Anyone have any random nerdy facts?

[BABAR]

The air speed velocity of an unladen European swallow is approximately 24 miles an hour.

Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow

European 20.1 mph

African 40.2 mph



Neither can carry a coconut solo, although in teams the result is unsure.



The European swallow can’t jump.



https://interestingengineering.com/...grail-airspeed-velocity-of-an-unladen-swallow

 

[tsmith1315]

Neither can carry a coconut solo, although in teams the result is unsure.

They’d have to have it on a line.

 

[OzHybrid]

They’d have to have it on a line.

If you'd taken the time to read the 5 pages of explanation and hypotheses regarding the various Swallow breeds, you'd know they were theoretically using a vine to carry the worlds theoretically smallest coconut, being lifted by the Mosque Swallow (largest type of Swallow)

https://interestingengineering.com/...grail-airspeed-velocity-of-an-unladen-swallow

Very disappointed in you Tim.....
(It took me 2 goes to get through those pages and I'm a MP fan....No-one expects the Spanish Inquisition...)

 

[K'Tesh]

The medical term for skin tags is acrochordon. They are also known as fibroepithelial polyps and papillomas.

 

[OzHybrid]

The Tour de France has become an oxymoron. It's in Italy this year......

 

[K'Tesh]

The Tour de France has become an oxymoron. It's in Italy this year......

Cycle Oregon toured the State of Jefferson in 2009.

Here's an image of one of the victims... Errrrr.... Cyclists

 

[fyrwrxz]

Cycle Oregon toured the State of Jefferson in 2009.

Here's an image of one of the victims... Errrrr.... Cyclists
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That is just hard core. Dayem! Aptly named dead-end rivers, death defining boat ramps and sacrificial cyclists, oh my!

 

[jqavins]

A baseball size onion, tomato, or any other vegetable or fruit that's mostly water (i.e. not e.g. a pepper or potato or something) weighs a half pound, close enough for most purposes. If it's softball size, then it's a whole pound.

 

[bjphoenix]

Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow
European 20.1 mph
African 40.2 mph

A lot of African animals are much tougher than similar sized animals from anywhere else in the world.

 

[K'Tesh]

B.O.B. is one of the main protagonists from Disney's 1979 live-action film The Black Hole. He was voiced by Slim Pickens..

 

[BABAR]

A baseball size onion, tomato, or any other vegetable or fruit that's mostly water (i.e. not e.g. a pepper or potato or something) weighs a half pound, close enough for most purposes. If it's softball size, then it's a whole pound.

They responds somewhat differently to bats than baseballs and softballs, too.

 

[K'Tesh]

This music video was included on the CD upgrade from Windows 3.?? to Window 95. It looks far better though now as the image is not limited to 640x480.

 

[Art Upton]

A lot of African animals are much tougher than similar sized animals from anywhere else in the world.

Such as Africanized Bees ?

 

[ljwilley]

There is a random mysterious baseball field in AREA 51. It's true, you can find it on google earth.