Today I Learned...

[SkStu]

Unit 731 - grim.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731

[pineapple stu]

When the Voyager spacecraft passed Jupiter, they used Jupiter's gravity to slingshot towards Saturn, gaining around 3,500mph, or about 10% of their speed in the process.

But for every action, Newton's Laws on the conservation of energy say there must be an equal and opposite reaction - in this case a deceleration impact on Jupiter. Which was measured at 1 foot per trillion years.

[osarusan]

Unit 731 - grim.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731

The leader of the whle thing was given immunity to head to the US and spill the beans on all of the research that the US could never do for ethical reasons.

[OwlsFan]

You can beat a leading football country in Europe by 2 clear goals despite only having 25% possession.

[pineapple stu]

The words Gallic, soldier, salacious and salad all come from the word "salt"

(As does salary, though I did know that)

[seanfhear]

The words Gallic, soldier, salacious and salad all come from the word "salt"

(As does salary, though I did know that)

Have a shake of salt for that.

[ontheotherhand]

Unit 731 - grim.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731

This is absolutely horrific. The thought of some of these ****ers being given immunity in the States makes it even worse.

[OwlsFan]

That there is still room for the long ball in football. Trailing 0-4 from the first leg in the Division One play offs, Sheffield Wednesday decided that the time for the tippy tappy stuff at the back was over and they launched every 2nd ball down the line and chased and harried and literally put Peterborough in the words of their former manager "under pressure" and it worked. Result 5-1 and through on penalties.

[seanfhear]

That there is still room for the long ball in football. Trailing 0-4 from the first leg in the Division One play offs, Sheffield Wednesday decided that the time for the tippy tappy stuff at the back was over and they launched every 2nd ball down the line and chased and harried and literally put Peterborough in the words of their former manager "under pressure" and it worked. Result 5-1 and through on penalties.

A few flew over the cuckoo's nest.

[OwlsFan]

You can buy a Swiss knife in duty free in Zurich airport! Hmmmm. Surely they will post them on to the buyer?

[dahamsta]

TIL that "perk of the job" derives from the word "perquisite".

[dahamsta]

Here's another stupid fact while I'm here, which I'm not even going to explain because it's so, so idiotic it's infuriating: The Immovable Ladder.

[SkStu]

One country outside of Ireland offers students the Irish Leaving Certificate. Libya.

Fascinating, múinteoir.

Only one school outside Ireland offers the Leaving Certificate exam to their students. Since 1997, students at the ISM international school in Tripoli, Libya, take the Leaving Cert, with Arabic being substituted for Irish and Libyan history for Irish history.

[OwlsFan]

Yesterday I learned that the bar stoolers can be right once in a while: we had a pre-match discussion and agreed that we should play a back 4 against Gibraltar but knew Kenny wouldn't change but he eventually did after 45 minutes. Perhaps he had a microphone fitted in O'Donogues.

[pineapple stu]

Today I learned Packie Bonner was nominated for the Ballon d'Or.