapid movement during development can cause portions of the film to separate prematurely, or can cause "blobs" in the picture.

[Fabian]

The biggest recorded swells along the Sydney coastline were 9 metres back in May 1974.

[DamienK]

In 1900, the King of Abyssinia(Now Ethiopia) wanted to show the rest of the world just how advanced his country was, so he bought two electric chair to execute people on. However, there was one small problem, the king didn't realise that the electric chairs needed electricity to operate. A resource Abyssinia didn't have at the time. He ended up using one as his throne.

That's the best pointless fact I've read so far.

[climbing_crane]

Check this out.

Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
New South Wales
Issued at 5:05 pm on Saturday, 17 July 2004
Headline:
Damaging Surf is expected this evening/tonight/tomorrow in the following areas:
South Coast - tonight/early tomorrow
Illawarra - tonight/tomorrow.
Sydney Metropolitan - tomorrow.
Hunter - tomorrow.
Mid North Coast - tomorrow.
Details:
Damaging surf conditions, with waves exceeding 5 metres in the surf zone, are likely to produce significant beach erosion between Moruya Heads and Smoky Cape. Water levels above the highest astronomical tide of the year are possible. Emergency services advise you check your property regularly for erosion or inundation by sea water, and if necessary, raise goods and electrical items. Surf Life Saving Australia recommends that you stay out of the water and stay well away from surf-exposed areas.

[Macca-GC]

The biggest recorded swells along the Sydney coastline were 9 metres back in May 1974.

We had 14 metre wave in March when we were hit by that almost-but-not-quite-a-cyclone.

[Macca-GC]

On a colour map, the minimum number of colours you must have to make sure that no two countries/states of the same colour are touching is 4



On April Fools Day 1977, a small country town on the border of England and Wales called Hay-on-Wye declared its independance. The first they they did, dispatch an ambassador to the International Court of Justice. Second thing, Distribute passports. from the local pubs. They even have a rowing gunboat patrolling the River Wye.

[Fabian]

Did you know that Alan Bond borrowed money from 33 banks!!!!!

[Jimmy James]

That's spectacular - I've got my hands full with one!

Just thought you should all know: 7 is now officially the 3rd placed network in Australia, after almost 15 years as number three, ten has climbed to number two!

[Dilaz89]

then whats no one? 9?

[AtD]

there are 4 cranes in perth cbd right now! WOW!

Adelaide has 5 erected cranes, one sitting in an empty lot and one crane base awaiting a crane.

[AtD]

then whats no one? 9?

Nah, SBS.

[jacobsian]

That's spectacular - I've got my hands full with one!

Just thought you should all know: 7 is now officially the 3rd placed network in Australia, after almost 15 years as number three, ten has climbed to number two!

Channel 7 has spent a lot of money trying to realign themselves with the youth demographic. Which is ironic, because i'm 21 and the only 2 shows I consider watching on 7 each week are Talking Footy and Blue Heelers.

Good going 10.

[Dilaz89]

i ask some fucked questions some times!:D
anyway, guess what?.....perth now has 5 yes a whole 5 tower cranes in the cbd and east perth! i think west perth has more right now

[DamienK]

The Batman suit in the Batman movies has been getting progressively lighter with each movie - 32 kg in Batman (1989), 25 kg in Batman Returns (1992), 19 kg in Batman Forever (1995) and 6 kg in Batman and Robin (1997).

[Jimmy James]

The acting of the part of Batman has followed this same trend from Michael Keaton to Val Kilmer finally to George Clooney, the acting has been getting lighter each time.

[Oriolus]

On April Fools Day 1977, a small country town on the border of England and Wales called Hay-on-Wye declared its independance. The first they they did, dispatch an ambassador to the International Court of Justice. Second thing, Distribute passports. from the local pubs. They even have a rowing gunboat patrolling the River Wye.

A bloke in Western Australia did the same thing except he wasn't joking.

Hutt River Province
http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_people/Transcripts/Prince_Leo_m581974.jpg
Hutt River Province represents a diverting episode in Australian eccentricity: On 21st April, 1970, Leonard George Casley renamed his wheat farm the Hutt River Province, declared himself a prince and his wife Shirley a princess, seceded from Australia and Western Australia and, as a nice little earner, started printing his own stamps and currency. Of course none of his grandiose ambitions had any validity, but he did attract an inordinate amount of publicity and simultaneously created a major tourist attraction.

Of course this country is not recognised internationally.
The website seems to be down at the moment but heres a link to a transcript from the ABC about it
http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_people/Transcripts/s833528.htm

[Kushantaiidan]

Australia has NEVER had an enemy solider on our home soil and the only times that we've taken damage from enemies is in 1942(The Japanese attack on Darwin) and the Midget Submarine attack in Sydney Harbour. They sunk a ferry. They've bombed us several other times in 1941/42 but they kept missing.

Didn't the japanese attack broom as well?

[Orfeo]

5 points which you probably don't know (and probably don't want to...)

1. All real continent end with the letter they start with.
2. The average adult will eat (inadvertantly?) a pound of insects in a lifetime.
3. Non-dairy creamer is flammable.
4. There is a tenth of a calorie on the back of a lick-it stamp.
5. The shape of plant collenchyma cells and the bubbles in beer foam are the same - both being orthotetrachidecahedrons.

[Icanseeformiles]

wrong, wrong , wrong...during ww one a group of turks took up arms and fired upon a train carrying mine staff and there families in broken hill n.s.w.
the turks had a small business in broken hill at the time and hid in nearby hills and picked off people in the train who were traveling to a staff picnic.the locals tracked them down and the turks were killed on the northern outskirts of the town. it was the only shots fired in anger on australian soil during the war.

[Shuzstar]

did u know that australia could become a republic?

did u know that george w bush is a fag?

did u know that the phrase "did u know" is said over 100 million times a day?

[DamienK]

Did you know I was born on this day 21 years ago? :D

[tayser]

lol happy 21st ;)

[jacobsian]

A bloke in Western Australia did the same thing except he wasn't joking.

Hutt River Province
http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_people/Transcripts/Prince_Leo_m581974.jpg
Hutt River Province represents a diverting episode in Australian eccentricity: On 21st April, 1970, Leonard George Casley renamed his wheat farm the Hutt River Province, declared himself a prince and his wife Shirley a princess, seceded from Australia and Western Australia and, as a nice little earner, started printing his own stamps and currency. Of course none of his grandiose ambitions had any validity, but he did attract an inordinate amount of publicity and simultaneously created a major tourist attraction.

Of course this country is not recognised internationally.
The website seems to be down at the moment but heres a link to a transcript from the ABC about it
http://www.abc.net.au/dimensions/dimensions_people/Transcripts/s833528.htm

You can actually pay this bloke to be knighted :)

[Jimmy James]

Police Academy's 2, 3 and 4 this saturday night on 9

[Fabian]

100 % of Cityrail services were late on Monday Evening.

[cranerider]

lol = laugh out loud

[Jimmy James]

I absolutely love the new film clip from Sarah McLaughlin - "World on Fire" - while I don't go in for the 'Lilith Fair' set all that much (aside from McLaughlin's "Full of Grace" which closed out Buffy's second season) her new film clip goes a long way towards demonstrating the waste in Hollywood and how the money could be better spent.

If you watch video hits/channel V check it out.

[Fabian]

Today is the fifth anniversary of the Republic Referendum.

[Jimmy James]

Indeed - what a sad day that was, I lived in Canberra at the time - I think the only place to vote overwhelmingly in favour of the republic!

[Fabian]

^^^Correct Jimmy^^^

Here's a question for you for that will make up the next pointless fact. What does Sonia Kruger, Paul Mercurio & Todd McKenny have in common???

[Danubis]

^^^Correct Jimmy^^^

Here's a question for you for that will make up the next pointless fact. What does Sonia Kruger, Paul Mercurio & Todd McKenny have in common???


They've all presented at the RAQ Fashion awards at brisbane city hall

[Fabian]

^^^Not quite the answer I'm looking for^^^ I didn't even know the trio presented the awards.

Keep trying. :)

Hint: It has to do with their involvement with Dancing with the stars

[CULWULLA]

in the decade of 1970's boom the amount of office space built in Sydney equalled the amount built from 1800-1969!!!!

[Jimmy James]

^^^Correct Jimmy^^^

Here's a question for you for that will make up the next pointless fact. What does Sonia Kruger, Paul Mercurio & Todd McKenny have in common???

I beleive they all sold their souls to the devil for which now they endure the weekly hell that is existing within a square mile of Darryl Somers.

It's a well known fact that when Ozzie Ostrich had left Hey Hey his purgatory had finished thereby allowing him to move on, not so the Australian public which endured many more years of hell (Hey Hey) thanks to our ill treatment of Aboriginies during the 50's. Things were looking good when the show finally ended, but then we had to screw it up again by locking child refugees behind barb wire - now Satan is exacting his punishment once again every Tuesday at 7.30 using his unholy agent of evil. :evil:

[Fabian]

^^^Correct Jimmy^^^

Here's a question for you for that will make up the next pointless fact. What does Sonia Kruger, Paul Mercurio & Todd McKenny have in common???

They all starred in Strictly Ballroom.

[Fabian]

At least 25 % of the American Population will visit a fast food store each day.

[DamienK]

The song "Moon River" was written especially for Audrey Hepburn (in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's), since she had no training as a singer. The vocals were written to be sung in only one octave.

[redstar]

This fact isnt pointless, its useful...
We may have a low birthrate, but we do breed like rabbits and attract like rabbits.
Last year (2003) In November we hit the 20,000,000 people mark. Its November 2004 and we have 20,250,000 people. Thats an increase of 250,000 people in one year. If this rate continues we can expect in 2007 to be hitting the 21 million people mark.

Also for every 1,000,000 people born, the number of increase goes up by 50,000. So if its 2007 we actaully have 21,050,000 million people.

Thus
2011: 22,100,000
2015: 23,150,000
2019: 24,200,000
2023: 25,250,000
2025: 25,750,000 MILLION PEOPLE
2027: 26,300,000
2031: 27,350,000
2035: 28,400,000
2039: 29,450,000
2043: 30,500,000 <---- 30 MILLION MARK

However, because of an ageing population this process is MOST DEFINIETLY to be slowed down by as much as 10 years. So we could hit the 30,000,000 mark ASAP, At current rate in 2043, At ageing rate in 2053, at nuclear war rate NEVER.

[JayT]

The song "Moon River" was written especially for Audrey Hepburn (in the movie Breakfast at Tiffany's), since she had no training as a singer. The vocals were written to be sung in only one octave.

Pointless fact #149

After reading the above post I now have Moon River in my head and can't get rid of it.


Oh well its better than "how do you solve a problem like maria" from the sound of music - another song I could not get rid of earlier.

jt

[redstar]

this isnt a pointless fact, its a pointless thought.

I belive there will be a World War 3.
Once Iraq is a democracy, fully established and under control... dont expect this until 2010 at least, terrorists will start war and terror attacks in the USA bring war to Americas soil. we'll help along with them and then get our asses kicked by terrorists by indonesian extremists, well then go to war with indonesia with New Zealndas and AMericas help. AMerica will use nuc,ear weapons on indonesia which will see China and Jpana revolting in the use of nuclear weapons. The Koreas will atack China and Jpana and theyll bring the battle back to Vietname and Thailand. The indians will they attack the chinese and japanese for entering thier lands which will see the middle east blow up again when india marches its trooips into pakistan and start their own nuclear war. Africa is too poor to be in all of this so theyre not involved.

But heres the thing, Europe will be divifded into two, the allied forces of Europe wihich is England, spain, france, germany, italy, portughal against the Communist Europe which is Boznia, Czech REpbublic, russia and theyll have a war in russian terroitory, America will sneakily attack the other end of russia and cpature the russians ending the european conflict. The japanses and Chinese will tak notcie and attack america. America will conquer them and invade RIGhT through to south east asia. Theyll ket australia have indonesia though. The indians and pakistanis and middle easterners will shutup and retreat, but america will capture the middle east to get rid of the terrorists.

In all of this, Africa doesnt get invloived, but in south america theyrll be the Rainforste war the war over the Amazon when Brazil fights The poior countirewzs with argentinas and mexicos help.

All the nuclear radiation will create a devastiang greenhouse eefect and melt the ice caps DRAMitcallyt so the amerficans will m0ove to mars ad establish a colony there with her allkies and africa gets Earth.

cool huh?

[Jimmy James]

Well - it's definitely grandiose, funnily I see America being substantially weakened by it's current war, I reckon one more major terror attack on their soil might force the Americans to close their borders to certain countries, this will only serve to exacerbate other problems.

Also eventually, not for 30 years at least, Indonesia may have the military might to conquer Australia, whether they have the will depends on a lot of stuff, It's a lot of fun trying to predict the future, though i don't know if it's possible, could anyone have imagined back when the WTC was built that it would be knocked down by Domestic Jet Airliners hijacked by politico-religious extremists!

[redstar]

thats an interesting thought,it would be funny if america closes its borders to the greeks and then the greeks revolt and build a wooden warship and 'give' it to the americans as a sign of peace and then theyll attack them form inside the ship and blow up D.C. lol.

I bet you if they did this, theyll close to North Korea, China, Pakistan, India, Isreal... countires which are kinda friends with them but can hold terrorists in them which makes them revolt against them. hehehhe.

Heres a vote. SHould america split up into 50 independaent states and then everyone will NOT attack them and boo ameirca anymore, or juct get rid of america overall... but thats gunna take a LOTTA nukes.

[DamienK]

Prince William cannot fly in the same plane as his father because an accident might take the lives of two future kings.

[Fabian]

Did you know that Westfield Parramatta, Westfield Miranda, and Westfield Bondi Junction are the only Westfields in Sydney to have both David Jones & Myer within their complexes.

[Randwicked]

^^ And the only other centres that have both are Warringah Mall and Castle Towers...any else?

[Noonos]

U2's ElevationTour was the second highest selling tour in the US ever, after the rolling stones....

[DamienK]

The night Frank Sinatra suffered his fatal heart attack (May 14, 1998), his family was able to run red lights and stop signs on the way to the hospital because that particular night was the last episode of Seinfeld and many Americans were at home watching it.

[CULWULLA]

Prince William cannot fly in the same plane as his father because an accident might take the lives of two future kings.
rofl

[perthwa]

Pointless Facts:
-There Are 41 Direct Air Services A Week Between Perth & Singapore
-Western Australia's Unemployment Rate Is 4.3%
-There Are 16 Train An Hour On The Northern Line In Peak Hour
-There Are 6 Police Districts In Perth's Metropolitan Area
-By 2006 Perth's Urban Rail Network Will Have Over 1200 CCTV Cameras
-Perth Won The Right For A Super 14 Team
-Out Of The Inner City The 17 Levels Raffles Tower In Mount Pleasant Is The Tallest Under Construction
-there are three 3 stores in Perth's CBD

[Noonos]

my name has two patricks in it

[Randwicked]

-there are three 3 stores in Perth's CBD

And the're all closed on Sundays. :cheers:

I read that as 'three stores'

[MILIUX]

^^ And the only other centres that have both are Warringah Mall and Castle Towers...any else?

Bankstown Square?

[cranerider]

I never had a problem with Maria until now, sheeese

[cranerider]

Dunlop volleys ( Classics with rubber soles) will not slip on roof pitches less than 33 degrees

[DamienK]

The character 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' was created for the Montgomery Ward group of department stores in 1939.

[CULWULLA]

Australia's first modern shopping centre was in 1957 opened at North Ryde, Sydney. also in Chermside,Bris.
the first Westfield was in 1959 in Blacktown, west of Sydney
checkout full story>

http://www.westfield.com/corporate/pdf/chapter1.pdf

[drnilescrane]

Did you know that Westfield Parramatta, Westfield Miranda, and Westfield Bondi Junction are the only Westfields in Sydney to have both David Jones & Myer within their complexes.

Westfield Hornsby does as well. It was also tecnically the first proper Westfield in terms of the brand, the other was an outdoor mall.

[NCC1701D]

Originally Posted by Fabian
Did you know that Westfield Parramatta, Westfield Miranda, and Westfield Bondi Junction are the only Westfields in Sydney to have both David Jones & Myer within their complexes..
Westfield Hornsby does as well. It was also tecnically the first proper Westfield in terms of the brand, the other was an outdoor mall.

Westfield Carindale has both Myer and David Jones also - right next to each other too.

[cranerider]

Australia's first modern shopping centre was in 1957 opened at North Ryde, Sydney. also in Chermside,Bris.
the first Westfield was in 1959 in Blacktown, west of Sydney
checkout full story>

http://www.westfield.com/corporate/pdf/chapter1.pdf

My Grandmother used to live in Lakemba in the 1940s and 50s. How long has Roselands been operating. I thought that was one of the oldest malls

[DamienK]

J002E3, an asteriod discovered by Bill Yeung in orbit around Earth, turned out to be the discarded third stage of the Apollo 12 Saturn V rocket.

[Fabian]

My Grandmother used to live in Lakemba in the 1940s and 50s. How long has Roselands been operating. I thought that was one of the oldest malls

It opened in 1965 and will turn 40 next year.

Did you also know that the population of Batemans Bay swells to 130 000 during the summer.

[Jimmy James]

my name has two patricks in it

Patrick Kilpatrick ??

[JayT]

Brisbane's North South Bypass Tunnel (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=117643&highlight=transapex) wil be the largest construction project ever undertaken by a local city council or municipal authority in the world!!!

jt

[Noonos]

Dunno if these have been said or not but anyway.....

Westfield Bondi Junction was the largest construction site in sydney when it was being built.

On its most east exterior facade, there are eight bays of blue glass, each the the size of a paddington terrace

FAst Facts on ESB

The Empire State building only had two Design Criteria

They were that it must be the tallest structure on the earth, and that it must look like a pencil.

The ESB was commissioned by the then owner of General Motors

Workers were paid $1.92 an hour for 13 hours a day

There were 16 Changes in Design while it was being consstructed.

Was completed 45 Days ahead of schedule and $5 million under budget

the basement was only two stories deep
The eiffel tower was built in lots of prefabricated metal parts.

its was only originally meant to be there for 20 years, but the city had grown accustomed to it

it was recently fixed up at three times the cost of the original construction

Only one person died when making the eiffel tower

[Jimmy James]

Brisbane's North South Bypass Tunnel (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=117643&highlight=transapex) wil be the largest construction project ever undertaken by a local city council or municipal authority in the world!!!

jt

Whilst this is fantastic - it is also a sad indictment on the Queensland State Government

[Fabian]

Did you know that Westfield Parramatta contains 370 Retailers!!!:D

[Fabian]

Bankstown Square?

No - only DJ's

[Noonos]

the first place of worship to use reinforced concrete was in chicago ( i think - somewhere in the us)

[perthwa]

fact. great beach weather in perth
fact. they estimated more than 100,000 went to beach in perth on boxing day

[JayT]

Lismore CBD contains over 800 retail outlets!!!
It is also the gay country capital of Australia and is host to Australias largest gay and lesbian new year party.

For those outside NSW or Qld Lismore is a city in northern NSW.

jt

[Aaron17]

Did you know that the Eiffel tower contracts 6 inches in winter.

[AtD]

Did you know that the Eiffel tower contracts 6 inches in winter.

:naughty:

Not touching that one.

[Pobbie Rarr]

The Komi people of Northern Russia are also known as the Zyrians.

[Accura4Matalan]

People from Liverpool are known as Scousers.

[Jimmy James]

People from Corio are known as Bogans!

--Well some anyway...

[Aaron17]

Did you know that 90% of Canada's 31 000 000 people live within 100miles of the US border.

[cammo2004]

Searching the term christ in google gives about 40,300,000 responses. Don't believe me? search (http://www.google.com/) it.

Reading them at a rate of one entry a day, it would take you more than 110,335 years to read every entry.

[DamienK]

On March 29, 1848, Niagara Falls temporarily stopped falling for 30 hours due to an ice jam.

[Homeroids]

Did you know that 90% of Canada's 31 000 000 people live within 100miles of the US border.

Surely that can't be right since Montreal is 3.6 million. I think Montreal is more than 100 miles from the US border?

[KIWIKAAS]

Surely that can't be right since Montreal is 3.6 million. I think Montreal is more than 100 miles from the US border?

Montreal is within 100 miles of the border.

Major cities further than 100 miles. Calgary, Edmonton, Winnepeg, Regina, Halifax. It might certainly be close to 90%.
http://200mphmedia.net/REAL/Mapping/US-interstate-2.jpg

[Homeroids]

hmm, so you're right. Doh. Looking at another map, Winnipeg looks closer than 100mi.

http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/national/politicaldivisonsinteractive

[jacobsian]

Searching the term christ in google gives about 40,300,000 responses. Don't believe me? search (http://www.google.com/) it.

Reading them at a rate of one entry a day, it would take you more than 110,335 years to read every entry.

A search for 'sex' yields 124,000,000 hits.

'drugs' returned 46,600,000.

[Homeroids]

yeah well 'sex'; come on that's a given.

[jacobsian]

'horse' got 56,100,000

'tree' 95,400,000

'mountain' 75,300,000

'coffee' 54,200,000

'football' 89,600,000

'camera' 111,000,000

'water' 253,000,000

[ABS]

Useful fact: POSTING LARGE IMAGES WITHOUT USING THUMBNAILS IS F**KING ANNOYING!!!!!!

[KIWIKAAS]

A search for 'sex' yields 124,000,000 hits.

'drugs' returned 46,600,000.

Shaved gets 9,430,000 now but is becoming steadily more popular :runaway:

[nikko]

Searching 'your mum' in google images found this:

http://www.kaydekalbsmith.com/booking/promotional/one.hot.mama2.jpg

I'm not entirely sure if she's mine...but maybe she's ur mum.

[KIWIKAAS]

hmm, so you're right. Doh. Looking at another map, Winnipeg looks closer than 100mi.

http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/reference/national/politicaldivisonsinteractive

I tke that back. Indeed Winnipeg apears to be within 100 miles as Regina may also be. Calgary is touch and go. I think we can fairly assume that 90% is correct.

[Aaron17]

I tke that back. Indeed Winnipeg apears to be within 100 miles as Regina may also be. Calgary is touch and go. I think we can fairly assume that 90% is correct.


Well obviously it is correct.
While I am here, there are 2 more useless facts :

China is the world's largest market for BMW's top of the line 760Li. This car sells for $200,000 in China - more than almost all people in China make in a lifetime.

A chef's hat is shaped the way it is for a reason: its shape allows air to circulate around the scalp, keeping the head cool in a hot kitchen.

[DamienK]

The Alphabet Song ("Now I know my abc's. . . ") was copyrighted on February 4, 1834 by C. Bradlee.

During World War II the American army destroyed nearly all towers in Pisa due to the potential threat from snipers. The Leaning Tower of Pisa was scheduled to be demolished as well, but a last minute order to retreat saved it.

[Wezza]

I find this one a little odd...........
Townsville is home to Australia's largest Toyota dealership, Mike Carney Toyota.

[DamienK]

More suicides take place on the Golden Gate Bridge than on any other single structure in the world. On average, there is one jump every two weeks, with a total of well over 1,200 suicides.

[CULWULLA]

40,000 dogs were destroyed this year by councils pounds around Australia.
woof

[Malt]

....

thats bullshit.

I dislike that fact.

I demand that the councils do something else with them.

[gerbilus]

Do you know that McDonalds produces enough french fries each year to stretch from the moon and back ten times.

[Jimmy James]

Here's an odd bit of News - that I had to share - Prince (the singer) needs a hip replacement!!!

From The Hun (http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,16919096%255E2902,00.html)
Star hip no more
15oct05

NEW YORK -- At a mere 1.59m, Prince has always relied on the highest of heels to give him a lift.

But his penchant for platforms could have stacked the odds against him. At 47, he has been told he needs a hip replacement.
The singer believes years of strutting on stage (and energetic dance routines) have taken a toll on his joints.

"He used to wear high-heeled boots every day and doctors told him that may have contributed to his condition," US magazine the National Enquirer said.

[Jimmy James]

My brother sent me this!

Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled
"Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered
into the English language.

In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his
wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of
thumb"

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred
and Wilma Flintstone.

Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.

Coca-Cola was originally green.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.


The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)

The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400


The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000

Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.


Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from
history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius
Caesar


111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in
the air, the person died in battle.

If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result
of wounds received in battle.

If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John
Hancock and CharlesThomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but
the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their
birthplace

Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name
requested?
A. Obsession

Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until
you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand

Q. What do
bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser
printers all have in common?
A. All invented by women.

Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey

Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the
year?
A. Father's Day

In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.
When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed
firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a
month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all
the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and
because their calendar
was lunar based, this period was called the honey month . which we know
today as the honeymoon.

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old
England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them
"Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down."
It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"



Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the
rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they
used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase
inspired by this practice.

~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~

At least
75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow

[BrizzyChris]

lol, I did. And I agree with Malt, that's a terrible stat about dogs, I truly hope it isn't true.

[JayT]

Flying foxes sound like Dolphins - sometimes.

[Valeroso]

Not so long ago we had a thread about the Aussie pop hitting 20mill. Well it's now 20.1mill - well within about 8 hrs it will be from the time this is posted :).

Aussie Pop (http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument)

Haha, now its 20.4 million!

Aussie Pop (http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument)

[eddyk]

Did you know including the paralympics, Great Britain got more gold medals than Australia at last years Games in Athens.

:happy:

[CULWULLA]

ON JULY 20, 1969, AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR MODULE,
> >NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO SET FOOT ON THE MOON.
> > HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER STEPPING ON THE MOON, "THAT'S ONE SMALL
> >STEP
FOR
> >MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND," WERE TELEVISED TO EARTH AND HEARD
> >BY MILLIONS.
> >
> >
> >
> > BUT JUST BEFORE HE REENTERED THE LANDER, HE MADE THE ENIGMATIC
REMARK
> >"GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY."
> >
> >
> >
> > MANY PEOPLE AT NASA THOUGH IT WAS A CASUAL REMARK CONCERNING
> >SOME RIVAL SOVIET COSMONAUT. HOWEVER, UPON CHECKING, THERE WAS NO
> >GORSKY IN EITHER THE RUSSIAN OR AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAMS.
> > OVER THE YEARS MANY PEOPLE QUESTIONED ARMSTRONG AS TO WHAT THE
> >"GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKY... STATEMENT MEANT, BUT ARMSTRONG ALWAYS JUST
> >SMILED.
> >
> >
> >
> > ON JULY 5, 1995, IN TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA, WHILE ANSWERING
> >QUESTIONS FOLLOWING A SPEECH, A REPORTER BROUGHT UP THE 26-YEAR-OLD
QUESTION TO
> > ARMSTRONG.
> >
> >
> >
> > THIS TIME HE FINALLY RESPONDED. MR. GORSKY HAD DIED, SO NEIL
ARMSTRONG
> >FELT HE COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION.
> >
> >
> >
> > IN 1938 WHEN HE WAS A KID IN A SMALL MID-WEST TOWN, HE WAS
> >PLAYING BASEBALL WITH A FRIEND IN THE BACKYARD. HIS FRIEND HIT THE
> >BALL, WHICH LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S YARD BY THE BEDROOM WINDOWS. HIS

> >NEIGHBORS WERE MR. AND MRS. GORSKY. AS HE LEANED DOWN TO PICK UP THE
> >BALL, YOUNG
ARMSTRONG
> >HEARD MRS. GORSKY SHOUTING AT MR. GORSKY. "SEX! YOU WANT SEX?! YOU'LL
> >GET SEX WHEN THE KID NEXT DOOR WALKS ON THE MOON!"
> >
> >
> >
> > TRUE STORY.

[Leesome]

In the 1400's a law was set forth that a man was not allowed to beat his
wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of
thumb"

Dunno if anyone's seen the movie "The Boondock Saints" But they've got that fact in the opening scenes, but there's a corker of a comeback to it -

"Rule of thumb? ... well you can't really do much with that now can you? ... Perhaps it should have been rule of wrist!"

[Avatar]

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

[KJBrissy]

Haha, now its 20.4 million!

Aussie Pop (http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/94713ad445ff1425ca25682000192af2/1647509ef7e25faaca2568a900154b63?OpenDocument)

Now the pop of Aus is 20.55

[Wezza]

You can't lick your elbow. (Don't try to cheat by forcing your arm up with your other free hand either!!) lol

[KJBrissy]

To stop a sneeze, push your tongue hard up against the roof of your mouth and hold it there until the sneeze goes away!

[CULWULLA]

fact-
More than a century ago, 12 sycamore trees were planted beside a church in Plymouth, North Carolina. Each tree named after one of Christ's disciples. The tree called Judas was hit by lightning and destroyed.

[Brissy4me]

16 out of 12 people can't do statistics.

[CULWULLA]

^lol
heres some classics>

The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.

A zebra is white with black stripes.

A whip makes a cracking sound because its tip moves faster than the speed of sound.

"Almost" is the longest word in the English language with all the letters in alphabetical order.

Snails produce a colorless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves.

The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".

A hippopotamus can run faster than a man.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

Electricity doesn't move through a wire but through a field around the wire.

Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards.

It is impossible to lick your elbow.

All the planets in the solar system rotate anticlockwise, except Venus. It is the only planet that rotates clockwise.

Names of the three wise monkeys are: Mizaru (See no evil), Mikazaru (Hear no evil), and Mazaru (Speak no evil).

A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.

Phobatrivaphobia is a fear of trivia about phobias.

Sanskrit is the mother of all higher languages. Sanskrit is the most precise and therefore suitable language for the computer software - a report in Forbes magazine.

India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

Twenty-Four-Karat Gold is not pure gold; there is a small amount of copper in it. Absolutely pure gold is so soft that it can be molded with the hands.

[Curtain]

The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/cleardayout/chameleon.jpg

Gee I dunno I reckon this dude could give this theory a run for its money :hahaha:

[CULWULLA]

^yeah thats what i thought.
more classics>

-A cat sees about six times better than a human at night because of the tapetum lucidum , a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light.

-A cat uses whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through. The whiskers act as antennae, helping the animal to judge the precise width of any passage.

-A cat will clean itself with paw and tongue after a dangerous experience or when it has fought with another cat. This is an attempt by the animal to soothe its nerves by doing something natural and instinctive.

-The grizzly bear can run as fast as the average horse!!

- The female lion does more than 90% of the hunting while the male simply prefers to rest. !!

- A jellyfish is 95 percent water!

- At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces.

-Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

-You blink over 10,000,000 times a year!

- Of all the words in the English language, the word ' set ' has the most definitions!

- The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!-

- Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?!

- A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

- A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

-A cat's jaws cannot move sideways.

-More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

- "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language

The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words.

- No word in the English language rhymes with "month".

- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

-An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

The average person laughs about 15 times a day.

The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.

- All polar bears are left handed.

-Ants don't sleep.

[CULWULLA]

^yeah thats what i thought.
more classics>

-A cat sees about six times better than a human at night because of the tapetum lucidum , a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light.

-A cat uses whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through. The whiskers act as antennae, helping the animal to judge the precise width of any passage.

-A cat will clean itself with paw and tongue after a dangerous experience or when it has fought with another cat. This is an attempt by the animal to soothe its nerves by doing something natural and instinctive.

-The grizzly bear can run as fast as the average horse!!

- The female lion does more than 90% of the hunting while the male simply prefers to rest. !!

- A jellyfish is 95 percent water!

- At birth, a panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about four ounces.

-Fingernails grow nearly 4 times faster than toenails!

-You blink over 10,000,000 times a year!

- Of all the words in the English language, the word ' set ' has the most definitions!

- The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!-

- Dogs and cats, like humans, are either right or left handed... or is that paws?!

- A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!

- A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.

-A cat's jaws cannot move sideways.

-More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.

- "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language

The vocabulary of the average person consists of 5,000 to 6,000 words.

- No word in the English language rhymes with "month".

- An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

-An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

The average person laughs about 15 times a day.

The average person walks the equivalent of twice around the world in a lifetime.

- All polar bears are left handed.

-Ants don't sleep.

[CULWULLA]

the word "racecar", "kayak", and "radar" are the same
whether they are read left to right or right to left.

"a man a plan a canal panama"

spelled backwards is still

"a man a plan a canal panama"

[CULWULLA]

dust mites look like an alien,. these little guys crawl all over us at night to eat our dead skin. lol
http://www.thesahara.fsnet.co.uk/dstmtes2005/dust_mites_pin.jpg

[shrewd.user]

the word "racecar", "kayak", and "radar" are the same
whether they are read left to right or right to left.

"a man a plan a canal panama"

spelled backwards is still

"a man a plan a canal panama"


listen to "bob" by wierd al, if you can download the video :)

[dallas]

Paildrome's!

Also dolphins sleep by shutting down one hemisphere at a time for two or three minutes.

[Tyson]

- The female lion does more than 90% of the hunting while the male simply prefers to rest. !!
hehehe nice one boys.


- "Go." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language
I've heard that too but I would think equal to it would be:

No.

[Orfeo]

^
From a linguistic perspective a sentence must contains a finite verb, otherwise it is a phrase.

No word in the English language rhymes with "month".

Also orange and silver, though there are words that are half-rhyme (lozenge and salver).

A cat sees about six times better than a human at night because of the tapetum lucidum , a layer of extra reflecting cells which absorb light.

It doesn't absorb light per say: it is an extra layer behind the retina and acts to reflect light back through the retina so that the rods have an increased likelihood of being activated. A lot of animals have it (whales, rats, crocodiles, mice, cows, horses, all marsupials and quite a few types of fish). In fact if you ever did a cows eye dissection prac in high school you were probably told incorrectly that the retina is the coloured bit you see on the posterior surface, but it is the tapetum pelucidum behind it that gives of the nice colours - the retina is pretty much clear:

http://sfds.net/Academics/Student_Projects/2001-2002/8th_Grade_Cow_Eye_Dissection/images/DCP_0661.jpg

My random fact for the day: males have an equivalent of a vagina & uterus, the prostatic utricle, located on the seminal colliculus of the prostate gland. It was originally named uterus masculinus.

[Brissy4me]

I don't know if this has been said before, there are so many pages to read through on this forum. I'll say it anyway:

40% of statistics are made up on the spot, and there are 3 types of people in this world; those who can count and those who can't.

[KIWIKAAS]

-You blink over 10,000,000 times a year!

Wish someone would bet me they I cant blink 10000000 times a year for a $ a blink.


- A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!


My gf loves giraffes

[joedellasandro]

Most people in the U.K. have no idea where I'm talking about when I tell them I was born Brisbane.

[Trances]

In China private car accidents kill 19,289 people in first half of 2006

[KJBrissy]

There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

[Melburnian_in_sydney]

In line with the thread name:

On 10 July 2006 at 14:20:40 (Canberra time), the resident population of Australia is projected to be: 20,577,338.

This projection is based on the estimated resident population at 31 December 2005 and assumes growth since then of:

- one birth every 2 minutes and 0 seconds,
- one death every 3 minutes and 55 seconds,
- a net gain of one international migrant every 4 minutes and 47 seconds
- leading to an overall total population increase of one person every 2 minutes and 12 seconds.

This is actually quite a good rate of growth.

Comparing to:

- A net migration gain of one person every 2 minutes and 41 seconds
- and NZ is a sluggish every 19 minutes!

[Dilaz89]

Some funny Dolphin facts:
- they are the only other animals besides humans to have sex for pleasure
- on top of this they can perform a number of diffrent styles of sex
- one of the few animals that consciously form homosexual relationships
- recent studies show that dolphins are able to use tools they have developed on their own accord, and are able to teach thier young/other dolphins how to use such tools.

Very clever animals!:)

[Jimmy James]

In China private car accidents kill 19,289 people in first half of 2006

Holy Crap - :eek2:

[CULWULLA]

Some funny Dolphin facts:
- they are the only other animals besides humans to have sex for pleasure
- on top of this they can perform a number of diffrent styles of sex
- one of the few animals that consciously form homosexual relationships
- recent studies show that dolphins are able to use tools they have developed on their own accord, and are able to teach thier young/other dolphins how to use such tools.

Very clever animals!:)
they also go to sleep with one eye open.
2 swam past me today when i was out on my surf ski. nice and dark dolphins. they seemed curious but hesitant.

http://www.gifs.net/Animation11/Animals/Dolphins_and_Whales/3d_dolphin.gif

[Dilaz89]

lucky you!! If you encouter the same ones lots they will begin to befriend you. Just remember not to feed them or touch them in certain places like the blowhole (apparently they love to be stoked on the belly and back, if they allow it)

The most freindly ones are the females (usually thinner and more streamlined that males) and the adolescent males. Older males however just want sex/food/sleep and may try to rape you lol.

[CULWULLA]

^cool. nah these ones didnt stay around long.they seem to only come into umina every winter. maybe its warmer near shore.

[wowsim]

http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/4102.0Media%20Release12006?opendocument&tabname=Summary&prodno=4102.0&issue=2006&num=&view=

[Brendan]

I heard this on the radio. 90% of all statistics are made up and are false.

[CULWULLA]

ok everyone starting decoding the Rosetta stone.

Have you ever tried to write your name in Hieroglyphic letters? Well, you can try it >>
http://www.kingtutshop.com/History/alphabet.htm

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8946/rosettastoneqq8.jpg

[CULWULLA]

did you know. there is another thread like this one but its called did you know.>
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=443168&page=3
its because no one bothers to scroll back a few pages. amAzing what you would find.

[Ians Resort]

ok everyone starting decoding the Rosetta stone.

Have you ever tried to write your name in Hieroglyphic letters? Well, you can try it >>
http://www.kingtutshop.com/History/alphabet.htm

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8946/rosettastoneqq8.jpg

Did this much then got bored, It's a menu;
Entree.
No 1 - Pharrolls with sweet and sour sauce.
No 2 - Deep fried asp for two.
No 3 - Mixed entree.

Mains.
No 4 - Camel steak with crispy dung beetles

[Jean Luc]

I heard this on the radio. 90% of all statistics are made up and are false.
This one aint (heard it on David Letterman): 50% of Americans make up half the country's population...

[Danubis]

i made out something about mel gibson being the 3rd antichrist...

[Yardmaster]

Did this much then got bored, It's a menu;
Entree.
No 1 - Pharrolls with sweet and sour sauce.
No 2 - Deep fried asp for two.
No 3 - Mixed entree.

Mains.
No 4 - Camel steak with crispy dung beetles

Where's the crocodile?

[Jean Luc]

^^ How about a lotus leaf salad on the side?

[CULWULLA]

Auction website eBay was founded in California 12 years ago this week by Pierre Omidyar!
The first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $18. Omidyar contacted the winning bidder to ask if he understood that the laser pointer was broken. The buyer said he collected broken laser pointers.lol
eBay now employs 11,600 people and is worth $7.25 bil!