Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 2]

Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 2]

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anonymous-user

55 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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steveo3002 said:
what place on earth has seen the most visitors sinse the year dot ?
The River Ganges? Or that place in the middle east, where all the pilgrims go, Hajj or something like that?

(Guesswork, obv)

Blib

44,176 posts

198 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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My guess would be somewhere like Beijing.

steveo3002

10,534 posts

175 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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i was thinking rome coleseum maybe

Ayahuasca

27,427 posts

280 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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Disneyland

Sheets Tabuer

18,976 posts

216 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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Birmingham Dole office.

P-Jay

10,579 posts

192 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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Seems it's the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul - 91 million visitors a year, how many are 'visiting' and how many are just 'shopping' I don't know - either way, Euro Disney by comparison only gets about 10 million - 9 times as busy as Euro Disney - sod that!

Disney World gets a fair number, but since they split it all up the numbers get fragmented between the various bits.

Tyre Tread

10,535 posts

217 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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P-Jay said:
Seems it's the Grand Bazaar, Istanbul - 91 million visitors a year, how many are 'visiting' and how many are just 'shopping' I don't know - either way, Euro Disney by comparison only gets about 10 million - 9 times as busy as Euro Disney - sod that!

Disney World gets a fair number, but since they split it all up the numbers get fragmented between the various bits.
Visits or visitors?

I suspect that's visits and its vists are made up of many multiple visits per year by a lot of people.

Blib

44,176 posts

198 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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According to Forbes magazine, London is the World's most visited city.

Feirny

2,521 posts

148 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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The knock in shop in Sheffield, always a queue out the door.


So I'm told.

goldblum

10,272 posts

168 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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steveo3002 said:
what place on earth has seen the most visitors sinse the year dot ?
Some ancient site in Syria/Turkey maybe. Good question.

LordGrover

33,546 posts

213 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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Heathrow airport gets a few through the doors.

scarble

5,277 posts

158 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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Yes but it's not been around all that long, comparitively. I suspect "since records began" is a more likely achievable answer than "since the year dot". You'd think though that HR wouldn't be any busier than say LAX or JFK? Or.. BCIA?

So.. knock in shop? Shirley.. knocking? confused

Edited by scarble on Tuesday 11th November 13:14

marshalla

15,902 posts

202 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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When did Starfleet adopt the USS Enterprise's crest as the Starfleet crest ?

Ayahuasca

27,427 posts

280 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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scarble said:
Yes but it's not been around all that long, comparitively. I suspect "since records began" is a more likely achievable answer than "since the year dot". You'd think though that HR wouldn't be any busier than say LAX or JFK? Or.. BCIA?

So.. knock in shop? Shirley.. knocking? confused

Edited by scarble on Tuesday 11th November 13:14
Yes but population growth has been exponential, I would guess whatever it is, it is relatively modern.

VladD

7,858 posts

266 months

Tuesday 11th November 2014
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steveo3002 said:
what place on earth has seen the most visitors sinse the year dot ?


I bet this has had a few visits over the years.

gwm

2,390 posts

145 months

Thursday 13th November 2014
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
But across the world today, the less educated have more children. Whilst the more intelligent you are, the less children you tend to have. So perhaps we'll get thicker!
So true! Silly film but I remember seeing it years ago and thinking "Damn! We are heading that way"

Idiocracy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clYwX8Z43zg

jdw100

4,126 posts

165 months

Thursday 13th November 2014
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StevieBee said:
To keep the programme schedules in order.

Without a three or four minute break, the programmes would bunch up leaving an odd time slot at some point during the day which would be difficult to fill using a standard timed TV show.
Out of interest, as I don't really watch TV and have never had Dave, Discovery or the like, what do they show in these gaps instead...a blank screen, test card, station ident?

gwm

2,390 posts

145 months

Thursday 13th November 2014
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MrMagoo said:
Why are Eastern European girls for the majority, very beautifull? I mean compared to English women most of them of are incredibly pretty? I asked a friend this very question and he said we have Hitler to thank confused something to do with no inbreeding under nazi rule hehe
In addition to diet points, they are generally far more "feminine" in the traditional sense. Especially when it comes to clothes, dressed up to go to the shops and not going for "comfort" with their onesie/ sweatpants.

Sway

26,296 posts

195 months

Thursday 13th November 2014
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gwm said:
MrMagoo said:
Why are Eastern European girls for the majority, very beautifull? I mean compared to English women most of them of are incredibly pretty? I asked a friend this very question and he said we have Hitler to thank confused something to do with no inbreeding under nazi rule hehe
In addition to diet points, they are generally far more "feminine" in the traditional sense. Especially when it comes to clothes, dressed up to go to the shops and not going for "comfort" with their onesie/ sweatpants.
Is there not a demographic reason as well?

During the Soviet era blokes were much more likely to die young, leading to a demographic weighted towards a surplus of women. So the blokes that did survive had their pick - meaning the 'beauty' genes got passed down.

I also read something a while ago regarding the differences in body composition of people with a diet high in refined sugar, as opposed to starch. Eastern Europeans in recent history had far more access to potatoes than sugar cane.


Ayahuasca

27,427 posts

280 months

Thursday 13th November 2014
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Sway said:
Eastern Europeans in recent history had far more access to potatoes.
Not in Latvia.
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