Little known facts

[belamyi]

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Patient like an adventist (I refuse to capitalize that).

 

[Kulindahr]

^Hmm, does someone want to come up with an estimate of the number of atoms in the known universe?

it is estimated that the there are between 10^78 to 10^82 atoms in the known, observable universe. In layman’s terms, that works out to between ten quadrillion vigintillion and one-hundred thousand quadrillion vigintillion atoms. -- from Universe Today

^ Well, according to theoretical physicist John Wheeler, there's only one. It just moves around a lot.

Actually he said that about electrons -- and positrons; the idea is that a positron is just an electron moving backwards in time, so the one electron going back and forth in time can function as all the apparent electrons we see.

The source is Feynman:

I received a telephone call one day at the graduate college at Princeton from Professor Wheeler, in which he said, "Feynman, I know why all electrons have the same charge and the same mass" "Why?" "Because, they are all the same electron!"

The crazy thing (last I knew, anyway) is that there's no way to show this is wrong!

 

[belamyi]

Quora tells us that there are only four escalators in the whole big state of Wyoming?.. and post pictures of a couple.

Why There Are Only Two Escalators In All Of Wyoming

When it comes to escalators, Wyoming’s two — both in Casper — equal the number of the state’s U.S. senators and national parks, and are 255 times fewer…

cowboystatedaily.com

 

[Kulindahr]

Rather than using his status to build his personal wealth or buy multiple mansions, Carter lives in the same humble home he built himself back in 1961 in the middle of his rural hometown of Plains, Georgia. The two-bedroom home has been assessed at just $167,000 — less than the value of the Secret Service vehicles that are parked outside the house as part of his mandatory security detail.

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[Kulindahr]

I think the usual estimate is about 3000 times bigger than that. But cosmologists may bicker over it.

If you count just the universe that's within the ~14 billion light year radius derived from the age of the universe, the lower number sounds about right. Extend it to the ~90 billion light year radius and the larger number is about right.

Cosmologists have terms for these two radii, but I don't recall them.

 

[Kulindahr]

Quora tells us that there are only four escalators in the whole big state of Wyoming?.. and post pictures of a couple.

Why There Are Only Two Escalators In All Of Wyoming

When it comes to escalators, Wyoming’s two — both in Casper — equal the number of the state’s U.S. senators and national parks, and are 255 times fewer…

cowboystatedaily.com

True -- just two sets of one going up, one going down. One set in each of the main banks in Caspar.

There used to be another set in a J C Penney store, I think in Cheyenne, but the company relocated to a single-floor facility and the escalator set was salvaged and taken out of the state.

 

[LilBit]

Quora tells us that there are only four escalators in the whole big state of Wyoming?.. and post pictures of a couple.

Why There Are Only Two Escalators In All Of Wyoming

When it comes to escalators, Wyoming’s two — both in Casper — equal the number of the state’s U.S. senators and national parks, and are 255 times fewer…

cowboystatedaily.com

My county is the second largest in the contiguous 48 states, and it has only one escalator. It's located on my campus, but it's almost always out of order.

 

[belamyi]

My county is the second largest in the contiguous 48 states, and it has only one escalator. It's located on my campus, but it's almost always out of order.

Who would have said that of the US... I guess escalators are truly backward, and a pointless waste in underpopulated regions, and they still have the cars to move around.

 

[belamyi]

The skirmish between Allah-bless-Iran and Yahweh-Is-The-Greatest-Israel last weekend cost around a billion to the latter, and about one-tenth of that to the former.

 

[pornoboy]

Officers 2nd of the International Ice Patrol kneels on the ramp of a HC-130J April 14,
as he prepares to toss out one of three wreaths over the site where the Titanic sank.
They do this every year.​

 

[rareboy]

 

[gsdx]

^ Except for the bolder, I actually knew that. Lake Huron has a less-complicated version.

 

[gsdx]

When burning poison ivy to destroy it, you or anyone else who walks through the smoke can still contract the poison ivy.

 

[fredroy]

^^ Contract it in your lungs. Very bad.

 

[gsdx]

Do not - I repeat - Do Not get it on your peepee!!!

 

[fredroy]

Grandson did that when he was eight or so. He gets close and he breaks out.

 

[pornoboy]

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[belamyi]

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[pornoboy]

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[Araucaria]

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Can you imagine being the marine biologist's assistant who had to take that measurement?