Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Black Belt Jones]

Arthur Rimbaud, giant of French poetry who is still read and revered to this day (the poet of revolt), wrote his masterpiece Le Bateau ivre when he was 16 years old.
He continued to write whilst living a life of wild, debauched sodomy in Paris and London but at 20 he completely quit literature and never wrote poetry again. Lived a life as a merchant explorer in Africa.

 

[degsy]

Some bizzare sounding places in Australia.

Yorkeys Knob
Tom Ugly
Rooty Hill
Jimcumbilly
Humpy Bong
Bong Bong
Woolloomooloo
Useless Loop
Manangatang
Bubble Bubble

Strange, wonderful place.

I live over the road from Humpy Bong primary school.

Humpy = dwelling, hut
Bong = water, pond, lake...as in - once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong

 

[wm02]

One of U.S. President John Tyler’s grandsons is still living. Tyler (1790-1862) was President from 1841 to 1845.

 

[deipnosophist]

One of U.S. President John Tyler’s grandsons is still living. Tyler (1790-1862) was President from 1841 to 1845.

yes, he was VP to William Harrison who died about a month after taking office. Harrison's grandson was also president in the 1890s. The latter's tenure was bookended by Grover Cleveland...the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms in office.

 

[wm02]

yes, he was VP to William Harrison who died about a month after taking office. Harrison's grandson was also president in the 1890s. The latter's tenure was bookended by Grover Cleveland...the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms in office.

Supposedly, William Henry Harrison had one of the longer inaugural addresses (maybe the longest) and the shortest presidency.
W.H. Harrison was quite innovative when it came to launching a national campaign

 

[Brendan Janus]

Kenny Hibbitt broke into Gatcombe Park !!

 

[Jamo Martinez]

One of U.S. President John Tyler’s grandsons is still living. Tyler (1790-1862) was President from 1841 to 1845.

Is it Steve Tyler from Aerosmith?

 

[Philw]

Hete's a bit of a taster for you

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Bit concerned that pictures 3 & 4 are next to each other...

I live over the road from Humpy Bong primary school.

Humpy = dwelling, hut
Bong = water, pond, lake...as in - once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong

So what's a billa then??

 

[deipnosophist]

Is it Steve Tyler from Aerosmith?

Steve wrote the book on how to furtively spy on women he was fixated with...it was titled 'Stalk this Way'

 

[deipnosophist]

Bit concerned that pictures 3 & 4 are next to each other...
So what's a billa then??

Billa? ...first name of Billa Clack...singer from Liverpool wasn't she? Didn't she release that seminal 60s album 'Spoonerism'?

 

[summerisle]

 

[Groucho]

In 1971 Rolls-Royce Limited, entered voluntary liquidation because it was unable to meet its financial obligations though it remains in existence today, still in liquidation, with a file number for its name.

 

[bluerobert]

The Up in 7-Up was used in reference to the lithium citrate that was present in the drink until 1948 , a mood stabiliser

 

[degsy]

Bit concerned that pictures 3 & 4 are next to each other...
So what's a billa then??

Not a clue mate, some sort of discriptor / clarifier for the water aspect?...shady, small, something to do with Billbies? Which is a type of small aquatic hedgehogy thing.
Who TF knows, theres not one pan Australia native language but 1000s of different native dialects.
Besides, it was written by a 'Poet' could mean anything or just put in to make it scan...who knows with poets.

 

[bluerobert]

If you lay out all the burgers McDonald’s have ever sold (over 100 billion, @ 4 inches per bun) the burgers would go around the world 216 times. You’d still have a few left over so with what’s left if you then stacked those on top of the burgers that went around the world you get to the moon and back