He must be close with the most burglaries in one night category as well.
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Groucho's Fact Hunt
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He must be close with the most burglaries in one night category as well.
deipnosophist
Player Valuation: £80m
Our bone marrow makes around 2 million red blood cells every second.
There is at any time around 25 trillion red blood cells circulating round the body.
A red blood cell has a 'lifespan' of 120 days (in vivo)
When red cells die, the haemoglobin molecules in them are broken up, iron is salvaged and transported to the bone marrow by proteins and used again in the production of new red blood cells.
The remainder of the hemoglobin forms the basis of a chemical (bilirubin) that is excreted into the bile and then into the alimentary canal for excretion (bilirubin gives the faeces their characteristic brown colour).
There are a LOT of expired red blood cells in your average 'evacuation'
There is at any time around 25 trillion red blood cells circulating round the body.
A red blood cell has a 'lifespan' of 120 days (in vivo)
When red cells die, the haemoglobin molecules in them are broken up, iron is salvaged and transported to the bone marrow by proteins and used again in the production of new red blood cells.
The remainder of the hemoglobin forms the basis of a chemical (bilirubin) that is excreted into the bile and then into the alimentary canal for excretion (bilirubin gives the faeces their characteristic brown colour).
There are a LOT of expired red blood cells in your average 'evacuation'
..there aren’t that many cities in the Republic of Ireland but I understand Liverpool cathedral is the nearest to Dublin cathedral.
Jamo Martinez
Player Valuation: £70m
St Mel's cathedral in Longford is nearer.
Apparently, Mel Gibson was named after St Mel as his parents had emmigated to Australia from Longford.
In 2013 Tasmania produced AU$ 290Million worth of Opium Poppies
Brendan Janus
Player Valuation: £40m
Little Benny of Little Benny & The Masters was not little, in fact he was as big as Fat Larry of Fat Larry's Band !
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Player Valuation: £6m
When you have liver cirrhosis and your liver cannot function properly the bilirubin is not filtered out anymore which in turn causes the yellow jaundice you see.
Black Belt Jones
Player Valuation: £25m
Research into synthetic morphine analogs carried out in the 60s in the UK turned up a few massively active compounds - Etorphine is one, 1000s of times more active than morphine and used as an elephant tranquiliser.
If a vet were to accidentally jab themselves with etorphine the effects would be fatal - 50 micrograms would see you off. However, there are very fast-acting antidotes that can reverse the drug off the receptor, and are always kept close at hand in the elephant-sedation business.
If a vet were to accidentally jab themselves with etorphine the effects would be fatal - 50 micrograms would see you off. However, there are very fast-acting antidotes that can reverse the drug off the receptor, and are always kept close at hand in the elephant-sedation business.
tommypotts
Player Valuation: £950k
Sell by dates on Crisps and nuts traditionally end on a Saturday for the licensing trade. This was because Friday was always the day for dry stock rotation in pubs and clubs.
Sell by dates were never seen on food in the shops until 1973, although Marks & Spencer used them in their warehouses from the 1950s
gonetomorrow
Player Valuation: £70m
If a statue of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.
If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
What happens if the person is alive ?
Gladystweet
Player Valuation: £50m
I'm pretty sure that's a myth, mate.
From wiki...
In the United States and the United Kingdom, an urban legend states that if the horse is rearing (both front legs in the air), the rider died in battle; one front leg up means the rider was wounded in battle or died of battle wounds; and if all four hooves are on the ground, the rider died outside battle. For example, Richard the Lionheart is memorialised, mounted passant, outside the Palace of Westminster by Carlo Marochetti; the former died 11 days after his wound, sustained in siege, turned septic.
In the United States, the rule is especially held to apply to equestrian statues commemorating the American Civil War and the Battle of Gettysburg,[9] but there are at least nine instances where the rule does not hold for Gettysburg equestrian statues. One such statue was erected in 1998 in Gettysburg National Military Park, and is of James Longstreet, who is featured on his horse with one foot raised, even though Longstreet was not wounded in battle. This is not a traditional statue, as it does not place him on a pedestal. One writer claims that any correlation between the positioning of hooves in a statue and the manner in which a Gettysburg soldier died is a coincidence.[10] There is no proper evidence that these hoof positions are right, but people believe it to be. It is true in some instances but false too in others
Yeah, not sure if that's quite true..
gonetomorrow
Player Valuation: £70m
Neither am I.