Really TRUE odd factoids

[PeteXXX]

Pound cake got its name from the original recipe requiring a pound (16 oz./0.45 kg) of each of its main ingredients: flour, eggs, butter, and sugar.

E&OE

 

[Andy in Germany]

Pound cake got its name from the original recipe requiring a pound (16 oz./0.45 kg) of each of its main ingredients: flour, eggs, butter, and sugar.

E&OE

Sounds like the "Yoghurt cake" I made when I was a student: one pot of Yoghurt, then fill the same with flour, sugar and oil, and mix the lot. The result wasn't exactly Harrods standard but it worked for student birthdays.

 

[Dave7]

When viewed upside down the word GULLIBLE looks like a cat.

 

[PeteXXX]

When viewed upside down the word GULLIBLE looks like a cat.

So it does!!
Check it out!

 

[Dave7]

Whatsapp is not allowed inside Russia, its a government law.
I have a pen friend there and we have to communicate by email.
I googled it and its a fact

 

[T4tomo]

Whatsapp is not allowed inside Russia, its a government law.
I have a pen friend there and we have to communicate by email.
I googled it and its a fact

@Dave7 is an unwitting Russian spy

 

[Dave7]

@Dave7 is an unwitting Russian spy

Am I going to the goolag type prison thingy?

 

[T4tomo]

Am I going to the goolag type prison thingy?

I'd be wary of any invites to travel to Russia to meet up, just saying....

 

[Dave7]

I'd be wary of any invites to travel to Russia to meet up, just saying....

Yep, no chance of that happening.

 

[Hilldodger]

The car in which Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was travelling when he was assassinated - thus precipitating World War One - had the registration number 11 - 11 - 18, the exact date of the armistice.

 

[Seevio]

The car in which Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was travelling when he was assassinated - thus precipitating World War One - had the registration number 11 - 11 - 18, the exact date of the armistice.

That's a shame. Think how many millions of lives could have been saved if the registration was 30-06-16.

 

[Seevio]

30/02/1712 was a real date in Sweden.

 

[classic33]

On November 18, 2026, at 2:16:07 am PST(10:16:07 am GMT), NASA calculates that Voyager 1 will become the first human-made object to reach a distance of one light-day from Earth — about 16.1 billion miles (25.9 billion km) away.

Once Voyager crosses this threshold, a radio command from Earth will take roughly 24 hours to reach the spacecraft. Even with an immediate response, the signal would need another 24 hours to return.

 

[Profpointy]

When viewed upside down the word GULLIBLE looks like a cat.

And it is a much more modern word than you think as it was only added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 1967

 

[DaveReading]

And it is a much more modern word than you think as it was only added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 1967

I see what you did there.