Karl_ wrote:Idea: The flag of the UK should be furry porn of a dragon, the Loch Ness monster, and a leprechaun having a three-way while St. George hides in the bushes jerking off.
If you were at the Bank of England, you'd do an Eddie Hitler with our banknotes wouldn't you?
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 8:19 pm
by Choclet-Milk
OrangeRKN wrote:OTOH
Don't believe in EU, etc...
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:25 pm
by VlaSoul
Moggy wrote:
RichardUK wrote:The first British flag came about in 1606 when James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne and became known as James I of England. He sought to create a flag that combined the symbols of the two countries and represented the unification of their crowns.
And soon it will look like this:
the american empire shall be the greatest power that the world has ever seen
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 8:00 am
by Vermilion
VlaSoul wrote:the american empire shall be the greatest power that the world has ever seen
Until we revoke their independence and regain control.
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 8:20 am
by Skarjo
You could fit all the planets of the solar system in the gap between the Earth and the Moon.
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:47 pm
by Yubel
Skarjo wrote:You could fit all the planets of the solar system in the gap between the Earth and the Moon.
Unbelievable Jeff.
Iv'e never seen the moon as a planet myself, more like a large inverted crater.
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:33 pm
by Victor Mildew
The moon isn't a planet though, it's a satellite.
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:35 pm
by Moggy
Ad7 wrote:The moon isn't a planet though, it's a satellite.
And that’s how we get Sky Sports.
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:52 pm
by Skarjo
Yubel wrote:Iv'e never seen the moon as a planet myself, more like a large inverted crater.
I've been thinking about this for hours now and I still have no idea what that means.
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:55 pm
by Yubel
Skarjo wrote:
Yubel wrote:Iv'e never seen the moon as a planet myself, more like a large inverted crater.
I've been thinking about this for hours now and I still have no idea what that means.
It's only been 1 hour and 8 minutes.
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:56 pm
by Skarjo
Yubel wrote:
Skarjo wrote:
Yubel wrote:Iv'e never seen the moon as a planet myself, more like a large inverted crater.
I've been thinking about this for hours now and I still have no idea what that means.
It's only been 1 hour and 8 minutes.
WHAT IS AN INVERTED CRATER?
YOU MEAN LIKE A HILL?
YOU THINK THE MOON IS A HILL?
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:00 pm
by OrangeRKN
Yubel wrote:Iv'e never seen the moon as a planet myself, more like a large inverted crater.
How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real?
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:01 pm
by Squinty
OrangeRKN wrote:OTOH
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:05 pm
by Yubel
So I just realised my analogy would only account for half of the moon.
Although I still contest that the moon is less of a planet than, say, Mars - and some people think that's a chocolate bar of some kind.
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:20 pm
by Victor Mildew
The moon isn't a planet at all though
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:22 pm
by OrangeRKN
Did anyone even call the moon a planet? By official definition it is not.
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:52 pm
by Abacus
Well, it's big enough to be.
Some people regard the earth and moon together to be like a twin planet system.
Wasn't the moon a planet that crashed into us?
Or did I imagine that?
And what if the moonpigs see the earth as just being their moon?
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:59 pm
by Preezy
The Moon's largest natural satellite is the planet "Earth", home to some minor species and the rampantly successful nematode hordes.
Re: The Interesting Facts Thread™
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2019 3:16 pm
by OrangeRKN
Abacus wrote:Well, it's big enough to be.
Some people regard the earth and moon together to be like a twin planet system.
Wasn't the moon a planet that crashed into us?
The IAU definition of a planet requires a body to 1) orbit the sun, 2) be nearly round in shape, and 3) have "cleared its neighbourhood".
It can be useful to think of the Earth/Moon as a binary system, but the barycenter (point around which the two bodies orbit) is within the radius of the Earth. Therefore the Moon is orbiting the Earth, hence by point (1) is not a planet in its own right.
And yes the preferred hypothesis for the formation of the Moon is that a Mars-sized object collided with the Earth, and the Moon formed out of the collision.
