Groucho's Fact Hunt

[deipnosophist]

If Bristol is involved surely it's a titbit.

lol...very good!

 

[degsy]

Edinburgh is west of Bristol.

Yes, I would not have thought that...interesting tidbit of longitudinal trivia.

And North of Moscow...yagotta love latitude

 

[Brendan Janus]

At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, the Women's tennis gold medal was won by none other than Jennifer Capriati !

 

[deipnosophist]

1992 , the Summer and Winter Olympics were held in the same year for the last time.

 

[JammyP]

Vancouver is south of Brussels

 

[JammyP]

and Madrid is south of Rome

 

[summerisle]

The chance of being murdered is 1:20,000. When's our next home game ?

 

[JammyP]

Oxfam said even if the wealth of the poorest half of the world was recalculated to exclude people in net debt their combined wealth was still equal to that of just 128 billionaires.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42745853

 

[Brendan Janus]

Jamie Vardy is quicker than Stan Cummins !

 

[Tramps_mate]

and Madrid is south of Rome

And Edinburgh is west of Bristol!

 

[chrismpw]

Does anybody in this thread know if Edinburgh is west, or in fact east, of Bristol?

 

[TheBlueGibbon]

Does anybody in this thread know if Edinburgh is west, or in fact east, of Bristol?

It's North of Bristol mate.

 

[PITA]

Does anybody in this thread know if Edinburgh is west, or in fact east, of Bristol?

Edinburgh 55°57′11″N 3°11′20″W
Bristol 51°27′N 2°35′W

Gordon.

 

[Brendan Janus]

Ginger McCain combined both a horse racing trainer & a frozen foods manufacturer until yesterday !!

 

[PITA]

Ginger McCain combined both a horse racing trainer & a frozen foods manufacturer until yesterday !!

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