PeteXXX
Cake or ice cream? The choice is endless ...
Feckless and feck spring to mind, too...
Really TRUE odd factoids
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matticus
Guru
ooh yes, I like those! I think "scrutable" probably counts too?
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
Hello sailor. 😘Homosexual shipsWhatever next.
classic33
Leg End Member
Cadbury's Birmingham factory produces 1.5 million Creme Eggs every day, and the Creme Egg is the most popular egg-shaped chocolate in the world.
500 million Creme Eggs are produced every year! If you piled them on top of each other, it would be 10 x higher than Mount Everest.
500 million Creme Eggs are produced every year! If you piled them on top of each other, it would be 10 x higher than Mount Everest.
classic33
Leg End Member
On Good Friday, which sees the start of the Easter weekend, it is illegal to dance in public in the majority of states in Germany.
Even Europe’s clubbing capital, Berlin, becomes a dance-free zone out of respect for the religious day.
In Baden-Württemberg, music is allowed to be played but dancing is not allowed, whilst in Bavaria, if you are caught playing music of any kind in a bar, you could be fined up to 10,000 euros.
Even Europe’s clubbing capital, Berlin, becomes a dance-free zone out of respect for the religious day.
In Baden-Württemberg, music is allowed to be played but dancing is not allowed, whilst in Bavaria, if you are caught playing music of any kind in a bar, you could be fined up to 10,000 euros.
Dave7
Legendary Member
The song Hippy Hippy Shake was first written and recorded in the 50s by a 17 year old Chad Romero**.
Paul McCartney sang a version but the Swingin' Blue Jeans released it in the early 60s and it went to No,1 all over,Europe.
**Romero was influenced by Richie Valens who died in a plane crash. Romero became close friends with the family and aged 80ish is still close to them.
Paul McCartney sang a version but the Swingin' Blue Jeans released it in the early 60s and it went to No,1 all over,Europe.
**Romero was influenced by Richie Valens who died in a plane crash. Romero became close friends with the family and aged 80ish is still close to them.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Purple is a "non-spectral colour", which means that it exists only in our minds: there is no wavelength of light that corresponds to it. Our brain perceives purple when it sees a mixture of strong red and strong blue light, without any green.
OP
OP
Queen Victoria was the first English person to be called Victoria.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Lance isn't a common name nowadays, but in the Middle Ages people were named Lance a lot.
classic33
Leg End Member
It's possible to turn
peanut butter into diamonds.
Scientist Dan Frost of the Bayerisches Geoinstitut in Germany did something a little bit different with his peanut butter: He made a diamond.
Frost studies the conditions of Earth's mantle and has found ways to mimic them in his lab. According to the BBC, the high pressures of the mantle can strip oxygen from carbon dioxide and leave behind the carbon to form a diamond.
And since peanut butter is already rich in carbon, Frost was able to transform the nutty goodness into a shiny jewel.
peanut butter into diamonds.
Scientist Dan Frost of the Bayerisches Geoinstitut in Germany did something a little bit different with his peanut butter: He made a diamond.
Frost studies the conditions of Earth's mantle and has found ways to mimic them in his lab. According to the BBC, the high pressures of the mantle can strip oxygen from carbon dioxide and leave behind the carbon to form a diamond.
And since peanut butter is already rich in carbon, Frost was able to transform the nutty goodness into a shiny jewel.
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Seevio
Guru
That would be the crunchy variety rather than smooth. Or at least it was afterwards.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
A copy of the death warrant for King Charles I is permanently on display in the British Monarch’s robing room at Westminster to remind them of the consequences of interfering with Parliament.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
You can tell how intelligent a man is by looking at his face. Doesn't work for women though.
(because this sounds daft, here's the study - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/a...nclusions,either attractiveness or face shape. )
(because this sounds daft, here's the study - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/a...nclusions,either attractiveness or face shape. )
classic33
Leg End Member
Lon Chaney Jnr is best known for his role as tortured Larry Talbot, aka The Wolf Man. But his portrayal of Dracula, along with Frankenstein’s Monster and the Mummy, meant he had the honour of being the only actor to play all of Universal’s classic quartet of monsters.
