Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Brendan Janus]

The best supported team in the world is the Dallas Cowboys, second is Borussia Dortmund !

 

[gonetomorrow]

Kanchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world.

 

[summerisle]

 

[malfosse]

Wouldn't you have climb out from the centre, due to the effect of gravity?

 

[summerisle]

Wouldn't you have climb out from the centre, due to the effect of gravity?

I'll let you know tomorrow.

 

[kev]

Almost half the population of Hong Kong live in apartments that are on, or higher than, the 15th floor.






I just read that on t'interweb so it must be true

 

[st.domingo]

Wouldn't you have climb out from the centre, due to the effect of gravity?

No, cos at that point you would be at your fastest. However, the increasing gravitational pull as you moved past the centre towards to other side would mean you were slowing down from that point on.

Assuming you were in a vacuum and weren’t bothered by wind resistance, you should come to a perfect stop just as you make the surface on the far side.

You’d need to grab onto something sharpish tho, as otherwise you would start falling back this way again...

 

[malfosse]

No, cos at that point you would be at your fastest. However, the increasing gravitational pull as you moved past the centre towards to other side would mean you were slowing down from that point on.

Assuming you were in a vacuum and weren’t bothered by wind resistance, you should come to a perfect stop just as you make the surface on the far side.

You’d need to grab onto something sharpish tho, as otherwise you would start falling back this way again...

Thanks mate.
I now know you're right but it still seems wrong to me, only going on my limited grasp of physics.

 

[Philw]

No, cos at that point you would be at your fastest. However, the increasing gravitational pull as you moved past the centre towards to other side would mean you were slowing down from that point on.

Assuming you were in a vacuum and weren’t bothered by wind resistance, you should come to a perfect stop just as you make the surface on the far side.

You’d need to grab onto something sharpish tho, as otherwise you would start falling back this way again...

Damnit, I wanted to be the smartass!!

 

[Nobby Nobbs]

You’d need to grab onto something sharpish tho, as otherwise you would start falling back this way again

There'll always be a handy tree vine hanging over the edge.

 

[deipnosophist]

Mt Everest is named after George Everest, a Surveyor-General of India. Its status as the highest point on Earth was determined in 1852.

 

[ushuduup]

Mt Everest is named after George Everest, a Surveyor-General of India. Its status as the highest point on Earth was determined in 1852.

... And apparently it should be pronounced "Eve-rest" as opposed to "Ever-est", how George Everest's name was pronounced

 

[canuckblue]

No, cos at that point you would be at your fastest. However, the increasing gravitational pull as you moved past the centre towards to other side would mean you were slowing down from that point on.

Assuming you were in a vacuum and weren’t bothered by wind resistance, you should come to a perfect stop just as you make the surface on the far side.

You’d need to grab onto something sharpish tho, as otherwise you would start falling back this way again...

That would have its ups and downs.

 

[marnie]

RYANAIR would get you there for a tenner if that was possible.

 

[liamefc91]

No, cos at that point you would be at your fastest. However, the increasing gravitational pull as you moved past the centre towards to other side would mean you were slowing down from that point on.

Assuming you were in a vacuum and weren’t bothered by wind resistance, you should come to a perfect stop just as you make the surface on the far side.

You’d need to grab onto something sharpish tho, as otherwise you would start falling back this way again...

Would you land on your head though?