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Post by Trigger » Wed Jul 29, 2015 6:34 am

Mel recently pointed out that “the country with the longest name is.......The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island.” I seem to recall a place in Wales with a rather long name -
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!

“Llanfairpwllgwyngyll is a large village and community on the island of Anglesy in Wales. It is alternatively known as Llanfairpwll, Llanfair PG, or
Llanfair¬pwllgwyngyll¬gogery¬chwyrn¬drobwll¬llan¬tysilio¬gogo¬goch. The long form of the name was invented for promotional purposes in the 1860s, with 58 characters it is the longest place name in Europe and the second longest official one-word place name in the world.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llanfairpwllgwyngyll
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Post by Mel » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:09 am

The word 'typewriter' is the longest word in the English Language that can be spelled using just letters from the top of the keyboard.
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Post by Suffolkboy » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:29 am

“I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.”
― Bill Watterson

No more to be said - Eh? UK1
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Post by Mel » Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:49 am

Bill Watterson also said 'The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us'...I think he means us, as us on here Suffolkboy :lol:
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Post by Suffolkboy » Wed Jul 29, 2015 8:58 pm

Mel wrote:Bill Watterson also said 'The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us'...I think he means us, as us on here Suffolkboy :lol:
Ah! Mel,you have to be a Lowestoft/Pakefield person to understand our sense of humour. :high5:
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Post by Mel » Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:42 pm

The temperature of Uranus the 7th planet from the sun is minus 244 Celsius.
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Post by boatbuilder » Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:46 pm

Is that where you went today Mel? I look forward to seeing your pictures. Image :lol: :lol:
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Post by nikkai » Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:13 pm

Mel wrote:The temperature of Uranus the 7th planet from the sun is minus 244 Celsius.

I'm glad you included the "7th planet" part Mel ! because after a curry the thermometer would have been reading wrong
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Post by Mel » Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:24 pm

[quote="nikkaiI'm glad you included the "7th planet" part Mel ! because after a curry the thermometer would have been reading wrong[/quote]

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Post by morty1753 » Thu Aug 13, 2015 8:49 am

Mel wrote:The temperature of Uranus the 7th planet from the sun is minus 244 Celsius.
Or even minus 224 Celsius :lol:

http://space-facts.com/uranus/
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Post by Mel » Thu Aug 13, 2015 9:03 am

morty1753 wrote:Or even minus 224 Celsius :lol:
Better recalibrate my thermometer ;) 8-)

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Post by boatbuilder » Thu Aug 13, 2015 9:53 am

Mel wrote:
morty1753 wrote:Or even minus 224 Celsius :lol:
Better recalibrate my thermometer ;) 8-)
Better make sure you re-calibrate it in the right place Mel. That link says the surface temperature is -197 degrees C. :D
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Post by Trigger » Thu Aug 13, 2015 10:57 am

So - the 'Useless Information' is . . . just that! :D
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Post by Mel » Fri Aug 14, 2015 8:33 am

Trigger wrote:So - the 'Useless Information' is . . . just that! :D
I hope so :lol:

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Post by Trigger » Fri Aug 14, 2015 8:30 pm

Average number of days a West German goes without washing his underwear: 7
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