Groucho's Fact Hunt

gaino92 · September 28, 2015

British Pennies are used to adjust the time in London's Big Ben clock tower.

Black Belt Jones · September 28, 2015

The most-landed-on properties in monopoly are the orange (Bow st, Marlborough st, Vine st) and the reds (the strand, fleet st, trafalgar sq), due to the location of the jail square.

gaino92 · September 28, 2015

Milk stored in the freezer will stay safe for consumption indefinitely.

dandydan · September 28, 2015

Miami Blue said:
In general, crocodiles inhabit more brackish (mixed salt and fresh) water. Basically, where the Everglades meet the ocean. Alligators, on the other hand, live in more fresh water environments. So, a little more inland. However, there are places where alligators and crocodiles fight for the same living space. Crocodiles usually win those fights. But both live in the Everglades. The Everglades are pretty awesome actually. Not sure if anyone here has heard of them. It's home to some the craziest animals in the world.. including panthers.

Do you still have a growing population of Pythons?

degsy · September 28, 2015

Whale flu is transferable to humans...Thar she blows...Oi, You, Moby, use a 'kin handkerchief

Bluesaint · September 28, 2015

deipnosophist said:
( Assuming you could) drill a hole right through the (centre of) the Earth and jumped in it, you would not fall out the other side

According to QI you would. You would pop out of the hole, pause for the briefest second, and fall back down. And same again the other side until someone grabbed you before you went again.

deipnosophist · September 28, 2015

Bluesaint said:
According to QI you would. You would pop out of the hole, pause for the briefest second, and fall back down. And same again the other side until someone grabbed you before you went again.

I read that your fall would be arrested by gravity before you emerged out the other side...so you do a 'yo-yo' inside the hole (ie inside earth) before you eventually stopped at the middle. I will research this further and revert

deipnosophist · September 28, 2015

Bluesaint said:
According to QI you would. You would pop out of the hole, pause for the briefest second, and fall back down. And same again the other side until someone grabbed you before you went again.

deipnosophist said:
I read that your fall would be arrested by gravity before you emerged out the other side...so you do a 'yo-yo' inside the hole (ie inside earth) before you eventually stopped at the middle. I will research this further and revert

QI is right

deipnosophist · September 28, 2015

summerisle said:
Live and Let die

the first Bond film I saw...loved it

deipnosophist · September 28, 2015

gaino92 said:
A single LEGO brick can take 432 kg (950 lbs) of pressure before it cracks.

...is that /square inch pressure?

Groucho · September 28, 2015

gaino92 said:
A single LEGO brick can take 432 kg (950 lbs) of pressure before it cracks.

Barefoot......

Miami Blue · September 28, 2015

COYBL25 said:
Are Bull Sharks in the mix, as they can live very happily in brackish water too ?.

If they are only a mad man would venture out onto those waters !

You're absolutely correct! Bull sharks have been found in rivers and canals here too! They're a nasty bunch. Just the other day, my friend and I went out fishing off the coast of the Florida Keys and he had what looked like a big albacore on the line. I couldn't tell because half of it was gnawed off by a bull shark that came out of nowhere! I inserted the picture..

Miami Blue · September 28, 2015

dandydan said:
Do you still have a growing population of Pythons?

I'm not sure how in control the population is, tbh. I do know that wildlife authorities have basically given up on trying to eradicate Burmese pythons in the Everglades entirely, as they have become entrenched in the ecosystem. It's proven too difficult to get rid of all of them. And they do pose a huge problem, because they actually try to eat alligators... and succeed. There was even a case that an enormous python ate a pretty big alligator. The alligator was way too big and the python basically burst open. Here's a picture from the BBC, ironically enough hehe

COYBL25 · September 29, 2015

Miami Blue said:
You're absolutely correct! Bull sharks have been found in rivers and canals here too! They're a nasty bunch. Just the other day, my friend and I went out fishing off the coast of the Florida Keys and he had what looked like a big albacore on the line. I couldn't tell because half of it was gnawed off by a bull shark that came out of nowhere! I inserted the picture..

Wow what a top pic.

What an incredible place, full of apex predators.

I'd be having a go for Bull Sharks if I was you !