Trivia Thread

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Basoone, Jan 23, 2006.

  1. #1
    hello DP community I want to start a thread about Trivias

    example:

    What is the smallest Piloted Airplane?

    Answer:

    The BUMBLE BEE II
    http://members.cox.net/robinstarr/
     
    Basoone, Jan 23, 2006 IP
  2. MKInfo

    MKInfo DP Guard Dog

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    Did you know that if you click the search button on php Link Directory while leaving the search field blank, it will return a list of all the featured sites for that directory. <----- Now THAT is trivial
     
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    do you know why the sky is blue?





    The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. As light moves through the atmosphere, most of the longer wavelengths pass straight through. Little of the red, orange and yellow light is affected by the air.

    However, much of the shorter wavelength light is absorbed by the gas molecules. The absorbed blue light is then radiated in different directions. It gets scattered all around the sky. Whichever direction you look, some of this scattered blue light reaches you. Since you see the blue light from everywhere overhead, the sky looks blue.

    http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/sky_blue.html
     
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    Do you know that a paraffin lamp was made by Pole - Lukasiewicz ? :p
     
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    If people from Poland are called "Poles" why aren't people from Holland called "Holes?"

    Seriously, I have been wondering this for a while now..?
     
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