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re: Some random "Did You Know" facts on this beautiful Monday. What ya got?
Posted on 10/16/23 at 4:33 pm to PJinAtl
Posted on 10/16/23 at 4:33 pm to PJinAtl
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Ships moving through the Panama Canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific move in a general north to south direction.
I think what you meant to say was that ships moving through the canal from Atlantic to pacific have to go in a general west to east direction.
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Posted on 10/16/23 at 4:37 pm to G2160
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I think what you meant to say was that ships moving through the canal from Atlantic to pacific have to go in a general west to east direction.
The direction of travel is generally along North/South axis
Posted on 10/16/23 at 4:43 pm to Tortious
It’s NW to SE.
If you are trying to “did you know” someone, you tell them that traffic going from the Atlantic to the Pacific travels east.
If you are trying to “did you know” someone, you tell them that traffic going from the Atlantic to the Pacific travels east.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 4:44 pm to saint tiger225
The sound made when the word "Exxon" is spoken sounds very similar to the Japanese phrase for "car won't go."
That's why when Esso changed its corporate name to Exxon years ago, all of its gas stations in Japan kept the name "Esso."
And the word "Esso" is derived from the initials of the company's original parent corporation, "Standard Oil (of New Jersey)" when many people referred to the company as "S.O." Thus, Esso was born.
That's why when Esso changed its corporate name to Exxon years ago, all of its gas stations in Japan kept the name "Esso."
And the word "Esso" is derived from the initials of the company's original parent corporation, "Standard Oil (of New Jersey)" when many people referred to the company as "S.O." Thus, Esso was born.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 4:48 pm to PJinAtl
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The computer on board the Apollo 11 lunar lander Eagle had a 32KB hard disk and 4KB of RAM.
Sounds like a Digital Equipment Corp. PDP11, used for a lot of process control work back in the 70's and 80's. Probably programmed in assembler and FORTRAN.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 4:56 pm to saint tiger225
In a group of only 23 people, there's a 50% chance that two of them share a birthday.
It approaches 100% probability in groups of around 50+.
Confirm with checking an NFL team's 53 man roster.
It approaches 100% probability in groups of around 50+.
Confirm with checking an NFL team's 53 man roster.
Posted on 10/16/23 at 5:09 pm to StringedInstruments
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Thinking of this and the female mosquito fact, I wonder what all humans do behaviorally that we have no clue about. The mites aren’t aware of their patterns of behavior, yet we as humans can assess that it’s a gruesome experience. I’m sure there’s plenty about us that would make a higher life form cringe.
Like murdering your own child as a form of birth control? I’d agree with you
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