Odd factoids

[roadrash]

Blackpool was once thought to be worth 7s 5d,it is now worth much less, unless you weigh the tower in for scrap then its worth 30 bob

 

[Ming the Merciless]

A normal resting heart rate is 60-100bpm. If you are more active your heart rate may be lower. Lower than 60 bpm is called Bracycardia

 

[classic33]

The French sought to buy Blackpool Tower, to place alongside their awful tower.

The deal fell through when they realised, having read the translated small print, that the Tower would have to be removed in one piece. This would only be doable from the sea side. And then only at high tide.

The deal fell through, and "By The Seaside" became a way of winding the French up every time they heard it.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Blackpool tower seems really tall as a kid but as an adult it is disappointing .

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

The reason we view Neanderthals as hunched over is that the first skeleton to be found was arthritic.

 

[Drago]

The species Neanderthal was named for its discoverer, the prolific Victorian explorer, Dr Neal Anderthal.

 

[classic33]

In 1872, Leland Stanford (1824-1893) made a bet that at some point in the gallop all four of a horse’s legs are off the ground at the same time.

Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) proved him right by using a series of 24 cameras and photographing a racehorse named Sallie Gardner.

 

[Dave7]

The main reason the deal for the French to buy Blackpool Tower fell through was when they found out it included a consignment of 50,000 "kiss me quick" hats. The official translator told them the phrase just did not work in french

 

[classic33]

Mary Queen of Scots was the first woman to play golf at St. Andrews.

 

[colly]

Mary Queen of Scots was the first woman to play golf at St. Andrews.

Point of order:
Mary Queen of Scots was actually a bloke.
Mary Queen of Trans is more appropriate.

 

[Kempstonian]

In 1872, Leland Stanford (1824-1893) made a bet that at some point in the gallop all four of a horse’s legs are off the ground at the same time.

Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) proved him right by using a series of 24 cameras and photographing a racehorse named Sallie Gardner.

He needn't have gone to all that trouble. All he had to do was watch them in the Grand National. Plenty of chances to take a quick snap at Becher's Brook.

 

[Kempstonian]

Point of order:
Mary Queen of Scots was actually a bloke.
Mary Queen of Trans is more appropriate.

Or Mary Queen of Trains. She was steaming most of the time.

 

[NorthernDave]

Mary Queen of Scots was the first woman to play golf at St. Andrews.

During her incarceration, Mary Queen of Scots invented chilli peppers. She named a particularly potent one after her favourite hat.

 

[bruce1530]

Mary, Queen of Scotch, was an alcoholic who invented sticky tape.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The tape was to stick the glass and bottle to her hands.