Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Groucho]

Excellent

 

[summerisle]

Excellent

Whatever happened to the monthly prize ? lol

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

In 1923 Plymouth Argyles Jack Leslie was nearly England's first black international.
Until the selectors realised he was black.

This was on only connect...be nice if the story wasn't entirely true.

 

[summerisle]

The sugar cube was patented in 1843 in Dacice, then in the Austria Hungarian empire, now the Czech Republic.

 

[summerisle]

Due to their better diet American soldiers were 3.5" taller than their British contemporaries during the War of Independence.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Current nostalgia thread sees a mention of the beer double diamond.
Which got its name from the stamp on the barrel.

XXX forming two diamonds

 

[summerisle]

California was so named from an island featured in a book, published in 1510, called The Deeds of Esplandian.

 

[degsy]

War accelerates technical development and The Spitfire was no exception, it was a bit like Lincolns axe, it had 5 new heads and 3 new handles but it was still 'the same one he had for 25yrs.'

1939; 27 litre V12, 3 blade propeller, 1,032HP, 29ft long, speed 355mph
1945; 34 litre V12, 5 blade propeller, 2,350HP, 34ft long, speed 452mph

 

[summerisle]

 

[BNJ1878]

Whatever happened to the monthly prize ? lol

Yeah, I was the first winner.

Guess the trophy is mine.

 

[summerisle]

Yeah, I was the first winner.

Guess the trophy is mine.

The equivalent of the Florida cup then. lol

 

[Bilko]

The people of Halifax, Nova Scotia have gifted Boston’s official Christmas tree to the city every year since 1971.

The tree has been offered as a gift of thanks from the Canadian city for Boston’s immediate help after a blast devastated Halifax in 1917.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Walked up Brown Clee hill today in Shropshire - not especially high, around 550m. The next highest point due East is in the Russian Ural mountains, 3500 miles away.

According to the route guide I looked up, anyhow - might have to check the atlas on that one.

 

[Bluesaint]

Walked up Brown Clee hill today in Shropshire - not especially high, around 550m. The next highest point due East is in the Russian Ural mountains, 3500 miles away.

According to the route guide I looked up, anyhow - might have to check the atlas on that one.

Probably true as between them and you is a lot of water and flat countries, and the Urals are pretty high. I once heard a rumour that If you stood on the roof of a certain building in East anglia, you can see the Ural mountains on a very clear day. Don't know how true that is though.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Probably true as between them and you is a lot of water and flat countries, and the Urals are pretty high. I once heard a rumour that If you stood on the roof of a certain building in East anglia, you can see the Ural mountains on a very clear day. Don't know how true that is though.

Could be true - Northern European plain is flat and massive.

Reckon you'd need sharp eyes to see Russia from Norwich ??