Ryan. Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 I'm just repeating what I saw on a documentary eons ago, but yeah, I think I screwed this one up a little bit It does reflects light in the visible spectrum, but that a very small part of the electromagnetic spectrum. So it does absorbs the heat, but light is reflected, and like you said that's why the fur appears white even though it's transparent and the skin underneath is black. Excuse me for my stupidity and for messing up of the thread Let's just say we're both right and leave at that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasthevillan Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Here's a good one. If you wear special glasses with inverted lenses to make everytihng appear upside down, after a period of time, your eyes will automatically switch, so that things seem normal. If you then take the glasses off, everything is upside down and will take another length of time for your eyes to revert to their original view. Try it, it really doea work, but not advisable in the workplace as it's pretty dangerous. You may also look like a total bell end ! Funnily enough, when a child is born their eyesight is upside down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Like the body stuff - Can't try the inverted glasses. I'm told (not by a man in a pub) that putting a sleepers fingers in a cup of water has an adverse effect on bladder control - especially if they've been boozing. Anyone confirm this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddy Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 That's quite a famous one Xann and as far as I'm aware it's true, not seen it done though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Radiohead got their name from a Talking Heads song, Radio Head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasthevillan Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Sunderland were the last team to win the league in striped shirts in 1936. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 30, 2008 Moderator Share Posted May 30, 2008 Really ? That is quite amazing if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 30, 2008 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2008 The Beatles got their name from their roadie Les, whom they regularly used to beat at cribbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 The strawberry as we know it now is only about 250 years old, came about from a cross mix between two lot smaller wild strawberries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 The name Wendy did not exist in mainstream society before the writing of the book Peter Pan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 30, 2008 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2008 The name Wendy did not exist in mainstream society before the writing of the book Peter Pan I like ones like that. It's also true that the word "Hello" wasn't used as a greeting in mainstream society before it was used in a book (I forget which one ) in the early 20th century (I think). Before that the words "Hullo" and "Hallo" were used as an exclamation (i.e. "Hullo! there's a fly in my soup" or "Hullo! Villa have signed Marlon Harewood") but never used as a greeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 30, 2008 Moderator Share Posted May 30, 2008 Wasn't it AGB (as he was known to his mates) after inventing the telephone who decided that 'Hullo' should be the standard greeting to use upon answering? I'm sure if I was bothered to google it I could confirm it but it's Friday and I'm a lazy man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 30, 2008 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2008 Wasn't it AGB (as he was known to his mates) after inventing the telephone who decided that 'Hullo' should be the standard greeting to use upon answering? I'm sure if I was bothered to google it I could confirm it but it's Friday and I'm a lazy man You're probably right. I'm just working off memory from watching QI. All I know is it was very surprising how short a time the word had been used for considering just how much we use it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 30, 2008 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2008 Looked it up on Wiki. It's creditied to Edison as AGB used "Ahoy-hoy" (brilliant) as his greeting. But it was apparently recorded in literature as early as 1826. It's too complicated to go on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 30, 2008 Moderator Share Posted May 30, 2008 Read the Ahoy-hoy thing before. Must've got 'em confused. That is (incidentally) what The Simpsons' Mr Burns uses when he answers the phone too As well as using petrolium distillate and re-vulcanising his tyres Great vocab he has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarjei Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 The first ever recorded supernova dates back to 1054, witnessed and noted by both Chinese and Arab astronomers. For about a month it was the brightest object in the sky, aside from our sun and moon. 700 years later the English astronomer John Bevis observed it's remnants, and 100 years later it was referred to as the crab nebula. It's one of the most stunning nebula's, and the reason is that it's still expanding quickly and in it's center there's believed to be a pulsar that rotates over 30 times every second and emits enormous amounts of radiation. Images can be seen here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted May 30, 2008 VT Supporter Share Posted May 30, 2008 Read the Ahoy-hoy thing before. Must've got 'em confused. That is (incidentally) what The Simpsons' Mr Burns uses when he answers the phone too As well as using petrolium distillate and re-vulcanising his tyres Great vocab he has. Yeh, that's why I wrote brilliant in brackets. I always find it very amusing when Burns says that, i don't really know why, just tickles me. That's why i found it so funny when i read that was the original phone greeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarjei Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Mr. Burns catchphrase "Excellent" comes from Seinfeld. Well, I don't know for sure as it might just be a coincidence, but in the episode The Engagement when Elaine, Newman and Kramer plots to kidnap a dog, Newman says "Excellent" twice in the exact, evil kinda way as Burns does in The Simpsons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted May 30, 2008 Moderator Share Posted May 30, 2008 Then wouldn't that be Seinfeld taking off the Simpsons ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarjei Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Hmm. I don't know, but that's a good point. The episode I was talking about was aired in 1996 I think. Edit: make that fall of 95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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