Really TRUE odd factoids
- Thread starter Blue Hills
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
Andy in Germany
Legendary Member
- Location
- Rottenburg am Neckar
Indeed. It was supposed to create a direct link between Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds to places like Paris and Brussels.
Still, soon there'll be a very fast train from Birmingham to an industrial estate near west Acton, so there's that.
Last edited:
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
It’s actually quite good. It just doesn’t stop at Ebbsfleet or Ashford anymore.
Which is scandalous. I live in Kent. If I want to take the train I have to go into London, instead of a few miles down the road to a station that has been built.
Not even if you put your hand out like at a request bus stop? 🤔
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
The Premier League trophy weights 4 stone.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Horses have no muscles in their lower legs, so their hooves act as "second hearts". A horse that can't move risks blood pooling in its hooves, which can cause tissue death starting from the hooves up. This is a key reason why leg injuries are often fatal for horses.
classic33
Leg End Member
Three Irish soldiers just won America's biggest military tank competition, and Ireland doesn't even have tanks.
The Sullivan Cup is held every two years in Georgia, USA. It's basically the world championship for military armoured vehicle crews, testing everything from shooting and driving to fitness and medical skills.
Ireland entered for the first time this year and won, beating six American teams.
The catch is that the vehicle used in the competition isn't something the Irish Army owns or trains on. The lads had never even sat in one before preparing for this. They got two weeks to learn it once they landed in the US.
They won by just five points, and no non-American team had ever won it before in the competition's history.
The Sullivan Cup is held every two years in Georgia, USA. It's basically the world championship for military armoured vehicle crews, testing everything from shooting and driving to fitness and medical skills.
Ireland entered for the first time this year and won, beating six American teams.
The catch is that the vehicle used in the competition isn't something the Irish Army owns or trains on. The lads had never even sat in one before preparing for this. They got two weeks to learn it once they landed in the US.
They won by just five points, and no non-American team had ever won it before in the competition's history.
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
- Location
- Reading, obvs
Were they from the Goldfish regiment ?
ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kingston upon the River Hull
Harry S. Truman's middle name was just S.
Johnny Cash's birth first name was just "J.R."
Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant. The congressman who nominated him to West Point got it his name wrong and the new one kinda just stuck.
Johnny Cash's birth first name was just "J.R."
Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant. The congressman who nominated him to West Point got it his name wrong and the new one kinda just stuck.
