Totally useless information/trivia

[Tegis]

3 hours ago, Chindie said:

On the subject of nuclear power, if you want a sobering and NSFW read (if you Google it), look up Hisashi Ouchi (unfortunate name)

Yuck, and that google led me to the "Byford Dolphin decompression accident" more yuck but at least it was faster.

[V01]

[Stevo985]

2 hours ago, Troglodyte said:

Been listening to the Luke and Pete show?

Yep!

[Stevo985]

2 hours ago, Xela said:

I think @Stevo985 has had a quiet day at work 

Fascinating stuff though. 

I'm still in holiday mode so I took a half day  

[BOF]

The latest Forbes sports most valuable list.

Rank, Team, Value, 1-Yr change (Sport)
1. Dallas Cowboys, $4.2 billion, 5% (NFL)
2. New York Yankees, $3.7 billion, 9% (MLB)
3. Manchester United, $3.69 billion, 11% (Soccer)
4. Barcelona, $3.64 billion, 2% (Soccer)
5. Real Madrid, $3.58 billion, -2% (Soccer)
6. New England Patriots, $3.4 billion, 6% (NFL)
7. New York Knicks, $3.3 billion, 10% (NBA)
8. New York Giants, $3.1 billion, 11% (NFL)
9. San Francisco 49ers, $3 billion, 11% (NFL)
9. Los Angeles Lakers, $3 billion, 11% (NBA)
11. Washington Redskins, $2.95 billion, 4% (NFL)
12. Los Angeles Rams, $2.9 billion, 100% (NFL)
13. New York Jets, $2.75 billion, 6% (NFL)
13. Los Angeles Dodgers, $2.75 billion, 10% (MLB)
15. Bayern Munich, $2.71 billion, 1% (Soccer)
16. Chicago Bears, $2.7 billion, 10% (NFL)
16. Boston Red Sox, $2.7 billion, 17% (MLB)
18. Chicago Cubs, $2.68 billion, 22% (MLB)
19. San Francisco Giants, $2.65 billion, 18% (MLB)
20. Houston Texans, $2.6 billion, 4% (NFL)
20. Golden State Warriors, $2.6 billion, 37% (NBA)
22. Philadelphia Eagles, $2.5 billion, 4% (NFL)
22. Chicago Bulls, $2.5 billion, 9% (NBA)
24. Denver Broncos, $2.4 billion, 24% (NFL)
25. Miami Dolphins, $2.38 billion, 28% (NFL)
26. Green Bay Packers, $2.35 billion, 21% (NFL)
27. Baltimore Ravens, $2.3 billion, 19% (NFL)
28. Pittsburgh Steelers, $2.25 billion, 18% (NFL)
29. Seattle Seahawks, $2.25 billion, 19% (NFL)
30. Minnesota Vikings, $2.2 billion, 38% (NFL)
30. Boston Celtics, $2.2 billion, 5% (NBA)
32. Indianapolis Colts, $2.18 billion, 16% (NFL)
33. Atlanta Falcons, $2.13 billion, 27% (NFL)
34. Oakland Raiders, $2.1 billion, 47% (NFL)
35. Manchester City, $2.083 billion, 8% (Soccer)
36. Los Angeles Chargers, $2.08 billion, 36% (NFL)
37. Carolina Panthers, $2.075 billion, 33% (NFL)
38. Arizona Cardinals, $2.025 billion, 31% (NFL)
39. Tennessee Titans, $2 billion, 34% (NFL)
39. Los Angeles Clippers, $2 billion, 0% (NBA)
39. New York Mets, $2 billion, 21% (MLB)
42. Jacksonville Jaguars, $1.95 billion, 32% (NFL)
43. Arsenal, $1.93 billion, -4% (Soccer)
44. Kansas City Chiefs, $1.88 billion, 23% (NFL)
45. Cleveland Browns, $1.85 billion, 23% (NFL)
46. Chelsea, $1.845 billion, 11% (Soccer)
47. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, $1.8 billion, 19% (NFL)
47. Brooklyn Nets, $1.8 billion, 6% (NBA)
47. St Louis Cardinals, $1.8 billion, 12% (MLB)
50. New Orleans Saints, $1.75 billion, 16% (NFL)
50. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, $1.75 billion, 31% (MLB)

[Ikantcpell]

[Stevo985]

More explosive trivia.

 

In the Vesuvius eruption of 79AD, some of the victims would have been killed by a Pyroclastic flow, basically a super hot cloud of gas and Ash that flows down the side of the volcano at up to 450mph.

 

The heat of these flows from Vesuvius was such that it would have vapourised the victim's flesh and boiled their brains, the resulting pressure of which would have caused the brains/chemicals/insides to be ejected from any available orifice. 

A volcano caused by a volcano, if you will.

[Stevo985]

The filling inside kit kats is made from other broken kit kats

 

Edited September 4, 2017 by Stevo985

[Chindie]

One of the most dangerous objects in the world is the so-called Elephants Foot, a large blob of molten glass, concrete and radioactive material under the reactor at Chernobyl. It's effectively a form of solidified lava caused by the intense heat and radiation from the disaster. It's so radioactive that only briefly, seconds, being in it's presence will make you noticeably unwell, and much longer will leave you fatally irradiated. It's also so radioactive that it's believed it's effectively dissolving the floor it's on. Worryingly, Chernobyl is above some water caverns, which eventually it could break through into, which in turn would have it's own obvious disastrous consequences.

[Ikantcpell]

[Ikantcpell]

[BOF]

The day it rained goals.

[mjmooney]

1 hour ago, BOF said:

The day it rained goals.

I'd like to say I remember that Boxing Day. I don't, but I will certainly have celebrated that result over the dogheads, between turkey sandwiches and Cadburys' selection boxes, as a nine year old. 

[BOF]

Just now, mjmooney said:

I'd like to say I remember that Boxing Day. I don't, but I will certainly have celebrated that result over the dogheads, between turkey sandwiches and Cadburys' selection boxes, as a nine year old. 

I imagine the date and the amount of goals (and the era) are no co-incidence.  I'd say there were plenty of sore heads and wobbly legs on the pitches that day.

[mjmooney]

6 minutes ago, BOF said:

I imagine the date and the amount of goals (and the era) are no co-incidence.  I'd say there were plenty of sore heads and wobbly legs on the pitches that day.

Yep. Boxing Day fixtures these days aren't what they used to be. You could always spot the players who were hungover (or still pissed). 

[Mark Albrighton]

4 hours ago, BOF said:

The day it rained goals.

Just read a little bit more about this. Apart from one of them, all the reverse fixtures were played two days later. The results were -

Aston Villa 4-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Blackburn Rovers 1-3 West Ham

Bolton Wanderers 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday

Chelsea 1-0 Blackpool

Everton 0-3 Leicester City

Ipswich Town 4-2 Fulham

Manchester United 5-1 Burnley

Sheffield United 1-2 Nottingham Forest

Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 West Bromwich Albion

A paltry 34 goals across 9 matches but in addition to the first ten fixtures it gives a nice round total of 100 goals.

[tonyh29]

5 hours ago, BOF said:

The day it rained goals.

Fulham guy at work took great delight in pointing out that Leggat’s 4 for Fulham was the fastest top flight hat-trick until Sadio Mane scored a quicker one against your lot a couple of years ago.

 

[BOF]

38 minutes ago, tonyh29 said:

Fulham guy at work took great delight in pointing out that Leggat’s 4 for Fulham was the fastest top flight hat-trick until Sadio Mane scored a quicker one against your lot a couple of years ago.

Fastest English* top flight hat-trick.

 

Below is officially the fastest hat-trick ever in top level domestic league history.  Jimmy O'Connor for Shelbourne away to Bohemians, in 1967. 2 minutes 13 seconds.

Guinness say they wouldn't have recognised the record had there not been video evidence.

 

* Eduardo Maglioni of Independiente is alleged to have scored a quicker hat-trick (1m51s), but that was never made official because of a lack of verifiable evidence.

[AVFC_Hitz]

2 minutes ago, tonyh29 said:

Fulham guy at work took great delight in pointing out that Leggat’s 4 for Fulham was the fastest top flight hat-trick until Sadio Mane scored a quicker one against your lot a couple of years ago.

 

Has he not heard of Robbie Fowler?

[BOF]

7 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said:

Has he not heard of Robbie Fowler?

Leggat's was quicker (3 mins).  Fowler held the Premier League record (4m33).  Then Mané broke both (2m56).