Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Whitebootman]

I like this thread.

The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean. Water pressure on the floor of the trench is more than 8 tons per square inch (703 kilograms per square meter), the equivalent of having 50 jumbo jets piled on your head.

 

[Millea]

Remember the Millea Mumble? Me neither.

The Argentine club San Lorenzo got their name from a Catholic priest, father Lorenzo Massa. He saw a child on the street nearly get knocked over by a tram so he let them play football in the back garden of the church, only if they went to mass on a Sunday. The kids who created the team wanted to name the club in homage to the man who gave them a safer footballing environment.

When EA Guingamp got the the Coup de France final, because of the clubs nickname "The Farmers" fans headed to the ground in tractors.

 

[malfosse]

What does ''noone expects the Spanish Inquisition'' mean leds?

It was from Monty Python mate.

 

[BlueLlama]

Pandas have a dump 14 times a day

 

[glorydaze]

Everton have moved up a place to 6th in the all time premier league

 

[Bilko]

October is the longest month of the year 'cause the clocks go back one hour . It lasts 31 days and 1 hour

 

[Groucho]

The officer in charge of guarding Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre left his post to go drinking at the same bar where John Wilkes Booth was building up the courage to shoot the President.

Part of Holland can be artificially flooded keep invaders out, transforming Holland into an island.

In 1997 a British scientist wanted to create headless humans for organ transplants.

 

[toffeejack]

Everton have moved up a place to 6th in the all time premier league

pointswise? average position wise? highest position's wise?

 

[DualityNSNO]

pointswise? average position wise? highest position's wise?

Yes mate.

 

[Groucho]

Wikipedia has banned the "church" of Scientology from editing articles. Spot on, I say.

During prohibition in America, solid grape concentrate was sold with the instruction "after dissolving grape concentrate in a gallon of water, do not put in a cool dry place for a fortnight or it will turn to wine". Spot on again, I say.

Further to an above post about Magaye Guaye and the Beatles, here's what Pink Floyd would've sounded like with The Bee Gees as backing. The same trick can be pulled with Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Rehab (Queen and Amy Winehouse).

 

[roydo]

The Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol can easily cope with 24 cars on it at once.

But if 50-100 people walk across it at the same time, in the same step, like marching, it wobbles and has to be closed.

 

[Groucho]

The Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol can easily cope with 24 cars on it at once.

But if 50-100 people walk across it at the same time, in the same step, like marching, it wobbles and has to be closed.

Only 24 cars?

 

[roydo]

Only 24 cars?

Its not very long.

It has been stressed tested with 50, but the toll booths limit them when moving.

 

[Hellerad]

@Groucho

The Bee Gees/Pink Floyd bit felt cringe-worthy until the solo kicked in and it really hits home that they have overlapping scales.

 

[Groucho]

Its not very long.

It has been stressed tested with 50, but the toll booths limit them when moving.

Ahh. Thought it was longer.