Groucho's Fact Hunt

[summerisle]

Afte the perfidious attack on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese, Canada declared war against Japan, before the USA.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Afte the perfidious attack on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese, Canada declared war against Japan, before the USA.

Then promptly apologised.

 

[COYBL25]

The M62 was built around the farm on Rishworth Moor ( Stott Hall Farm ) for geological reasons rather than the fact the framer refused to leave as is commonly believed.

When the motorway was intially built in 1934, the farmer, Ken Wild did refuse to leave, however following a geological survey it was found that the area was too steep to accommodate all six lanes of the motorway so they built around it.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Worth a vid that COYBL25

 

[SailorBlue]

Worth a vid that COYBL25

John Shuttle worth is actor Graham Fellows AKA Jilted John! Who remembers his 80 hit single?

Altogether now " Gordon is a moron"

 

[monty]

The M62 was built around the farm on Rishworth Moor ( Stott Hall Farm ) for geological reasons rather than the fact the framer refused to leave as is commonly believed.

When the motorway was intially built in 1934, the farmer, Ken Wild did refuse to leave, however following a geological survey it was found that the area was too steep to accommodate all six lanes of the motorway so they built around it.

It was built long after 1934 COYB, they were still laying cobbles then

 

[monty]

Afte the perfidious attack on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese, Canada declared war against Japan, before the USA.

Surprisingly the Americans shot first, at the Japs not the Canadians

 

[canuckblue]

Then promptly apologised.

Sorry?

 

[COYBL25]

It was built long after 1934 COYB, they were still laying cobbles then

Apologies mate, got my dates mixed up with something else - it was 1970 x

 

[summerisle]

Fewer than 1 in 700 criminal defendants in Japan win a not guilty verdict.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/c...ence-no-match-for-japans-courts-34963448.html

 

[ToffeeDoug]

I was reading yesterday that our trampolining gold medal heroine, Byrony Page, is something of an expert in the sphere of the vocal chords of dinosaurs.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Lincoln was shot in Ford's theatre

And Kennedy was shot in a Ford Lincoln.

 

[The Legend of Southall]

Fun fact, particularly for Yanks, foreigners, or the geographically challenged...

NBC mapped out the home locations of all the prem clubs, and West Ham is actually the easternmost club in Ingerland. EAST HAM!

That's got to be Ipswich Town? At least as far as league football is concerned

EDIT: Just searched it. It's Norwich for league and Lowestoft for non league

 

[Seathestars]

On average, a woman spends a whole year of her life deciding what to wear.

Even longer if you answer yes to the question 'does my arse look big in this'

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

St George's Hall is the world's first air-conditioned building.

In Imperial (Yuan & Ming dynasty) China, anyone caught with a dragon depiction of any kind that had five claws was sentenced to death, along with their entire clan. Only the imperial dragon was allowed to be represented with five claws; nobility & lower ranking officials were to have four claws, commoners, three.