Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Groucho's Fact Hunt
- Thread starter Groucho
- Start date
The wasp is obliterated and absorbed by the fig as it grows. The tiny fig almost uses it as a chick uses yolk in an egg as food.
An iceberg contains significantly more total heat energy than a burning match. The reason is the sheer size of the iceberg.
At this moment, the Earth is in the middle of an ice age which began around 2.5 million years ago. We are in an inter-glacial (warmer) period which started between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago, and may last for a further 50,000 years before global glaciation (freezing) starts again.
At this moment, the Earth is in the middle of an ice age which began around 2.5 million years ago. We are in an inter-glacial (warmer) period which started between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago, and may last for a further 50,000 years before global glaciation (freezing) starts again.
spiral staircases in castles always turn to the right as it gives the defender at the top of the stair more room to swing his sword and the attacker either has no room, or has to use his weaker hand to get space to swing his, unless he was left handed that is.
not a fact but,in a room of 30 people,it is more likely that two people will share their birth dates than not,
http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/probability-shared-birthday.html
http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/probability-shared-birthday.html
Nice one.
Spiders are so carnivorous that if you place 100 spiders in a room you'll end up with one really fat spider.
http://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/t...h-your-host-cena.45582/page-3382#post-2879759
Also;
The Romans used to clean and whiten their teeth with urine.
Lt. Col. "Mad" Jack Churchill was only British soldier in WWII known to have killed an enemy soldier with a longbow. "Mad Jack" insisted on going into battle armed with both a medieval bow and a claymore sword.
The oldest condoms ever found date back to the 1640s (they were found in a cesspit at Dudley Castle), and we're made from animal parts.
Also;
The Romans used to clean and whiten their teeth with urine.
Lt. Col. "Mad" Jack Churchill was only British soldier in WWII known to have killed an enemy soldier with a longbow. "Mad Jack" insisted on going into battle armed with both a medieval bow and a claymore sword.
The oldest condoms ever found date back to the 1640s (they were found in a cesspit at Dudley Castle), and we're made from animal parts.
TX Bill
Player Valuation: £80m
Yeah, there are some good ones. Next time I get one, I'll try to remember it and put it on here.
Is Besic actually, officially, a 100% contracted Everton player?
Has the other club been paid, his agent been paid and his John Hancock on an Everton contract?
Writing an article and want to make sure I don't get my facts wrong
Has the other club been paid, his agent been paid and his John Hancock on an Everton contract?
Writing an article and want to make sure I don't get my facts wrong
Yes mate.
He's ours. Signed and sealed - there's a press conference about it at 4pm today.
Yes mate.
He's ours. Signed and sealed - there's a press conference about it at 4pm today.
Cheers mate!
You'll get a shout out in the hastily re-written article
scratchnsurf
Player Valuation: £40m
The pace set during the 800m final at London 2012 was so quick that the last placed athlete beat the gold medal time at the previous three Olympic games.