Odd factoids

[Dave7]

How'd you operate a cow?

You need to ask @class as he posted the factoid

 

[classic33]

You need to ask @class as he posted the factoid

Check.

 

[classic33]

A brand new human organ has been classified, and it's been hiding in plain sight this whole time. Everyone, meet your mesentery.

 

[Dave7]

It is a complete fallacy that men cannot multi-task.
At this very moment I am watching golf on tv while on CC and at the same time enjoying a pleasant pre lunch Cognac.

 

[bruce1530]

I also can multitask. This morning, I made toast and tested the smoke alarm at the same time.

 

[NorthernDave]

Sub-four minute mile hero Sir Roger Bannister also invented the structure formed by the uprights and handrail at the side of a staircase that bears his name, having observed the devastating effects of falls from staircases that had been previously unguarded.
The slight difference in spelling is due to an error at the Patents Office when the invention was first registered.

 

[TVC]

Following a public petition, Eton is to be renamed Slough South.

 

[MiK1138]

Michael Foot was not an actual Foot

 

[Tim Hall]

Michael Foot was not an actual Foot

When that nice Michael Foot was put in charge of some nuclear arms committee or other, The Times headline read "Foot Heads Arms Body".

 

[classic33]

As part of the Plowshare project, 27 bombs were set off between 1961 and 1973, and plans were drawn up to use nuclear explosions to create new roadways, widen the Panama Canal, and tap natural gas reserves.

The 1962 Sedan test, shown below, left an enormous crater that was used to train moon-bound astronauts and is now a tourist attraction.

 

[raleighnut]

There is some Bo££ocks being posted in this thread.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

South African entrepreneur, Gilles Van der Graph, has earned millions with his IQ tests as he guarantees a legitimate higher score.

The tests are carried out when people are floating in the dead sea, as they are then relatively less dense.

 

[Dirk]

Kaiser Willhelm I I (Kaiser Bill of WW1) had a deep seated hatred of the British.
Apparently, this stemmed from the time he was beaten up as a boy, by a local lad whilst holidaying in Ilfracombe, North Devon.*




*This is actually true.

 

[classic33]

Kaiser Wilhelm I I was fond of getting his chopper out in the woods.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Kaiser Wilhelm II's defeat affected his family, who could no longer look forward to sharing the life of privilege that their forebears had enjoyed.

His protege moved to Ireland, and looked after public loos in Dublin, and was known as Khazi Bill the turd.