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steve

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Mon, 11th October 2010, 4:12pm - updated - Mon, 22nd November 2010, 10:24am

A Boeing 747 can land with one engine.

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steve

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Mon, 11th October 2010, 4:15pm

Also, did you know the biggest selling book in the world is the Bible?

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mistamatty

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Wed, 27th October 2010, 4:17pm - updated - Mon, 1st November 2010, 12:36pm

Fact: Butterflies can taste with their feet.

Fact: 111,111,111 X 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

Fact: In 1933, Mickey Mouse, An Animated Cartoon Character, Received 800,000 Fan Letters.

Fact: In Space You Cannot Cry Because There Is No Gravity To Make The Tears Flow.

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Fish

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Thu, 28th October 2010, 8:05pm

12% of people dream in black and white!

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Greensy

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Wed, 3rd November 2010, 5:43pm

If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side.

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mistamatty

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Wed, 10th November 2010, 1:24pm

Quote from Steve Paix’s comment on Mon, 11th October 2010, 4:12pm:

A Boeing 747 can land with one engine.

Yeah but you wouldn't want it to!

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bobby s schull

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Fri, 12th November 2010, 4:06pm

Did you know that a red car can be seen in the background of the Chariot race in Ben Hur!!

 

 

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Jimbo AK

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Thu, 18th November 2010, 3:07pm

104% of useless information is made up on the spot....

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mark_melton

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Tue, 23rd November 2010, 5:35pm

Lunatic Origins....



People once believed that madness was affected by the phases
of the moon. A lunatic was thus someone afficted with "moon madness"




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Soren Kierkegaard

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Wed, 1st December 2010, 2:41pm

Quote from Fish’s comment on Thu, 28th October 2010, 8:05pm:

12% of people dream in black and white!

28% of them are minstrel show pianists!

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MrDynamite

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Wed, 1st December 2010, 2:58pm

Quote from bobby s schull’s comment on Fri, 12th November 2010, 4:06pm:

Did you know that a red car can be seen in the background of the Chariot race in Ben Hur!!

 

 

If it had been green would that have made it any better?

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Corsair

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Sun, 12th December 2010, 6:49pm - updated - Sun, 12th December 2010, 7:15pm

 

A Boeing 747 can, in fact, land with one engine operating, and even more remarkably, it can land with no engines operating!!  If it has sufficient altitude when all engines fail, it can make the runway but some very skillful flying is necessaryto do so.  Modern jets have a similar glide ratio (distance horizontally for a given altitude) to many gliders/sailplanes.

The rule of thumb is "thousands of feet X 4 expressed as miles = the gliding distance available".  Therefore, from 40,000 feet (about 13 Kms) it can glide 40 X 4 = 160 nautical miles.  That's in still air, more with a tailwind and less with a headwind.

 

When too much power is nearly enough

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Corsair

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Sun, 12th December 2010, 6:52pm - updated - Sun, 12th December 2010, 7:16pm

Useless addition to a series of useless facts!!

When too much power is nearly enough

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Grumpy42

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Mon, 13th December 2010, 4:08pm

Quote from Corsair’s comment on Sun, 12th December 2010, 6:52pm:

Useless addition to a series of useless facts!!

It might not be useless if you are a passenger on the aircraft. Then again if you are a passenger there is nothing you can do about it anyway!

Useless reply to a useless fact.smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif

RC Model Aircraft are my therapy. If I crash and burn I only have myself to blame.smiley-cool.gif

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Mon, 13th December 2010, 4:54pm

According to some any landing in a fixed wing aircraft is a controlled crash, if you are in a rotary wing (helicopter) the same applies only more so!

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Tassie_Phil

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Mon, 13th December 2010, 7:57pm

Landing tends to be more the "end of the fun"!...takeoff ...the "start"!!

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tellgio

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Mon, 13th December 2010, 10:22pm

Did you know the first couple to be seen in bed in prime time television (in the USA), were Fred and Wilma Flinstone.

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David Carling

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Wed, 15th December 2010, 10:07am

A yellow car would really have stood out as it is the safest colour for a car.smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif

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David Carling

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Wed, 15th December 2010, 10:10am

Quote from Bernard Hemingway’s comment on Wed, 1st December 2010, 2:58pm:
Quote from bobby s schull’s comment on Fri, 12th November 2010, 4:06pm:

Did you know that a red car can be seen in the background of the Chariot race in Ben Hur!!

 

 A yellow car would really have stood out as it is the safest colour for a car.

If it had been green would that have made it any better?

 

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BruceWH

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Thu, 16th December 2010, 6:23pm

Quote from Jimbo AK’s comment on Thu, 18th November 2010, 3:07pm:

104% of useless information is made up on the spot....

I bet you made that up

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Monty

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Sat, 18th December 2010, 8:34pm

In the story Little Red Riding Hood.  When the Big Bad wolf first comes across Little red riding hood on her way to Grandma's, races ahead eats grandma, puts on her clothes and goes threw the whole What big eyes etc, why didn't he just eat her in the first place and save all the drama smiley-wink.gif

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