Odd factoids

[classic33]

Ever wonder where the expression "A spoonful of honey helps the medicine go down" came from? https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A18532532

You mean to say Mary Poppins was telling porkies?

 

[Drago]

It has been hushed up but Neil Armstrong's words when he landed on the Moon were "This isn't a honey moon, it's made of cheese Gromit".

Neal Armstrong, the greatest stick and rudder man that ever lived, actually had quite weak arms.

 

[bruce1530]

Buzz Aldrin invented the sex toy.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Buzz Lightyear made the batteries last longer

 

[bruce1530]

Michael Collins, the one that everyone forgets about, had a subsequent career as a musician, starting off as a drummer with Genesis

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Hence the well known passage:
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul, ordained to beat the shoot out of skins in a vain attempt to provideth entertainment and diversion.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Penelope Keith invented thermal heatsinks for computer chips.

 

[Profpointy]

Michael Collins, the one that everyone forgets about, had a subsequent career as a musician, starting off as a drummer with Genesis

After negotiating the Treaty with Lloyd George which established the Irish Free State he moved to the US and his previous military experience enabled him to advance rapidly and eventually become an astronaut

 

[Drago]

Lloyd George is the son of Lloyd Grossman and George from Rainbow.

 

[Profpointy]

It has been hushed up but Neil Armstrong's words when he landed on the Moon were "This isn't a honey moon, it's made of cheese Gromit".

I thought the mysterious words he muttered under his breath were "good luck Mr Gorsky"

 

[bruce1530]

Fake Tan was invented by the alchemists at the court of William of Orange.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Oddly I'm staying in the port he landed in with his army at the moment.

 

[bruce1530]

Oddly I'm staying in the port he landed in with his army at the moment.

Fake Tangiers?

 

[classic33]

The name “August” was given by Roman emperor August, in 8BC. Until then, the Romans called August “Sextilis” meaning the sixth month of their calendar. Augusts claimed this month his own because most of his victories occurred during August. Many other versions of the name designate this month as Harvest Month.

There you have it, we're not halfway through the year yet.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

"Opposites attract" is a myth. People are attracted to others with the same interests and personality types.