Groucho's Fact Hunt

Black Belt Jones · February 7, 2019

Empirical formula of a human:

Co1Mo3Se4Cr7F13Mn13I14Cu76Zn2,110Fe2,680Si38,600Mg40,000Cl127,000K177,000Na183,000S206,000P1,020,000Ca1,500,000N6,430,000C85,700,000O132,000,000H375,000,000

summerisle · February 12, 2019

Clark Gable's birth certificate lists him as female.

degsy · February 12, 2019

summerisle said:
Clark Gable's birth certificate lists him as female.

Groucho · February 13, 2019

The poles in strip clubs rotate

Kurt. · February 13, 2019

Groucho said:
The Liver Building was the tallest in the UK between 1911 and 1961.

I believe it’s still the tallest liver building now

summerisle · February 14, 2019

What a romantic.

summerisle · February 18, 2019

At the age of 14 Cary Grant ran away to join the circus.

sheedy3 · February 19, 2019

Groucho said:
The poles in strip clubs rotate

I hope you arent implying polish girls are dizzy Grouch?!

deipnosophist · February 19, 2019

summerisle said:
At the age of 14 Cary Grant ran away to join the circus.

he was called Archie Leach back then...

larbert toffee · February 19, 2019

deipnosophist said:
he was called Archie Leach back then...

deipnosophist · February 24, 2019

On similar theme:

A lad from Camberwell changed his name from Bill Pratt...

...to Boris Karloff

chrismpw · February 24, 2019

Groucho said:
The poles in strip clubs rotate

Have you been taking lessons then, Groucho?

LostLegend · February 25, 2019

Jack Parsons, the man primarily responsible for the invention of solid state rocket fuel and one of the people considered key in helping the USA’s space program during its infancy (along with Wernher von Braun), was also a keen occultist.

He founded the California branch of the Thelemite Temple and was close mates with the Thelemite founder Aleister Crowley.

L. Ron Hubbard (of Scientology fame) was also a Thelemite and even lived with Parsons for a time at the California temple, where the two supposedly tried to summon demons and the actual Devil himself, together in various occult rituals with varying degrees of success, if to be believed.

Parsons left the temple after Hubbard ran off with his wife ‘Sara’ :lol:

He died aged 37 in a laboratory explosion (he was notorious for his dangerous and reckless experimentation on jet and rocket fuel concepts)

He lived a very strange and interesting life.

summerisle · February 26, 2019

We're all Vikings now.

degsy · February 27, 2019

larbert toffee said:

A newspaper sent a telegram to Grants agent asking his age ( Grant was a bit sensitive about it)
The telegram said...How old Cary Grant?
Grant spotted this and sent his own reply...old Cary Grant OK, how you?