# Not many people know that... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 28, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647 "2004-10-28T11:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/181 "2004-11-19T15:24:32Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > In 1960. For 20 minutes. :smack: Of course. It’s one of those obscure facts that not many people know. I knew it, in 1960. For 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/182 "2004-11-19T15:34:54Z")
> [@BJMoose](#): > > Welcome to Doperdom, **UncleRojelio** I’m ashamed to say I’m proud to me here. > [@BJMoose](#): > > Well, it was one of those old [ultrasonic remote controls](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_270.html), and they were using it as a backup for their 1950s-style sonar. I bet that was the best 20 minutes Mariana ever had in 1960. ---
**Author:** ![BJMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@BJMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BJMoose)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/183 "2004-11-19T16:03:11Z")
(Whoops. Didn’t mean to slight the fresh meat - er, newcomers \*\*Sevo \*\* and **The Sonoran Lizard King**. When the hell did I become the welcoming committee, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![SusanStoHelit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SusanStoHelit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanStoHelit)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/184 "2004-11-19T20:55:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Ilsa\_Lund > To break the joke for a moment, solutes do not affect the volume of a solution. > > > [@Cisco](#): > > > > How? :dubious: **Cisco** , your sensible question has been drowned out by the general insanity here, but in answer: When a substance dissolves in a solution, the molecule is broken up. The pieces of the solute filter down into the spaces between the molecules of the solution. To use a metaphor from High Schoo chemistry, it’s like filling a quart jar with rocks. Yes, it is full, but you could still fill it with sand. Yes, it looks full, but you could still fill it with water (and on and on). The point is that the volume of the jar doesn’t change, just its density- there is always more space between things. ---
**Author:** ![SusanStoHelit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SusanStoHelit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanStoHelit)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/185 "2004-11-19T21:05:53Z")
> [@](#): > > High Schoo Should read High School How high was it? And for how long? ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/186 "2004-11-19T21:12:39Z")
> [@SusanStoHelit](#): > > And for how long? Exactly 20 minutes. In 1960. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/187 "2004-11-19T21:43:49Z")
Guys, I was writing in my journal for 20 minutes and it struck me that I don’t know how long people usually visited Marianas Trench back when my mom was a child. Just once. In 1960. Can anyone help me with this? ---
**Author:** ![SilentButDeftly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@SilentButDeftly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SilentButDeftly)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/188 "2004-11-19T22:29:17Z")
## I decided to feed this thread into a babble script I’d written. Here’s the first 100 words: ## Not many people know all the Yale prom were laid end to end with all of the Dead Sea. Lutefisk is from the ocean floor before undertaking the 3 hour 15 minute ascent. Is this for real? Oh man, thank you for this link. This is a trench located somewhere in the Marianas Trench? BTW, did you know that only 2 films have been visited. For longer than 20 minutes. Cite. If no one has visited the deepest part of the balloon was USN Strato-Lab V. It took them approximately 209 hours to set it up, 20 minutes for 100 Yale cheerleaders. Just wanted to make a contribution in as twisted a way as possible. Babble seemed the best way to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Sevo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sevo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/189 "2004-11-19T23:12:34Z")
> [@BJMoose](#): > > When the hell did I become the welcoming committee, anyway? In 1960. The ceremony took twenty minutes and was held in a _high schoo_ in marina’s trench. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/190 "2004-11-19T23:26:23Z")
I graduated from high schoo in 2004, and commencement took way longer than 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/191 "2004-11-19T23:40:09Z")
My father went to high schoo with this guy back in 1960. They called him Trench Ass because his butt crack was so long and deep. Once they held him in a locker close to 20 minutes but the principle found out so that was the last time that they did it. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/192 "2004-11-20T00:44:36Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > Guys, I was writing in my journal for 20 minutes and it struck me that I don’t know how long people usually visited Marianas Trench back when my mom was a child. Just once. In 1960. > > Can anyone help me with this? Man has visited the deepest part of the world’s oceans, Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, just once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/193 "2004-11-20T04:13:50Z")
But what is the saline concentration? And were there Yale co-eds back then. In 1960. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/194 "2004-11-21T14:55:24Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > But what is the saline concentration? And were there Yale co-eds back then. In 1960. Saline concentration is 1,960 parts per million, but only for 20 minutes at a time. The Yale coeds were in High Schoo, in 1960. For 20 Minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/195 "2004-11-21T15:46:48Z")
Hmmm… [peruses list] Challenger Deep Marianas trench 1960 20 minutes 40 story pile of salt inanimate carbon rods Yale co-eds pretzels Gilligan the moon spaghetti sauce [drops list as sudden wave of terror courses through his body] “No good can come from this.” -The Fuj ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/196 "2004-11-21T15:59:38Z")
> [@SusanStoHelit](#): > > How high was it? And for how long? Dear Penthouse, I never thought this would happen to me, but in 1960, when I was in High Schoo I was attacked by a gaggle of Yale Co-eds for twenty minutes… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Zamboni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Zamboni)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/197 "2004-11-21T17:03:01Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Dear Penthouse, > > I never thought this would happen to me, but in 1960, when I was in High Schoo I was attacked by a gaggle of Yale Co-eds for twenty minutes… We were in position called The Challenger Deep, which was performed with Mariana’s Trench. I drank margaritas, and we wrestled in a vat of spaghetti sauce for those 20 minutes. It ended with an erotic feast of pretzels under the moonlight. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/198 "2004-11-21T18:07:34Z")
And how does Spongebob Squarepants fit into all this? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/199 "2004-11-21T19:12:31Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Man has visited the deepest part of the world’s oceans, Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, just once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. Man has visited the deepest part of the world’s oceans, Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, just once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647/200 "2004-11-21T19:49:37Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > Man has visited the deepest part of the world’s oceans, Challenger Deep in the Marianas Trench, just once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. Are you sure it was a man? It might have been a schoo boy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-many-people-know-that/271647.md?page=11)