Odd factoids

[NorthernDave]

Peas used to be available in numerous colours, much like M&Ms.

However, as part of the war effort it was decreed that all peas should be green to help identify them as vegetables. Due to a quirk of parliamentary process, the Pea Standardisation Act (1940) has never been repealed and it remains illegal for peas to be any other colour.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The PSA test is applied when men have problems with their pee.

 

[bruce1530]

The pass mark for the PSA test used to be 75%. However, due to declining standards, it has been reduced to 40%. This allows the government to report that more people are passing than ever before.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

WWI was actually the second world war. The first world war was the Seven Years War 1756-63. Britain won gaining virtual hegemony in the Americas and English was established as the lingua franca of the world.

 

[gaijintendo]

The English for "Lingua Franca" is Frankie's Tongue.

 

[bruce1530]

“Frankie’s Tongue”, known as “Lingua Franca” on the continent, is a cooked meat that is served in speciality sandwiches in “Frankie & Benny’s” restaurants.

 

[classic33]

Canada has the most northerly permanently inhabited settlement in the world – Alert in Nunavut.

 

[Drago]

Canada is actually in the inner Hebrides.

 

[Dave7]

The Inner Hebrides was the Outer Hebrides until the big earth quake of 1742

 

[bruce1530]

In the (normally mispronounced by outsiders) Hebrides, it is customary for men to wear the big white dresses when getting married.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The Hebrides are named after the famous local pasties.

 

[Drago]

In the (normally mispronounced by outsiders) Hebrides, it is customary for men to wear the big white dresses when getting married.

...and when going to work, up the pub, relaxing in the garden, shopping...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

As a motorist, cyclist, pedestrian always precedes some stereotypical criticism of cyclists.

 

[bruce1530]

...and when going to work, up the pub, relaxing in the garden, shopping...

but not on a Sunday

 

[colly]

It started in the London area on 30 June 1937 and spread to the rest of the UK. After the WW 2 it got to the major cities in the UK and surprisingly as late as 1976 to the rest of the UK. It spread to Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botwana, Ghana, Hong Kong, Kenya, Macsu, Mauritius, Qatar, Ireland, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, Seychelles, United Arab Emirates and Zimbabwe.

We all know about it as if by second nature. It is undoubtedly beneficial. It is of course the ...........




































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