Odd factoids

[classic33]

On this day, July 16th in 1439, a whopping 580 years ago, King Henry VI of England was desperate to save his country against a force he was near powerless to stop. As the body count increased and the crisis worsened, his administration struck back by introducing a ban…on kissing.

Sadly, the ban didn't do much good as it was not enforced well.

 

[Dave7]

On this day, July 16th in 1439, a whopping 580 years ago, King Henry VI of England was desperate to save his country against a force he was near powerless to stop. As the body count increased and the crisis worsened, his administration struck back by introducing a ban…on kissing.

Sadly, the ban didn't do much good as it was not enforced well.

Dont let Mrs D know but I have told her that ban is still in force.

 

[Drago]

King Henry VI was not simply the 6th King named Henry. Indeed, the VI relates to so ething different.

Being a bit of a trendy new man sort, when he married his wife he took her maiden name and hyphenated it, so he became Henry Plantagenet-Vi. Historians, who typically think they know it all, took this to read as the Roman numerals VI, and it stuck.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Another thing archaelogists got wrong is Hadrian's Wall. It is in fact an early version of a Roman cycle track. so whenever you hear the phrase "whatever have the Roman's done for us?", "cycle tracks" is the answer! The Romans later founded a society of the cycle track later to become known as Sustrans. Many Sustrans cycle tracks are still based on the old Roman design built 2000 years ago.

 

[classic33]

A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber. A ball of solid steel will bounce higher than one made entirely of glass.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Apollo 11 LEM landed on the moon with only 30 seconds of spare fuel. If it had burned the engines another 31 seconds in landing, they would not have been able to leave.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

If you press your temples and close your eyes for five seconds, you reset to factory settings.

 

[gaijintendo]

If you press your temples and close your eyes for five seconds, you reset to factory settings.

I thought that was farting and burping at the same time? It seems a shame to stop trying though, now I've been corrected.

 

[classic33]

June the 7th 2019, National Fish and chip day.

The first fish and chip shop appeared in 1860, so it's a combination that has become unbelievably popular in around 150 years.

By 1910, there were 25,000 fish and chip shops in the UK. By 1929, there were 10,000 more.

Nowadays, four in every five British people say that they visit a fish and chip shop at least once a year.

And we eat a whopping 382 million chippies meals every 12 months!

 

[Drago]

Chips get their name from their original ingredient, wood chips. Wood was used right jo until the great tree famine of 1998, whereupon potatoes were diverted from house building projects and set aside for complementing fish suppers.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Mushy peas were originally made with wall paper paste and green dye. They were used to hold the wood chips together .

 

[Grant Fondo]

In the 11th and 12th centuries Norman architects in Britain designed the buildings to self destruct after 50 years. Hence the emergence of gothic architecture.

 

[raleighnut]

June the 7th 2019, National Fish and chip day.

The first fish and chip shop appeared in 1860, so it's a combination that has become unbelievably popular in around 150 years.

By 1910, there were 25,000 fish and chip shops in the UK. By 1929, there were 10,000 more.

Nowadays, four in every five British people say that they visit a fish and chip shop at least once a year.

And we eat a whopping 382 million chippies meals every 12 months!

Strange thing is whenever I go into a 'Chippy' I always get a Chicken 'n' Mushroom pie or 2

 

[Grant Fondo]

The Open will be Closed next week, but will Re-Open next year.

 

[raleighnut]