Odd factoids

[Threevok]

The Apple computer is the only surviving product from a series of computers that were named after fruit and vegetables. Pear computers were popular in the 1980s, and the Intel Satsuma powered the first Space Shuttle.

The Ferranti Turnip was never a commercial success, but can still be found in some military installations.

Don't forget Apricot

 

[Ming the Merciless]

A hen tried to join in when the Spanish civil war kicked off, but the generals decided they were too chicken.

 

[Drago]

Spain was not originally a country in its own right. In days of yore it was merely a province of France, one favoured by those of a particularly lazy and complaining disposition. Even by the standards of the mainstream French population the residents were considered feckless, so in 2001 President Bonaparte cunningly rigged the independence vote to get rid of them.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

A bag of Frazzles contains 43% more salt than a Walkers bag of ready salted!

 

[colly]

Saxa.

May contain salt.

10000% RDl

It says on the box.

 

[classic33]

In 1907, an ad campaign for Kellogg’s Corn Flakes offered a free box of cereal to any woman who would wink at her grocer.

 

[classic33]

It is estimated that millions of trees are planted by forgetful squirrels that buried their nuts.

 

[classic33]

Fred A. Birchmore was the first man to cycle round the earth. He pedalled 25,000 miles, with a further 15,000 miles on boats/ferries.

He wore out seven sets of tyres in the process.

 

[bruce1530]

The ANT+ protocol, used widely to allow sensors to communicate with bike computers, was first developed by Ant and Dec. There is a corresponding DEC+ protocol, which is also used to allow sensors to communicate with bike computers. While there are differences between the protocols, most people do not know which one is which.

 

[Drago]

Ant, of Ant and Dec came, is in fact a real ant. His amusingly receding hairline is in fact a poor quality wig.

Dec, short for Dodecahedron in recognition of his brain which contains only 10 cells, is not an ant, although he has about the same anount of talent as one.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

"The Continental Army "took over the airports" during the American Revolutionary War in the 1770s."

D. Trump

It was from this point that baggage handling went down hill.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Ant, of Ant and Dec came, is in fact a real ant. His amusingly receding hairline is in fact a poor quality wig.

Dec, short for Dodecahedron in recognition of his brain which contains only 10 cells, is not an ant, although he has about the same anount of talent as one.

Would that be a poor quality earwig?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

The American Revolutionary War wasn't. It was war just like the rest of them

 

[classic33]

Ninety two percent of retirees say that retirement gives them “greater freedom and flexibility to do whatever they want —regardless of how much money they have.” The sweet spot of freedom is between the ages of 61 and 75. This is the time when the study says that most people enjoy the “greatest balance of health, free time, fun and emotional well being.”

 

[Threevok]

Ant and Dec was originally one person called Anton