Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Eggs]

….they used to use urine to soften animal hide. People would pee in a pot & sell it to the tannery, these folk were called ‘p*ss poor’. Some people didn’t have a pot, ‘not a pot to p*ss in’.

 

[Groucho]

 

[summerisle]

Before setting on the line 'Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn,' these were some of the alternatives considered.

 

[Alan Whittle]

One quarter of all the body’s bones are located in the feet. That’s over 50.

 

[4737carlin]

Dreamt is the only English word that ends with 'mt'

 

[Alan Whittle]

Dreamt is the only English word that ends with 'mt'

I wasn’t sure if I knew that or if I dreamed it.

 

[woodsyni]

Dreamt is the only English word that ends with 'mt'

No, it aimt.

 

[summerisle]

The origin of the 'yer ma' joke. Titus Andronicus Act 4, Scene 2.

 

[summerisle]

I claim my prize. lol @Groucho

 

[summerisle]

And, now you know. lol

 

[4737carlin]

The Twin Towers at Wembley, if saved would now be on the pitch

 

[summerisle]

 

[summerisle]

lol

 

[summerisle]

Phil Collins was an extra in A Hard Day's Night, though he was cut from the final film.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

The letter d is in fridge, but not refrigerator...