Groucho's Fact Hunt

[blue1948]

The death cap mushroom can be found throughout the UK, closely resembles other mushrooms that are edible, and half a cap will kill you. The toxin is very stable, so won't be destroyed by cooking, and can't be easily cleared by the body - symptoms come on after several hours by which time it is too late, your kidneys and liver are done.

In Finland they eat the false Morrel which is poisonous ,they boil it in three changes of water and many have liver failure or die each year and still they serve it in top restaurants .

 

[WA Toffee]

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

compared to bacteria which can have over a million descendants in 8 hours.

 

[BNJ1878]

Only one player has scored a hat trick in;

Premier League
Championship
League one
League two
Fa cup
League cup
Internationally




Robert Earnshaw

My favourite bit of football trivia

 

[summerisle]

 

[chrismpw]

Hot water freezes quicker than cold water

Hot water has more energy to lose so will cool at a faster rate than tepid water across a steeper thermal gradient. The tepid water, because it's closer to the finishing line, is likely to reach zero degrees faster rhan the hot water.

Once both bodies of water are at zero they start to crystallize into a solid - doing so (forming bonds between molecules) releases more heat so despite more cooling the temperature remains at zero until all the molecules have bonded into a solid. Only then will the temperature resume its drop to sub zero.

This is where the Mpember effect can sometimes be seen - the body of water that had been hot, even though it reached zero later, will sometimes crystallise faster and therefore drop to below zero faster than the tepid water would.

Nobody is sure why. My favoured suggestion is it's down to the hot water having less dissolved gas in it, therefore fewer impurities. Impurities extend the temperature range of modification by interfering with bonding.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

In Finland they eat the false Morrel which is poisonous ,they boil it in three changes of water and many have liver failure or die each year and still they serve it in top restaurants .

The crazy Finns. Boiling the pants off a vegetable doesn't usually produce fine cuisine - bet it tastes like tesco button mushrooms after its been through that treatment.

The Japanese puffer fish toxin, tetrodotoxin, blocks the sodium channels around your heart and death by paralysis will occur too much is eaten - apparently feeling a tingle on the lips is considered good puffer fish chefing. However, if a victim of puffer fish poisoning can reach a hospital and a mechanical ventilator, they'll probably be alright. The toxin will clear after a day or so and won't do any long term damage.

 

[blue1948]

The crazy Finns. Boiling the pants off a vegetable doesn't usually produce fine cuisine - bet it tastes like tesco button mushrooms after its been through that treatment.

The Japanese puffer fish toxin, tetrodotoxin, blocks the sodium channels around your heart and death by paralysis will occur too much is eaten - apparently feeling a tingle on the lips is considered good puffer fish chefing. However, if a victim of puffer fish poisoning can reach a hospital and a mechanical ventilator, they'll probably be alright. The toxin will clear after a day or so and won't do any long term damage.

Don't know where to start but a mushroom isn't a vegetable and no intention of eating that fish .The "Finnish cuisine" is special in that they include a pasta dish as a Finnish staple -makaroni laatikko-which translates to macaroni stew .There are many that die each year with picking " button mushrooms " but most are people from eastern Europe that think they recognise them but are wrong ,it is a real problem here .

 

[dholliday]

Hitler was never a usual family name, it was invented by the local parish of Adolf's father to cover up his (the father) being born out of wedlock. The father had his surname changed from Schicklgruber (his mother's name) to something resembling the family name of the suspected father (Adolf's grandfather), which was Hiedler.

Either intentionally or through drunken incompetence the parish official crossed out "Schicklgruber" and replaced it with "Hitler" (rather than "Hiedler" ). Thus Adolf's father became known as Alois Hitler. "Hitler" wasn't a known or used family name before this clerical intervention.

The subsequent Hitler family tree doesn't have any significant children who could have continued the name, many remained childless, or if female married into a different family name.

This is why you never hear of anyone being called "Hitler". It was a made-up one-off name to begin with.

 

[degsy]

Hitler was never a usual family name, it was invented...
...This is why you never hear of anyone being called "Hitler". It was a made-up one-off name to begin with.

Good job too

 

[dholliday]

Good job too

There's a solid argument that had Adolf had his Dad's original surname of Schicklgruber he wouldn't be half as infamous as he is, just because Schicklgruber isn't as catchy as Hitler.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Hot water has more energy to lose so will cool at a faster rate than tepid water across a steeper thermal gradient. The tepid water, because it's closer to the finishing line, is likely to reach zero degrees faster rhan the hot water.

Once both bodies of water are at zero they start to crystallize into a solid - doing so (forming bonds between molecules) releases more heat so despite more cooling the temperature remains at zero until all the molecules have bonded into a solid. Only then will the temperature resume its drop to sub zero.

This is where the Mpember effect can sometimes be seen - the body of water that had been hot, even though it reached zero later, will sometimes crystallise faster and therefore drop to below zero faster than the tepid water would.

Nobody is sure why. My favoured suggestion is it's down to the hot water having less dissolved gas in it, therefore fewer impurities. Impurities extend the temperature range of modification by interfering with bonding.

In paper manufacturing cold water drains faster than hot water.
Dont ask why it just does

 

[degsy]

There's a solid argument that had Adolf had his Dad's original surname of Schicklgruber he wouldn't be half as infamous as he is, just because Schicklgruber isn't as catchy as Hitler.

My grandad said he was a kopite, knew him from the flat iron park rd

 

[chrismpw]

In paper manufacturing cold water drains faster than hot water.
Dont ask why it just does

Cold water denser and heavier? Or maybe hot water swells the fibres and closes up the pores.

 

[GwladysPhil]

Don't know where to start but a mushroom isn't a vegetable and no intention of eating that fish .The "Finnish cuisine" is special in that they include a pasta dish as a Finnish staple -makaroni laatikko-which translates to macaroni stew .There are many that die each year with picking " button mushrooms " but most are people from eastern Europe that think they recognise them but are wrong ,it is a real problem here .

What are those posh truffle things that Dan Meiss eats>

 

[kev]

What are those posh truffle things that Dan Meiss eats>

Dan sounds like a fun guy. . . . . . . . and so do truffles