Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Zezti]

Peachtree City, Georgia, USA uses tons of golf carts to reduce car traffic

 

[Tubey]

1987 action movie classic Predator was met with generally terrible reviews upon release.

 

[deipnosophist]

1987 action movie classic Predator was met with generally terrible reviews upon release.

yes, I recall that. They put me off seeing the movie until about 1992 (on VHS)...


...great movie, classic Arnie

 

[Groucho]

Mount Rushmore (AKA Six Grandfathers) before it was sculpted.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

The original Elite computer game ran on the BBC micro with 32kB of memory. The working game actually fitted into 22kB, approx 22,000 bytes

The modern reboot Elite Dangerous is a 25 GB download, roughly 25 billion bytes.

 

[Zezti]

 

[degsy]

In 1881, Joseph Swan; duel inventor of the electric light with Edison, supplied his incandecant bulbs to light the D'Oyly Carte Savoy Theatre London.
In 1882 production of Iolanthe Swan made tiny tiaras lit up as a gimmick with little bulbs powered by a quite large backpack battery for the fairies.

From which we get the term...
Fairy Lights

 

[degsy]

Britains biggest (only?) Marzipan factory is in Crown St. behind the Womens Hospital.

Renshaws makes 3000 tonnes of marzipan - 90% of the uk total

 

[Groucho]

Britains biggest (only?) Marzipan factory is in Crown St. behind the Womens Hospital.

Renshaws makes 3000 tonnes of marzipan - 90% of the uk total

Icing too

 

[Stephen Gibson]

Marzipan & Icing, I'll add the cherry on top.

The average cherry tree will yield 7000 to 10,000 cherries in it's lifetime.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Covid anthem All by myself - hit for Celine Dion and others, and originally Eric Carmen in the 70s, takes its melody from Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto. Carmen paid royalites to the Rach estate when it became a hit single.

 

[summerisle]

 

[cooperman]

Peachtree City, Georgia, USA uses tons of golf carts to reduce car traffic

There's something quite partridge-esque about that presenter. That said, the stuff he covers is well interesting

 

[Zezti]

There's something quite partridge-esque about that presenter. That said, the stuff he covers is well interesting

He has a whole series called "Things You Might Not Know" where every episode would be perfect for this thread.

 

[Philw]

He has a whole series called "Things You Might Not Know" where every episode would be perfect for this thread.

There's something quite partridge-esque about that presenter. That said, the stuff he covers is well interesting

Bit harsh that! His videos are pretty good though, and cover all sorts of topics.