Groucho's Fact Hunt

[The Cowboy]

Of all the people ever to have reached 65 years of age since records began, over half of them are alive now.

When did records begin?

 

[DualityNSNO]

When did records begin?

'92 right?

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

When did records begin?

When Edison invented them, I think?

 

[jaycee]

Now, I've heard this one before. Something to do with Reading being from Royal Berkshire and Preston being the first winners of the league, or something like that? I might be way off here.

I remember hearing something about FA Cup winners being able to have triangular corner flags, again, probably a load of rubbish.

Thats the exact reason lots of people argue about the colours they wear,obviously they do use away kits but have the right to
Refuse

 

[malfosse]

Wahl is Saxon for slave. When they invaded the British isles it is what they called the native population. It's believed to be the origin of Wales, and any place name beginning with wal, i.e Walton

This is sort of true, originally wealh/wealas was used to mean "a foreigner, Celt" unfortunately the only contact most of the Saxons had with "the foreigners" were as slaves. This is also how Cornwall was named.

 

[summerisle]

None of the tracks on the first Monkee's LP featured all four members of the group.

 

[COYBL25]

The first London Tube map : 1931.

Was designed by Harry Beck in his spare time. Beck was an engineering draughtsman who worked on the railways.

The original tube map merely showed the stations and railway lines laid over a road map of London which made it very confusing for passengers .

Becks map was based on a schematic electrical diagram and was much simpler to read.

The railway authorities were intially sceptical and only produced 500 versions of the map in pamphlet form. However following the success of the map with the public it was rolled out properly in 1933.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

No Victoria Line then in those days.

 

[daza_1973]

The closing line on ELO's Mr blue sky is often misinterpreted as a heavily synthesised - 'M--r---Blue---Sky', but actually the words are 'Please turn me over' - relating to the need to flip the album over for side 4 of the original double Lp - Listen if you don't believe me

 

[COYBL25]

No Victoria Line then in those days.

Meant to say, it's been added to over the years - cheers.

 

[ToffeeDoug]

Meant to say, it's been added to over the years - cheers.

Found it interesting, had assumed that the lines were all in place by that time. I know the Jubilee is recent.

 

[summerisle]

Stations no longer used :

http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2013/06/07/a-tube-map-of-londons-ghost-stations/

 

[ToffeeDoug]

These days, there is no direct train link in Kent between Canterbury and Whitstable. However, back in 1830 a steam railway opened between the two places, one of the very earliest ever in history and in 1834 it became the first steam railway in the world to issue season tickets!

 

[Groucho]

The mk1 BMW 1-Series was a Rover design, intended as a new Rover 45, but taken by BMW just prior to selling Rover.

Rover had no funding to develop it, so BMW changed the lights and badges and is still largely unchanged.

 

[Bilko]

Reading and Preston are the only two teams that don't have to change shirts when playing away games

great one for this thread,I look forward to asking that one to the pub !