Really TRUE odd factoids

[Dave7]

Don't know where i read this so if on CC please excuse this.
The last time someone in France was executed by guillotine was September 1977.
I googled it, he was a really nasty piece of work.

 

[Drago]

It was 1977, and he really was a nsty piece of work who deserved having his head stitched back on and chopped off repeatedly.

 

[Dave7]

It was 1977, and he really was a nsty piece of work who deserved having his head stitched back on and chopped off repeatedly.

Yes, sorry, 1977.
I will alter that.
Thanks

 

[Punkawallah]

Yes, sorry, 1977.
I will alter that.
Thanks

Last public execution in France by guillotine was pre-war (Christopher Lee was a witness), apparently the behaviour of the crowd was such that the government banned public executions thereafter.

 

[Dave7]

Last public execution in France by guillotine was pre-war (Christopher Lee was a witness), apparently the behaviour of the crowd was such that the government banned public executions thereafter.

Not according to Mr Google. It was 1977 and it lists all the details.

 

[Chromatic]

Not according to Mr Google. It was 1977 and it lists all the details.

1939 was the last public execution, subsequent ones were not carried out in public.

 

[Dave7]

1939 was the last public execution, subsequent ones were not carried out in public.

Ahhh, so you weren't correcting me, you were adding to it.
Ta.

 

[Chris S]

“Jingle Bells” became the first Christmas song played in space, on 16th December 1965, it was broadcast during NASA’s Gemini 6A space flight.

'Jingle Bells' was originally a Black Face Minstrel song and had no association with Christmas.

 

[Chris S]

McDonald's produced a TV ad were a boy asked his mother about his dead father before they bonded over a Filet-o-Fish, his late father's favourite meal.

It was dropped within days of being first broadcast.

 

[classic33]

When traffic stops in Germany, drivers are required by law to move toward the shoulders on both sides of the road to create a clear, open lane in the middle for emergency vehicles. This practice is known as the "Rettungsgasse" or emergency corridor. It ensures that ambulances, fire trucks, and police can reach accident scenes quickly, saving precious time and lives.

 

[Chris S]

There was a rank in the SS called Rottenführer.

 

[Chris S]

CAA regulations prohibit smoking on aircraft. They also require them to have ashtrays in their toilets.

 

[Chris S]

Reuters originally used carrier pigeons to fly stock market prices between Belgium and Germany.

 

[Chris S]

The FA excluded women's teams from the football league in 1921 as women's matches were attracting bigger crowds than the men's. The ban remained in place until 1971.

 

[Andy in Germany]

When traffic stops in Germany, drivers are required by law to move toward the shoulders on both sides of the road to create a clear, open lane in the middle for emergency vehicles. This practice is known as the "Rettungsgasse" or emergency corridor. It ensures that ambulances, fire trucks, and police can reach accident scenes quickly, saving precious time and lives.

This was part of my driving test and drivers are remarkably disciplined about it.