Sergeant Wilson Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 16 hours ago, Fullerene said: The longest corridor in the world is located in the Falklands. In the Mount Pleasant complex. There was a job advertised there on the civil service website a couple of weeks ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: In the Mount Pleasant complex. There was a job advertised there on the civil service website a couple of weeks ago. We'd a Falkland islander on secondment/swap for a few months. There were as many people in our office as there were Falkland Island Residents. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 The deepest car park in the world is located under this famous building. Spoiler Sydney Opera House 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagane Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Tattie crisps always go out of date on a Saturday go and check 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 2.1% of all European Championship goals were scored today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 8 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: 2.1% of all European Championship goals were scored today. 2 more own goals and there will have been more own goals in these Euros than all the others put together. I never thought I'd say this, but come on England, break a record tonight! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 There is more DNA in a bucket of seawater than there is in the human body. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted July 22, 2021 Author Share Posted July 22, 2021 There is more DNA in a bucket of seawater than there is in the human body. If a single molecule of DNA was the width of a typical garden hose, it would be 9000 miles long.Per person, Saudi Arabia has more farmland than China. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) Andorra has the second lowest population density in Europe. P.S. Can't remember the measure used when I read this, and on a strict pop/land area it doesn't appear to be true. It's basically one road surrounded by uninhabitable mountains, so it's probably true by another definition. Edited July 22, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 There are more organisms in a teaspoon of soil than there are people on Earth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 (edited) 50% of Canadians live further south than most residents of Washington (state), Montana & North Dakota Furthermore, latitudinally, more US residents live further north than Canada's most southerly point (Middle Island) than the entire population of Canada... and if that's not enough, there are bits of California further north than Canada's most southerly point. Edited July 25, 2021 by Hedgecutter 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 20 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: 50% of Canadians live further south than most residents of Washington (state), Montana & North Dakota Furthermore, latitudinally, more US residents live further north than Canada's most southerly point (Middle Island) than the entire population of Canada... and if that's not enough, there are bits of California further north than Canada's most southerly point. That last fact is absolutely wild. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: 50% of Canadians live further south than most residents of Washington (state), Montana & North Dakota Furthermore, latitudinally, more US residents live further north than Canada's most southerly point (Middle Island) than the entire population of Canada... and if that's not enough, there are bits of California further north than Canada's most southerly point. Almost all Canadians live further south than Scotland. And Shetland is north of the southern end of Greenland. I've often wondered what proportion of the world lives further from the equator than Glasgow/Edinburgh or Scotland. I reckon it must be less than 1%. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 16 minutes ago, GordonS said: Almost all Canadians live further south than Scotland. And Shetland is north of the southern end of Greenland. I've often wondered what proportion of the world lives further from the equator than Glasgow/Edinburgh or Scotland. I reckon it must be less than 1%. Cape Horn in South America is the same distance from the Equator as Edinburgh. Apart from Antarctica (and maybe some obscure uninhabited islands) that is as far south as you can go without getting your feet wet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 22 minutes ago, GordonS said: Almost all Canadians live further south than Scotland. And Shetland is north of the southern end of Greenland. I've often wondered what proportion of the world lives further from the equator than Glasgow/Edinburgh or Scotland. I reckon it must be less than 1%. As you already know, Sanikiluaq is the most southerly part of Nunavut and is the same latitude as Blairgowrie and Bridge of Orchy. I also suspect it can get bitterly cold. That Gulf Stream sure warm things up a bit for us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 There are more people in California than Canada. There are more people in Singapore than Scotland although it is smaller in area than Mull. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 The last descendant of Genghis Khan to be Head of State was deposed in 1920. A seven hundred year legacy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Fullerene said: Cape Horn in South America is the same distance from the Equator as Edinburgh. Apart from Antarctica (and maybe some obscure uninhabited islands) that is as far south as you can go without getting your feet wet. Yeah, that's why I referred to distance from the equator instead of just north. Most folk think we're about level with New Zealand but we're the equivalent of a third of the way from New Zealand to Antarctica. The northernmost point on the Antarctic mainland is only 3 degrees further from the equator than the top of Shetland. The most southerly airport in the world is on the equivalent latitude to Darlington. The most northerly stadium to host a UEFA match is on the equivalent latitude to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. And they played there in the winter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 hour ago, DiegoDiego said: The last descendant of Genghis Khan to be Head of State was deposed in 1920. A seven hundred year legacy. The heir to the Holy Roman Empire - and the House of Habsburg - is a guy called Karl. He used to be an MEP. The title of the Holy Roman Emperor wasn't really dynastic so it doesn't work like that, but still. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_von_Habsburg 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 2 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: The last descendant of Genghis Khan to be Head of State was deposed in 1920. A seven hundred year legacy. Only 16 million left to fill the next vacancy.. Genghis Khan a Prolific Lover, DNA Data Implies 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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