Groucho's Fact Hunt

[Groucho]

Ahem....

Monaco's orchestra is biggest than its army.

 

[Blue Cheese]

Really great thread, haven't seen it before .

France was still executing people with a guillotine when the first Star Wars film came out.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

When Sylvester Clarke, the extremely hostile West Indian fast bowler was playing for Surrey, the Surrey fielders at mid off and mid on used to go to him when he was walking back to his mark in order to wind him up and say "did you just hear what that batsman called you, he called you a black b******".

 

[malfosse]

The cookie monster's real name is Sid @chicoazul

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

Rodrigo de Triana was the first man to sight America on Columbus' expedition. He shouted "Tierra! Tierra!" (Land ahoy) at around 2AM on board 'La Pinta', but in his diary Columbus said he saw 'light' at 10pm the previous day; but it was 'so indistinct' that he didn't dare affirm it.

Triana gained no reward or credit for his find.

 

[roydo]

Rodrigo de Triana was the first man to sight America on Columbus' expedition. He shouted "Tierra! Tierra!" (Land ahoy) at around 2AM, but in his diary Columbus said he saw 'light' at 10pm the previous day; but it was 'so indistinct' that he didn't dare affirm it.

Triana gained no reward or credit for his find.

He has now. On GOT for ever more.

 

[Cels]

Honey is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and water; and it's the only food that contains "pinocembrin", an antioxidant associated with improved brain functioning.

 

[Cels]

Death - It’s a common myth that after you die, your hair and nails continue to grow. A modern reason behind this belief may be because hair and nails are understood to be made out of "dead" cells. This myth is passed on from person to person, labelled as fact from common misunderstood information about what happens to the body post-mortem.

After death, the body slowly dehydrates. This dehydration causes hair and nails to appear to grow longer because as tissues dehydrate, they shrink and pull back. This makes finger nails longer relative to the fingertips and exposing hair previously covered by the skin of the scalp.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

The chinese word for 'trouble' depicts two women under one roof.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Honey is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life, including enzymes, vitamins, minerals, and water; and it's the only food that contains "pinocembrin", an antioxidant associated with improved brain functioning.

I also read that honey never goes off. Archeologists found honey in Egyptian tombs in the pyramids and tasted it.* It was fine.

*Got to be a bit mad to do that.

 

[Cels]

The Honey Bee is the only insect that produces food eaten by man.

 

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[Blue Cheese]

 

[Blue Cheese]