Useless InformationDid you know that crabs wee through their eyes? That maidenhair moss is so called because Anglo-saxons thought it looked like pubes? That Albanians have 17 different words for moustache? Astound us with your utterly useless and obscure knowledge.
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chthonic, Thu 17 Mar 2005, 14:48)
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The length of the bullet belt on a gattling gunis nine yards, so when you've used up all your ammunition, you'd "gone the whole nine yards".
Some nautical facts
The triangular device that hold cannonballs on a ship is called a monkey and it's made of brass. When it's really cold it contracts at a different rate to the iron balls because they're made of different materials and sometimes the cannonballs fall off. So it's sometimes cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
When the ships guns are used they are tethered by ropes to catch the recoil. In battle the ropes occasionally break and the gun flails around wildly - a loose cannon.
Also the first job a new recruit gets is climbing the rigging to set the sails - learning the ropes in other words.
that's enough ship-related facts for now!
(, Fri 18 Mar 2005, 10:02, Reply)
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