Page 1 of 25
Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 2:57 pm
by weeksy
What do you have for us then...
Here's a couple to get you started.
Australia is wider than the moon.
Sting sings backing vocals on Money for Nothing
New Mexico is older than Mexico, the country
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:04 pm
by Wreckless Rat
The cheque isn’t really in the post….
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:04 pm
by Demannu
France stopped using the guillotine after man had landed on the moon
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:12 pm
by Mr Moofo
Demannu wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:04 pm
France stopped using the guillotine after man had landed on the moon
To be fair , it would have been hard to cut his head off if he was on the moon ...
wombats have cuboidal poo
France is the most successful fighting country in the number of wars it has won
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:13 pm
by Slenver
The last man to escape from the Tower of London got away by Tube.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:14 pm
by Count Steer
The great Roy Harper* sang the lead vocal on 'Have a Cigar' on Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here'.
*He of the marvellously titled album 'Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith', That ode to England 'When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease' and the best line ever 'looking no cleaner than a Chinese wrestler's jockstrap, cooked in chip fat on a greasy day' on 'Nobodies Got Any Money in the Summer'.
Oh yeah, another factoid, his second wife 'ran off' with Nigel Kennedy.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:17 pm
by Yorick
At the 1976 at height of the males/females cheating, the only lady competitor who didn't have a sex test, was Princess Anne
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:20 pm
by Count Steer
Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt. Fact.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:37 pm
by KungFooBob
If you were to take all the veins and arteries out of your body and lay them end to end, you'd die.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:42 pm
by Le_Fromage_Grande
Ghana and Ivory Coast produce more chocolate than the rest of the world
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:59 pm
by Mr Moofo
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:42 pm
Ghana and Ivory Coast produce more chocolate than the rest of the world
Cocoa maybe - but not chocolate
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 4:42 pm
by Slenver
Count Steer wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:14 pm
The great Roy Harper* sang the lead vocal on 'Have a Cigar' on Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here'.
*He of the marvellously titled album 'Come Out Fighting Ghengis Smith', That ode to England 'When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease' and the best line ever 'looking no cleaner than a Chinese wrestler's jockstrap, cooked in chip fat on a greasy day' on 'Nobodies Got Any Money in the Summer'.
Oh yeah, another factoid, his second wife 'ran off' with Nigel Kennedy.
I saw him live years ago. He had a big beard for the first half of the show and then shaved it off in the interval. Not sure why.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 4:44 pm
by weeksy
The ‘S’ in Harry S. Truman doesn’t stand for anything.
His parents put it in as a single letter to appease some of his grandparents
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:02 pm
by wheelnut
weeksy wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 4:44 pm
The ‘S’ in Harry S. Truman doesn’t stand for anything.
His parents put it in as a single letter to appease some of his grandparents
Grover Cleveland was the only US president to server non-consecutive terms.
That will change this time if trump wins again.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:32 pm
by Count Steer
Sloths don't fart. Rats and rabbits can't puke...(which, sadly, is one of the reasons they're so useful in the lab
but makes them excellent drinking partners
)
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:41 pm
by gremlin
There's no word for 'Please' in Swedish.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:50 pm
by Demannu
Count Steer wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:14 pm
Oh yeah, another factoid, his second wife 'ran off' with Nigel Kennedy.
Whom I had the pleasure of having dinner with in Poland about 16 years ago, then had an impromptu jam session with one of the worlds greatest musicians. He's funny as fuck with the vodka in him!
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:09 pm
by Mr. Dazzle
wheelnut wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 5:02 pm
weeksy wrote: Mon Jul 10, 2023 4:44 pm
The ‘S’ in Harry S. Truman doesn’t stand for anything.
His parents put it in as a single letter to appease some of his grandparents
Grover Cleveland was the only US president to server non-consecutive terms.
That will change this time if trump wins again.
Wasn't he something like both the 19th and 21st Presidents? Normally if you do back to back terms they count it as one, but cause of the gap they consider him two. So the current 46th (I think?) President isn't actually the 46th person to do it.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:41 pm
by Greenman
The smell of fresh rain when it's been dry is called Petrichor.
Re: Interesting little facts...
Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:52 pm
by Skub
Japan has a longer coastline than Australia.