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Offline Mince

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Did you know . . .
« on: June 06, 2016, 09:37:05 PM »
The universe is not only expanding, but the speed at which it is expanding is increasing. Soon, the skies will be dark.

And also, even though nothing can travel faster than light, some galaxies are moving away from each other faster than the speed of light, simply because the 'space' between them is expanding so fast.
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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2016, 09:39:54 PM »
Yes, I did know that.
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Offline Mince

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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2016, 10:30:47 PM »
Oh, aren't we the nerdy cosmic know-it-all!

Okay, did you know that wombat poo is square?
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2016, 12:41:11 PM »
Quantify "soon".
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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2016, 01:28:31 PM »
Quote from: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on June 07, 2016, 12:41:11 PM
Quantify "soon".

About 4:17pm next Thursday, give or take a few trillion years.
« Last Edit: June 07, 2016, 01:31:15 PM by Mincy McMinceface »
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Sandy Buttcheeks

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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2016, 11:12:44 PM »
Quote from: Mincy McMinceface on June 07, 2016, 01:28:31 PM
Quote from: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on June 07, 2016, 12:41:11 PM
Quantify "soon".

About 4:17pm next Thursday, give or take a few trillion years.

Pftt...

If Dr Who was a decent person, he'd nip forwards or backwards and do something about this!

Outrageous!
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Offline Mince

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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2016, 11:51:06 PM »
Of course, to do this the Doctor would need to be a little more resourceful, a little less haphazard, and much much less fictional.
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Offline Mince

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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2016, 10:39:24 PM »
Did you know: that light takes eight minutes to travel from the sun to the earth, and because gravity propagates at this same speed of light, if the sun were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for at least another eight minutes?
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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2016, 10:42:09 PM »
Did you know: that there is always at least one point on Earth's surface at which the temperature and air pressure are exactly the same as the temperature and air pressure on the exact opposite side of the world?
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2016, 10:47:42 AM »
Why would light travel to Earth? Is it like Superman when he was a baby? S***! Is the sun going to explode?!?!?!  :-\
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Offline Tarquin Thunderthighs lll

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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2016, 10:49:11 AM »
My tyre pressures are exactly the same as my brother's in Cleckheaton. I checked.
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Sandy Buttcheeks

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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2016, 08:04:56 PM »
Quote from: Mincy McMinceface on June 10, 2016, 10:39:24 PM
Did you know: that light takes eight minutes to travel from the sun to the earth, and because gravity propagates at this same speed of light, if the sun were to suddenly disappear, we would continue orbiting for at least another eight minutes?

Yes.

I did.

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Sandy Buttcheeks

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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2016, 08:06:28 PM »
Quote from: Mincy McMinceface on June 10, 2016, 10:42:09 PM
Did you know: that there is always at least one point on Earth's surface at which the temperature and air pressure are exactly the same as the temperature and air pressure on the exact opposite side of the world?

No.

I didn't.

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Sandy Buttcheeks

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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2016, 08:08:14 PM »
Quote from: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on June 11, 2016, 10:47:42 AM
Why would light travel to Earth? Is it like Superman when he was a baby? S***! Is the sun going to explode?!?!?!  :-\

Hasn't that already happened? Hence the kinda warmth that comes from it?
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Sandy Buttcheeks

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Re: Did you know . . .
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2016, 08:10:16 PM »
Quote from: Tarquin Thunderthighs lll on June 11, 2016, 10:49:11 AM
My tyre pressures are exactly the same as my brother's in Cleckheaton. I checked.

31 psi?  Please say it isn't the same as mine...that would be too freaky. At this point I would worry about everyone's ying and yang.
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