Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Bilko]

Sorrell Booke, who played Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazard went to Columbia and Yale, spoke 5 languages, and was a counterintelligence officer during the Korean War.

 

[summerisle]

Between 1808 and 1821 the capital of Portugal was Rio de Janeiro.

 

[deipnosophist]

Between 1808 and 1821 the capital of Portugal was Rio de Janeiro.

Napoleon precipitated that: (he/his military occupied Portugal).

 

[deipnosophist]

On average, we produce 1-1.5 litres of saliva a day. And we swallow* just over a litre of air a day...this is mostly removed from the gastrointestinal tract by farting. So, a lesson here is: change your underwear daily, and your bed sheets regularly.

*the physiological term for swallowing is deglutition. It is a very complex process involving both the somatic (voluntary) and autonomic nervous system.

 

[canuckblue]

On average, we produce 1-1.5 litres of saliva a day. And we swallow* just over a litre of air a day...this is mostly removed from the gastrointestinal tract by farting. So, a lesson here is: change your underwear daily, and your bed sheets regularly.

*the physiological term for swallowing is deglutition. It is a very complex process involving both the somatic (voluntary) and autonomic nervous system.

For the bedwetters on here, some sage advice.

 

[deipnosophist]

For the bedwetters on here, some sage advice.

yes, there's that too! lol

 

[Bluesaint]

If Earth somehow lost the moon, a day on earth would be 6 hours long and we would experience 300mph winds as the norm.

So a bit like spending the day in Hartlepool?

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

The word tassie,its French but Scottish, means small glass.
Which whisky was originally served in.
Speaking of which, Scottish farmers were often paid the equivalent of a bottle of whisky for a weeks work.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

There are more captive tigers in America than there are in the wild.

One would hope that would be the case seeing as they're not native to America.

Oh wait, you mean in the wild in general. Not in the wild in America.

 

[Groucho]

One would hope that would be the case seeing as they're not native to America.

Oh wait, you mean in the wild in general. Not in the wild in America.

On second read yeah lol

 

[kev]

Never odd or even, backwards is spelt Never odd or even

I like things like that. My favourite palindrome -

a man; a plan; a canal. Panama!

Was it a car or a cat I saw?

A Toyota. Race fast, safe car. A Toyota.
Dog, as a devil deified, lived as god.
Nurse, I spy gypsies. Run

 

[woodsyni]

A Toyota. Race fast, safe car. A Toyota.
Dog, as a devil deified, lived as god.
Nurse, I spy gypsies. Run

These are great. Is the second one right, though? "Dog, sad evil..." would work, like.

 

[kev]

These are great. Is the second one right, though? "Dog, sad evil..." would work, like.

Missed an 'a' out.
Dog, as a devil deified, lived as a god.

 

[woodsyni]

Missed an 'a' out.
Dog, as a devil deified, lived as a god.

Ah, of course! Didn't mean to be 'that guy' but I can't help myself sometimes. ? At least it'll help my sieve-like brain to remember it now.

 

[Bilko]