Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Raindog]

This




iconic drum intro is thanks to a dropped stick. What should have been 'bum cha bum bum ta' is missing the cha...

 

[matty1878]

Liverpool are scum

 

[summerisle]

lol

 

[summerisle]

The first use of 'women and children first' when a ship was sinking was that of HMS Birkenhead in 1852 ; it was known subsequently as the 'Birkenhead Drill'.

HMS Birkenhead and the Birkenhead Drill - Women and Children First

The Birkenhead Drill, or Women and Children First, as established by the silent heroes of HMS Birkenhead in 1852…

www.historic-uk.com

 

[Groucho]

David Attenborough is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each format of black & white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K.

 

[BrendanGOT]

Knocker-up of work people isn't that puzzling.

Before clocks or pocket watches were common for the working man to own, factories would often employ a 'knocker-upper' whose job it was to go around the workers houses with a long stick and knock on their bedroom window to make sure they were up on time for their shift.

What happened if the knocker upper slept in? lol

 

[Philw]

What happened if the knocker upper slept in? lol

Don't worry, there was a knocker-upper-knocker-upper....

 

[Groucho]

The first use of 'women and children first' when a ship was sinking was that of HMS Birkenhead in 1852 ; it was known subsequently as the 'Birkenhead Drill'.

HMS Birkenhead and the Birkenhead Drill - Women and Children First

The Birkenhead Drill, or Women and Children First, as established by the silent heroes of HMS Birkenhead in 1852…

www.historic-uk.com

I’m awarding you this week’s ‘most interesting fact’.

 

[summerisle]

I’m awarding you this week’s ‘most interesting fact’.

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My life is now complete and I can die a happy man.

 

[Groucho]

Eagles can see more colours than us and also can see in the UV range. This means they can see urine trails.

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants.

 

[summerisle]

Hidden history here.

 

[kev]

Most people know that hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards, but this behaviour can also be witnessed here in the UK.
Dragonflies are able to move each of their four wings independently. They can flap each wing up and down, and rotate their wings forward and back on an axis. Dragonflies can move straight up or down, fly backward, stop and hover, and make hairpin turns—at full speed or in slow motion

 

[Philw]

Most people know that hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards, but this behaviour can also be witnessed here in the UK.
Dragonflies are able to move each of their four wings independently. They can flap each wing up and down, and rotate their wings forward and back on an axis. Dragonflies can move straight up or down, fly backward, stop and hover, and make hairpin turns—at full speed or in slow motion
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Was a beaut buzzing around my parents garden yesterday afternoon whilst we had a bbq

 

[Methuselah]

Most people know that hummingbirds are the only bird that can fly backwards, but this behaviour can also be witnessed here in the UK.
Dragonflies are able to move each of their four wings independently. They can flap each wing up and down, and rotate their wings forward and back on an axis. Dragonflies can move straight up or down, fly backward, stop and hover, and make hairpin turns—at full speed or in slow motion
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In the Malaya jungle, they were black and very, very big.