'Dale Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 Hehehehe, cool topic, @Wayne_Potgieter Let me do a 'Inception' move on the thread. Today I learnt: Chappies chewing gum is turning 70. It was created in Johannesburg by Chapelat Sweets Factory's head of marketing, Arthur Ginsburg, in the late 1940s.The company was in trouble, and had to find a way to compete on a bigger scale.So it started to target children with "Did You Know" facts – and it was a huge hit.The facts initially came from a Springbok Radio show, and later via Wits university. Sauce: Business Insider SA splat, MTBeer and Zatopek 3
Bonus Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) I heard different figures. Where did you get this info. Would like to read up on it. I am sure density can differ. On the TV news last night. Density/ % Ice would change the weight a bit of course.It did sound a bit "heavy" to me! Edited January 12, 2021 by Bonus Bateleur1 1
Bateleur1 Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 On the TV news last night. Density/ % Ice would change the weight a bit of course. Two winters ago there was a mad rush to clear the roofs of buildings here as we had lots of snow. Then they mentioned figures of the weight of ice per cubic meter is roughly about 50 kg. If the snow gets older and settles that weight per cubic meter goes up to about 90 kg. The panic two years ago here was that a front with ice rain was approaching and the snow can act as a sponge and absorb the water where the weight could go to 600kg or even up to 1ton. RoddieJ and Bonus 2
Jehosefat Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 1 cubic meter of water at 25 degrees is 1,000kg. Since water expands when it freezes, ice would be lighter than this. Snow would, once again be lighter since there are many air gaps between the snowflakes. So 1m x 1m x 10cm of snow would weigh significantly less than 100kg. Bonus 1
The Ouzo Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 today I learnt there is a online snow weight calculator https://www.inchcalculator.com/snow-weight-calculator/
geomark Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 Some suggestions for an excellent podcast by the people behind QI (the BBC program Quite Interesting), https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com/ And check out QI's twitter feed, if you enjoy this thread you should enjoy these Bateleur1 and Wayne Potgieter 2
CAAD4 Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 That another Americanisation is math. I still know it as maffs... Baldrick 1
MTBeer Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 that there are people on Facebook complaining about Facebook/Whatsapp invading their privacy Bateleur1 1
Bonus Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 1 cubic meter of water at 25 degrees is 1,000kg. Since water expands when it freezes, ice would be lighter than this. Snow would, once again be lighter since there are many air gaps between the snowflakes. So 1m x 1m x 10cm of snow would weigh significantly less than 100kg. I may have learned today that Spanish TV can not be trusted! :-) Bateleur1 1
Bateleur1 Posted January 13, 2021 Posted January 13, 2021 that there are people on Facebook complaining about Facebook/Whatsapp invading their privacy It should go to the Friday Funnies thread rather. MTBeer 1
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