Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
I bet you didn't know that this thread would have a part 2
Comments
-
Taken from YLYL10:
When the euro bank notes were designed, they used European-style bridges that did not really exist so as not to have to choose between countries.
The Dutch town of Spijkenisse claimed them all for the Netherlands simply by building them all.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eiw-QtYU4AEM9c8?format=jpg&name=large0 -
secondrowgal wrote: »Taken from YLYL10:
When the euro bank notes were designed, they used European-style bridges that did not really exist so as not to have to choose between countries.
The Dutch town of Spijkenisse claimed them all for the Netherlands simply by building them all.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eiw-QtYU4AEM9c8?format=jpg&name=large
I did know this and I have always loved it.0 -
-
The pitch in the Veltins Arena, which is the home stadium of Schalke 04 is retractable. So after a match they wheel it outside so it can get the best growing in sun and light. The stadium has a retractable roof as well, meaning the opening would be a lot smaller than normal.
They wheel it in under one if the end stands, which is consructed like a bridge and is held up with hydralic jacks during matches.
It weighs 11,000 tons, takes 5 hours to set up and move (70cm per minute when it's actually rolling) and costs €13,000 to do this every time.
The stadium has 5 Km of beer pipelines, meaning it can serve 40,000 litres per hour.
You can see the pitch parked outside the stadium here. https://www.google.com/maps/place/VELTINS-Arena/@51.553676,7.0649102,492m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xdfce5aff64fdbf72!8m2!3d51.5546309!4d7.0675262
FWIW, it seats 62,000 (Aviva 55,000), has a retractable roof and cost €191million in 2001 (Aviva €400million+ in 2007). Germany's construction costs per hour are higher than here. Stadium is in use 12 months of the year for all sorts of events. Makes you think.
And there's a video, auf Deutsch, about the process here.
0 -
Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
100 years later the US Navy was operating two paddle steamer aircraft carriers.
In fairness they were converted luxury cruisers on the Great lakes that were just used for training. Don't think they had to go anywhere fast!
http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNews/Stories/tabid/116/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/421/The-Great-Lakes-Paddlewheeler-Aircraft-Carriers.aspx
0 -
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
Dermot Bannon was on the 'Freak or Unique' segment on TFI Friday's 2000 St Patrick's day special from Dublin.
Go to 29m30s
0 -
retalivity wrote: »Dermot Bannon was on the 'Freak or Unique' segment on TFI Friday's 2000 St Patrick's day special from Dublin.
Go to 29m30s
It says it is restricted...was he a freak or unique?0 -
-
The world's smallest capital is...?
Plymouth, Montserrat.
Population, nil.
It was destroyed in the 1995 volcanic eruption and buried pretty much the same way Pompeii was. The entire city was evacuated, and in fact half the population left the country entirely. But Plymouth is still considered the capital - the only capital city in the world that's also a ghost town.
Irish was one of the main languages of Montserrat until the early 20th century, even among the black slaves and their descendants.0 -
The world's smallest capital is...?
Plymouth, Montserrat.
Population, nil.
It was destroyed in the 1995 volcanic eruption and buried pretty much the same way Pompeii was. The entire city was evacuated, and in fact half the population left the country entirely. But Plymouth is still considered the capital - the only capital city in the world that's also a ghost town.
Irish was one of the main languages of Montserrat until the early 20th century, even among the black slaves and their descendants.
Irish indentured servants made up the majority of the population of montserrat at one point.0 -
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
Artificial Cranial Deformation (ACL) was practised amongst a number of cultures worldwide. It involves bandaging and strapping the heads of babies, when their skulls are still formable, to form oblong shapes.
The cultures where it was traditionally practiced are so widely dispersed that it is unlikely they had any previous contact and that each one developed the idea separately.
It is believed to have been done as a sign of beauty and a symbol of belonging to an upper caste as it made people look more intelligent. It may still be practiced in pacific island groups and it is believed that there are no negative health effects from doing this.
There's more reading here about skulls found in Peru.
0 -
Widely known helical spring washer, used to prevent bolts/nuts from becoming loose.
Well, NASA claims:[...] In summary, a lockwasher of this type is useless for locking. [...]
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19900009424/downloads/19900009424.pdf0 -
-
Thats obviously aliensArtificial Cranial Deformation (ACL) was practised amongst a number of cultures worldwide. It involves bandaging and strapping the heads of babies, when their skulls are still formable, to form oblong shapes.
The cultures where it was traditionally practiced are so widely dispersed that it is unlikely they had any previous contact and that each one developed the idea separately.
It is believed to have been done as a sign of beauty and a symbol of belonging to an upper caste as it made people look more intelligent. It may still be practiced in pacific island groups and it is believed that there are no negative health effects from doing this.
There's more reading here about skulls found in Peru.0 -
-
-
-
Momijigari in Japan is the act of leaf-spotting, or visiting areas with orange leaves in Autumn to enjoy the colours.
Cherry Blossom festivals are huge in Japan also. They actually give nightly forecasts following the weather segment of news programs that track the sakura zensen (cherry blossom front) as it moves northward up the archipelago with the approach of warmer weather.
They love their trees in Japan and spend an awful lot of protecting them from damage. One of the practices is crazy. They create intricate rope supports to prevent branch damage due to snow during the winter.
0 -
Advertisement
-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUTHVNC_ERc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8fP6iuxNFw
Advertisement