Odd factoids

[Dirk]

But how many months have 29 days?

All of them.*


*Well, once every 4 years anyway.

 

[Tim Hall]

All of them.*


*Well, once every 4 years anyway.

I was at a pub quiz with a visiting American a few years ago. Ignoring the stereotype of being ignorant of the geography outside of the USA, when the question "which premier football team plays its home matches on an island?" was asked, he answered "all of them". Good point, well made, even if the answer on the card was Pompey.

 

[Threevok]

Billy Ocean's 1984 hit single "Caribbean Queen" was originally titled and released as "European Queen", but failed to make the top 20.

Billy went on to have many more hits, before becoming a main advocate of Brexit

 

[machew]

The longest day this year was Sunday, 29 October as it had 25 hrs

 

[NorthernDave]

Popular national bakery chain Greggs is owned by perennial tennis runner up Greg Rusedski - the extra 'g' was the result of a mistake at the sign writers.
His most successful season (1997) was funded entirely by the profits on sales of sausage rolls.

 

[Lozz360]

In Brazil - Brazil Nuts are known as Nuts

Brazil nuts are not nuts. They are seeds, and they don't come from Brazil. They come from countries like Peru, Bolivia and Scotland. (Okay, I made the Scotland bit up).

 

[User6179]

Areolas holds the record for most international caps of any Spanish goalkeeper.

 

[machew]

Brazil nuts are not nuts. They are seeds, and they don't come from Brazil. They come from countries like Peru, Bolivia and Scotland. (Okay, I made the Scotland bit up).

And like bananas they are radioactive

 

[Lozz360]

The Devil wears Prada.

Sorry, wrong thread...

 

[gaijintendo]

Popular national bakery chain Greggs is owned by perennial tennis runner up Greg Rusedski - the extra 'g' was the result of a mistake at the sign writers.
His most successful season (1997) was funded entirely by the profits on sales of sausage rolls.

He has a good maet; a Belgian cycling Greg, who sells pasties from the back of a van.

Spoiler

Gregg's Van Avermaet

Spoiler

(sorry)

 

[Andy_R]

The earliest experiments with perpetual motion involved spreading butter on a cat's back and pushing it off a kitchen bench.

 

[Dirk]

The North Sea is actually in the East.

 

[classic33]

And like bananas they are radioactive

Forget the radiation. How many have you eaten?

A person would have to eat 195 bananas to get a lethal dose of KCl.* Don’t worry if you’ve eaten 194 in your lifetime. Your next one might be your last!



*Potassium Chloride (KCl).

 

[jefmcg]

Most culinary nuts are not botanical nuts.

 

[NorthernDave]

The North Sea is actually in the East.

The North Sea was often known as the German Sea before the outbreak of World War 1 when, much like the Royal family, a more patriotic name was felt better suited.