Hi everyone, lets play a game…
FACT HUNT!
Instructions:
1. Find a fact that interests you…
2. Post it on this thread, (PLEASE INCLUDE A SOURCE/LINK!)
3. Read all the other facts that are posted – you never know, you may learn something new…
Enjoy!
Ok, seeings as I came up with the game, it seems reasonable that I should start us off so here goes…
FACT: The 747 fleet has logged more than 35 billion statute miles (56 billion km) – enough to make 74,000 trips to the moon and back. 😮
SOURCE: http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/pf/pf_facts.html
By: Arabella-Cox - 18th January 2006 at 20:18
An airsoft replica of AK-47 assault rifle is more expensive than the real steel…
By: Mark9 - 18th January 2006 at 18:39
The first American President to fly while in office was good old Franklin D Roosevelt he flew to Casablanca in a Boeing 314 “Clipper” on 11/01/1943. 😉 Anna 😀
By: Canpark - 18th January 2006 at 16:06
Only if your pilot happens to be an Ass
Good one 😀
By: holty - 18th January 2006 at 15:21
Only if your pilot happens to be an Ass
lol!! 😀 😀 😀
By: DBW - 18th January 2006 at 15:17
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
Only if your pilot happens to be an Ass
By: Arabella-Cox - 18th January 2006 at 14:50
Mozambique has a silhouette of AK-47 Kalashnikov in their official flag.
By: Arm Waver - 18th January 2006 at 10:51
😀
In which way do you mean “Correctly”?
By: Swift - 18th January 2006 at 10:40
Retractable!
By: Arm Waver - 18th January 2006 at 10:39
The wheels on a Piper Arrow neither have to go up or come down correctly.
Is that the fixed or retractable models?
It is possible for my car to get through an MoT without having anything replaced!!!!
By: Swift - 18th January 2006 at 10:37
The wheels on a Piper Arrow neither have to go up or come down correctly.
By: Mark9 - 18th January 2006 at 10:33
Thanks for that, I am reading a book and it did not explain the reason 😉 although I dare say it was pretty obvious 😀 😀 Cheers guys. 😉
By: Arm Waver - 18th January 2006 at 10:01
If you mean fighter pilots it is because I suspect it’d hinder a decent seal between the face and the oxygen mask…
By: Mark9 - 18th January 2006 at 09:55
Can someone tell me why pilots aren’t allowed to have beards???? :rolleyes: Anna
By: holty - 17th January 2006 at 13:31
According to a British law passed in 1845, attempting to commit suicide was
a capital offence. Offenders could be hanged for trying.
all taken from http://www.****ol.mcmail.com/Did%20you%20know.htm
By: Mark9 - 17th January 2006 at 13:30
Lol 😀 😀 Put the book down 😀 😀 Anna 😀
By: holty - 17th January 2006 at 13:30
A jumbo jet uses 4,000 gallons of fuel to take off.
By: holty - 17th January 2006 at 13:28
It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog
throws up its stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of its mouth.
Then the frog uses its forearms to dig out all of the stomach’s contents
and then swallows the stomach back down again.
By: holty - 17th January 2006 at 13:27
More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
By: holty - 17th January 2006 at 13:27
The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin during World War II
killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
By: holty - 17th January 2006 at 13:26
Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
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