Why do airliners which are flying very high suddenly change direction, by anything up to 90 degrees? Surely in these days of satnav etc they can fly point to point without deviating too much?
On a standard calulator keypad, if you take any block of 4 keys and key then in, either clockwise or anticlockwise, starting with any key, the answer is always divisible by 11. E.g. 4785 or 2563. This...
a right-angles triangle has an area of 20cm2. Two of the sides ar equal in lengh. what are the lengths of the equal sides? I worked it out as 6.3245cm but it seems a odd number.
You are driving in a car at a constant speed. >> >> >> On your left side is a 'drop off' (The ground is 18-20 inches below >> the level you are traveling on), and on your right...
A woman goes into Harrods to buy a rod and reel for her grandson's birthday. She doesn't know which one to get, so she just grabs one and goes over to the counter. The Harrods salesman is standing...
Found a bizarre thin black shiny insect in my kitchen. When approached with a glass jar to try and catch it, it raised it's rear end into the air. Anybody any idea what it was?
A beautiful young woman walked into a busy bar and sat next to a man who was obviously very impressed by her appearance. Turning towards her, the man asked if he could buy her a drink. 'Sleep with...
Is anyone interested in views of ISS. There has been fantastic sightings over Britain last few days .Next sightings are tonight monday 9 23pm 5 minute sighting 10 58pm 4 minute sighting tuesday00.33am...
They are going to make a film about her time in prison. They are going to call it "The Bird Brain of Alkatraz" (If you dont get it, there was a famous prisoner of Alkatraz who kept birds in his cell...
I've got a box of pozidrive machine screws and self-tappers in my attic that I've had for a good few years. The screws were all made by a company called GKN and were bright in colour when I bought...