Post up facts and things that hardly anyone knows...... (for entertainment purposes only. NO need to fact check)

[Coelacanth]

On January 15, 1919, more than 2 million gallons of molasses spewed through Boston’s North End in an event known today as the Great Molasses Flood

I wonder if that's where the expression "slower than molasses in January" came from?

 

[MarPar]

And this guy's DNA could be found in several Asian men also.
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[Photon440]

On January 15, 1919, more than 2 million gallons of molasses spewed through Boston’s North End in an event known today as the Great Molasses Flood

https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/random-picture-thread.14619/page-96#post-910493237
A picture of that event.

 

[Armyvet25]

DNA confirmation
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Wendy Williams

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Morlock from "The Time Machine"

 

[kiwigtx]

While it’s impossible to note just how many children Genghis sired, a 2003 study posited that Genghis Khan’s DNA could be found in 8% of Asian men along the Y-chromosome, a number large enough to account for 0.5% of the world’s total male population.

Jeezus....he spread more DNA than Charlie Sheen!!!

 

[kiwigtx]

And this guy's DNA could be found in a lot of Asian men also.

Fixed it.

You're

 

[kiwigtx]

Fact-checking is a form of mental illness.......go ahead, look it up.

 

[DeltaV]

Trust but verify

 

[Kern Dog]

Fact-checking is a form of mental illness.......go ahead, look it up.

That meme sure gained traction and for good reason.
"Fact checking only gained traction once the facts started to threaten to tell the truth".

 

[MarPar]

Jeezus....he spread more DNA than Charlie Sheen!!!

 

[GTXDAN]

A Jiffy is an actual measurement of time equivalent to 1/100 of a second.

The earths rotation is slowing down. This means that the length of a day increases by around 1.8 seconds per century. 600 million years ago a day was only 21 hrs long.

 

[451Mopar]

Roman Time
The Romans divided the day into 12 hours, both during the day and at night.
The length of each hour varied by season and latitude.

In the winter, hours were shorter, and in the summer, hours were longer.

For example, at the winter solstice, an hour was about 45 minutes, and at the summer solstice, an hour was about 75 minutes.

The Romans knew that their timekeeping system was imprecise, but they didn't create a more accurate system until the second and third centuries BCE.

 

[Photon440]

American based Atlas Air has the world's largest fleet of Boeing 747 aircraft, 54 of them, including the last four that were built. This is the final one off the assembly line. Note that there aren't any passenger windows, as this is a freighter.

 

[GTXDAN]

I got to see the very first - 8 they took delivery of while working in Hong Kong. The cargo deck looks like it's a half a mile long when standing in the nose looking aft. Very impressive.

 

[Photon440]

That 747-8 is 231 feet and 10 inches long, nearly twice the length of the first Wright brother's powered flight of 120 feet.