Games & Recreation Pointless Trivia

[Gough]

The REO in REO speed wagon stands for Ransom Eli Olds who started Oldsmobile car company

Awesome pointless triviaing.

 

[kickazz]

If you proportionally shrunk the earth down to the size of a billiard ball, despite all the mountains/canyons etc it would be smoother than any human made billiard ball.

 

[Butters and Pepper]

If you proportionally shrunk the earth down to the size of a billiard ball, despite all the mountains/canyons etc it would be smoother than any human made billiard ball.

Not saying I don't believe this one, but I'd love to know what they base this assertion on.

 

[kickazz]

Not saying I don't believe this one, but I'd love to know what they base this assertion on.

I saw Neil deGrasse Tyson say it.

He basically just referred to the mathematics of it. I've done some very rough calculations and for the billiard ball to be smoother it would have to have no protrusions greater than 40 microns - seems believable enough but I can't picture 40 microns very easily.

 

[MP_]

Spent some time with an astronomer and his telescope the other night, looked at jupiter through the telescope, all the other plantes could fit inside jupiter or 1300 earths could fit inside it. It's crazy big and seeing it through a telescope along with saturn and it's rings was amazingly cool.

 

[troybe]

 

[Forward Press]

Spent some time with an astronomer and his telescope the other night, looked at jupiter through the telescope, all the other plantes could fit inside jupiter or 1300 earths could fit inside it. It's crazy big and seeing it through a telescope along with saturn and it's rings was amazingly cool.

Related to this.

All the planets combined can fit in the distance between Earth and the moon.

Space is f***ing big.

 

[exe ex machina]

smart....

"The fastest way to find correct information is to post incorrect information online. Someone will very soon tell you that you're wrong."

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

After Anastasia's resignation, Malinauskas is the current longest serving premier and he's only been in office since last March.

 

[troybe]

 

[Mofra]

smart....

"The fastest way to find correct information is to post incorrect information online. Someone will very soon tell you that you're wrong."

That's right. It's called Godwin's Law.

 

[exe ex machina]

That's right. It's called Godwin's Law.

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Godwin's Law is known to be the oldest meme on the Internet, made by Mike Godwin. The memes meaning is to say: The longer an online conversation continues, The more of a chance there is to mention Hitler.​

 

[the_interloper]

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Godwin's Law is known to be the oldest meme on the Internet, made by Mike Godwin. The memes meaning is to say: The longer an online conversation continues, The more of a chance there is to mention Hitler.​

It's as irrefutable as Moore's Law I've heard

 

[Mofra]

It's as irrefutable as Moore's Law I've heard

Then there's Cole's Law which is mostly just finely shredded cabbage

 

[the_interloper]

Then there's Cole's Law which is mostly just finely shredded cabbage

Trust you to put some mayo on a story

 

[troybe]

Then there's Cole's Law which is mostly just finely shredded cabbage

Then there’s Mofra’s Law which is just mostly bad dad jokes

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

Then there’s Mofra’s Law which is just mostly bad dad jokes

philreich might have something to say about that.

 

[philreich]

philreich might have something to say about that.

I don't tell dad jokes:


















He doesn't like them.

 

[Quivorir]

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UFC commentators (well one in particular) are pretty infamous for this type of shit. A dude will be getting his head punched whilst commentators are reminding us his father is in jail or some shit.

 

[exe ex machina]

It's as irrefutable as Moore's Law I've heard

Moore's Law suggests that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years. Moore's law is an observation and projection of a historical trend. Rather than a law of physics, it is an empirical relationship linked to gains from experience in production

 

[the_interloper]

Moore's Law suggests that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years. Moore's law is an observation and projection of a historical trend. Rather than a law of physics, it is an empirical relationship linked to gains from experience in production

It's astonishing that he could have foreseen that, there have been recent questions about whether it is still applicable, but it's still thereabouts I'd reckon. When you consider he came up with it around the 70s I think that's unbelievable.

 

[GreyCrow]

Jobs Law states a new iPhone will be available every 19 months making Moore's Law redundant

 

[JackOutback]

Roger Moore’s Law is never go off half-cocked.

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Here's a couple of pretty interesting basketball cards from the 1990-91 Hoops NBA set, featuring a couple of players who aren't exactly household names in Australia: Sam Vincent and Mark Jackson. See the respective points of interest in these cards (hint: it's nothing to do with Vincent or Jackson)?



I expect a few people would spot the interesting quirk about Vincent's without too much trouble: there's Michael Jordan in the foreground, wearing the very unusual #12 for the only time in his career (instead of his familiar #23 - he also wore #45 for about 20 games following his return from retirement in 1995).

His #23 was stolen shortly before the start of the game. Other pictures from the game show the back of the singlet without the usual player surname above the number.

Right, so that's straightforward enough. What about Jackson's? Well, for his, you need to look a little closer, I didn't hear about this until a couple of years ago and I believe it had gone unnoticed until then. Check out the spectators in the front row, particularly the guys on the far left. The Menendez brothers.

Since no opponent is featured on the card, it's hard to pinpoint a precise date of exactly when this was (not sure if anyone has been able to). The murders were committed in August 1989 (when the NBA is in the offseason) and the brothers were arrested in March 1990. But it appears to be accepted that the photo on the card was taken after the murders, sometime during the 1989-90 season. I guess they must only use photos from the previous season (and not earlier) on a given season's card set. Plus, the Menendezes were based in California for several years prior to the murders, so not sure they would have had a chance to go to many Knicks games until their parents were out of the way.

 

[cats_09]

This one I already knew - was reading up about the Michelin star a couple of years back. Started as a way of trying to sell more tyres by getting people to drive more




What I didn't know until reading through the comments was the connection between Guinness brewery and the 'Guinness World Records'

Where it all started​

The idea for a book of records begins in the early 1950s when Sir Hugh Beaver (1890—1967), Managing Director of the Guinness Brewery, attends a shooting party in County Wexford. There, he and his hosts argue about the fastest game bird in Europe, and fail to find an answer in any reference book.

In 1954, recalling his shooting party argument, Sir Hugh has the idea for a Guinness promotion based on the idea of settling pub arguments and invites the twins Norris (1925—2004) and Ross McWhirter (1925—75) to compile a book of facts and figures. Guinness Superlatives is incorporated on 30 November and the office opens in two rooms in a converted gymnasium on the top floor of Ludgate House, 107 Fleet Street.

After an initial research phase, work begins on writing the book, which takes 13 and a half 90-hour weeks, including weekends and bank holidays. Little do the McWhirters know that taking shape is a book that will go on to become an all-time best seller and one of the most recognized and trusted brands in the world…

Celebrating 60 Years

guinnessworldrecords.com