cool facts you have just discovered

munckee

Not that recent but only realised quinoa is pronounced Kin-Wa and not Kwin-oer when the damn stuff became the new big thing.

equalsql

That the distance from the Earth to the moon is so far that you could just about fit all the other planets (excluding Pluto) into the gap.. apparently.

FX_Munkee

The first derivative of a cubic Catmull Rom polynomial equation isn't the tangent like all other cubic splines, it's the gradient. Except when it calculates on a Control Point, then it IS the tangent.

Yep, it's non-stop excitement in the world of Game Dev.

spark240

If you multiply a 2 digit number by 11, (assuming the 2 digits add up to 9 or less),..add the 2 digits together , put that number in between the 2 original digits and the answer is there.

53 x 11 - 
5+3 =8
answer 583...and so on....

NickBotfield

equalsql said:

That the distance from the Earth to the moon is so far that you could just about fit all the other planets (excluding Pluto) into the gap.. apparently.

That's astonishing and (does maths) true!  384,400km between the Earth and the moon, and the diameter of all the other planets added up is 387,946km.  Oof.

Flink_Poyd

Scotlands national animal is the Unicorn

wave100

I recently learned that whales and hippopotomii share a common ancestor.

p90fool

wave100 said:

I recently learned that whales and hippopotomii share a common ancestor.

There's a joke there somewhere, but political correctness having been sectioned some time ago you'll have to make up your own. 

viz

wave100 said:

I recently learned that whales and hippopotomii share a common ancestor.

Also fish, humans, trees and wasps

EricTheWeary

viz said:

wave100 said:

I recently learned that whales and hippopotomii share a common ancestor.

Also fish, humans, trees and wasps

It’s the baby Jesus. 

Guitar_Slinger

p90fool said:

wave100 said:

I recently learned that whales and hippopotomii share a common ancestor.

There's a joke there somewhere, but political correctness having been sectioned some time ago you'll have to make up your own. 

If it's true that you can't libel the dead, my lame offering would be Cyril Smith, MP for Rochdale.

Bygone_Tones

wave100 said:

I recently learned that whales and hippopotomii share a common ancestor.

A humback whale was found several years ago with hind legs.

Emp_Fab

If you lock a BMW with a window open then try to open the door by reaching in and pulling the internal door handle, the little indicator button pops up but the door won’t open.  You need the key.

Emp_Fab

Oh.. sorry...  I’ve just spotted the thread title of “cool facts”.  Ignore my last post!

equalsql

Bygone_Tones said:

wave100 said:

I recently learned that whales and hippopotomii share a common ancestor.

A humback whale was found several years ago with hind legs.

Mustn't go there, mustn't go there.. Oh what the hell.. wasn't that Cyril Smith?

Guitar_Slinger

Guitar_Slinger said:

p90fool said:

wave100 said:

I recently learned that whales and hippopotomii share a common ancestor.

There's a joke there somewhere, but political correctness having been sectioned some time ago you'll have to make up your own. 

If it's true that you can't libel the dead, my lame offering would be Cyril Smith, MP for Rochdale.

May 5th called - it wants it's joke back.

fandango

equalsql said:

Bygone_Tones said:

wave100 said:

I recently learned that whales and hippopotomii share a common ancestor.

A humback whale was found several years ago with hind legs.

Mustn't go there, mustn't go there.. Oh what the hell.. wasn't that Cyril Smith?

No, it was Bernard Manning.